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\RE LIGIOUS. (CONTINUED FROM EIGHTH PAGE. Apline of the Church contribute to make us new nen in Christ—to’ transform children of wrath into. heirs oi glory. The dovtor next dividea his text Anto five heads, Ls pgs each of which he briefly com- mented. First, Ute material upon which this change Js wrought—‘we ali”’—every lan has the capacity to know and love God, and to besayed, Herein 13 our dignity and our responsibility; that we are sptr- 1tual, intelligent beings, capable of understandh God. And, notwithstinuing our siuful and degrade condition, there stli remuin i us some TRACKS OF TH FORMER GLORY sons of God, companions of angels. And how often do We kee poor deluded and depraved men groplug alter God, Uf haply they may flod ity And in their dundness they are ict into superstition, aud one Beoks & contessor, a man like lumself; unother a sor- cerer and nec ouncer: a third bows down to stocks and stoves, and a lourth goes oma piemmege to the suring of some prophet or detty—all cy ray fad to deprave aud destroy the soul, Nothing lifts a man so rapidly as profound névhage. He 1s. a small man whose soul is hot filled with reverence; tor 1 heaven the loity are bowed before the Uvone of God, and itis @ pleasure for us to cast our oflerings dn with theirs. It is only the worship of Goa m Christ which lis aiman up. ‘The ieagest and most marred of humun souls can become heirs of glory, Second, the model on which we ure to be changed—~ “glory o| the Lord,” aud Jesus becomes our brothe Kinsman, friend. In one aspect he is the manilesi 03 of man to himsel! ; mm another of God to us, fan is represeated as looking tn a glass and behold- Ang the open face. He asks no priest's privilege. be are pnennors at God's Roane w. We all, ‘With open iace, may behold tye glory of the Lor Tama ttf be lilted i” ald Heats, ay deat ae men unto Me.” 'Taere is in Christ a pl r to raise the fallen, to comfort tne sorrowing, to reli the diswressed, witch caguot be found elsewher A Person As better than a promise, und Ohrist is better than any creed or than ali creeds put together. lence Paul declared, “We preach creeds crystul- ed” bid bar t 4 baeace CuRist CRUCIPED. thirdly, the means vy which we obtain this grand transiormation—veholding, not with the eye of Sense, Dut wiih the eye of the soul—a loving, con- tnuing and delightsome gaze, steady and steadfast. “Seeing is believing,’ suy the men of sense; be- pleving ls Beeiug, say tle men Of right spirit, We look, love, learn and become like Him (Christ) ‘unt We shall see Muu as fe is. The law of associa Tion produces likeness, just a8 iron in contact with the magnet becoines itself magnetic. Even so we ¥, contact with Clrist become uke him—the Model lan—whose transioruitug power is ever over us. His iie gives ew power to our race, purifies our liveries, gives energy to our commerce, beauties eur homes and cle- vates our lives, Let us, then, ever keep looking tng unto Jesus. Fourthly, the method which this transformation assumes— progressive—from glory to lory. Reierring to Wie theory of some “crazy rains” regarding sauctiicaiion, the Doctor sald that he never knew 2 healthy man who could stand @rect before God and inuu who telt that he was per- Ject. He ls going on irem giory to glory, His idea of growth or progression in this Christian ie was illustrated by its correspoudeuce in nature. And in every Way, sald te, iu wich rhe Christian life 4s brought belore us in the Bivie It is a progressive lle, We are Caunged into the same image. it is Sreat to be like Christ, but what must 1t pe to BEAR (HE SAME IMAGE And, lastly, We manager or agent of this whole transformatioa—“the Spiric ol the Lord.” We are ‘the rude material, the Hoiy Spirit ts the agent and the Word of God is te tusirument with which He chisels away untl He brings out of the bideous Biapeless mass a Christiike image, His provideuces, his chasvenings, the serivce of iis sanctuary are all heips toward the accomplishment of unis sublime end. The lessons which the Doctor drew from the ition, & brief Outline of which has been given, . Holiness of lite is the only true test of spirl- tual mindedness; 2. Growth is tle only evidence of Spiritual lite; and 3, We become holy in heart and lve only as we look unto Jesus. As the painter gazes on the Work of ihe old masters until the in- Spiration Of his ari impresses 1t upon every fibre of his soul, and he can then transfer the image to his wn canvas, x0 may We ever look unto Jes: aze Zionward until we become lke Him, and come to ails eternal glory oy and by. Amen, RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN BROOKLYN. Brother Beecher's Words of Hope and En- couragement to the Unsuccessful. THE MISSION OF THE JESUIT FATHERS, Rev. De Witt C. Talmage on the Toys of the Future World. A MORMON EXCOMMUNICATION PLYMOUTH CHURCH. & Rainy Day and a Large Congregation Encouragem to the Unsuccessful— Brother Beecher Thunders Forth Words of Hope. Through the dripping rain and the pools of mud saint and sinner, citizen and stranger found their ‘way ag usual to Plymouth church yesterday morn- tng till pew and aisle, chair and camp stool were full, The contrast between out of doors, with its towering skies, and the Plymouth auditorium, with the ‘beautiful flowers, the expectant congregation and the beloved teacher upon the platform, for whose words all the people waited, was not un- Pleasant, and, though the sermon was not equal to those of the last two or three weeks, yet no doubt the BRETHREN AND SISTERS, as well as the visitors from parts provincial, felt that it was good to be there, After prayer a contri- bution was taken up for the cause of home missions, Mr. Beecher prefacing it by saying that in no other way could a little money be spent so wellas by giving it to home missions, He described the posi- tion of the pioneer churches in the West, the sala- ‘es of whose pastors average but $400 a year, and zed the necessity of helping them till they could ‘ ome self-supporting and help others in their » -& Last Sunday the congregation, he said, gave $2,000 for the relief of the wounded in France, | he believed that they would do nobly by their 4 tern brethren in need. »_r. Beecher based his sermon upon the account in ® eleventh chapter of Matthew, of John sending to gesus to inquire concering His Messiabship. He made a running commentary upon the acceunt, drawing from itthe lessons that public or private veachers and workers should not be discouraged though they see no signs of success in their own day, At tus time the common people were enthusiastic over Jesus, and the I’harisees had not broken with Hin openly. He was at the height or His popular- ity, beloved by the mass of the people, who believed to Him 1 not in His doctrines, and not opposed by he rulers of society. JQHN, THE OLD LION HEART, os in prison, He beard the fame of this new acher and he seut his disciples to ask if this was man oi whom He was the forerunner. They ame to Jesus saying, ‘‘Art thou He that should come or do we look for another?” It would seem as it the Saviour sheuld have said at once, “1 am He.’ ‘But up to this time He bad never declared himself the Messiah, and He answered, “Go and show John the things which ye do see and hear—the blind re- ceive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deal hear, the deaa are ratsed up and the poor Rave the Gospel preached unto them.” The last was the most wonderful of all. In that age to see a man looking out for the poor was a greater sight than te see the dead raised. This interview gave Christ a text, and ‘He went on to say, “What went ye out for to see?