The New York Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1871, Page 4

RELIGIOUS. | The Pearls of Yesterday's Religious Wit and Wisdom. PATERE AL ADVICE FROM THE POPE. A Batch of Lenten Lossons---The Dacies of the Season. 4 few Regorerated Sinners Seooped futo Plymouth Cliureh. TRANSPIGURATION SERMONS Sprtoy h cetebrated by poets and essaytsts @ he Of courtship and jove; and a oynic might per aflirm that the many opportunities afforded | church and the meeting house for a favoray! y oft ne loveliness, arrayed In its Dmghios' alire aud radiant with holy emotion, had sonnething to do withth nce yester- @ay at most paces worship. The weather was delightiu{ aod ploasant beyond description—a clear sky, abrgn n ond an atmosphere cool and brac- ing, but airy. It was but natural, theretore, tent sinuers showld be ¢rawn .rom almost forgotten attractions of & “lovely 5. an early hour; and, once tempte} ou: ute the ar, many backsliding feet were charmet ‘iy (ue magte of the church bells mto the house of God, The churcues showed, by the tollets as lias the nambers of their audi- ences, tue exceptional fineness of the day. The ladies were gay ¥ the colors of spring time flowers, and thelr cheeks were neither of a wintry blue nor @ languid summer pluk, but beamed out with the rosy flue o’ spring. The gentlemen, too, were un- soMmMoOnty spruce, and showed a decided penchant for light-cotovea mexpresstoles, AS will be seen, the hopeful influences of the Season imparted a cheer.ul ione to moat of the dis- Courses, in spite of the depressing memory of Leaten @uties, Below we give carefully selected abstracts Of the more important sermons. cH ACH OF iHE NATTY, Tho Definition of Sin—Necossity for Imme- diate Repentance—Sermon by Rev. Father Everett. This little church, which shows no prerension to Deauty op the outside, is a handsome structere within, and under the able charge of the Rey. Father Everett (a convert to Oatholicity), together With che assistance of the amiable Father Ducy, bas @ noble congregation, and of whom Father Ducy has justly said, ‘‘Tuey do not come for pomp and show; they are all attracted here by the fear and Hove of the Lord.”” High mass was celebrated yesterday by the Rev. T. J. Ducy, the service of which was admirably aasisted by an excellent choir, under the direction of the orgamst, Mr. Frederick Waite. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. Wilham Everett, who took for bis text tne first chapter of the Epistle of st, John. The reverend father then said:—My dear brethren, during tle holy season of Leut we must give our Whele aticntion to the goodness and mercy of the Lord, and by that means purge vurselves of mortal sins by the sacrament of penance. It isin this way ‘We will be able to understand our duties and attain the end of a Curistian. When we think of God's goodne: BVERYIUING APPEARS BRIGHT AND JOYFUL, But, my dear brethren, have youever thought of God’s worth? You may not, but your neighbor may, be a bad mab, or perhaps somebody else around you may lave ofended God. L we suy that We have not sined We ture ourselves, Tne Lord then knows that the enem) ts near, and that we are in danger. Now, as the discussion’ vi sin wlil show us the danger which we are constantly getting into by commiting sin, we will give our attention this Morning to it. THE GENERAL DEFINITION OF SIP, my dear breiiren, 8 siwply @ wilful transgression against the law o: the Lord. We inherit the nature which Adam liad after his all; therefore we inherit and are couceived in sin. The very object of cur additionai devouon during the holy season 18 to beg God’s pardon aud ww do penauce for our sing. 1t 1s & sin against God to make a precept and not to keep it If we do that which 1s forbidden we DENY TL AUTHORITY OF GOD. God {s then oifended; God ts mdignant because we have set ilis autuority at defiance. God has told You through 1s holy discipies that you must not sin, and yet you set Him at deflance. If the eternal authority 1s sct at defiance, then there is the sin of disobedience, from which sin first originated. Sins are not all of equal turpitude, of equa: danger, We lind there is great variety; some are very bad, some are HOt 80 Vad, But, my dear brethren, accord- tng to the cuormity ef the sins, accordingly they Wul be punisied. Now, then, we come to VENIAL AND MORTAL SINB. Venial sins may obtain the pardon of God easily and more readily than mortal sins. When man falis toto mortal sin the Holy Spirit leaves him, and when ft takes us departure the man dies, Nearly every one aies just as he lives. Jf death comes unpro- vided for there Is nothing can describe the misery of that soul. Mortal sm, asl bave sald before, sepa- raves man i1om God, and keeps him in taat condi- ten that ne can be rescued only by God's help and Ube pardon of «in, and this is to be obtained by the means of penance and grace. Now, let us under- stand it riguily. When we say that we lave not sinned we deceive ourselves, THERE IS NO ONE FREB FROM SIN on this Carth; we ar. ali Lableto sin. But we say tuar where we have not committea murder or adul- tery, or because we do not steal or swear, that we do not sin, Oh, my dear bretliren, do not ve de- ceived. You way think contentedly that there are others who uiave sinned more than you have. The Lord has said that for all sins, uo matter how large or small, you must account on the day of judgment. Now, my dear brethren, mortal sin kills the soul by withdrawing the grace ef God. But this abandon- ment of God's Spirit is not total; there is @ little upark left, which, if FANNED BY FEAR AND LOYE, will grow iarger and brighter until the soul is agatn Mluninated with the Spirit of God. God ts love Himself, and is that winch is holy and is that which has light. God hates sin and, therefore, because He hates sin He hates the sinuer, Therefore, when any one has been so uniortunate as to commit sin, he shovid obtain ms!ant relief Now, we are all prone Lo commit sin; we are vata, we are egotistical. This SELF-RELIANCK FREVENTS OUK MUMILITY, binders us from gaining and makes us go turough Ubis life in bind stupidity, ‘and consequently we place too much confidence Ourselves instead of God. We must be wise just in proportioa 45 we understand mankind. Careless- ess and indiverence i what we are to guard against mos iniiie. It brings us iuto mortal sin, and we see not what is the real condition of things Ground us, aud in the end what have we dune in comparison to what we should have done as Chris- ans! During tue Lent we are, to understand what ir Coudition really {8, and we must discuss our wure wellure. GOD'S MBBOY I8 WAITING, nd if we repent at last and if we are sincere Ged Wul give us His pardon, But we do not know when We will die. We may not de avle tu ask God's par- don. Therefore, my brethren, ask Goa's pardon for your sins while you bave strength. Do God's works He will ave mercy on you; for while we have ith und strength we must ask God's pardon. be] ‘will give 1 to us If we ask it with a gvod heart an be penivent, He will show mercy vo us. 80, then, let