The New York Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1871, Page 5

Seep ea aE estly with the sure of Heaves» ST, Jamus? ROMAN CATHOLIC CBURCR. fermon by the Rev. Father Dunphy=The Daty of Parents to Their Children. ‘The high mass at the above church was celeprated yesterday by the Rey. Father McKenna, At the end gf the first, gospel the Roy. Father Dunphy, of St. Joseph’s, ascended the altar and took his text from Solomon's famiiiar advice—Bring up & child in the way it should go, and when he 1s old he ‘will not depart from it.” The reverend gentleman, ‘With @ quiet force which was very telling, drew Pome brilliant pictures from the great. universal ‘Tawa of nature, The young and tender plant, he gaid, requires the greatest care, The gardener gives $% his entire attention—his utmost solicitation, When THE LITTLE GERM has burst forth and come above the ground it is ex. posed to a thousana evils and the anxious husband- man watches everyaction of the changing elements to preserve ite delicate fibres, nor do his labors end when the plant has reached a vigorous growth, Ghildren, he inferred, are no sooner able to @ive signs of active liie than the infu. goes of evil begin to gather round thom; Mmaects, hike parasites of vice, begin to fold them- selvee within the foliage of their young life. J: the young plant be permitted togrow up 7 UNCARED FOR, UNATTENDED, ‘W'will' culminate in a rank and noisome weed, Gontrast thie with the carefully tended plant; you will see nature’s peantiful luxuriance of excel- Wence completely subverted, 80 does the germ transplanted to the greenhouse give ptill more evidence of the care bestowed upon ft. ‘The young lives of our ‘children are like these Plants, and in their tender years receive most ¥ividly the impreasion of. their parents. They have had example and worse education, yet when they row up to man’s estate they are expccted to pos. ‘gees every virtue. Which of you do not know of a family where the children have become suddenly @0ed. and redeemed the character of the whole borhood, while changes ofevery kind pprington ‘all sorts of influences have come? (rity HS Dations of the earth great Natnre’s laws hay er shifted. No peopie who have acquired a repue arerully sown ame a. them by thelr parents, care! . Ts is anxious ‘forthe a WRLFARRB OF HIS CHILDREN, = yet how few remember it in thetr bringing thera 4f we examine for a moment the number of ghilaren Pies Up we sce thal the staple of their @baracter been formed by their influence Ge neat and the memognd ings at school. parents may not posseas the gilts the world ad- mires*in their children, but they are gratified to gbscrve the importance of their oftspring in the ‘world, aud compiacently take half the celebrity to ott ana vender in thelr young years, aud slaafiar to ir young years, an ‘ts in tueir Dexibility, capabie of being MOULDED TO ANY SHAPE. ‘The reverend gentleman, aiter showing the differ- ent aud varying @liects upon the child, of the charac- Yer and exainple of each ot the parents, continued:— ‘our children are reared in ignorance and permitted to shoot op into vigorous life, like tho wank Com yin: ted blame the ‘ape ae for blasphemous ues that make t erciar “oe CURDLE IN HIS VEINS, when t! are but fencing. thetr parents? And ‘when the Aesire to rush into the gilded halls of for- len pleasure egret, it_1s still at the parents’ r céisure must fall. What shall we say of tho Bove — none Cog aring arse = pled by her © when she is in her grave sou ‘want your children to be good and ee LEAD PURE LiVES, Bow. them the example. Remember that Onrist Bald, “As you sow so shall you reap.” _Remem- Der, age will come, and you shali have to seek the paint ed of your clildren on the road to the Fem pipne are vempensibia: God has given you a high charge, and while you ni 5 CARB FOR THE BODIES err little ones do not forget their souls; look well to it in the P apc season that you instill into their nz minds a knowledge of God, and la- ict them in their religion if you wish to honor Maker, that your childrén should glorify Him time and eternity. Millard’s maa in G was = vhe chuir, which is composed o1 distinguish artists—Miss A. Leideker, soprano; Mrs, P. Colet! contralto; Mr, Lotti, tenor. Signor Latucuti, fro - - treambbeges College, has just takon cuarge of the 2, P19 XONO. he Pope’s Advice to the Young Men of America—Brief of His Holiness in Re- sponse to tho Protest of the Xuvier Alamni Bodality. Some time ago there was published extensively in the American papers and throughout Europe a pro- test drawn up.4y the members of the Alumni So- dalliy of St. Francia Xawer’s College against the selzure of the Pontifical territory. This Sodality embraces some Of to most in- Muential young Catholics of this Continent. it is ander the direction of the Rey. P. F. X. Dealy, and in this city alone has about five hundred members, all of whom have graduated at some of our col- teges, and are engaged in various professions in the Bigner walks of life. On this account they were ‘ooked upon by the Pope as a fair representative and mouthpiece of the young Catholics of the Unitea States, and the Holy Father accordingly conferrea a special honor upon them. Yesterday afternoon about four hundred mem- bers assembled in the hall of the Jesuits’ Ool- lege, and were continuing their good work, eniting in closer friendship the enlightened Catho- Mes of our metropolis and its vicinity, when they were agreeably surprised by- the announce- ment that tho Supreme Pontiff had transmitted to them a testimonial of his paternal regard to them. father Dealy, in introducing the matter, took occa- sion to speak about the LOOSE IDEAS #0 common in this age and country. While it is true, he continued, with much power, that what- over liberty we enjoy to-day, and whatever civiliza- don we behold around us, have been preserved and @anded down by the Catholic Church, it is ukewlse ‘sue that there is no such thing as LIBERAL CATHOLICISM. Divine trath 1s immutable; there can be no com- promise witn the teachings of the living God, Sub- Mission to the decrees of Omnipotence is tha best @nd truest liberty. Young Oatholics should be care- Gal to guard against thoso social phenomena which @iaturb us, We are bound to do our part in guard- ing against those dangers. This, too, is the tenor of the august Pontif’s letter. He knows the perila to which we are exposed; but we may share his confl- @ence that the present storm, too, shall disappear, and that we shall see the Vicar of Christ on earth westored again to his rightinl yossessions, ‘The following is a translation of'the brief:— To Kuornn B. Monta, President, to the committee nd all the menxvers of the Xavier Alumni Sodailty of New York:—~ BELOVED OuILDREN-—Health and apostolic bene- ion. We who cherish with especial love associa- of Cathollo youth, because nothing can be more ptenle and agreeable to us amid the great con- fasion of the times and the snares of imptous