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4 The Feast of Pentecost in the Churches, Sermons and Services in the Meiropolis and Elsewhere. Restraining and Restoring Resources of Rell- gion—Pitying Prayers for Paris and the Yope—The Evils of the Day, Discourses by Right Rev. Bishop Janes, Rev. Drs, Fowler, Boilows, Steven- son and Ewer}; Fathers Pres- ton, Woods and Other: Whitsunéay was observed yesterday im ail the ehurches with perhaps more than the usual earnest- ness evinced in years past. ‘The services and ceremonies were generally Inspiriting and excced- ingly appropriate. The Holy Spirit seemed to be sensibly felt, and the pastors seemed everywhere to emulate the Apostles after the descent of the Holy Ghost in speaking of the wonderful works of God. In the synopses of sermons given below may be found the expressions given by ‘divers’ (denominay tional) “tungues”’ of the works of the Almighty, which have been collated for the beneilt of the readers of the HERALD. °S METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Dedicatory Servicesitestrnining and Re- storing Influences of Christionity—Physical and Spiritnal Waste of Power—Sketches of Sermons by Bishop Janes and Dr. Fowler. Tae dedication of the new and beautiiul St. Joln’s Methodist Episcopal church in Fifty-third street, ba- tween Broadway and Eighth avenue, took place yesterday morning by Bishop Jaues, who preached the sermoa aiso. The Eistiop was assisted 1a the services by Rey. Drs. Blades and Erwin, of the Book Comulttee, now here; S. D. Brown, presiding elder of this confereace dis! a. M. Eddy, of Baiti- ST. 50% more, and Rev. Keyes, “Goss, Vail and ef s’ sermon was based on mm which Christ de- scribes the Church as the salt of the earth and the light of the worl he restraining and restoring tufuences and for by which the world is to be kept from ruin and ultimately saved. Every man of candid observation, the Btshop said, anust b ressed that the h is vicious and depraved and tull of evil tendencies, else why | the perverseness of childhood, the simful proclivities jd the horrid vices of manhood with ed ¢ ms? What out a cor- fruit? Men who deny nat they seo with their own experience testifies to ous ol evil, and it we hav u the Way of folly and shame it ts because a EART AND FLE ay Would be wit to uncover his heart before thi zation, has had thou_hts and desires which le would fain hide even irom himself and from his fellow mea, and be who de consciousness. church w-day. continually. Goa, and the ng This 18 tue doctrine of the Curistiaa Man is ieclwed to evi, and that The carnal mind 1s enmity against heart is Gesperately wiked. And f proceeds all manner @ judginent against delayed the hearts 0. the sons oi men in ‘them to do eyil. Not only ts the depraved, but it is inciined to evil, and 1s perpetually manifesting the sinfuiness of our nature. “And this being our con. dition, God has adapted His economy of to meet our wants, and has employed ces and agencies to restrain us from evil aud Wo resiore us to our lost purity, And in this regard die has not deviated from His economy of nature. ‘ie harmony of the laws of nature were then ex- plained by the bishop and the principles thereor applied vo the ecovomy of grace and demonstrated, The restraining influences of Christianity are set forth io the text under the symbol of salt, whose properties were ported out. Tbe Church is also the ligt of the world, aud whatever doth make mant- dest is lignt The vivifying and fructuying m- fluence oi liglit ts absolutely necessary to the per- jection of animal or vegetable iife. Christ’s gospel jias shed upon us this power. We have, therefore, those two Needed iniluences to restrain and restora us to purity and happiness and heaven. The re- straining innuences of Christianity are found in its dusuitu! dhe very existence of the Church has but when its object to RE US TOR A HEAVENLY ESTATE 1s declared the world must understand it and be restrained accordingly. The Christian Sabbath is ra u ae tuliy human he Baother ing influence, and though it 1s sadly eter nevertheless there is @ marked difference In Broagway between this day and yesterday. Even wicked men by habits, if not by lipa, recognize this as God’s day—hallowed by him at creation and twice hallowed by the resurreciion of our blessed Saviour and his victory over death. We have, therefore, n0 more solemn religious or political duty than to maintain the sacredness of the Sabvath. ‘The public worship of God has a restraining in- fueuce also, and every time a wicked and ungodly man passes a cllurch dour aud hears the songs of Heaven within or bears the Sabbach bells cating the worshippers together he must remember the opject of their meeting and must think upon God, And the vicious are indueed to join these assemblies, gud by the power of the Spirit of God ibey are restrained. Oh! there is wonderful power in thisinstitutioa. The Holy Bibie has its influence, too, m the 1amuy, though too often itis negiected, But vevertheiess the family which has a Bible in the house is Jess wicked than ff it had none. And our bs ees are less wicked than if they bad not xen AN OATH OF FIDELITY ON THIS BIBLE. And as s0on as he (the Bishop) heard thatthe