— @ reed shaken with the wind?—and closed nis reference to John by affirming that among those born of women there was none greater than John the Baptist, notwithstanding the least in the king- dom of heaven beh Shen than he. As much as gay, ‘‘In that new kipgdom which I shall bring tn, where sweet moral natures predominate, in th: mew time when the supersensuous faculties are e1 throned, there Jonn himself, with ail his moral breadth and depth, will seem coarse and lacking.’ He was bullt according to the pattern of the Old Testament, stalwart aud stanch, but he had not dlossoms and frult—he was not heavenly-minded, ‘De was not GRACEFUL AND LOVING. This leads Jesus to contrast His own success with that of John’s. He says:—‘Whereunto shall | liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets and saying unto thew fellows, ‘We have piped unto you and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you and ye have not lamented.’ There rose up before His mind a picture that we see m every house where bands of children play games together. Little girls in the corner of, the nursery play having company, or they play that*tie dolis are sick, and they send for the doctor and tell the dolls trat the medicine is not bitter, but sweet, repeating the smooth fiction that has been told to the little maiden herself. So In the old times, human nature bemg ever true to itself, the children gathered in the markets and said, “We'll play wedding,” or ‘We'll olay funeral,” and some getting mad wouldu’t play vall, This strack the Saviour, and He likened tae everation to a tretfal child that weuld PLAY NEITHER WEDDING NOR FUNERAT. “+ John came neither eatiug bread or drinking wine; © was an ascetic, and yet they said he had a devil— (ois, he was craay, ‘rhe Son of Man came eating drinking. He left the wilderness and dwelt in res and towns. He accepted the customs of the e, and they said, “Behold a gluttonous man a Wine bibbgr, @ Irlead of publ @nd Ala NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1871—WITH SUPPLEMEN’. ners! Not that Ohrist lived in such a convivial manner as te be called a bon tinant, He made him. self & man among men. He was ao perfect Jew, brought up in rigorous conformity to Jewish life; he did as the people avout him. Here was the social Christ and the aseetie Jobn-the rude man of the wilderness, and the sympathetic friend, that litte children ran aiter and sane and climbed upon. What was the result? John piayed funerals, ana they would — not, Neither would they when weddings were pla; They would not take the truth from Jonn nor Vhrist. Bat wisaom ts jus- tilled of her children, I application Mr. Beecher suld:—People oiten find fault with ministers and churches, Dot 80 much ¢ ane of imperfections in these as from the state of their own hearts. No man is better aware of the WEAKNESSES OF PREACHERS than those who preach. There are those who stand aloof Bnd perperialy, find fault with Christians, and they would have us believe that the reason that they are not better is because religion is so poorly ad- ministered. Thists not so, The reason is that men are in their hearts mdisposed to tke change which shall bring them Into a spiritual life. Like sick chudren they will have neither one thing nor another. When men aie under the full administration of wicked passions they cannot be changed by any Skill or power of man. No art, however subline, can win them, Not that we should not use ekull and the utmost possible endeavor; but no combination of argument can reach & man entrenched behind pride and sordid worldliness and selfishness. All that man can do, unless alded by the spirit of God, is to break upon them hke the sea upon a rock. The sea falls back and the rock remains, It will ENCOURAGE ALL LABORERS who meet with small Feanllg, NE, loox over the fleld and see Mttle fruit, ‘(ik that Christ went through this ife with little apparent result. He gathered no church, He set aside nothing; He left the old to be es by the force ot At ee po Sgught no external church; ad fu bile 10 brateame id When He died but five oe ae undred persons werd at all ‘adfected by His loss. Are you working, parent, without seeming reward, remember that the Chief Shepherd gave His own life and reaped almost nothing, How many faithful men have spent years in one place and have gath- ered but tue harvest. It is great to go on faith. fully to the end through SKEMING FAILURE. It {3 eaay to work when the fruit is falling all arouhd, but to work and die without having entered the promised land, that is neroic, In the other world many that were last shall be first, and the rst shall be last. bee 4 & poor missiouary will be astonished at the honors that shail be heaped upon blin at the last day. If you sow much and reap lite remember that you are In the scbooi of Him wuo died and now on His Father's throne waits through the Se to see the travall of His soul and ve satis- ed. ES TABERNACLE. The Joys of the Future World—Sermon by Rev. Mr. Talmage. There was a large congregation in attendance at the Tabernacle yesterday morning, and Mr. Tal- mage preached a very powerful and Interesting sermon. He selected his text from Revelations vu., 9, 10:— After thin T beheld and, lo, great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindrecs, and people and tongues, stood ‘before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with’ waite robes, and palma in thetr hands, And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, Mr. Taunage said he wished that that morning all their CARES AND ANNOYANCES OF LIFE might be gone from their hearts, while he told them something better that this world proposed to them, In this series of Sabbath morning discourses upon the future world he had tried to take heaven out of the list of intangibles and to make it appear as It really 1s—the most solid fact in ali existence. It might be said that there had been certain incongrul- ties in what he had told them upon former occa- sions respecting the future existence. He had said that the righteous would be raised to heaven, and that they should not thirst, &c. The taking of food im this world was necessary for the replenishing of our wasted energies and arresting the work of death in our bodies; but in that other world to come there would be no death and no need of any such fooa, The food or the righteous would be Jo, unmixed and eternal. Mr, ‘Taimage said that he had sometimes had a delight Which made him forget iis mea this feeling, ne asked any of his b that some Years ago, when they were listening to THE ENTRANUING SONGS OF JENNY LIND, some one should tap them on the shoulder right in the midst of the song and invite them out to take a peach or an orange. How indifierent they would be. In the other world the righteous would have so much joy that they wouid not need any otner food. In relerring to the lext, the preacher said that John was describing What he saw upon a jubilee day, a coronation day. Now, suppose a man came {from Paris after seeing the Emperor's /¢te day celebrated, the 16th of August, and talk about it, the conciusion would be that Paris was always like that. Suppose amancame to New York when the Atlantic cable