wien than that youth particularly should walk Sealously in the way of the Lord and frini adhere to hiietan discipline, we ceuld ci gay, delov chiidren, read the noble Seslarsttgn. of io, sentiments expressed in your ro. the 8th day of December last, without Deing moved toward you with especial sentiments of Jove. For both your unshaken devotion toward aud this Apostolic See, as you express tt, alto- her requires this of us, as Well as the exaited ings of faith and religton by witch you express abhorrence of the sacrilegious crimes com- ed by the enemies of trath and jus- ‘int andthe hts loly posto! lurch, condemning with merited reprobation impious deeds of the awe rale of those who, by armed force and by all sort of deceit and fraud, poner bs upon eur civil power and liberty. it, beloved c! in, What especially gives us a it esteem for your virtue and gas our special our juent declaration tnat you and all lace your honor and ing and preservi} ly the you have ig noble resolution, be- keep faithfully and steadfastly; fer, ice the feundation of social order and prosperity every ferin of government, but ‘especially f that ich exiais among you, arc to be based evidentiy Sm these principles, you know that ihe whole s Race ae ck ene HONOR OF YOUR epena upon the same} and thet no others deserve ‘etter of it than they who strive to pregerve and to ote reverently te love of justice, pure morality in. We pray God toconfirm and strengthen aco yeur wills in these sentiments, and ‘ample 4 preduce abundant fruit, at of owera, Fini as leavenly gifts, and as a pl receive, bel COUNTRY the be- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY. MARCH 6, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN BROOKLYS. Varieties of Temptation and the Necessity of Penance. — Beecher on Birds and Bat- tlefields. PLYMOUTH CHURCH. Tho Author and Finisher of Our Fakth—Ser- mon’ by H. W. Beecher=Accessions to tho Plymouth Fold. Mr. Beecher preached to a very large congregation yesterday upon Cnrist as the example, guide apd support of the Christian, taking for his text He brews xii., 2,8:—“Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the Joy that was set before him endured the despising the shame, and ig set down at the right hand of the throne of God, For consider him tbat endared such eontradiction of sinners against himself, teat ye be wearied and faint in your minds,” Previous to the sermon several persons were re- ceived.into the church upon profession of their faith, Uhree belng baptized. These fortunate converts were spared the necessity of subscribing to the ela- borate creed upon which most orthoaox churches are founded, the Plymouth organisation having re- duced ita articles of faith to the following slmpie form:—Do you now avouch the Lord Jehovah to be your God, Jesus Christ to be your Saviour, THE HOLY GHOST to be your sanciifier, and, renouncing the world, do you convecrate your ous and bodies to the service of God; and esteeming His word the rule of your hife, will you, by the ala of His grace, persevere to the ena?’ This vow being taken and the covenant agreed to, the members elect were ushered by a vote of the’ Church from the devii’s commons into the Plymoath fold. In the elaboration of his supject. Mr. Beecher said:—The spirit of the text shows that there was not only great suffering and trial among those to Whom the spoatie wrote, but that many were In danger of GIVING UP THEIR’ FAITH. This exhortation was to steadfastness. They were commanded to consider Chriat’s example, to look to Him. Inthe first place, what is meant by looking to Uhrist? Itis not simply a glance, not a mere intellectual comprehension of Troup of truths. To look to.a friend 1s not mere: ret nize bim, but to feel towards him aifectionate cenfl- dence and hope. The sick man turns to a [pee fe the scholar to @ maatars the soldier to his otticer. Thus men followed Sherman and Grant. In the old the children ape to} the parents. IJ thought when I was a chil ‘THAT MY FATHER WAS THE STRONGEST, richest, most wendertul man ¢ver suilered to go loose in this werld. Children exaggerate, but they feel that when the father is near there 1s no danger. We are to look to Jesus asthe author and finisher of ourtalth. The bistorical per ‘that‘all spiritual life belongs to God, does not hold all the truth of this expression. We are trying, as Christians, to Of the senses, and ry atrest the easy, down-going this brings conficts with pride and various ap) lates, Notoing trips up a man go often as the duler- ence that he sees between his real and idcal life. ‘Those to whom the apostle wrote were living this struggling life. They were fighting for the ascend- al long, and He who enlisted was the one to whom they were urged to look for help. In the spring of the year 1 GO INTO MY GARDEN and with the utmost care I will Ol the ground with seeds, Not one of these but will Lave to fight for the privilege to be. a rer, Every weed will conspire with every other inst these new chil- areu of the soll. Some! Tust help them, tend them, look out for them through drouth and the dangers that beset them. They have a right to look at me and say, ‘You planted us and you must s¢e that we have fair pl Now, we look to Jesus as one who 1s personally interested in every soul. We look to Him to take care of His own interests. He has planted us and He is thus the author of our faith, and we are to believe that Be will finish what he has begun. Christ is not a vague conception or cold abstraction. As I appre- hend it he was pleased not only to clothe himseif in flesh, but was subject to the laws of time and space and matter. He was babe and boy and youth and young be i wen ne went sotopan all the = gante changes belong! man, experienced ‘what we experience. A dia not sath through ife asa BIRD OVER: A. BASTLB FIELD a stram of music over the turmoil of 9 great city, He was tempted in all peluts, yet without sin, Christ was tempted in all points—that 1s to say or in every facuity. He was mot tempted like every man, le ia not sustain the Telatious that all men sustain. He was not tempted as a miser, for He never was a miser, He coula not be tempted as a rich man, nor as & father. All trials centre on one or another of the great faculties by which life is conducted, All that 1s needed is that there should be a trial of every one of the great constitutional elements from which come weal or woe. If & man ia proved honest 1% is not necessary that ho ‘suould have the same Uemptauion as every other man. Ali that ts needed 1s a thorough persistent test, {f a bridge is tested 80 that there 18 80 many tons strain to every square inch, 1t makes no difference what is trusted to it afterwards within the Jimits of the test. If every appetite and passion 1s brougit toa teat it makes no difference whether tne test comes in one relation or another. So the Saviour was vorn of a woman, lived the lifejof ordmary men, was a perfect Jew. He was subjected to limitations, and