Panis Tepublicaus did not require an oath of fidelity he at .ce declared Md that government could not stand. Our courts of justice pre less corrupt than they would be without the Bible and because of ifs re- straining power. And no matter what Romanists may Bay or do We must and will have this infuence in our public schools. The consistent conduct of reigious professors was assigned as another estrainiug jpiiuence, and the morality of the Bille, coming to us by the authority of God, and Pibiiteg by by the highest and purest motives, and Hinaily the power and influence of tue Hoty Spirit re- strains us, without which he knew not where we Buould be to-day. But Christianity brings to the world restoring ag well as restraining induences, first of which is the ight of the Gospel itself; second, its beneficent Bpirit of aymapatuy and love. And if we look abroad upon all the active work of Christians to-day we Bball find that the exe of Christ constrains them, Then the propagandism of the Church ts to subju on the World to the authority of Christ. This tem- le belongs a8 much togthe world as to this congre- fr on, because It i of thee Christ. He therefore rayed that the ends of the earth might see the sal- ation of God through the instrumentality of this ehureb. The provisions of Christianity meet ihe wecessilies of our nature. This point was ilius- re irom Scripture, and an appeal was made to ‘be impenitent to seek now the 1uluess of the bless- of tue Gospel of peace. 1 the afternoon, in addition to the ministers pre- sent at the morning service, there were present Drs, ‘oas, Ferris, Rawlins, Harris and Marks, and Rev. essrs. Sanford, C, Suuth, A. McLean, L, H, King, Hall and others, ‘fhe sermon, preached by v. O. H. Fowler, D. D., of Chicago, was one of reat power aud related to the waste of physical ud mental energies, Jt was based en Isaiali ly., 2:— “Wherefore do ye spend monev for that which {s wd ed and your labor for that which satistieth ui MONEY MEANS POWER, id the Doctor, and the value of life, eternal Ife. nouly is the right use of money and power. Na- re puta forth no hypothecated case, but deals with _ and speaks only when she,has a case, adopting ie ry Of the scientists, but not their practice. ‘or im the tney deal only with facts; but practice they in end run into jandera, Different kinds of power were ointed §=out and @ general definition of ower given as that which makes things come to aA, ¢ progress of art, sclence, Manufacture and nvention in these latter days was traced, and its jecessity in our nature and constitution demon. trated, In speaking of the waste of physical ower the Doctor showed that ire is economical }o the jast degree, He lilustrated it by saying fmoos other this thas the heat of he buman y wb aintained = with bne-twentiovn of the fuel which 1s re- Gulred by our most delicately constructed stoves. i diderence is wasted, We waste our power by riction, by difusiveness, by slothfulness, by dissi- ation which we call recreation. He could find —_— of men who bad recreated themselyes m THRY NEED A NEW CRRATION. he theatres, concert saloons ambling halls Fe sustained by the avenues my r NO Worse olggple to tue f, | What but an evil oun. | 8 such | God. And when the d He | ies human depravity denies his own | | action | upon tor | | once on! strength Dy ine students ne remarked that the men | Who do the largest sm tof work for God are the | men who hold the finest physical life. but the | greatest waste is in our spirtiual lives, Our ener- Kies ave dissipated everywhere, Men who come to Tho mews Of grace as toa burden are not the men oi power. They turn away from the chief things of God to dally with the utfes and tempora:ities of this fe, We lave tov long overlooked whe power of cite ROME DROPS MER FORCES INTO CITIES and robs and rules whole repubites, It is in cities that we need to consentrate our forces, Cities must be redeemed and evangelized or eise be blotted out as the greatest curse of the race, Paul went to Corinth and wrote that oll Asia had heard the word of the Lord. It is wonderful how tn these last days the mind of the World 1s muttiplymg muscle and saving it for use. It means that Onrist is coming, and, a8 at Bis first avent, is mulitplying comforts and curing diseases. The average length of life in heathen lands 1s fifteen years; in our Christian countries it 13 forty years, “And our Bt-hop is nearer to Hong Kong to-day than he was to oue end or other of bis cireuit when ke began his ministry. All oppression is waste anil must be so forever. Speas- ing of the waste of governments, Dr. Fowler sald that the greatest was thar made by ROMANISM, THE CURS OF SUE RACKS without qualitigation, ‘Jhevc t a pearl in them that she bas not stolen, nor a prectons stone that she | has not purloined, nor a tay sne has not Diasied, Look at her b Whatever she nas touched 1s tarnished; w p she has ruled is ruued, What she bas done for Italy, Spain, Brin she would do for America if sho could, But this Waste must be stopped at all hazards. Great applause greeted this entilustastic outburst. Collections and suyscriptions were taken up during the day am ting to $27,00% There 1s yet a debt Of about $23,009 on the church, PIFTA AY