celebration took place, and on going back related what he had seen, The peopie who heard him would suppose that New York always lcoked so. Mr. Talmage, however, did not think we ought to come to the conclusion that because Jonn saw them CAST DOWN THEIK CROWNS that they were always casting them down. Mr. ‘Talmage then called attention to the text. These mulutudes assembled were from ali nations and kindred and peopie. They all spoke one language— the language of Jove. Men ceming from different nationalities of the present world indicated from what nationality they came by the brogue they Kept from year to year; but those w ho would come from all nationalities, standing before the throne of God woula speak one Inn guage, In the present world people of different Kinareds like different forms of government, Americans laud a republic, English a Kingdom, and the Austrians an absola- tism, and when different nationalities come to stand before the throne of God they would drop their likings for forms of government and like the gov- ernment of Lord God Almighty. There would be ONE THRONE AND ONE GOVERNMENT, and one sceptre, and that sceptre all the nations of heaven would bow dowa to. Oh, what a glorious admixture of ali tastes, of all history, would stand before the throne | Mr. ‘Talmage said that the next thing he noticea in the text was the dress—‘“‘clothed in white robes,’” The apparel in the present world was not omy to protect, but to adorn the body. Fashion decided dress @ greatdeal. We had olten to have working dresses, and the man that was asbamed of his work dress was a very silly man, But standing before the throne of God, we would be clothed in white robes, The work would be all done. There would be no mire on those streets, no dust on the dills and a robe once put on wouid last forever, Another point in the text was the symbols which these people carried—*-palias in their hands.’ in olden times, when conquerors came to the city, the people would come out by thousaads with palin branches and wave them to the victors coming along. When Jesus rises and announces the great Victory, His armies, His people, rise and wave their palm branches, The next idea in the text was the song these people sang—salvation unto the Lord God. That was the burden of thelr song. In the present world, Mr. Tatmage sald, we could not ae be singing religious songs; and he thought those nd, to illustraie ers to Suppose PARENTS MADE A GREAT MISTAKE who kept out secular songs. But in heaven we should have no taste for anything but songs of sal- vation. In the Church of God it was impossible to have periect harmony in song;“but they who on earth could not tell & plantation melody from the Dead March in Saul, would litt up an antaem before tne throne of God the like of which was never heard by all the Mozarts or Beethovens. It would bea universal song—a song Of salvation, ST. PETER’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Temptation=Sermon: by the Franciola, This handsome edifice was crowded yesterday morning during last mass, notwithstanding the rain and slush in the streets, After the usual services, which were more than ordinarily impressive, the Tespected pastor of the church, the Rey. Father Franciola, ascended the puiplt and, taking his text trom the gospel of the day, preached a practical and earnest sermon on temptation. The reverend gen- tleman, after some preliminary remarks of a season- able nature, commenced the consideration of his subject by the remark that, instead of a curse, TEMPTATION WAS A BLESSING. It was fruitful of good, because if man was not tempted he never would struggle to attain to that state of goodness which itis the aim of every true Christian to reach, Aanis never tempted beyond his strength, and bis powers of resistance 10 nis pesetting sins are accurately measured. it is a grave error for any person to persuade himself that because of certain infirmities in his nature he 13 not accountable for nis sinfil acts; for an all-wiso Providence gives to every being the strength re- quired to resist and repel msidious and open tempta- tion if they choose te exercise it, No doubt it seems to some a rather hard condition of Christian exiat- ence that their path should be beset with snares and pitfalls; but to the believer the wisdom of the Al- mighty in this regard is easily discernible. Tempt tion 1s sent to test THE STRENGTI OF OUR FAITH in God and our belief in the omnipotence and power of God over the maachinattons of the devil, And it is the crowning glory of true Christian effort fer a man to be «able to resist success- fully all the advances of the evil one and to fight the good fight of faith with a single eye to the achievement of victory over sin, and the con- sequent triumph when the battie of life 1s closed. Ail who successfully resist temptation are sure of their great reward, not only in the world to come, but iu this, And, moreover, the practice of such resistance exercises a healthy iflueuce on the mind, which could not be obtained without such disci- pline. Besides this, there is another reason why temptation is fraught with blessing. The true be- liever and good man now kuows that vir- tue will be rewarded; that the — triumpt Wik be credited =t9 ku, Rev. Father and that, in proportion to his trials and temptatlo: will be the consideration given him tn the ourt of heaven. sut if we were never tempted to fall away from grace aud to comiit sins we never could ob- tain that credit for seif-mastery, for steadfastness in the faith and purity of living which It 1s now in the power of allof us to achieve. A drunkard in the wilderness, where NO WHISKRY COULD BE OBTAINED, would be compelied to lead a sober life from the necessity of the case; but no one would ever dream of giving him credit for abstinence under such cir- cumstances, The mun whese besetting sin 15 a Passion lor strong drink, who passes every day in the streets of New York and Brooklyn the places to walch unfortunate beings are allured to destruc. ton, yet resists his inclination te imbibe the Intoxl- cating liquor and leads @ sober life, 13 deserving of all honor, But it is not only the greater temptations which We should guard against and fight with all our strength, The lesser temptations should be closely Watched and combated, Struggle successiully yen the small temptations to which we are lia- ble every hour of the day—habitually resist them and you will oa your gua: et accustomed to it, you will be ever against them, and when GREATER TEMPTATIONS cross your path your proved and exercised strength will enable you to master and overcome them. But noue should rely on themselves for strength in these trials, The strengthening arm ef God should be constantly asked for tn earnest prayer, and to Him every triumph you achieve over evil passions, every Victory of the devil must be ascribed, lor of our- selyes alone we can do nothing. OcURcH OF OtR Lipy oF mercy. Why We Should Enter Upon a Scrutiny of the Boul—Sermon by Rev. Father Cochlan— ‘The Mission of the Jesuit Fathers. On Sunday week a mission was opened at the handsome edifice of the congregation of “Our Lady of Mercy,” in Debevoise street, Brooklyn, under the pastoral care of Rev. Father Taaffe, by six Fathers of the learned and self-sacrificing order of Jesuits. During the past week the utmost religious enthust- asm and devotion have been exhibited by those for whom the mission was