in every faculty was tested. Heis thus CAPABLE OF INTENSE BYMPATHY with every human being, because He knows what human beings guifer. It 1s a glory to me to know that I have a friend who knows mie, not as I know the dy or the beetle, but. as I know my child— its wants and ite weakness. I want the bosom of God. I want a brian God. Christ represents no omnipotent ruling tho world for His own gtory (according to tne old infer- nal theology), but a sympathetic friend. it 1s fur- ther said in the text that Christ endured the cross, aie f the shame for the joy that was set before Him. We are to look to Jesus a8 to. one who, when , was abletotriumph by the pewer of an imaginary lit at is ven to us. al a hereafter, but it Is ber ane they do not wish ity of the future. no trace of days of There was no sordid trying. to bear up as men do. All the wy, Cg a there was life, serenity and triumph. He was |: up by the confidence Of victory, and on that account he 1g set beore us. 1 am sick and tired of the miscon- ceptions of the divine face THAT ART HAS GIVEN US, Some are ba of ivory beauty, cold, loniess atta symmetrical, but. without life, ers are weak even to effeminacy, or sorrowfa! representing Ohrist as overborne. He should be represented as full of joy und Jove, able to subdue and to cane uae Srumpuancly. In application of his subject Mr. Beecher asked his hearers if the} needed any divine help, you need enlightening incuenche by which you can get ciearer conceptions of life and duty? “Is Is easy to overcome the animal life, or do you need guidance, Inspiration, succor? Jf yon need, come § idly the throne of grace. Can one have a leader equipped more pecteoty ers tender, patient, gentle? ul 75 accept this leadership? 1 present to you @ ‘tend who ts exactly what you need, who has sutf- fered like you and for you. Are you’ willing to ac- cept him for the work that you need to have done in you? But you can’t worship him, you say, There is no ee so high ag truss and love. my ractical acceprance of Christ stands in ten of all (heclonys I ee this Saviour to all who are in need, to all who ate bereaved. sweetest kephie of His life are connecter ; sadness and gloom. household; He wept with the sist setiany, sister E Rouen ers of Bethamy, SORROWS TO-DAY WITH THE SORROWING; He is ready to give victory here and life eternal hereaiter. And now, as we pariake of these symbols to renew our faith, I invite all who are burdened and —o all who are dissatisfied with ‘their own sire! th, accept the sree and graciot ‘Olrist, to join witn us, inoue regard to ecclestae: teal considerations, I invite all who accept our Saviour to particlpate with us in the deligntiul and solemn service of the Lord's Supper. CHURCH 0: STS. PEER AND PAUL. The Necessity of Doing Penance—Sermon by Rev. C. Campbell. At the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Brooklyn, E. D., yesterday, the Rev, Father Campbell: de- livered an eloquent and impressive discourse to a Jarge and attentive congregation upon the NECESSITY OF DOING PENANOB in order to attain salvation and regenerate our souls. Taking for bis text the solemn words of Holy Writ, which attaches no less a Penalty than death to tho neglect of penitential obser- vances,. the preacher saia that the pre sent season, that of Lent, ts specially set apart by the Church for works of penanee and mor- Urication. She invites her stray chilarep, forsaking the ways of iniquity and worldimoess, to return to the true faith, and by contrition and 00D WoRKS be restored to the favor of heaven and regain that Peace that passeth all understanding, which a con- seience unburdened with guilt can alone Every true Christian f{ that Goad tain ish Bi or later, ‘wo puni el this “World. or the. next, Influite foods and mercy, however, had provided us with manascven i we Rave hese #0 unfortunate as to a and the Divi of Bagaag nae jue Bn gow regain te ere There was no other way to regenerate except by di pet to Without ‘hat contrition nas 01 of heart of wi works of ation were the external manifestation, pl our efforts to regain the favor of Heaven forfe! by our traui sions = were re te ie utterly mn tory gnd fruitless, It should be borne inind that our obligation in Lent, if ‘We would enter ito the spirit of the Church in er- Gaining that scason of penance, was Rokaerely to fast corporally, Dil to fast spiritually, by PIATING OUR OFFENORS, avoiding all occasions of sin aud restraining our passions. If we noglect doing this eternal pupiso- Ment awaits us, Some persons, to bo sw acd to be incredulous and scott idea of punish- belleve and think uiet thelr consciences b; losing their qa the Path, and, in effect, seek, ng to deprive the Creator of thie attribnte of justice. oe tory of our race was the record of sin, some- my ut, alas! not often, Our first dvents lnm ss nd repenteds Th my first parents sinned and repented. There coi no doubt be cavertained. that Adam and Eve, from the moment of their expulsion from the garnen of delights, never ceased to bewall the sin which had lost them the favor of their Creator, and entailod.on their posterty the PPNALTY OF DEATH. Among the numerous . ex of sincere enitents, offe amples for our example and en- — 4 it tr ori res be men- ny ans alen, Hie peastnti pealms of the foriner aro ngs Of & contrite and, in regard to the latter, we are told many sins were forgiven her Use SHE HAD LOVED MUCH, In the psalm of the Prodigal Son the story is told of a and @ repentance, d told ma manner so beavtiful and pathetic as could not jail to move the haraest hearie. From that parabio we learn that when we forsuke sin and truly repent ow’ Heavenly Father is ready to advance. hall way to ; MEET B13 ERRING ONJLDREN and. welcome them. to His divine em! ‘The reverend preacher in conclusion urged hearers to avail themselves of the opportunities offered bv the Church 4» the present season of Lent to forsak the ways of sin, and become once more tue an faithfat fol:owers of Christ. SIMPSON METHODIST EPKCOPAL CHURCH. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Moredith=The Varictios ef Temptation. The Rev. Richard Meredith, of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church, Olermont avenue, preached yesterday morning upon temptation, taking for his text the following:—“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is com- mon to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer yon to be tempted above that ye are able; bat will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may beable to boar it.”