us never despair; let our efforts be bolder and bolaer. Have contideuce in ourselves and the Almighty God wili pour His bicssings ou us forever. true knowledge of ourselves FIFTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Relief to the Disabled Clergy—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Hall in Aid of the Funda, Tne Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church 1s always jargoly attcuded whether the weather ve fair or foul. Yesterday inviting weather drew a iarge influx of new faces to hear the celeprated pastor, Rev. Dr. Jobn Mall, and at an early hour tne vast edifice was filled to overflowing. By the time the sorvices com- enced NOT EVEN STANDING ROOM coud be obtained In eithor the body of the churen or in the gallery, While the congregation was fitng tu the organ peated forth a harmontous voluntary. Divine worsulp was commenced by tte congregation slaging the folowing appropriate opeding hymn:— Bieas, O my soul, the living God, Cai howe tay thoughts (hat rove abroad; Let ali the powers within me jola Lu work aad worship so divine, After prayer the reverend doctor announced that (ue object of Lis discourse would be to raise money for the reitel of VOOR AND DISABLED MINISTERS and their dependents, He then delivered an ele Quont gad vowerful appeal for conusubiogs, Wis NEW YUKK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 187L—TRIPLE SHKKT, utterances being vigor itellect tor whion he ts 80 gf abeg The text chosen was Acts xvill., 10—“Who also bonored us with many honors, when we de- parted they laded us with such thi as were ne- ceagury.”’ Alter briefly Pe his text the reverend doctor spoke of the ciaims which the clersy had upon the cummanity for proper support. He did not think it invidious to state that 10 ne other Class were the comu:unity more indebted than the clergy for the marptenance of their imstivations | aud colleges. They were turemost in oxere work, und their services as exemplars of the higher STANDARDS OF MORALITY Were incalculable, He thought they would admit this when they considered tit, notwithstand- ing the close scrutiny to which the belavior of the many hundred Protestant clergymen in New Yo:k was subjectea, he could ‘only remember one case in which there hud been scandal in tue life of @ minisicr during the pust four years, and tn that case the sanity of the man Was properly questioned. Speaking of the services of the clergy, he said tha’ ef point had been raised ag to the reiative services o! THE PULPIT AND THR } RES There was really no comparison however, They might just as well make @ comparison between the reservoir of the Croton water and the hot water sup- piled in their dwellingy. iC was true there would be no hot warer if there was No fire, but it owas equally trae there would be no hot water if there was | no reservoir. He spoke of the obligations of the press to the pulpit, and sad that from a carefal study of all past history he thought the observation could be matn- tam that in the measure in which the ie 1os°s its power in that same measure will all iterature lose Its Gualiy and character, and the IRKELAGIO’S LITERATURE manifestly be increased. But to sup r trreligious literature is to supersede the pulpit is to suppose that religion 19 to die out altogether. It might rovably be a surprise to them to Know that many inielugeat men had gravely and deliberately held that THE STAGE WAS AN EDUCATOR that might be compared with the pulpit. If they Wanted to think clearly and vowtcally ‘on this ques- tion they must eliminate something which was common to b th. ‘There were numerous persous Who subinitted themseives on Sabbath to the pit and viuring the week to the educatton of play, ‘These must be takea out of account alto- gether, becanse It was impossible to cay how much good in ‘hem is the property of the pulpit and how mue pal- the THE PROPERTY OF THE PLAY, They were, therefore, compelled to make the com- Parison between that porion of the community Whicao gets instracuoa wnolly from the pulpit and that other portion which gets its education wholly from tne play. He maintaimed that the representa- tives of the stage were to be found anong the SWINDLERS AND BLACKGUARDS of the community. In conciusion the reverend doctor made an clo- quent appeal on beha'f of the relief fund for disabled clergy and the widows and orpbans of deceased ministers. A muhificent collection was then taken up by the lay elders, after which @ hymn and doxology were Sung and the benediction was pronounced. PaTRich’S CATHXDRAL, The Lile of Our Lord—Transfiguration on the Mouxt—Exposition of ti Vision—Semoe Facts About tho Disciples—A Lenten Lesson. The beautiful, balmy weather which greeted Gotham on its awakening yesteraay morning was in itself sufficient to inspire in every heart feelings of the most grateful kind and elevate the soul to the contemplation of holy and sacred things. The bright sky and soft sunsline were in marked con- trast with the dark and sombre weather of recent Sabbaths, Nature was IN A MOST COMPLACENT MOOD, and happily selected the first Sunday of spring as the day upon which to assume the season’s appro- priate characteristics, and thus by exciting an ad- muration of her beauties raise up the soul to dwell upon the beneficence of the supreme Author, Hence, as might bave been expected, people were seized with a devotional incliaation, and the churches of ail denominations Were Mled with congregations eager to pray. At St. Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday morning during the high mass every pew was filled, and even in the aisles crowds Of persons stood or knelt while the mystic ceremonies of the most ancient Christian faith were being celebrated. As is usual in Catholic churches, (he sanctuary was brilliantly ighted and @large number of wax tapers burned on the altar, but the lights were dimmed and seemed feeble be- neath the Lalo of sunshine in piismatic hues which, formed py the large stained glass window above, had a most beautuul eifect even from any. part of the church. Added to this was THE FINE CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL, composed of Madame Choiné, soprano; Mrs. Werner, alto; Mr. Groschell, tenor; Mr. A, sohst, basso; under the ieadership of Sir. avus Schmidt, the organist—everything thus couspiring to make the worship pecullarly grand and soiemn. The oiferwwry ptece was the Quis est Homo, a duet from Rossini’s “Staoat Mater,” which was a well by Madame Chomé and Mrs. Werner.” High mass was ceie- brated by the Rev. Father Kearney, and after tae urst gospei the Rev. Fatner Metean preach taking his text from the gosvei of the day—Matthew, xvil., 1-10, The sublime story of the transOguration of Christ is told in this day’s gospel, Jesus took Peter, James and Joho with Hum to Mount Tabor, when the trausfiguration otcurred in pregence of these three disciples. ‘Tho face of Jesus shone as thesun and His raiment was waite as the light. soon as Peter saw the divinity of Jesus he eé: claimed, “Lord, it 1s good for us to’be here," and while he was speaking A BRIGHT CLOUD OVERSHADOWED THEM, and a voice out of the cloud said.