Instituted—the careless, in- different and uninformed. The attendance at the morning masses, which commence at flve o'clock, and at the lectures morning and evening of each day, has been immense, The learning, research and argumentative logic of these good men have already worked wonders, so to speak, in bringing back the stray sheep to the fold, and conversions cannot fail to follow in the tracks of these untiring assaults upon the barriers of the Evil One, which have so long beset the progress of the careless Christian. The sacraments of Penance ang the Holy Eucharist have been ad- ministered to upward of a thousand persons, who have thus far enjoyed the benefits and INDULGENCES OF THE MISSION. Confessions are heard from an early hour in the morning uatil ten o’clock at night, The mission will extend over this and the following week. Front seats are reserved, morning and evening, for the accommodation of Protestants, for whom a real treat 18 In prospect in hearing the truths of the Cath- ole Church logically defined and expounded by these able Fathers of the Church, Mass, at half-past ten o'clock, was celebrated by Rev. Father Taaffe, assisted by Rev. Father Mcill- roy as deacon, and the assistant curate as sub-dea- con. The splendid choir attracted to the church was in full attendance and lent its harmonious ispiration to the pious solemnity of the order of services, Immediately after the gospel Rev. Father Cochlan ascended the pulpit and preached a lengthy sermon, taking for is text the words of the royal Prophet David—“Lord, make known to me my end, that I may know what is wanting to m¢ S words, said the speaker, should be on our lips con- tinually ut the present holy season, When we should withdraw from the material things of this life and enter into a rigorous scrutiny of the condition of the soul and seek to prepare ourselves for the judgment before God. When we look around us we never can ial to observe the study, care and pains which men devote to science. How unwearingly and unfliinch- ingly the astronomer watches the heavenly bodies from the observatory, regardless of the chill blasts of winter or the heat of summer! They regard toe long hours and thne well spent, as something which will benefit the race by develo ing THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE. But the subject to which we would call atvention was not to apply the cause of motion to matter, or the affinities of matter, er scieutitic discoveries of any character; not that we acquire the things of unis earth, but that we may look to the certainty to which we all must tend, to the precious wisdom and happiness of heaven—to polnt the way which “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived.” What am land why should I be placed here below? is the question we should put vo our soul, When we see anything which is novel Jn the way of mechanism or aught else material we inquire its formation and its use. Then how much greater must be man’s solicitude to know why he 18 laced on this earth and brought into existence. ge ignatius says the end of man is to “KNOW, REVERE AND SERVE GOD in all things, and to save his soul.” Ninety years ago you were not in existence. Yet at that time things were going on even as they are now. The same Sun rose and set as at present. The stars twiukled in the firma- ment by night. The atom was in existence and the insect crawied upon the Earth, You were nothingness. You were no part or par- ticle of the Earth. You had no existence. If you admit that you have an existence then you are a created being—you were brought out of nothing into existence. Who gave you your existence? Atheists tell you that you came out of ATOMS THAT FLOATED IN CHAOS of nothingness, and that these atoms became hooked and looped together. Where did he find his infor- mation? Not from man. Infidels say that man 1s too enlightemed at this advanced age to believe in God, and that the Earth, in its intrinsic na- ture of things, gave rise to all that is within it. How was the intellect constructed and rea- soning faculties? ‘That, they say, also sprung from matier—irem attenuated phosphoras; that the particles of phosphorus which impregnate the atmosphere became so thin and diluted that it formed spiritual matter. The absurdity of this as- sertion 18 apparent. Matter is inert; 1t cannot move of itself. The mind is something 1n action; therefore the intellec’ of man 1s essentially different from matter. If phosphorus, then, forms the intel- lect, the most bony part is the seat of reason, as the bone contains tlie largest proportion of phospho- rus, Thus the beasts of the field, having the most bone, are the most intelligent beings. The elephant chould, under such a state of nature, boast the in- telligence of an angel, for has he not the largest amount of bony substance in his body? Such an assertion 18 A VIOLATION OF COMMON SENSE. Yet there are men that would dare to contradict the works of God, and such men are all the more culpabie, because they know that what they say is false. ‘The hand of God Tegulates the heavenly bodies, and controls them for our well being by His power and wisdom. The in- fidels may deny His existence, but they cannot in the light of reason believe it. They are still the creatures of God. Life, breath, the senses and reason were given by God. The power to bring something from nothing must be au infinite one, You may aad to that which 1s created, but you can- not bring into existence. Where infinite distance ence. Man cannot create even 4 grain of sand. Thus the one who gave him existence must bean infinite being. Beingcreated by Goa out of nothing we must bélong entirely to Him. We are His to be disposed of as He pleases. Therefore we owe Him our services. He created man for some- thing perfect; not for riches or honors of — this world, wherein the greatest Tulers are often humbled, until they exclaim in the end, “Vanity of vanities, and all ts vanity.” The ve of avarice is not happy; the more he possesses the more miserable he becomes in his greed tor more. The ambitious politician, when he has gained the highest goal of his woridly desires, is not happy. The soul of man is empty when he has forgotten his God. When the GATES OF ETERNITY LOOM UP before the eyes of the soul then are the words of Solomon impressed indelibly upon the mind, Ex- cept in the love of God there is no happiness in this world or in that which is to come. You cannet, therefore, turn aside from the object of your creatton. ‘The reverend Father closed his sermon with a most touching appeal to the congregation, before whom he held up a crucifix, to shun the indulgence of the senses and faculties which God has given us, in the way of sin, which opens afresh the wounds of Our Saviour crucified by renewing the cause of pas- sion and death. Against the stn of impurity and scandal he spoke with force, and concluded with prayers for the good resolutions of Lis hearers. TRE MORMON CHURCH. Excommuanication and Lamentation in the Williamsburg Mormon Mission Church— Walling and Gnashing of Teeth. Nearly all the Mormons of Williamsburg and vi- cinity attended meeting yesterday afternoon, the occasion being one of unusual importance to them, Elder Searles, President of the Misston, condneted the exercises, and was assisted by several priests and ORDINARY SAINTS, who occupied sed seats beside him, After the uaual exercises Elder Searles rose and said