—First Epistie of Paul to the Corinthians, xX.,13. We might, the reverend gentle- man said, consider the subject of temptation, FIRST, AS A PHILOSOPHIOAL INQUIRY, and, second, a8a thing of fact, and when consi- dered as & subject of philosophical inquiry | it presented all the difficulties relating to | Goa and man. The question was asked, Why we were tempted—why God allowed it?» Tae { question of temptation was closely allied to the grigin ofevil. in the beginning there was no one at God in the world, and whatever came into ex- istence thereafter the Divine Being must have aad a hend in it. It was useless to deny ‘THE EXISTENCE OF THR DSVIL, for angela were driven from heaven to hell, became devils and are at liberty to move about through this world of ours and tempt man. Men and women were tempted and were requeatly the battle ground into which certain eyil influences onter, and to say there was no devil did not relieve the subject , one tote, Frequently, when men and women | wanted to do right, evilfinfuencesjwere injected mto thelr minds by the evil ones, and it was ridiculous to deny their existence. Some people would argue | thas evil infiuences came from bad examples, and | be nse vo escape them we should seek a home in the country, tity miles or more away from New York; bat he would teil them that they could not escape the TBMPSATIONS OF THE DEVIL. While they adinitted there was a mystery sur- Peary d this, we knew that all the time a good and kind God reigned supreme, Mau was a orea- ture of temptation, but the temptations were all un- der the control cf the Supreme God. Christians have temptations peculiar to themselves, and the more they strived to get closer to the Lord the greater were the temptations throagh which they had to puss. Butit was the duty of nan to resist It, There were two departments in tempta- tion—the good side and THE DEVIL'S SIDE. We read in Scripture that God tempted Abraham; but this he considered a misapplication of the word. God tried bim to test his elrengih, ‘There was @ difference in the meaning of the word, for | temptation. came from an evil source, and trial ; came trom @ gocd source. A man who was passiug through ailiiction was oficn tempted to do mauy ; wrong things, and he should therefore endeavor to | resist all tht which was evil. This temptation was | an ordeal through which it was necessary for him to pass in order to bring out the good which was In him. So it was our duty to resist the evil INFLUENCES OF THE DEVIL and bear the trials which come from God. Aa no two persons were alike, the evil temptations witch | they met were digierent; for what might be a | temptation to some might have no effect upon another. They would tind that Satan would try different modes of temptation, There were four classes of temptation, the frst of whteh Was constitutional temptation, wuen the conslit tional Weakness was aesatled. The second was c cumstantial temptation; the third was casual temp- tation, and ihe fourth critical temptation; each of these the reverend gentieman described at length. If we sought the experience or advice of person it would be one who had passed THROUGH TRIALS AND APFLICTIONS, and not one who knew nothing of them. In answe to the question, then, as to the use of ail this temp tion, hé would answer that it was to develop the character of man. Many »ecople have different kiess in regard to Adam, but for his part, ne looked upon | Adam asa big child. ADAM HAD NO PATIENCE, for he did not know what it was; neither dtd he have any sytapathy He stood looking up to heaven with bis clear blue eyes, if they were blue, but aa not Know auything about sympathy. Dia ne know anything about sacritice?. Of course he did not. Did he kuow anything about patriousmy Nothing whatever, He was aimplya big child. He closed by saying that God was always trying us. so that we might in the end be fitted for heaven, if we passed trough the ordeal and He did not impose greater trials upon us than we were able to bear. CHURCH OF ST. CHARLES BORRONED. The TransAguration of Christ—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Freel. Yesterday was the feast of the Transfiguration, and on that dey three years ago the little Catholic Church of St. Charles Borromeo was burned to the ground. Since then the great zeal and indefatigabie exertion of the Rev. Dr. Freel have raised an excel- lent parochial school on the ruins of the burned edifice, and built a beautiful church on the | corner of Sydney place and Livingston sircet, | with @ neat and commodious parocaial residence | on the opposite corner. morning there assembled what migit fairiy be con- sidercd not only a highly respectable, but a fasi- jonable congregation. The subject of the sermon was the Transfiguration of Christ, and it was deliv. ered by the Rev, Dr. Freel, pastor of the congrega- tion, who took for his texi—“Peter answering said to Jesus: Lora, 1¢ is good for us to be here.” He said:— THE BERAVENLY WisDOM of our holy motuer, the Church, invited aii her ciail- | dren last Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, to con- template our beloved and divine Redeemer In the desert of his fasting aud on the pinnacle of the mountain,of his temptation. On that day we be- held Carist fssting-and lempicd. We saw how He conquered the inreé great temptations, in order ; that we may follow His.glorious example m gap; complete victory over the world, ihe fesh an the devil. To-day we contemplate Re- decmer on & mountain of giory, founded by three faithtus apostles. “And after days Jesus taketh unto Hum Peter and James ana John, his brothers, and bringeth iuem up unto a bgu mountain apart, and ie Was transfigured before them.”’ St, Maithew descrives this transfigaration, Chitst is raised up from the earth; Mis face did shiue as the Sun; His menis were white as snow; | Moses appears by His side, and Elias is brought down again from heaven to pay Him homage, tue united testimony Of the iawgiver and tue prophet proving that in Him the words of the law and the prophets | are iuifilicd. When Peter saw the wonderful sight has soul was filled with joy, and sked that the joy might last forever. He sata, It is good for ustobe here. Here let us build everlasting temples, where We shall dwell for everiao.e.” ‘This prayer Was no selfish ones He did not WANT THE TEMPLES for his own enjeyment, but for the per tablignment of his Master’s identicy; they wer; ‘wanted for Dimseif and John and James, but’ for Thee avd one for Moses and one for Elias.” But Peter did not know then that he and his compan- dons would soon be witnesses of another and very diverent spectacle. The splendor of the iransigur- ation on Mount Tabor was not calcula- ted to remind the three aposties of the Giaigurement of the Passio on Calvary. But be it not so withus. We bave the Saviour’s a8 an exampie before us in its entirety, pe we just mingle sorrow with-our ith our sorrow in the contemplation Say" particu y particular pas. page of the Redeemer'e career on r = éarih, On Mount rigt proved Himself the well-beloved Son of God, publicly ackBowiledged and s0 proclaimed by SKE VOICE OF 118 FATHER frow Beaven'as weil as by the presence of Moses In this chureh yesterday | b; on jt Oi rden He | His ite Mount Calvary and in the gai | — A and Elias. as clearly manifested that He was the Son of Man and won the most endear.ng utle of the Man of Sor- rows, On