—“This is my be. loved Sou, in whom 1am weil pleased; hear ye him.’” Then the disciples got afraid and fell upon their faces, but Jesus told them not to fear,and when they got up they saw Jesus only; and on coming down from the mountain Jesus cautionea them not to speak toany one about the vision, It may be asked why it was that Jesus for the first time dur- ing his career on earth showeu Himself to His disci- ies other than as a suderer. During the lapor of @ Saviour he was often taunted with being POSSESSED BY B ELZEBUB, for in no other way could the things He had done be accounted for. The disciples had never seen in Him any proo! of the divinity, and in order to con- frm them in the fatth He proposed to prove His di- vinity. The disciples selected were the principal ones—t’eter, who was to confirm his faith by words, James by martyrdom and Jehn by leve. Christ wished TO GLORIFY HIS HUMANITY. It was natural for the disciples vo think that the Messiah should come with power, majesty and glory. ‘The life Christ had led was one ofsuifering. He feared that the disciples might become scandatized. He was bimself vbe despised of mankind—poor, ab- jectand humble, We, in our day, might well become scandalized under the circumstances, Therefore, 1t was that he took his three chosen disciples to Mount Tabor, there to confirm them im the faith, and to show them the wisdom with which Hislife was being led, On Tabor for the first time he gave ‘A PROOF OF HIS DIVINITY, which, then, there could be no hesitating about. But, at the same time, the disciples were unable to bear the sight of the Divine Being, and hence He proved to them how wise was the course He had adopted for the saivation of men. Peter had ioved his Master; but tt was the love for Christ’s humanity and not for His divinity. The Saviour wished to correct him in this. Peter was impetuous and PRONE TO MAKE PROMISES, and, like the other discipies, wished to share in the glory of being a follower of the Messiah, but did not wish to bear the patus, The life of our divine Lord Was steps to Calva) When He foretold to Bis disciples that sufferngs awaited Him in Jerusalem Peter urged Him not to go thither; that it could not beso. We cannot tell, but we may guess with sad- ness, What would have become o! Peter ultimately had he not confirmed in faith by the vision on Tabor. With reason alone the divinity ef Jesus could not have been discerned. and yet, were Jesus to appear in all the Majesty of His divinity who would dare to look upon Him? Even His cnosen disciples threw themselves upon their faces when for the rst and only time they saw it. Jesus could not, were he mot to hide His divinity, speak to us ag Ho spoke over the grave of Lazarus. His ie was i See een ings wero not to try to gain the ings of this world. In His divine wisdom He allotted a portion, great or small, to each, and He inculcated content- ment and a submission to the divine will. As He says Himself, Heaven must be gained through vio- lence. In looking at the liie He ied we see the end for which man ts in this world. _ A life lowly, ham- ble, depressed was His, Yet in His innermost heart HE FELT THE PANGS which the humanity He put on for sake of men en- tailed upon Him. He bore men’s sius, though sin- less. But iook at the wisdom Of that life oe one lesson it inculcates daily. Jesus was poor. He sits at the right hana of the Father in ali majesty and giory, with the heavens at His feet. He, before Whose divine presence even the Giscipies ula their faces on Tabor, subsequently led the life of the per- secuted. He wanted the disciples to remember, when they saw Hin DYING ON THE CROSS on Calvary, that ey had seen His Divinity, and {hus were contirmed in the faith. The disciples, however, except Joun, did not appear at the cruck fixion. The Spirit of the Holy Ghost had not yet descended on them, and they were net strong evough to be there. It is not for us to judge of the disciples, Itis for us te learn from thelr acts the tuysterious goodness of God, who afterward ave them the light of faith and the tongnes with which to spread that faith. Poor human reason ls weak. Was it hot Peter, who, when Vhrist_ was before Pilate, thrice denied that he knew his Master? We — all our hopes, our aspirations, our faith in God, The greater the s.ferings we undergo in this life the greater shati be the reward in the next; and this is evident from the life of the Sa- viour, Who taught this one beitel especially by every act of His own life. The sacraments are TUE REFUGE OF THE SINNER, e alds and meaus by which an offended God may ‘api In this penitental season of Lent, ail who have gone astray shouid return to the business oftheir iie—thelr eternal salvation. There {s ip that this | store for the just ana righteous a heaven hereafter, Ageieiea Vistg, belore Whom se suree bowed down and hid their faces on Mount Tabet, nity. be in ell the majest: Stove ail the sacramentor ihe Eucharist bp 3 01 1s lovingly inviting for been wanders in the cold a: sin, Bi altars the wine, Were the Saviour, as humanity on Mount Taber, to unveil Himself of these forms on our aliars, think any one dare approach the infinite His presence? Here isa special act of love in with the life of Jesus on this earth, and calling unbounded love in return, NEW ENGLAND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. The Atonement of Obrigt as Revenled im the Bible—Sermon by lev. Merrill Richardson, Spring's opening Sabbath brilliantly bright, witha golden glow of sunny warmth, attracted an unu- sually large congregation atthe servi es yesterday morning at the New England Congregational church, corner of Madison avenue and Forty-seventh siveet. Prayer, singing and reading the Bcriptures led off the exercises, as usual, after which Rev. Merrill Richardson, the pastor, delivered THE SERMON. He took for his text Il. Cortnthians x., 19—“God was tu Christ reconciling the world unto himself.” The text was an exact interpretation of the atone- ment, The scheme of the atonement was to bring man back to God. It originated tn Divine love. Ite object was reconolliation; sin wisram, The great thing was to uphold the sacredness of the law and yet recencile man to God. To save man from sin, to bring man to God was its high purpose, God's love couipassed this great ond, After further Intro- ductory remarks, in general explanation of the broad and beneficent scope of the atonement, he elucidated the subject, as expressed through the terms of the Bible. “He took up rst THY LEVITICAL LAW, The Mosaic institutes, he wm }, embodied the Jewish worship, As to the mat @f sacrifice, 1 Was as old us Abel, The first ¢hing alter the foo: Noah butit an altar and offered up S eortnce to Years before the Bibie was known gacrifices bs] made, These sacrifices carried with the spirit and idea ef atonement. In Asia It is he same te- day, and go in delving among the sterlows mounds in Oentral America lexico were found Sa of sacrifielal worship. Mankind threugh all the ast ages and among