that a Council of the Church had been held durtag the day, and that the business upon whica tt had taken ac- Uon would be submitted to the assembled Satats for their approval or disapproval. EXCOMMUNICATION OF A BROTHER AND SISTER. ‘The elder calied the attention of the congregation to the fact of a brother having recently been excom- muntcated for reasons satisfactory to the Church, and reminded them that Brotaer Brash on that occa- sion dleepiy sympathised with him, This sympathy 4s in finite power ts necessary to bring it,nto exist. , nted of tt, but the fecling afterwards manifested ward him by the Saints was such that ne tenderea his resignation, This resignation would have been cheerful, pled by the Chureh, but that the Council 8 possessed of information that he had subsequently deneunced President Young in language sulicientiy strong to DAMN ANY SAINT ON EARTH. ‘The Council, therefore, excommunicated the late Brother Brash, and it is for you, my brethren, he said, to vote upon their action.” Those who approve will hold up their right hands, (There was a gene- rai showing of right hands.) Contrary show nght hands. (None were shown.) The elder then de- clared the late Brother Brash unworthy of further association with the Latter Day Saints, and wok & vote upon the case of Mrs. Brash, Who was also condemned for heresy by the Council, She, too, was excommunicated in the same manner as her husband. As a compensation for the loss thus Bus- tained by the Chureh bider Searles introduced a new priest from Dundee, Scouand, who was joy+ Tully adgaitted to the communion of the Satin, LAMENTATION OW THE ELDER Ho then addressed tt length and much earnestness on the} ton of the Church, He said we do not properly ap- preciate our standing as Latter Day Saints, We for- get that we are above the world. We forget too oiten that we should not stain our hands as the world’s people stain theirs. Yet 1t would be well for some of us to take example from those people of the world who earnestly worship God In their way. Their examples are good in that respect. It is uo- ticed by me that when our converts first come to us for exaltation they become joyful ana give expres- sion te their newly found happiness in various ways; but after they are with us foratime they become Sold and bor jetimes rebellious, and leave us, This wu e birt the Lord is leaving us for fgmetning that We do, and I therefore close with je prayer that the spirit of the Lord will abide with and not desert ‘This prayer was loudly re- sponded to by the ‘‘Amens'’ of the congregation. CHURCH SERVICES IN WASHINGTON. Dr. Newman on the Conversion of Paul. A Congregation of Distinguished People. Dr. Mitchell on the Proper Mode ig God. J of Serv The Wheeled Cherubim and the Visions of Ezekiel. METROPOLITAN METHODIST CHURCH. Dr. Newman on the Conversion of Paul. WASHINGTON, Feb, 26, 1871, Another immense congregation took possession of Dr. Newman’s church this morning, filling the pews and the aisles extending even to the outer courts, President Grant and Miss Nellie came in while Bishop Janes—who, with two other clergy- men, shared the pulpit with Dr, Newman—was praying. The President took his place in the crowd, and, with his daughter, waited until the Bishop had concluded, A’ usual, there were many Senators and Represenratives ameng the congregation. Dr. Newman preached, by request, a sermon on THE CONVERSION OF 8T. PAUL, Taking his text from Paul’s defence of Agrippa, in the twenty-sixth chapter of Ac’ Prefacing his sermon with an account of Paul's life preceding his conversion, his education and the sect to which he belonged, he passed to consider and describe the occasion of his powerful address before Agrippa, a fragment of which 1s recorded in the Acts—just enough to give us an idea not only of the man’s courage, of his freedom of speech, of his logical powers, of the affluence of his imagination, but also of the grand doctrine he had taught the Jew- ish nation. Dr, .Newman then considered the nature of conversion, stating it as @ proposition that the conversion of Paul was that great moral change designated in the Sertptures as regeneration, Secondly, that the imecidents of the event and the subsequent life of Paul furnish indu- bitable evidence of the occurrence and genuineness of that Change, the like of which we must all expe- rience to attain Heaven. THE DOCTRINE OF REGENERATION is coupled with another doctrine. It rests upon the great and alarming fact of man’s apostacy. With- out this fact itis a myth. What are the elements that enter into the change? It is not pbysical trans- formation. A physical word is employed. We speak of a change of heart; but it 13 metaphoric, though there may be a deeper meaning for the use of this physiological term in the fact that conversion has to do with the sensibuities, the conscience and tne affections rather than with the intellect, It ts not merely a change of purpose, though this 1s tnvolved in it, Itis not merely reformation—that 1s, aban- doning the drunkard’s cup, Sabbath desecration and the profanation of God’s holy name. Conver- ston impiies reformation, but reformation 1s only one element. Nor is it the periormance of religious duties. You may be baptized with apostolic hands; you may repeat the apostles’ creed and the Ten ‘Commandments and the Lord’s Prayer and still be without God and WITHOUT HOPE IN THE WORLD. If conversion 13 not these what 1s it? Itis the in- vestment of power; it is the importation of strength to do the divine will, He would not argue witn them on the extreme view of total depravity. Per- haps our pastors have not been as explicit on that subject as they should have been, but if men are not totally depraved they are totally deprived of affec- tion power, of conscience power. A man in the hour of his penitence feels his weakness, Ke- generation goes beyond all natural excel- Tencles of character and takes into considera- tion man’s moral nature, which cannot be changed except by the power of God, Hence Christ is represented as the great Helper. The planets are bound to @ common centre by centripetal force. There is acounter tendency to fly from that centre of centrifugal force, Man out of Christ is under centrifugal power, tending to fy from a common centre. When converted he 1s under the centripe- tal power of divine grace. Gonversion is the habitual prevalence of Christian graces over their opposite Vices, It 1s not the extermination ef all sinful inclinations. That belongs to wnat is known as entire sanctification. Conversion is the restora- tion of man’s moral nature to its original condition prior to the fall, The state of SIN IS THE ABNORMAL CONDITION; the state of grace is the normal condition. The only man who is harmonized with God and harmo- nized with nature is the man nas been restored by divine grace, This regenéra¥.on of the soul 1s always in harmony with the idtosyncracies of a man’s nature, and his constitutionai tendencies never violate the constitutional law, When a man comes out of the converting hand of the Holy Ghost he comes out with his individuality undisturbed, with all his personal inherent characteristics re- maining the same. We have not the power to effect this change. The Ethiopian cannot change his skin, ‘The moral leprosy cannot be effaced by any humaa power. We have all sinned and come short of the glory of God, 1s the solemn, feartul tes- timony of Scripture. The speaker