PRESHYTERIUN CHURCH, Those Whe Know Right Mast Do the Right or fay the Peantty--No Neutrality in the Line of Buty—Sermon by the Rev. br. Stevenson, The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church, corner of Ninetecnth street, was well filled by a fashtonadle congregation yesterday morning, notwithstanding the absence of the pastor, Rev. John Hall, D. D., who 18 & member of the General Assembly now in Session in Chicago. The pulpit was filled by Rev. Dr. Stevenson, of the Tract Society, who, after the accustomed prayer and singing by the congregation, announced as tne text for the morning discourse Matthew xil., 30, tn which ts the divine declaration that whoso IS NOT FOR ME IS AGAINST ME. In the progress of an effective sermon upon tne text named the learned divine made clear the declaration that in the line of duty there ts not— cannot be—any such position as neutrality. He held that al! men having the power for thought, for perception, reflection and coyclusion, must arrive ata ‘bellef as between good and evil; and that, having arrived at a decision, they followed its dictates for good, tf right, or for evil if wrong. fhat there were circumstances in which a neutrai on might be held he did not deny; such as ent in no way affeoted your rights or your dut but never when otherwise. God points out things to be beifeved and not to be believed, (o be Gone and not to be done, and in all such things there could be no such position as neutrality. The laws of the pind compelled decision. When the doctrine is re and the mind 's there some definite conclusion suri i may not, cannot, perbaps, arrive at dec t d cannot avotd it; it must decide between right aad 13 in duty bound to 3, Should he (the th of a friend coud S either true or e? Or should he r of a precipics ond must he not r believe and halt or disbelieve, go on and go And so told of a duty to God, man must @ one Way or th» otier—he must either accept eclaration, there 1s no imtermediate No im o matter of UTRALITY pusequence as duty to ion is made we must act th the decision obiamed, upon it In acco’ ance WW We we ad to believe that there are y who ve without corresponding. ‘on foto t he held that where the action 15 not in harmony with the seeming belief ming isa deius'on and ihe presumed belief if a man be told that he 13 dangerously picano he gurns pack if he be- hot, And 680 in relation to ou. Ifa man beleves them ; Wf not, he does not, netitral ound; no indifferent but deiinite ‘action; no ma- 'o iiustrate follows, | chine action, but human mind action, further the haposstbility of neutrality under bee lief in Goa’a laws and of dinding excuse from obe- dience on tie greurd that a particular tudividual is not speciiically nawed, he s}owed that all are called peat, and that each and every one isag eatirely bound to obey the command as il he had been directly namea in the deciaration. ‘The only thought is to believe or not; there is 0 such condi» tion as neutrality under sneh declarations and while the commana 1s know: The command which has been written en the seroll of duty ts love of God, and it must be obeyed. There is no alterna. tive. With full Knowledge ot God comes love of God, You must destroy the nature of a man to pre- vent 1, for to believe in 13 to love and to feel under the lghest human obligation to love God supremely. There can be no neutrality under such a condition. Another com- mand to which he referred, and m regard to which there could not be neutrality, was the direction to pray secretly, on which the promise was that those who do thus pray wili be rewarded openly. The @uty of aged was thus revealed—commanded; not y, but daily; and in regard to that duty there could be no ieeling of neutralliy, It isacom- mand, and its Violation is asin. Whoever refuses is opposed to God, and a violator of His commaud- ments. And, again, he claimed that the mpossiy bility of neutrality 13 clear in that we are endowed with sensibility, and tlac with sensibility contact with God Induces belief; knowledge of God INDUCES LOVE, and love of God brings prayer; there 1s no neutrality in either case. There is belief, and there ts action in accordance with it; and so, he claimed, in rela- on to the call of God’s Church tomen, They were not at liberty to disregard its appeals. Neutraiity Was, he claimed, as inconceivanie as that a hand in fire shouid not feelit. If might be seared. as the conscience might be, and nol 80 keenly feel it; but either, in health, must feel its power, Thero could be no neutrality in such acase. Contending with better feelings, he cialmed, was not neutrality; it Was disbelief, In conclusion he aliuded to the erro- neous maxim that it made no difference what we be- lieved, and protested against it He claimed that we are as responsible for THE ACTION OF OUR MINDS as of our bodies; that we are just as fully bound to believe righuy as we are to act rightly toward our fe, en, He calied upon his hearers to look Dpto God's truths and be determined to act in ac- cordance with them; and to those who are indier- ent he appealed, asking that they might become awakened to a consciousness of their duty and not treasure up wrath agalust the day of wrath. When the services had been