all classes of people have felt the® necessity of ths, tis a want of | man’s nature felt aud Known through all the In the fi Sin 13 of twotold nature, are sins where restoration is essential, as the thelt of money, The man wants reconciliation. There igno way @man thus having erred can be recon- ciied except by confession and restoration, The Catholics understand this principle of confessien. Then there is the second class of sing, against the connolenen. ‘These are the MEAN SINS OF MEN that require atonement as well as those of the first class, He related as an illustration how Dr. John- son, the lexicographer, stood out In the raion throng! three days and nights to atoue for a sin le had com- Mutted at the funeral of his father. This class af TO} sling «Was «against, not the right of others, but end Him = alone—sins = in = whi an atenement Was necessary to insure return of self-respect. and peace and content of mind. Underlying is Principle he went on to show them all the penances of sackcloth and ashes, fastung aud lying on thorns and biting and tearing one’s flesh. Through these men sought restoration of peace of mind. After de- scribing the various kinds of aioning sacrifices men- tioned in the Levittcal law he spoke of THE SCAPEGOAT as an outward embiem showing the bearing away of sins. The crime of theft or jraud or murder could not be laid om the goat. The sms were but hijs.lifo was to seek and to save ihe lost. You ask, 18 there anything original in the Gospel? When was tlereever such & character as that of Christ her wepiag eyesand astevciled bar? There 1a none, apd it ia new. Bring pour pocts and sages, philosophers and priests, they bison Was and if to Welk yw ng the umant d Pos out from the remnants a ruins of humanity 3 an f sculptured of th man sare had no aympatiy win ‘th, but loved at features. is the sinner. Let ua loo! ty fortunt We are net to work for poor Roman Catholics, for crippled ut We are to work for men we are too many men who wiul take one text from the Bible, in a doctrinal way, and make it a the ‘ake not a Phari- nail to gato view of men’s sousions. We ee, net to, rogurd intelectual beliefs, but men’s carts. The reverend preacher referred to the re- vision Pf the Binie about to take place in Kngland, and said that he did not pencils ike departing from band good old translation of King James. He de- THR NARROW RELIGION which had recently excluded Unitarians and others from the Ger ein Were we to have @ liberal Qnd broad treatment by scholars, or was it to be trae Are thereat a a tonct it was aeked, “What ! are wo borne away through the sorrow, confession and forsaking of sins of which this was an embicm. Buch a scapegoat was Christ. He bore away our sins. Christis spoken of a3 a bicoa offering and also as being made a curse for us, and then again as @ransom. After expiaining the meaning of these expressions he enforced the truth that the giving up of Ais Son by God was a sacrifice infinitely ox- ceeding all other posmble sacrifices—an exhibition Ol the great and mcomiparable ness Of God to Hig creatures—an filusiration of the boundlessness of His love. Though Christ was @ vicarious atone- ment he did not suiferour sinsin kind. Dwelling at length on this tepic he next showed the UPHOLDING OF THE Oy by Christ’s atonement. The grand dignity of the law was upheld. Not 8 jot or tlttle of it passed away. And yet, he argued, man cannot be recon- ctled to God until he is reconciled to the divine law. Most eloquently tn this connection was portrayed the beneficence ef God’s grace, and then, in conclu- sion, witu like brilliant eloquence, were pictured the results of the subline sacritice of the Son of God. The — of which this is but a brief abstract, Was listen d to with the most earnest attention, Prayer, singing and benediction succeeded the seriuon, and then followed the comimunion service, in whi ali members in good standing in oer evangelical churches were Cordially invited to par- ictpate. pare CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATERNITY. The Various Kinds of Sin—Christ’s Love for Sianers—Vhe “Social Evil’? and Its Condem- nation—Sermon by the ‘tev. Dr. Chapin. The atcendance at Dr Chapin’s church, in the morning, Was, as usual, very large, and after a short, earnest and cloquent prayer—that the seed of divine grace be sown 10 all hearts, “some tenfold, some sixty and some a hundred fold; we need Thy help always—in the pre- sence of the tempter, in the heat of the day, in the turmoil of business; we pray Thy grace alike for all men; that the peace which has been con- cluded in Europe may be strengthened and lasting; that plenty and harmony spring up in the red track of battie—the reverend pastor commenced his dis- course, taking his text from the foriy-seventh verse of the seventh chapter of St. Luke—“Wherefore, Isay unto thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.” This passage was fall of the truth of the Gospel it was the incident connected with it of which Gregory LLL. had said that he was more inclined to ween over it than.to. preach aboutit, The speaker retraced the narrative. Jesus, when Simon inti. Mated that it was defilement for the woman to touch him, had rebuked him by the parable of the two debtors, The word ‘or’? in the text deter- mined A CONTROVERTED INTERPRETATION whether the woman loved because of forgiveness or, loving much, was forgiven. This was undoubtediy after that other incident tn which Jesus had said, “Come unto me ye heavy laden,” &c. It was the Divine mercy that had awakened the love within her, and given her the faith for which she was for- given. What a tender mercy that was for the poor, degraded, taunted woman—what a lght to gleam through the shadow ef her glittering but false and fevered life! Perhaps she had heard or had seen the incident of his raising the widow’s son, and haa been moved by that love which passed no sin or sorrow by. She had not been ashamed of her re- pentance, but had repented of her shame. She had sinned much, and JESUS HAD NOT EXCUSED HER SIN, but for her love and trust hac forgiven her. She was no greater sinner than Simon, although greater than simon felt himself to be, There were two ways of regarding sin. One was the lax way, by which every sin of impulse or of passion which should suddenly overtake @ man was excused ana referred to poor, On the other hand, would punish sin witb 2 terrible, uncompromts! severity; who would take ‘‘an eye for an eyé an: tooth for a boot ene was no laxity in Christ's treatment of sin, sin Per its true darkness in the view of that Divine mind. He had not said the errors of the woman were forgiven. He had not called them a weak yieiding to passion, but had called them sins, apd bad not pallixted that great sin which is THE CURSE OF ALL LANGE CITIES. With tuat great love, mixed with everfowing, unlimited pity, no one has ever recognized wrong as keenly as He. He felt it as if tt jarred in every nerve of His holy nature. red because of our si; not because it was for Him to bear it. FOOLS 4 MOOK OF SIN, but no one else. 1 not in the