then followed Paul in his journey from Jerusalem to Damascus, and described the wonderful character of his con- version, and showed the marvellous change that it wrought in his subsequent life, which was one of the best evidences of the genuineness of the change. Paul’s conversion was not miraculous, He was converted as any other Christian is. The light was supernatural, but the process of repentance and conversion 1s the same as that througm which all must pass Who would attain heaven. Dr. Newman clo: with an earnest application of the doctrine to the necessities of the unconverted in bis audi- ence, NEW YORK AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sermon by Rev. 5. S. Mitchell on the Ob- wervance of the Sabbath. WASHINGTON, Feb, 26, 1871. ‘The morning services at the New York avenue Presbyterian church were very Interesting to-day, and wellattended. The Rev. 8, 8, Mitchell delivered thesermon from the text, first chapter ,of Malachi, part of the eighth verse—‘‘And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, 1s it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil?? The reverend speaker said the exemplifications of human conduct and the principle are the same irom age to age; and this principle, like other principles, has its own pecue liarities throughout the world. As men insulted God centuries ago, 30 men insult God to-day. We speak this morning of those who do not serve God as they should—those who fear being called religious men and neglect their religious duties. The most of the churches are open two or three days in the week. ‘The first day (Sunday) ts set apart for divine ser- vice. No work ts done. The business ofiices are closed, Their duties do no not prevent any from attending this service. Why could they not devove one (lay other than Sunday to God’s worship? No. They devote no other day than Sunday because they have NOTHING FLSE TO DO on this day, and then only one hour ts grudgingly given. Men come to church Sunday, not with their hearts full of earnestness, but deeming it a duty to be performed. This is trifiing with our spiritual na- ture. This ferm of worship 18 an empty form, and one our Heavenly Father will not receive. The one houra week man gives to God is perhaps better Was pagalied for, and Brier Bragh Mpale rey | papa mene At gil: Luk WOE COR Wer Bot Giye pair God more of their time? There aro in many cases of religious culture little care and indifference, not ‘This carelessness 14 heeding the voice of their Go¢ unforgiven by our Maker. Every man goes to work and masters confesses he i3 a miserable sinner and ts seeking en- teance to the kingdom of Heaven, Harnest meu are never wanting in self-denial and self-culture, THEY ARM ALWAYS WILLING to acknowleage their wrong, The Christian ts saved by four Ways—first, by prayer; second, by a con- sistent lite; third, where tho hand of human pow 1g Airetched to give relief, and fourth, by tho grace of God, which guides the rest. Hoe whose taste nauseated by strong drink has to drop tis evil or he Will be incapacitated to perform the duties required by his Heavenly Vather, The Church, they say, must be content with what may be otfered it. The world 1g full of such men, Men offer unto God things THEY WOULD BR ASHAMED TO OFFER to their fellow man—things that would cat them to the core of their hearts If they thought they had otfended any one of their friends, Yet they are at all times offending their God. Imagine ourseives offering these unto our dearest friends. Would we do sor No. There are many Whose religion ta measured oy hearing one sermon a week. Ye: there are very many such Christians. Do th men sacrifice anything by giviug one hour a week to theirGod? They think they do; but far from us such sacrifices. They forget their relation to their God ia a personal relation, The service of God 1s not appointed because He needs it, but be- cause we need ft, and badly too. If man calls atiending service on the Sabbath day religion, aud during the week goes on his wickea steps, ke commits @ crime agatnst his Maker that will never be forgotten. We are all in danger of evernal loss, Let us pat our trust in Him and make an effort to avoid that eternal loss, Our Hea venly Father deserves the best at our hands, Make no pretensions, but be in earnest. The pretender 4s offering the lame ad sick. Itis not neglecting God, but insuiting Him, Man's danger is too great to treat this subject with indifference, Why not litt yourself up day by day, novwithstanding the evils Which are trying to pull you downy Jf you will only take hold of the Saviour’s outstretched arms you may yet be saved. He begs, He prays that you may yet come aud seek forgiveness, ST. MARWS EPISCOFAT, cnURCH. Tho Rev. J. McKee on the Visions of Faeklel. WASHINGTON, Feb, 25, 1871. After the preliminary service of the Episcopal church this morning the pastor, Rey. J, M. E, McKee, took for his text the following passage from the sccond verse of the tenth chapter of Ezeklel’s pro- phecy:—“The Lord spake unto the man clothed with linen and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thy nand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” The preacher, in opening his discourse, touched on the character and mission of the sacred writer of the text. Ezekiel, he said, was a priest of the Jewish Church as well as a prophet of Jehovah, Among the Jewish prophets he was conspicuous for the great energy of his character and vigorous style of his writings. Tlis very name was a prophetic index of his character, ‘Ezekiel’? meaning the power of God girding with strength, THE IMAGERY OF EZEKIEL’S VISIONS, though sometimes obscure in meaning, owing to the mystic symbolism through whose sublime but complex tracery the divine judgments and future mercies were disclosed, like the glittering rainbow lifting its shadowy splendors out of the gloomy ele- ments of the storm, were at the same time strikingly bold and beautifui in their embodiment, The Prophet Habakkuk adopts this half-concealing, half. disclosing form of revelation when he speaks of God as having beams coming out of his hand, and yet there was the hiding of his power. The preacher ‘then adduced some of the fae allegories of Ezektel to show the great strength and beauty of the prophet’s imagery. Among these he referred to tre striking allegory of the VALLEY OF DRY BONES wherein the resurrection of that siain army by the breath invoked from the four winas by Ezekiel was not only a figure of the conversion and restoration to their native land of the unbelieving and scattered Jews, but was also an expressive symbol of the resurrection under the Christian dispensa- tion of sinful souls trom the death of sin to the new birth of righteousness by the inoreatning and sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit, He thea showed®how Ezekiel developed the ovice of Christ as the great shepherd and bishop of souls, in the attractive allegory of the good shep- herd of Israel wio was to unite under his lov and gentle sway the long vexed and envious me bers of the peuple of God as the typical tribes of bphraum and Judah. He alluded to Ezekiei’s beau- ful allegory of the holy | waters issuing trom under the threshold of the Yemple, and Which widened and deepened as they ad- vanced, and along whose fertilizing stream fadeless trees and towers, with their medicinal leaves, grew In profusion, and in whose life-giving Ude disease