the two occasions on which @ el rong Place in His outward appearence selected Peter and James and John to be witnesses. ‘Yhe first change 1s presented to our attention to-day, ‘The other occasion was when He brought them into the Garden of Olives to be witnesses of the agony and auifering Re there underwent when the Arch- angel was sent to console Him with the prospect of A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION, Mount Tabor isthe trinmphant evidence of our beloved Saviour’s divine authority pa divine pa- poche eye —_. proofs to the a Tee ait i pt it ngthen time when they, a would ‘witness wis bamilia- tions and suffering. he aposties and disctples had ah rit is true, mace ample and clear profession Of thelr faith in Chris's divinity; but He thought that 40 form and shape and all outward attrib He re- sembled ordinary men too closely not to make it nocessary that f(e should give such proofs of His origin as thet: human senses would enable them to ‘omprehend. ‘This was why "ie underwent the Nsiguration and performed the m: other iracies of which wé read m the Gos} The are thoreby convinced that their Master is FAITH 18 CHANGED toevidence; it 18 no longer mere Pollet; lt nslgbhand hearing and positive perception of the divine beauty ol it. How loving is this revelation of God! jen Moses received the law on Sinal Jt was Se opeee with the crashings and the the thunder and the lightning. But today we sce the eternal God made man, surrounded by a bright halo, speak ing, sweet, gentle, human 1s ¢; the new law of love, fet Tabor and Calvary be ever before our minds, Let the one be by tie other tempered. ‘When our falth 1s cold, when our thoughta begin to grovel and creep on the carth; let us ascend the holy Mountains and hearken to thelr evidences. Wien the death of those nearest and dearest to us smites our beart, when death pierces our own dosoma, let us then, most of all, remember how Jesus died for us on the cross, CHURCH SERVICES IN - WASHINGTON. DR. NEWMAN ON CONSCIENCE, The Stil! Small Voice the Only Human Quality Loyal to God, Dr. Smith on the Duties of the Good Soldiers of the Lord. CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY. Sermon by the Assistant Bishop of Maryland on Spiritual Blinduess and Want ef Faith in the Church, WASHINGTON, March 6, 1871. ‘The announcement that Bishop Pinckney, the oo- adjutor of Bishop Wittingham, of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, was to preach in the Church of the Epiphany this morning, drew together a large congregation. The reverend gentleman took for his. text St. Luke xviit., 35—*And it came to pass that, as be came nigh upto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the wayside begging.”’ There are, he said, many pictures of our blessed Saviour spread upon canvas whitch appeal to our admiration, but in no atcitude does Lo so nearly enier into our innermost lieart ag in HIS ASSOCIATION WITH 1HE POOR, the sick and needy, and more especially in the scene where we find Him in the foreground with the poor Nazarene, sivicken down by loss of sight. Our Saviour approached Jericho. His steps were moving slow. ‘The multitude followed Him with a noiseless tramp. ‘On the roadside sat ao poor beggar. His cars canght the unusual sound of the multitude as they drew near. He vaguely asked what it all meant; the occa sion being one in which he had never before been a participant. God had deprived him of the sense of vision. ‘To-day he had taken his accustomed posi- tiom by the roadside; the bright Sun had peen hidden. from nis sight, the green grasa he could not see. Ah, brethren, this was @ pitiful sight. We are blind and are turning away from the One who can give as sight. I suppose it is not too much to imagine what misery that poor blind beggar had passed through in nis solitade, some good Samari- tan took pity on him and gave nim someting to eat. Multtudes vewildered him, They told him Jesus of Nazareth passed by. He cried out, “Jesus of Nazareti, have mercy upon me.’ ‘Hold thy peace,” said one, “it ill becomes thy condition to cry Hua name. Hold thy peace ‘They were impotent words, but the poor blind beg- gar was not easily rebuked. He cova not be put off by such langrage, He wanted to see the blue heavens, The deprivation made his loss of eyesight depress him to a terrible degree, He knew that now was his golden opportunity and he should inake all | the effort to Improve it, He therefore cried out, “Son of David, have mercy upon me!’ He heard the abuse; lt was {me to pause. For some wise purpose ‘he was both dling and a beggar. Jesus demanded that he be broug’t to him. e said, “What canI do for you’? The poor man erled, “Lord, have mercy upon me, thet I ew have sight, and the long deprivation be removed. That £ may lave what has been denied me.” Jesus said, “Receive thy sight,” and he did so. He had been shut out from alicotumunion with the Lord Jesus Qurist, ne knew net whatever he ‘would for he would receive, He now glances at the lovely face’ he -had never seen be- fore—sesus of Nazareth, passing by. Brethren, may we not apply this to our cases’ Are there not some | in this house to-day who are worse than the poor { blind beggar—those who are spiritually blind? Ina single word, THOSR WHO ARB WITHOUT FAITH or & single word for God, ‘the loss of eyesight is nothing to compare with lozs of spiritual sight. Jesus of Nazareth passes by to-day, Ask Him to restore your sight. He ts with us in the spirit, He pauses to look upon the poor blind beggars that are ut the wayside. Ashe stood on that weather beaten puth and heard the ory of that poor man, “Son of David, have merey.upons me!’ He stands to-day, ‘Bring that man to me,’? the Saviour said, and forget not that Jesus of Nazareth passes by. He who 9 the blind beggar, ‘Wuat would you have?” says this te you:—Ask for sight and you shall receive it, If you desire spiritual vision ask Him while He passes ae The miracle of merc: shown to the poor biind beggar will be shown i J is ew led give sight lo the spiritually lind. Now what the poor maa asked for in sight you ask for in faith. You are sitting by the way- side, biimd. Ask Him to restore your sigh and it will de done. Do you “not catch the echo as He goes by? Do you not hear Histoot- steps in Bis providential dealings? Surety, bretbren, everything seems to favor the return of the sinner, Jesus of Nazareth passes by. Let us press on our way to Christ witii the ery on our lips, “Lord have mere Y on us |’? He will give what you ask for, ‘ollow the poor blind, beggar and ask for sight. ‘The moral standpoint you oceupy i3 considerably above this aan, You kuow more of Jesus than the blind ‘beggar did, and now, > you may cry in your of Nazareth, have morcy on us.” Whenever the call is sounded, repentance is near. He asses by to-day. Cry out to him for aight, ‘Jesus, hou son of David, have mercy on us! Forgive ust Restore Lo us our spiritual sight, tiat we may see the path in which