Gospel of Christ that men should die hopelessly 1m sin, but it all breathes a hope for the most wretched and ialien ‘who can discover the love of Heaven. But in some circles of society there is. a rathless crusade against forgiveness of sin, especially social sin, and espe- clatiy among women. li 1s forgotten that the Gospel of Jesus ts the gospel of hope and mercy, after all. When fallen, woniwn is most merciiesély condemned ‘yy her own sex. In this case there 1s no distinction made by society vetween BINS OF PASSION AND SINS OF DELIBERATION, But Jesus makeg this distinction, yet He makes no excuse for passion. The men who excuses him- aeif on this plea makes his sin deliberate. The man debases himself drink, and reflects that it id ins hin, but which he cannot inakes himself, by the reflec. ard, Jesus condemned all Wiiate sin, not mildly, but with such attempus to energy. Do you think that he always spoke softly and complacentiy? No. Not when he said, “Woe be unto you, ye Scribes and Pharisees.” There was A LIGHTNING OF. CONDEMNATION in that word “woe.” Theirs were sins ef contempt of pride, of detiberation, and not like the sins this woman. And, my hearers, there ts this i the charaater ot Jesus rist—-He sought sia, He ited 1 ere good galling themselve: $204, who abuor end these men repel Bo ers rom repentance. But jost pure and holy— drew 3 wo and they ee feeling the agony of @ great woo, but went away rejoicing, THe BEST PEOPLE ARE THE MOST CHARITABLE, an who say the most about sin usually possess fr QUNSt Wag BOAO TISdae Of & hopetpes ein. oor, leprous, 80 vile of the bread of ST. PETERS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, ‘The TravefigurationThe Glory of Christ and the Joys of Hoaven—Sermon by the Rev. Fa- ther William Quinn. The bright sunshine of yesterday brought oat the churchgoers in strong force, Even St, Peter's, which if the worst of weather showa a full congre- gauon, was More thronged than usual and witn a congregation which showed tnat earnest piety for which the church has long beem noted, After the gospel of the mass the pastor, the Rev. Father Quinn, ascended the pulpit and preachea a vary fatien roman, was | seon by othor eyes than God's. We be called: from the retirement of our closets to ‘vial the gar- Tela and cellars of pov arity, of wretch- Iness and coup of Ere. to the miabing one from despair tne hel and hopeless Our acts not be hoed Le J DU ~ they all noted Gi the disciples by almoutties Would id the owner be 1et J They dant ow! tae iow; they Fondo aad on te 3 4 Power to con re, umstances, went as Pyro bidden, ht have ‘a form 3 sent one ir pumber to catch a fish, in whose soup sere la the tax money mi again, ny might not, were, . ouree “slow of heart t believe,” Wo are often called to dutiea whioh REQUIRE COURAGE AND FAITH * ide ua the slippery and the eA to ul that yy oh hea one agi end the of gh dificulty and ee wil wathiaee ek co fy: "Joan. ‘@ must trustine icity on His and His power. e that irnsteth to the ghall not sow and ho who re- garcee. Rey notreap. Duty is ours; the Tesult ts God's: dnd command comes from Him his pewer is pl to its fulfilment, He never requires of us wp cannot perform. truth camo by Jesus Christ so did ; and God gives portion to all our duties and al) our tr ih ‘disciples, therefore, went in coni- Qence, depending on the Saviour’s word, and they found everything just as Jesus had sald; and a4 maa ene who goes where Jésus commands wilt TAR TWO WAYS MERT, and everything of accomplishment. His Spirit and fore to prepare the way for Als peo power and aft’ Hils agencies are to our sup- wttte m the path of eee eeies ‘aban’ fering Is: Pulp and the Saget ahd lacob meeting Bs owner upon. tho ‘almple requisition that-"ie Lord had ny et niuy’?withour eb or any eee the Tight r And as the crowd to it and he will followed the Sayloar day shoating, ‘Ho- a 6 Son of 1” there was no gladder eart in all that crowd than the man who had been jus honored to be the owner of the on wiiob ee So tS oe upon for the prom. he earth: ‘and tn benefit which the giving of our Droperty and ourselves to His cause 18 to effective sermon from THE GOSPEL OF THE DAY, St. Matthew, seventeenth chapter first to ninth Verses, descriptive of the transfiguration of our blessed Lord on Mount Tabor. The reve- rend gentleman remarked that at frst sight it would appear thut the tranéfiguration of Christ was a miracle—one of the most remarkable that He performed during His pub- Uc life on earth. But, tf we reflect more carefully on the subject, we will be convinced that it was a much greater miracle for Christ to conceal His splendor and divine nature during the rest of His life than for Him to manifest it on this occasion, for the more closely He permitted His sacred body to spproach its divine nature the more natural would be His appearance. If, tnen, he concealed Himself st that state of humiliation to which, by virtue ol HIS CHARACTER OF REDREMER he submitted, it_was,unquestionably for the love of mavkind—tirst, that He might thereby become their brother, and next, that He might lay down His life; for st Paul says that “it the princes ofthe world recognized Him, nown Him, they wo not have crucified the World of Glo! also, when on this occaston He manifests His true nature and invites the three most beloved of His disciples to be the witnesses of His trancendent glory, - to behold His face, as the is us, “shine hike the sun and His ents whiter than snow.” it was love jor us that caused Him mse! nce only during His life on earth. The manifesta- jon was, no doubt, to confirm the faith of the apos- tles and to strengthen our faith, which is founded on that of the sige It was to fortify them against what is called THE SCANDAL OF THR ORoss. Ohrist desired, moreover, that after His resurrection the remembrance of transfiguration would Bt en their faith in the great trials to come, He desired al no doubt, that after the de- scent of the Holy Ghort the vision which 1t was thelr privilege to behold, would animate their veal, inflame their love and fill their preaching with divine unction. Christ intended that when these aposties should preach to the different nations of the earth they would be able to give their hearers some sensible idea, not enly of His giory, but aiso of the glory to which they themselves were called and for which their souls were destined for al! eternity. } OHRIST CONCEALED HIS GLORY, it was, then, for the love of His people, and if He manifested it on Mount Tabor, it was that the most exalted motives might be offered to mun to receive His law and to practise the exalted virtues which that law inculcates, We read in the sacred text that Peterdesired to remain on Mount Tabor; but another of ths Evangelists says he did not know what he said. Christ declared, saying that “ifany man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me.” ° Peter did not at that time foresee the burden of apostolic labor that rested upon him, and he krew not tuat he was the ohotce of his Master, U; mn going out from ern. salem Peter visited many lands and preached the Gospel to many nations, “His reputation spread far and wide and the doctrines he enunciated created much attention, He was suminoned to appear be- fore kings, princes and emperors, and by tem ho was frequently condemned to TORTURE AND IMPRISONMENT for preach! Christ and Him crucified. But, animated by the glorious example of the Master, Peter Bk unto the end. After having ex- haus himself in the labors of the apostolic established his pontitical Cwsars @nd planted thi mn the ope he is seized an a outside the city wells of Rome to be exe- euted, and there, worn with the infrinities of age, he rejoiced TO DIE AS HIS SAVIOUR HAD, upon the crogs. Then, according to the decrees of Providence, Peter was fit ‘to enter into that Biot. 8 gilmpse of which so entranced him on Mount Tabor. The reverend preacher continued to for some time longer upon the {ors of Heaven, ing out to hts hearers tnat all our earthly 78 rar art 0 ransitory, and those omly are fit for the an which areeternal. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Worldly Waye—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Haight. St. Paul’s church on Broadway was yesterday at- tendea by @ large congregation, attracted by the sunshine and warmth, and possibly spurred on oy a desire for the spiritual manna that might there be gathered, Rev. Dr. Haight, the pastor of the church, preached an eloquent sermon, his text bemg from Romans Xil., 2—“Be mot conformed to this world,” &c. He spoke of the utility ofthe penance during the holy Lenten season in helping to prevent this conformation. He contin- ued in this strain for some time, Illustrating his meaning by quotations from the writings of the aposties and other holy men. He said al con- formed not to the ways of the world, and because, Dot baying done 80, has asserted hus liie in Christ and the life of Christ in him, He instanced the case of a child who, paving been baptized, and thus become a member of Ohriat’s told, being, by the heglect ‘of parents, allowed to conform to the ‘orld and become a devotee to its pleasures, 80 loses those blessings to which he would be entitled by the laws of his Redeemer when he became baptl: in Him. This is not the fault of the child, but of the authors of its existence, who by eA pen of nature and aftec- uon ahould have shielded him from the temptations besetting youth, and placed him whero he would learn to kaow his God and serve Him, Only by the exercise of the duties of religion can this conforma- ‘tion to the ways of the world be avoided, and a - dual transformation to the beautiful spirit of Christianity. ST, PAUL?S METAODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Personal Pecuniary Cot ration to Christ—Sormon by Dr. Ridgeway. A very goodly congregation gathered yesterday in St. Paul’schurch, Fourth avenue and Twenty-sec- ond street, to whom Dr. Ridgeway, the pastor, dis- coursed on the subject of personal consecration and property consecration to the service of God. Next Sunday being the time for lifting thelr missionary contribution the sermon was to prepare them for & generous offering to the Lord. The text was Mat- thew xxi., 1, 2, 8, which details the senaing ol two disciples for the ass whereon the Saviour made his triumphal entry into Jerusaiem and typified his final successful entry inte the werld to claim the kingdom tor his own. Two parties are here repre- sented as actors—the disciples and the owner of the animal. In thoir relations to this event we recog- } mize God’s call to the people to render up their per- sonal possessions to Hum for the advance of His catise and kingdom and Ohrist’s ewnorship to the property. And tt 1s also another proof i men - co-workers with God in the world’s salvation. ge ding of the disciples we see the sppropriatiog y the Master of our personal effects. erran was a very humble one—a compatatively meamone for men who had gone ont to preach and rewurned flushed with victory, in which even the devils had been maile subject tinto them. But they did not ro. fuse to undertake this errand because it was humbie or mean, And from this we learn that God's King- om, 4 REQUIRES LOWLY ACTS them when God c w y wy do pin whicu are very important to His Kingdom id us beaut or arter which the Com- ~~ was Saree of “e] large Qumber of per- SERVICES AT LYRIC BALL. Sormon by the Rev. 0. B. Frothingham=Tho te of Natural Selection tn Roligion © Hideous Bellef of Predestined Damna- tion—Viriaoc Ite Own Reward. The clear, bracing ‘weather of yesterday morning, with its bright sun, cloudicss sky and fresh breeze induced a large congregation to gather in prayer at the concert hall on Sixth avenue, where the gilt similitudes of Apollo's lyre attracts the eve, The cheery offect of the weather was noticeable in the bright,colored garments of the lad{és, as well as on their faces, The male Sabbatarian, tt noed hardly be sald, preserved his USUAL MBLANCHOLY APPEARANCE. After the performance of the firat part of the very stmple ritual, the Rey, Mr. Frothingham delivered hissermon. The text was from Matthew vii, 16— “By thelr fruits hall ye know them. Do men gather grapes from thorns or fgs from thistles?” There ts a vast ditference, he ‘sald, between theoritical and practical farming, It ts the same in hortoul- ture, The practical farmer or gardener 13 he who knows what cropa can grow from certain plant- ings. A good crop cannot always be foretold; yet 1t may be taken a8 @ general rale the fruit ts the test of the system of agrioulture, It is not from the philosopher in his closet, nor from the chemist ln his laboratory, but from THE MAN IN THE FIELD that we are to learn husbandry. By their fruits sball ye know them; bat what fruits? It ts un- doubted that a bad man’s actions may often appear to be geod; a good man’s deeds may often seem bad. That is so We never eee all, And What of religions? lt may be laid down th at the ‘Dest faith 1s that which turns out the best men and Women. This should never be forgotten. It fa not tested in the number of a man’s prayers, nor in his endurance 10. LISTENING TO A WEEKLY SERMON, nor in the amount or his daily Bible reading; not in his ability to quote texts, pregnant hinges the knee. Ivis in the and trath.ef his life will these testa james Parton saym. “ ig the best religion that can prouuce the best child,” or that which has the best influences over the education, which can gather up the greatest number of resources and bring the soul Of the man the nearest to moral perfeciioa. IF ROMANISM OAN DO THI: we must bo Romans, We must not ik from transubstantiation or anything else, but must say there 1s something in this old faith which works these | Wonders, If the Evangelical Qhuron oan do it, Calvinist or Lutheran, we must accept it with the belief in election, Chee damnation and other thi no matter how irratioual or Unphilosophic. It should be the same with the Uni- a struggles with faith, Evangelism with destiny, in endeavoring to carry this out. My frienda, if atheism oan achieve it, we must nob spurn the idea of becoming our own Provideuce, reer