was replaced by health and vigor. This allegory of the holy waters 1s a fine emblem of the source and progress of the Gospel, whose long pent up water of life rent In twain-the weit of the te ple, as the triumphant shout ‘It 13 finished,” broke rom the lips of the Redeemer on the cross, and as it Nowed out of the dim, cold shadews of the tem- ple of Judaism into the clear, warm light of the sua of righteousness, carried invo all lanas THE BLESSINGS OF A TRUE CIVILIZATION nd the hopes of eternal enjoyment beyoud the grave. Ezekiel was among the first of the Jewish captives who, in the time of Joachim, King of Judea, nearly six hundred years prior to the ad- vent of Christ, were carried to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar and were colonized on the shore of the river Chebar, about two hundred miles above the city of Babylon, where Ezekiel ministered for twenty-one years to his captive countrymen, The idolatrous and other sinful practices of the rem- nant of his people leit behind amid the desolation of Jerusaiem on the oue hand, and the impenitence and murmurings of nis iellow cap- Uves on the Chebar on the other, stirrec the rigut- eous soul of Ezekiel to its depths. Jeremiah, who tor three years before the captivity had been the contemporary of Ezekiel in Jerusalem, had predicted the utter desolation ol that city on account of its wickedness; but, unawed by the partial desolation of the city and ‘remple, the giddy remnant in Judea began to grow sceptical of the compiete fulfilment of Jcremiah’s prediction against them, and plunged with fresh recklessness into the idolatry and follies which had so recently caused God to punish them by sending the Chaldean army of Nebuchadnezzar vo invade and desolate their beautiful capital, dese- crate and rob their sacred temple and carry the most important of their om into captivity, While the righteous soul of Ezekiel was thus vexed within him by the FOLLIES AND UNBELIEF OF HIS COUNTRYMEN, He was seated in his house on the banks of the Chebar, as described in the eightn chapter, when Le is suddenly transported in vision to the city of Jeru- saiem, where he witnesses within the precincts of the Temple, at the vi gate of the altar, scenes of abomination which account for the judgments that God was visiting upon i1is chosen people. Having gazed for a while upon these abominations, and the terrible judgments which followed them, as described in the minth chapter, tie ‘prophet, in the tenth chapter, lifts his eyes from these melancholy scenes in Jerusalem to the heavens above him and benolds a sight of be- wildering glory and grandeur. It is a glimpse of the New Jerusalem, afterwards seen by St. Jonn in Pat- mos, and described in his Book of Kevelation. Poised in the heavens is the house of God, not made With hands, within which 18 asapphice throne, arched with a rainbow, on Which God, in the like. ness of man, ts seated. The celestial house 1s Aled with the giory ef the Lord in the semblance of A GREAT CORTAIN OF FIRE unfolding itself, whose amber brightness discloses to the vision of Ezekiel the startiug forms ot four cherubims, each with four faces aud four wings, while the entire body is filled with eyes. As the prophet continues to gaze upon the singular specta- cle he notices that the four faces of each of the cheruoim are different 1m species, the first being the face of a man, to denote understanding; the second the face of a lion, to denote courage: the third the face of an ox, to denote endur- ance, and the fourth the fuce of ano an eagle, to denote strength of vision and facility to soar to great height. The prophet also notices that each of the cherubim has beneath his wings the hands of a man, but what excites the highest inter- est in the mind of the prophet, as he gazes upon this wonderful vision of the cherabim, 15 their start. lingly facile MEANS OF LOCOMOTION. Each is connected with two large wheels passing throug each otuer diagonally, thus formirg te ont- lines of a globe, an whose motions are 80 swift as to appear to the prophet like tae movements of the lightning, aad always going and returning In a straight line to or from the EN er? of the compass. ee wheels are filled with eyes, and in the wheels reside the life and intelligence of the cherubim, As the prophet gazes in silence at this wonderful sight of the wheeled cherubim, and hears the rustle of their wings as they go and come on their swift mis- sion, he sees & man ctothed with linen and having an inkhorn by his side stauding near the throne and the prophet hears the voice of the Man sitting On the throne:—‘‘Say to the man clothed with Ien, go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and Mii thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” This vision of the wheel cherublm the preacher regarded as a magnificent figure of the all- seeing and all-wise Providence of God in its unity of perception and motion. The wheels filled with eyes, In which dwelt the life and tntelligence ofthe cherubvim, represented the dealings of God with the afairs of men on earth. The feathered bodies of the cherubim symbolised His switt angeis, who excelled in strength, who fulfilled His commandment and hearkened unto the voice of flis word, while the man clothed with linen was the Goa Man Christ Jesus, to whom was delegated by the Pather the task of scattering the SCORCHING COALS OF JUDGMENT over the idolatrous city of Jerusalem. Living, said tue preacher, in the present light of untoided revel- tion, with the predictions of Jeremtah and Ezekiel concerning the utter desolation of Jerasalem, ful- tiled to the letter, and the symbolic judgment of the Man clothed with linen, scattering the scorching coals over the doomed city, realized to the full, does ot the inspired proverb of we wise Solomon, that ‘“kighteousness exalteth ® nation but sin is a reproach to any peopley? connect Itself in our thoughts with AANDTaUTatencss Qf ita qwAt ‘The MAUR Apme —_ gested by the wheols of Providenc Vision seem peculiarly fitting to tin ie atea eae when the Churett of Christ throughout the world fi sounding the bell to prayer ant calling sinful mea to repentance and faith in a cracitied Redeemer, yeklel In his vision Leveld one of the wheels anol the Karth, and does not ancient and moucrn hie tory abound with evidence of the movements over our World of that swilt emblem of Providence? From the days of Uyras, King of Persia, who ree stored the capilye countrymen of Ezekiel to thete nutive land, ahd who, though a heathen, ts spoken of by God ag his annointed, can we not’ trace the course of the wheel of Providence over tue des- Unies of nations as Well a3 of individuals? Some uuseen Gaogers unravel the tangled threads of the Christian's life ; some invisible hands drop the lealing salt into the bitter waters from which he drinks. Does not St. Paul speak of the angels as ministering spirits? Amd who can say that tue gen- tle tracks around the Christian's life are not the love ing tuipress of the mystio wheel, and Tk HERBAL HANDS 80 friendly to his ly needs those whom Ezekiel beheld behind the Wings of the cherabim under the arch of promise which glittered above the turone t LITERATURE. Criticisms on New Books. Tie Froativa Ligur ov THe GoopwiN SANDS. By KM. Ballantine, author of “Bring the Bold! “Deep Dowa,” &o. Claxton, Remsen & Hafele ger, publishers, Philadelphia, ‘This Work is descriptive of fo on board of