thou watkest.’” That we may fol- low therein let it be your prayer. Be grateful to God for bringing you in communion with Him. Take the plan of the blind beggarand ask for sight, and you wiil recetye it, The truth He has reveaie: to you a8 partakers of divine biessings, Ask for light, brethren, and you will receive it. HE FOURTY PRESBYTERIAY CHUKIL as eee anguish, “Jesus Ogu rh Jesus passes Rev. *", Smith on Good Soldiers of Christ, WASHINGTON, March 5, 1871, This morning the pastor of the Fourth Presbyte- Tian church, Rey, John C. Smith, D. D., preached from iI Timothy, iL, 3—Thou therefore endure hardness a3 4 good soldier of Jesus Christ.” it is painfully true, he said, that the unrenewed man clings to THR LAW OF SIN AND DEATH, although that law thunders ferth the saying, “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” The law of grace throngh our Lord Jesus Christ sim contrast with this iaw of slit and death given by Moses, Who can understand what are the bless ings of ihe law of grace? We can become asrich as we cliooze under this dispensation, for our vieasings will depend upon our faith. There are no limiis to the: blessings to be recelved. Justice does not enter into the account. It 1s grace, ‘the Hebrews at the time of the writing of these epistles were under the authority of the Romans and sub- ject to the Roman soldiery. Hence many of the illustrations of the Scripture writings are taken {rem the occupation of the soldier, A soldier {3 & man separated to a disiluct duty. His time and faculties long to the government, and ne is to obey orders without a question. The entire responsibility of the soldier ts summed wp in this one word, “obey.” We do Dot suMiciently appreciate THE SERVICES RENDERED BY OUR GOOD in the time of war, ef loge pri uty LDIERS: were their lot, and it was their endare, which they did without murmuring or repining. Add unto yeur faith virtue, which means courage. It 1s much more dificult to exercise a passive than on active | { Als en “character, to endure ny tothe nd” War mite Naver” the Divine Spirit working in and helping 7 us. ling of dependence where rightly un- derstood is a of union, We do not like to have @ feeling of dependence in affairs of common life, but this 1s when we do not rightly understand the subject, The dependence of the child upon the arent isa bond of unton and sympathy ween hey 80 it Is between Christ and His followers, Obedience makes the good soldier and it makes also the good eitizon. TRUE CHRISTIANS WILL BE GOOD CITIZENS, and it is not neceasary to legislate for them. The term good soldier, where used in the Bible, means one who has faith and virtue, or courage, the fruit of faith; net.one who ie ashamed of his profession and who Is willing to deny it, A profession of failly by the true soldier in the captain of his salvation ts necessary for his protection. We must, by our own act, identify ourselves with the Vaptain of our Salvation, Paul, through his whole life, endured hardness as 4 good soldier of Onrist, Bla fe BR a ane example for us. The term hardness mi mness and perseverance. Attempt great things. Expect. grea thing iy you will accomplish much. cannot speak of enduring hardness here a3 cam those of our breth- ren tn foreign landa and upon our fronticrs. The missioner ret the weaith of our land. Tie labore! a this ea are bnt poorly paid, and even the pittance which receive 18 nof given to them promptly. We should £3 them not only material ia, bat-ald’ them, with our earnest prayers and rtfelt sympathies, METROPOLITAN METHODIST CHURCH. Dr. Newman Conscience. WASHINGTON, March 5, 1871. The Rev. Dr. J. P. Newman preached to a large congregation in the Metropolitan Methodist Episco- pal church on the subject of conscience. The text was found in Acis xxiv., 16—And herein do I exervise myself, to have always & coascience vold ofoffence toward God and toward men.” Such, said the reverend geutiemen, is the soleinn protest of the apostic arraigned before a Roman tribunal, charged with sefition, hereay and sacri- lege. Permiited to speak for himeelf, without a witness to tesiify in his behalf he appealed to his own coasctence in tho language of the text. ‘These words evidently recognize the BXISTENCE AND EDUCATION OF MAN'S CONSCIENCE, and I propose to consider two points relative to the existence, functions and relations of consctence, ‘The subject leads us to contemplate man as he was prior to the fall and a6 be now is under tue Chrisdan alspensation. See man was endowed intel. lectually aud morally with whatever was necessary for self-government. He required no exterazl aids to discover and maintain the path of duty. ‘Yo perfect intellectual endowments was added conscience, to discover the moral quality of action, Such was man’s Condition prior to the fall. What is lt now? Conscience Is the enly quality which reimalus loyal to God, IMAGINATION IS CORRUPT, understanding 13 coutracted, judgment 1s erverted, The ailecious are esixanged, he assions have gained the ascendancy, Conscience alone 1s loyal to the Creator. Under the Gospel uispeosaiion two external aids are ‘iven to man for the disc ing of the truti--the Bible and tne Holy Ghost, These are to ald and guide man’s broken inteliect. Call conscience what yout will—a sense of moral obligation, a faculty of ihe soul, & moral sense-—the fact of its existeace cannot bedenied. So soon a3 we perceive a moral quality in an action we feel an obligutton in regard to it, If it be good, to do it; if bad, uot to perform it—we ought or we oughi not. An tinpulse to do or not to do tho action 13 connected with the per- ception of its moral ler which 16 not the result of argumentation, bub wich springs up spontaneously in tue soul, There are times whea a man fg placed between two impulses, passion urging Aim to a certam gratidcation and conscience urging him not to comply, and upon the decision depends his moral characler, Strength may be on the siae of the passions, put Authority lies on the side of conscience and if is for the man always to decide in favor of aathority. Kigh® action brings pleasure, while evil doing gives a feeling of degrauatton and shame. Several objections are brought agalust the universal existence of conscience. Jt 18 said that some netions think a thing to be right that others hold to be wrong, Thus be NUANTIOIDR by the Chinese is thought to be right; by the Ameri- cans to be wrong. There is a threefold ans:ver to ‘Wis:—First, this very destruction supposes tue ex istence of conscrence. It 13 a matter of 1utention on the part of the Uhincse, and iaorai quailty m action inheres in the imtention. Nowhere im the intend misery. Cninese theology leads parents to think the sacrifice of the child brings it ppp ince. Again,.it 13 said some savage nations violate the 2 plainest: riINCH of right without re- morse. Tuls indicates a limitation of knowledge on the tof the person who brings tue objectie in all hearts there is @ moral sense responding