gcc virtues our god and planting the king- dom mat oodness, Lound, Heaven in our own hearia, If even a hard terialism can accdmplish it, we MUST BROOME INFIDELS. If, taking this world as our home without any future, we were vested with such gagacity, such wisdom, purity, trath, temperance, Justice and goodness ay would make the world a blooming garden, there 1s no den} that we would be materialists. But no- thin; thi ind can ever be shown. Conservanves | aver that loausm will go on and disintegrate goctety. They are WRAPPED IN THEIR OLD IDEAS, and say that the firat fruits of radicalism are disre- Gard of the marriage ties, unchastity, impurity; so as to make this a devil's world. Now, was all in the old Roman Church holy that seemed so? were the rayers always deep and heartfelt? was there no cruelty, no oppression + were there no downtrodden. masses} If not, there would have been no Tadical- | ism. The radical ae to the Roman, ‘Look at spam, or at delightful Italy.” You have broken wn their nobleness of character; you have impov- erished and ruined them.” But in these Southern countries of europe, “where the climate and the pro- duets invite to iudolence, the religion 13 sulted to Une people and THR CHURCH 13 NOT TO BLAME, ‘The Protestant turns to the inventions of Protest- ant Wickens to art flourishing, to wise and liberal laws and cries. See what we lave done! He forgets that in theso Northern countries tt was necessary for man to.struggie for existence, to plan, to occupy hia lesigns to ameliorate condition, and that had there been no Pretestants all this would hhaye been. By your fruit ye shall know them. Tt tothe Presbyterian Catechism formed in 1821 ratified solemnly tn 1846. Tho other day tie two bodies of this rich Church, which wore separated for nearly thirty years, reunited, and this Catechism was accepted a3 the basis of union. It contains statements HIDEOUS TO MB, outraging my rational, my philosophic and my Moral senses. It predestinates some men to ever- lasting Wrath and Others to eternal bliss. The cir- | not in crooking the | | cumstances of life are nothing; but ail this fore- | ordained torture is ‘for the glory of Goa.” How § could men do other than crawl through life under such a dispensation’ Jt makes the sin of Adam | poison the moral life of all future generations. It makes the life of Chriss one mass of torture, greater than all the sufferings of the world for ages, and that the Indnite Justice appeased itself vy sacri- ficing its own life. What a mass of absurdities! and yet some of the sweetest, Men and women that tho world has seen have flourished under it. Why is this? Because they have all believed they were among those elected to eternal happiness, And, thus fortafed, have gone forth and triumphed. Tuey look on the-sacrifice of God as one of unspeakible love, and this flood of afection comes down from Heaven to cheer the wasted hearts, The thought that seven-elghths of the children of this world are doomed to perdition oe not terrify them, because nobody supposes GOING TO BE DOOMED. Men put on Cree coats, go to business; come home, goto bed, aud do the same thing every day. It is | not indifference to human suifering, but because the Roperul heart of man takes the éting out of this hideous belief and pictares heaven with the door un- locked and the latch outside, with room for every- bedy iside. If there was all. sunshine or all rain there would pe no crops or flowers, and if heaven were for all nobody would take any trouble to gain it Thus, Universalism makes no Letter men than Calvinism or Lutheranism. The object of faith i8 to create an atmosphere of the heart, to widen the horizon, tolearn to bear our burdens with patience, to comfort loneliness and make the world beneficent home. One man hunts lions, another strokes a papy dog; one likes mountain atr, another loves the amoke of battle, Some find COMVORT ON SHE FIVR SHARP POINTS of Galvinism; others delight in iberalism. A relt- gon rans which teaches a man to standin the ace eternal verities, and it it makes him feel that life ts @ work he has to go through under a sertous reaponstbility. Justice and truth are tie same ali over the world. oo change, eee oe Sreatett oe ian ae the lecompose, but the relations of man same always, The same moral law rmfs through | all. Tho Jesuits say the end justifies the ineans; lies and torture they did not hesitate to use; but It was @ military order created for sittin A SPEOIAL BM) g We speak of a Christian A ger Why not say Agenticman or aman’? You remember the aceno where Hamlet, speaking ef his er, Merges the coe of the king in the mgan—“He was & man, but are moral in themselves, and bring Vs no glory whatever. Rut if we would ve gooa Ghd useful wo WNL Oougent te do many thipas Walch cannot va, fake him for ali in all; we shall not look Japon his Uke again,” There ta the absolute in virtue which om 1h QoQ mutate, la the old Indian yo—m,, RR py a a A orrow yr than those of him Wito. sald, “ITT ame to" pera death I shall turn only to the perishable thig earth.” Our duty ls to be matter what our peliet, sirloin ane FIFTH AV:NUE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, The Christian’s Race for Everlasting Lifer Sermon by Rev. Dr. Ormiston. This edifice, situate corner of Twenty-minth street and Fifth avenue, was, as usual, crowded to reple- tion yesterday morning by a large and fashionable audience. The deacons and ushers have as muo& a8 they can do to find seats for those who come t hear this popular preacher, Bolore tie delivery the sermon Dr. Ormiston requested the members f the congregation, as an act of courtesy, that when- ever they attended service um the church and ha@ room to spare in their pows, to escort some stranger thither, This would be~ A COMMENDABLE ACT OF MOSPITALITY. Dr. Ormiston seleoted his text from Paul's Epistle to the the Philippians, iL, 7—12 verses, He sal@ that one of the pastimes in which the ancients de lighted to indulge was that of racing. The spec- tacles and scenes witnessed there were the most Magnificent and exciting that ever kindied the en- thusinsm of man. From a mere amusement it grew into an absorbing passion, and on every occasion of the kind tne immease amphitheatre was crowded to excess by the élite of the land, who oame to watch the runners who mere engaged in friendly contest for the gain of ‘THE MUCH COVETED PRIZE, ‘There was a race, in which they were atl engs ged, far nobler than that which we had just alluded te, Angels and men were the witnesses, and the Ji if Upon the throne was to act as the di if ihe to thoso who have engaged roid struggle. The apostie was a man of expertence in the Christian race. He always se bo 80 high above earthly things that ttappears gv tohear him uttering sach words as, “If 3 ay apprehend that for which atsol ended of Christ Jesus;" “Not as Thong Prey perfect,” gays Paul. These wor ba buoyancy aud hop? aud irrepressibie ouergy. TAK GLORIES OF A NOBLE LIP ‘and amid the trials of martyrdom he uttered words, Dany & Christian vo-day was burd with a senso of his past