light. Ships, those floattag beacons that are placed where lighthouses cannot be constructed, to warn mart. ners of the dangers they are ,approuching in pime ta Steer clearofthem. ‘The stip particulariy described is one of three anchored near the »dwin Sanda, one of the most dangerous shoais off the coast of England, that are placed in the fair way of all vea- els bound tn and out of the river Thames, or to and from the North Sea, and which have been the scene of tnnumerable wrecks and consequent loss of life and property, The hardships and dangers attending the life and duty on board of one of these vessels are fully and clearly set forth, and the stormy Scenes that are witnessed by those who form the crew are most vividly described. Com- bined with {6 13 an account uf the life boat service of the coast of Engiand—s service that has been the means of saving so many lives from almost certain destruction, The account of the wreck of the homeward bound East Ludiaman on the Goodwin Sands and the reseuo of her crew and passengers by the Ramsgate ilfeboat is a very thrilling portion of the tato, and it la so wel told that the reader can almost imagine himself on board, taking part in the scenes described. It would not be complete in interest were there no love and mar- riage about it, and these have been most appropri ately introduced, giving additional zest to the plot, and they are carried toa termination that must be highly satisfactory to all readers, The story is told ma simple manner, tn plain good English, without attempt at flowery language and without anything of a sensational character, It i3 tastractive because Xt gives information regarding the lives of & class of haray men that we know but little of, and 13 moral is unexceptionable, Those who commence it will find the work attractive enough to follow tt caree fully to the end, SERGEANT ATKINS; A TALE FOUNDED ON Fact. By an Oilic States Army, J. B. Lippincots pha. ‘The object of this book 1s to give the reader some Ansight tnto the customs and character of the North American Indians, the causes which led to the war with their conquerors and the treatment which they received at the hands of the “pale faces.” The scene of tne story is laid in the swamps of Florida, and the story itself 1s founded on events which preceded the breaking out of hostilities with the tribe of Seminole Indians, This war, which proved so dis- astrous for some years to the United States forces, commenced about the year 1835. It was waged until the formidable race of the Seminoles waa nearly exterminated and the small remnant had earned the right to boast of thetr many victories over those who finally conquered them through numbers alone. The story of ‘Sergeant Atkins” ta filled with interesting adventures and anecdotes characteristic of the times OF APVENTURI r OF the Unite «LO, Philadel- Tue OryrrocraM, By Jaines de Mille, Brothers, New York. This ts @ novel of remarkable fascination and power. It 1s the fourth work of Professor Je Milie, Harper & of Canada, who first won popularity through his story of “Ihe Dodge Club,” an amusing description ot travelling abroad, published some five or six years since, and probably the best known of hig writings. “The Oryptogram” itself 1s a mysterious Jetter, which happens to be found by tho “viilain’® of the bock, who is, unfortunately, a woman, Her plots pervade the entire story, g.ve it all its most striking situations, and are only thoroughly dis- covered and defeated at the close. Although most ofher crimes are committed through the agency of another, Hilda Kried’s tool is yet less base than her- sell, for his aevoted love ts the cause of his servile submission to her will, and the motive of his execu- ton of her commanas, Infamous as are his crimes, he yet has this one redeeming point—that he commits them only for the reward of ber approval and affection; and when at length he feels that all is discovered, it is her danger that he mourns. Perhaps no char- acter in the book is better drawn or more suarply individualized than that of Obed Chute, the New York banker. The Yankee shrewdneas of his char- acter is dificult to deceive, yet so astonishing are the Anal dénouements of the book that even he ex- claims (with the reader’s full sympathy) that “of all the onparalleled situations that were ever put on the boards this 1s the most bewildering!” “i'm foored; I give it up,’ adds Obed. “You may be yourselves or you may be somebody else. We may all be somebody else, I’m somebody else, I'll be hanged if 'm myself. Don’t try to explain it, I beg; if you do I shall gomad.” ‘The Oryptogram” ts, properly speaking, an English romance, yet many of its most interesting scenes are enacted in lily. It Was brought out in numbers in Harpes's Bazar, but has only recently been offered complete to the public. The volume 1s nicely bound and very pro- jusely flustrated. By T. A T. B. Peterson & Brother, PLIGG ggeig ta This is 1n some respecis the best book that the author has yet given to the pubilc, It is an Italian tale, and in these Mr. Trollope 1s peculiarly succeas- ful. A residence in Italy of some thirty years has, of course, given him @ thorough knowledge of Italian life and character and enabled him to con- vey, through his romances, much interesting infor- mation as to the customs and manners of the peo- ple to his readers, “The Sealed Packet’’ gives evi- dence of much thought and care im the formation of the plot, which contains some points of decided originality and is skilfully developed. Giulio Mala testa, the hero, is the son of the Marchese Malatesta (@ nobleman of high rank) and a beautt ful but bumble girl. Although laboring under the disadvantage of supposed illegitimacy he makes strong friends, is Intreduced into high society, wins the affections of a noble lady, 1s conspicuous for courage and energy during the Italian war of 1848-49, and finally inherits a noble name and iarge fortune. La Contessina Stella Altamaria, the nero ine of the tale, proves herself as courageous and faithful as she is represented beautiful and wealthy. The numerous characters are all well sustained and the descriptions life-like. That of the Contessa Zenb\, bia is peculiarly original and amusing. Pietro Varanl, the ungainly but noble-hearted dupe of the first chapters, and afterwards the worthy and re- spected Professor of Pisa; the Marchese Florimond (the devoted slave of the Countess Zenovia); Vario Brancaccl, nepnew of the Marquis and Giullo’s neare est friend, are all excellent creations. altogetner, this is a novel of decided merit, and will add greatly to Mr, Trollope’s increasing popularity. New Cook Book. T. B, Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, have pube shed in neat form a “New Cook Book,’’ giving 868 new and original receipts for cooking and pre- paring food of all kinds. It also contains general rules for marketing as well as some useful remarks in regard to the proper management of a household, and esteeming It, uo doubt, part of @ housekeeper’ duty to see to the healtn of those about her, & “medicinal department” has been added w the book. Ree Bs 13 0P CHILDHOOD, by Mise THe Metiaees, ‘Published Sy Kelly, Pet & Oey Baltimore, ‘This ts a collection of attractive tales Ulustrating the title. The book ts printed on tinted paper, aad nicely bound, making itan agreeable and iatrae. tive git (or young pegule of Doth sexes THE SEALED PACKET. — f '