in some degree to the divine law. Conscience does nopcompe) man to do right, but to show him his duty, yet it may become so familiar with crime a3 to Tefaisé to sound its warning voice. The functions of conscience are threefold—monition, condemmua- tien, approbation. Dr. Newman then gave several striking tillustrations, derived irom history, of per- sons, Who, heediess of THE MONITIONS OF CONSCIENCE, had lived to feel 13 Intter condemnation. He next Passed on to consider the gualities of conscience, ar- guing thet as uan was a being of capacities, and ag each of his intellectual faculties 13 capabt cultivation, » too, are lis moral fucuttier. ture of couscivnee ia to be preceded by a care study of God's word. There is a difference between voluntary and involuntary ignorance. No man 3s responsible for that which he cannot help, but where ignorance is the resuit of ueglect to in- form the understanding the criminality acts upon the conscience, and hence the tinpottance of the #ney of the -@tviae law. Alm at reflection, Your low moral state to-day comes from want of reflec- tion. Men have not the moral courage to shut them- eclves up with God und their Bible and refiect apoa the deeds of tore Conscience ts improved py culture, by the study of the churacter of eminent men, LOW IDEALS DEGRADE US. High ideals elevate us. Obrist 13 the noblest, highest pattern by which a man can shape his life, Cousctence 18 our truest friend. Men neglect it, abuse if and often siaughter it, as the wrathful man, wakened from bis sleep by the barking of huis fatth- ful dog, shot lim dead irom tis window, while tho assassin stood atthe gate. So men often siaughcer their conscience, which warns them of dauger. ANOTBER DOUBTFUL CASE, Possibly a Murder—Body Recovered and Identified. A fuil report appeared in yesterday’s HERALD re- lative to the mysterious disappearance of Maurice Comyn, formerly employed in the Erie machine sth ultimo. Patrick Hennessy, last seen in com- pany of Comyn, was suspected of inflicting vivleno e upon him or knowing something concerning his ab- sence, Hennessy was accordingly arrested on sus- Dicion, and ts now in prison in Jersey City, on the commitment of Justice Martindale, esterday the body of au unknown mun was found floating in the dock foot of Chainbers street, North river, and subsequently identified by a rela- five as hat of the missing Comyn. The Posy was Temoved to tiie Morgue, where Coroner Schirmer will .make an investigation, No marks of violence wera discernabie on the body ex- cept. about the forenead,’ and these have been received by coming in contac with foating tirabers or other bard substances while in the water. Deceased has a brother wuo is a mer- chant in Grand street. Williamsburg, who is de- sirous of obtaining possession of the remains for in- terment. Deceased and tie prisoner Hennessy had been drinking and quarreling together just previons to the aisappearance of the former. MURDEROUS ASSAULT. A Woman Shamefully Beaten in Newark by a Dranken Husband. A great deal of excitement was occasioned yester- day aiternoon m the neighborhood of No. 88 Van Buren street, Newark, in consequence of an alleged murderous assault perpetrated on.a woman and her little boy by her cranken husband, one Thomas Trainor. Heis a blacksmttn by trade, about forty- five years of age, and yesterday, coming home under the influence of Jersey hghtnibg, he at once pecan quarreling with Mra, Trainor. Finally his rage knew no bounds, and selzing a knife he assauited the poor woman and cut her severelyabout the hands, lace and neck. The lithe boy, woo 1s about ten years of age, ran, Ifke young Bordel!l, to the assist- ance of his mother and to catch hold of the knik but, itis alleged, tie father Grew the tnstrument across tne little feliow’s Dands, almost severing the fingers. At tis juncture the neighvors jntertered, and Trainor was banded over to an officer and re- moved to the City Prison, A charge of atrocious assault and battery las peen preferred against bum, Mrs. Trainor aud boy are hurt badiy, but not dangerously. WEWARK'S HAVIGATION BUGBEARS. At tho meeting of the Newark Common Council on Friday night a resolution was passed to the effect that the Commtitee on Wharves and Commercial Affairs be instructed to inquire into and report at tho next meeting of Council by what authority the New Jersey Railroat maintain the Centre street bridge and the tracks from the satd bridge to the junction with the main line of sald rail. in Market street, and that sald com. have power to employ counsel for he above purpose, with a view to the removal of the derman Reynolds, who introduced the S mittce virtue. Courage is one of the graces of the Holy Spirit and should be so manifest that all may see and kuow the gopd soier or J us Oniist— ° wl reed ution, took strot id against f 01 {y an Inst this, “th most objectionable ago” on tue Passaic, ana that to the best of his among ether ‘kno and belief the @nd tracks were un- Jowful structures. ‘faxpayers are glad that at last this committee will have something to do idstead of squandering the former’s money in disgraceful jam- borees down the bay, on board a necabeek under tbe disguise of an “imspection” of wharves. world can we find iven who think {it right to | shops, Jersey City, who had been missing since the | LITERATURE. Criticiume on New Book». BY Rai: Tae New Rove To fae East. W. F. Rae, D. Appiet a York. 1871, va: The basis of this book has been publizned in the form of letters, but these have been thoronghly re vised before being offered to the pubiic in the Present volume, and the additions that have veea made to them are very considerable. Asa whoie, Mr. Rae’s book isan excellent one, written without prejudice and contaluing moch valuable Information to those who haye never taken the delightful jourmey “Westward by rail.” To tnose WhO have its perusal is eqnally agreeanle, for none of these gould read it without being struck with his faithfulness and moderation in recording his experiences, He bas in no respect yielded to the temptation which appears to be ioo strong to be overcome by most wriiers of books of travel—namely, that of coloring wo highly the scenes through which they have passed, The first chapter 1s devoted to the trip across the Atlantic—the author's “preliminary journey,” aa he terms it, He speaks tn glowing terme of the beauty of the approach by sea to New York, “After Sandy Hook 16 passed,” he says, “the panorama on elther side ts beautiful. * * * Tho Inxuriant foliage aud the dark green vegetation remind the English traveller of the richest and most charming rising greunds in Keut. * * * In the distance are iglands coyered with verdare, and in tue background are the masses of red-l)rick buildings which const! tute the chief city of the Empire State, Vonspienens among the varions structares 1s a to’ ng edifice, imposing in ontiine and white in color. I was toid | that this was the oitice of the New You HeRALD. There