failures in the Christian gaa waa deeply sensible of bis wickedness nts, To-day, down in midst of gloom, soe ‘where to look for comfort. Not: Paul’s uous couversion, uy Special grace and mental illumination, he kni boned ‘was more for him to learn, much more im to-do, He knew that all his past triumphs were bus . THR FIRST FRUITS OF A GLORIOUS HARVEST, ou! mn himself as al Ban Ttollow fter the prize. ‘beatae donee Isaiah, Job, David, Moses, Peter, Paul and John, pours on joying gn 4 of divine gifts and blessin; ways showed in their writtugs and sections never ceased to oes in the divine Len, Is wa bright Dot well that they should always see the ba things, Humility always se i & sense ery or pines. General humility was grand , of Christian character and very oe of spiritual life. We must not be STANDING STILL IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. They must i to It that an element of activity 1s im Into it, Past joys and experiences are mot fused enough. The capertnee of yesterday is not the @f to-day, and the success and joys a faust atir bi im up to still greater exertions for the fu- ture. Runners don’t 100K back; if they did they If we would obtain the crown and run the race successfully we must IMITATE THE EXAMPLES OF THK RUNNBRS, Their conversation, their intercourse and wom- drous gift of intervessory prayer must be more larg availed of and improved, There must be end of that formal reverence go often to be seen churches, Were they finding in word, dogma aad sacrament what God designed they should fin ‘a3 the Word of ae power to enlighten them? ‘hey must live the future as Paal gid. The runner looked straignt on for the prize. Tneir highest condition was te aspire not to rise above heaveniy pleasure, a loity desire to get something we have not got. Christian sitting down satistied with what he i settles his doom. Tuey could not be holler thay . were; they could not be more useful than they ere. Strive on as best they might there would ALWAYS BE ROOM FOR LiPOVEMENT in their spiritual health. They would lose nothing by their endeavora to perfect themselves in Chriss tlanivy and Christian virtues. ‘To-morrow's sum ‘would rise upon a holler soul, and a year hen Would see that they were better in spirit aud hi than they were to-day. They shoul LIVE FOR THE WORLD, and run the race, knowing that the eyes of the world were upon them. He wauted to believe im the millennium sometimes, when this earth should bloom with more than denic beauty. It was com ing up the steps of time. God was coming, and they sbouid run the Christian race unt they mes im and received the prize. CHURCH OF THE ME&ssiag, The Gospel Scheme ei Salvaiion—Sermen by the Rev. Mr. Hoyworth. At this church, yesierday, there was a large ana fashionable attendauce, owing perhaps in some Measure to the fineness of tho weather, After the usual exercises, which were markedly earnest, Mr. Hepworth preached from Matthew xviii, 11—"For the Son of Man is come to save that which was lost.'” He began. by saying:—How curious it is that whens man is deeply in earnest, he sometimes compressar into a few words a WHOLE SYSTEM-OF PHILOSOPHY. Language 1s very ductile at times. and tho heart can put its whole weight of joy or sorrow Into a sin- gle sentence. What a different thing language ts to the polite man of society, who means nothing though he says @ great deal, from what it ts to the mam Whose soul seems possessed by some vast project and who says little, but means @ great deal. The proverbs which have become a part of our daily speech are au ilustration of this point. A provers 18 @ wise and long spoech on an important subject bofled down to a single phruse or sentence. Once uttered it sticks to the souls of men asa burr im simmer sticks to the clothes, It 1s cominoa pro- perty, loses sight of 1ts own paternity and becomes @ part of the philosophy of every age. No one has ever put A MIGUTIER MEANING into words than did Christ. The text is an illustra: tion of this, Its significance is deeper than we think. It implies more than it scems io say, and the part of the sontence which is not seen by the casual Teader is the most important part. The words “Son f Man’ mean that fle is tne embodiment of the re- gious nt ities of che human race; that He repre ents in His own person their tierests. In the last artof the sentehco He, by implication, discovers ie nature of God, and His interest in and leve for the whoie of mankind. Again, we are made to ice} that if any oue Watched over “by tne Providence of the Father more than another it {3 the erring, the wandering ond | the sin-stricken. This truth stands out from the Christian philosopiy as its eae polat of cou trast with all otuer religions. They lad satd jor ages that tue gods loved @ partof His people hated a part. Tne poor, tue sik, tie guity as maiserabie were the viccims of the caprice or the suv. Jects of the punishment of the gous; bus Christeni declares that God is the Father ol all; that the g pairaolo of the advent of Christ, tuciudtag Sethie- em and Calvary, was mot for th: eo! the roligl- onsly healthy, but for the ako of the sick and Weak. Tam come \o save those who, bat fur my coming, would be lost. Whea we think of the VARIOUS NATURAL itBLIGIONS which havo risen, bow parital and weak, and in- suffictent and exclusive tuey all seom by the side of Christianity? Socrates talked to bis few followers, and charmed thom by nia rude cloguonce. Coniu- ciug talked to Asia alono, and his system of religt being national, cannot be transplanted into the of any other country aud flourish or even live. Jesus to the Hebrows for His immediate audience; but I am sure, when T note the and solemnity of his utterances, tat He saw tI wondering ages before Hiin breathlessly listent we catch the tones of His voice. What @ picture! words put a new element, the element of moral obligation, into HON. Orvittaami and though {t has strugziad, seemingly in vain, for the ascendancy for eighteen centuries, at hi tis boginning to be acknowledged. fo Bible traghe @re bound vet to convert tue world. The whole race shall ees oe theit va‘ue and make them Motive power of progress. Like an atom of leaven in the lump of doigh, the words of the Master were put into the thoughts aud the politics of the world, Gnd as leaven once Latroduced never be (ken out again, and, though uiddea for a loug while, will ety work on silently until It has converted and chauged tbe whole lump, 90 We Sermon on the Mount, the gruclixion ang tle ascension, Cg lost sight of for hundreds of years, and though they were BURLAD UNDER VCS MASS OF TRADITION and the complication of ritualism, sitll survived the downfall of empires and tho rain of dynast vs, have at last @ reat solid hold oa ee Christian, roligion is from Hoal on really, from Heaven—and wil! yet claim the whole world for tts own. “And, brethren, 1 tolla us—wondrons trath [— Unt every one of us; that even you and Ican get Very ciose to Gol, 80 glose that His 10, with ite um perial splendor, and ours, with its beggariy rae Tay hocque one, Mie Shadow mar on ug =e