is something alike signiflcant aya appropriate in the fact that che office of one of the most enter- | prising among Amevican newspapers should be the most conspicuous object beheld by the stranger who | approaches New York from the seu.” After taking, as it were, @ more glance at New York the book Proceeds to give an account of the journey thence to San Francisco. This account is, iu the maim, very accurate. A few day@ parsed in Chicago hag enabled Mr, Ree to give a deseription of that won- derfu! city, where, im the course of a few yeurs, nu- merous palaces have 4eplaced a handivl of hate His picture of Salt Lake City, of Mormons and Mor- monism, 13 almost the firet correct one tat has been given the public. The impresaion has peen given by most writers that Sajt Lake ts a beautifal city. A beautiful elty surely requires boautifal buildings to render it such, and these Salt Lake can scarcely be said to posacas, even by the warmest admirers of the “Laiter Day Saints.” Mr. Ruo’s remarks on the inconsistency of the streets, tmposing as they are both fn width and length, with the charac- ter of bulldings erected upon them, are such as any visitor there would be likely to make. The site of the city and the surrounding scenery are indeed, aa he desoribes them, beautiful in the extreme, None | who have ever taken the stage ride from Uintah to Salt Lake can {atl to be struck with the entire accu- racy of the account of it here given, ‘The completion of the Urah Cen'ral Ratlway happily renders this tor- ture a thing of the past. ‘The stones and the ruta, the heat and the files, the utter disregard of the driver as to the safety, or, at any rate, the soreness of his passengers’ bones; the wayside meal, tue superabundancs of knees in the crowded vehicie, the utter wearluess of the hapless traveller when at length a sudden tura in the road presents a view of the city to his longing eyes—any reader who has passed through this or- deal will tescify that the description is notan ex- aggerated one. Nor is the magnificent sconery for. gotten. On the right of the road lies the Great Salt Lake itseif and upon the left the range of the Wab- satch Mountains, In the spring of the year, when these majestic mountains, with their snow-capped | peaks, are rosy at their base with blossoming frat! trees, the picture is exquisire in the extreme. The author of “Westward by Rall,” while enlo- gizing the splendors of Echo.and Wober caiions in the terms they so well merit, has scarcely given his readers a correct idea of one of the must striking fea- tures of the latier, “The Devil's Gate.” He merely mentions itas “a narrow space between the sun- dered rocks.’ The road here follows the line of the Weber river for some distance, giving the passenger ampie opportunity to note the picturesque beauty of | the stream. Rocks of immense heighi rise upon its opposite side as well as to the right of tie track, An abrupt turn of the river itself sends tts waters dashing and foaming tirough “The Devil's Gat ; Giving this an interest and magnificence tt would certulnly uot otherwise possess, As the traveller gazes first upon the seething waters at his feet and | then up (o the mas:es of rock which tower above aiw the scene is one dificult to surpass m grandenr Other fine points of scenery Mr. Rae has entirely omitted to mention, Tie palisades beyoud Elka are surely worthy of note. The road curves around tnes¢ rocks, which are almost perpendicular and of great height, Upon the left the Humboldt river follows its peaceful course and does much toward fertilizing an otherwise arid country. After leaving Cisco—a sia tion situated on the Sierra Nevadas at the suminit of the road, yet with the pine-clad poaks of tna! glorious range of mountains rising far above tt some of the most maguilicent sceacs of the entre Journey may be enjoyed, One spot, where the track has been built upon the mountain side, and whore the valley upon the left ia 1,500 feet below the ne of the road, is usually callea “Cape Horn.” ‘The Toad here takes @ sharp curve, and the panoramé opened out below is simply superb, The american river 1s now visible, but at so great a distance be neath iat it appears but au insignificant stieaw, Although “Westward by Kall” is certainly writ ten for the most part with au absence of prejudice doubiy remarkable and creditable as being the work of an English tourist, the autbor’s usual impartial ity deserts him in speaking of San Francisco ané the San Franciscans. He says that “among the legacies of the Spaniards to the Catifornians” Insm- cerity in their offers of hospitality is one, He also declares that -Ualifornians, while parting ostenta- ttously with their money,’’ cannot be exceed by the shrewadest Yankee in “looking after the main chance.” Few who have visited Sanu Francisco will endorse these sentiments, or deny that, what ever the faulis of her citizens. may be, hospitailty and liberality are amoung the most prominent of their virtues, Although admitting to the full the perfection of tie Californiam climate, the great matu- ral beauties of the ‘Golden State” and the wonder. ful products of her soll, Mr. Rae 1s scarcely disposed to make sufficient allowauce for the pride felt ip California by her scas. Tae Lover’s LIBRARY 36 the title of a new series of volumes, the first of which has just been issued by J. 8. Reulield, Fulton street, New York, The contents of volume1 are “The Devil's Poo),’? by George Sand; Southey’s story of “Leonard ana Margaret; Bulwer’s touching tale, entitted “The Maid of Malines,” and “Patty's Revenge,” whose author ig unknown. As none of these are new The publisher's purpose has been to bring together, in inexpensive and convenient form, for theespecial benefit of the young, ® number of well selected and well written love stories. The vook 1s somewhat similar iy appearance to the ‘‘Tauchniis’’ edition of novels, but rather larger. A GERMAN REAPER to succeed the German Course. By George F. Com/ort, A.M., Professor of Modern Languages ana Astietics in Alieghe! College, Meadville, Pa., and the author of “, Sue Course.” New York: Harper &srother® . The rapidly growing importance of the German anguags and: literature in America readers the ap- pearance of every new and convenient iext book to facilitate their study a matier of congratulation, AD OLERUM. ADVICES TO A YOUNG PRHACHER. 4 Josiah Parker, D. D., author of “Zcece Deus.” B ton: Roberts Brothers. 1571. A little work of disciplinary and instructive im terest to younger aspirants for clerical honors ang usefulness, Tus Hain OF RBDCLYFFE. D. Appleton & Co., New York, have jast began: In two volumes, a handsome edii10n of Miss Yor well known work, “The Heir of Redolyife.” ° Tne Stony Liaziz ToL, By the author of “The Flower of the Family,” &o ‘This isa nice little book for children, peculiarly adapted for Sunday schoo) Hbraries § Pobiianed by Anson D, F, KaDdoIRR & Op the public it ts unnecessary to speak of their merits. _»