conc.uded there was conversation in relation to the absence of Rey. Dr. Hall, and expressions of confidence that he would return revived in body and strong m the spirit of the work he does, ST. FRANCIS XAVIER'S CHURCH. Berge’s Third Mass—Sermon by Rev. Father The great festival of Pentecost’ was celebrated in the littie church of the Jesuits in Sixteenth street ‘with musical ceremonies of unusual interest. The choir at high mass consisted of Miss Teresa Wer- neke and Mrs. Berge, soprani; Miss Mary Werneke and Mrs. Dolph, contralti; Messrs. Tamaro and Huck, tenor, and Messrs, Bacelll and Stanton, basst, There was, besides, a select and well arilled chorus. Dr. Wiliam Berge was the organist. Berge’s ‘Third Mass” is one of the brightest and most gental of this accomplished composer's numerdis works, The themes are all taking and inspiring and there is More dramatic effect in it thaa ts generally given to modern church music, To the Misses Werneke all praise is due for thetr truly artistic rendering of the trying solos and concerted morceaux which are plentifully scattered through the work. The elder sister has 4 fine, resonant, well balanced soprano voice, and the younger one of the sweetest and most synipathetic contralto voices that can bo found im any church choir, The first tenor and base are also thorough artists, and the rendering of the York. #lan, briliiancy and finish are its main char- altars were decked out in thelt” protest raiment and brilliance; * noble offering to the ed by another member of tue Society of Jesus as subdeacol versary, the descent of the Holy Ghost. Kev. Father explaining this, proceeded to explain the meaning given by the Reaeemer to His Church, and from that yespers were sung. They consisted of the “‘Dominie matic aud effective work; Berge's “Veni Oreator’ and “Regina Gorn,” and Bagiol’s ‘“Tanvum Ergo.’' Jt would be dimioult to matoh this superb choir, aad mass was fauitiess, organ playing of Berge difers from that of every other nist in New acteristics, These serve to magnetize a chotr and carry them with a spirit th work. The and the sunlight streamed in through — thi stained windows in @ coup Mit of Splendor of the festival igh mass was celebrat Ve ‘ather Hudon, assisted by Pather Casso, deacon, ‘aud At the Gospel aa Father Ronau deitvered a sermo! on the tevent of which the day was the annl- Doucil was to have preached, but sickness prevented him from fuvilling his promise, The preacher, after and the great importance of the festival. The de- scont of the Paracitte was the seal of the promise Une the Church seemod inspired with new life and its nilssion began, In the afternoon grand musical Deus,” @ spirited work by Ls) Lambillotte’s magnificent oratorio of ‘Pentecost,’ a highlyrdra- | Secret sorrows to aonoy them, ite spirit and earnestness certainly are derived from | the organist. Music ts called, and righty so, tie divine art, and no church Can expec. to win over the human mind coupletely without 1s aid, ALE SOULS CHURCH, The Thorns of Lie=Words of Cheer—Grich Hope and Faith—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Bellows. Atthe Church of all Souls, Fourth avenue and Twentieth street, yesterday morning, there was evi- dence of the warm weather from the several pews that were partially vacant, Quite a large congrega- won, however, assembled, and the fairer portion of the worshippers. made their reflections and pro- mised mentally, no doubt, all sorts of future reli- gious good things in utter forgetruiness of THE ELEGANCE OF THE SUMMER FASHIONS that were brilliantly exhibited by themselve:. Gay and sparkling were the costumes of the ladies, and holy and deeply thoughtful were the utterances of the Rev. Dr. Bellows, whose prayer at the beginning of the service was long and very solemn. Tho chanting of the hymns by the choir was, as is usval in this church, in the best style, and a well sung soprano solo, that occurred at part of the ser- vice, added its good effect to the fervor of the wor ship. The Rev. Dr. Bellows took his text from the twelith chapter, begianing at the eighth verse, of Paul to the Corinthians, The precise nature of the thorn in the flesh from ‘which Paul suffered is not knowato us, Paul asked God to semove it, but tne reply to the entreaty simply reminded him that he had grace, and that this was allhe needed. We know how easily the body may be tormented with: agony vy acontinua- tion of the smallest pain, such a3 a splinter in the finger, & nail in the shoe, a sting from a ne:tie, a bit of dirt in the eye, &c. kivery one .f us has TRIALS MORAL AND BODILY. Weakness of the nervous system and those other diseases so common to all are the thorns from which . we suffer and which become to us suijects for the most serious consideration, We can see few faces that do not betray traces of some secret habitual suffering, Those who are wan and weak- looking do not always suffer the most, Sometimes these suiferings iead tosin and wen they become irreparable woes. Yet they are meant to chasien us, and aro often favors from Heaven. It beccmes us to remember aiways that the soul bas got to fight the body and wlumph over it. If the body rules there would be nothing of the man ap- peavog. to show the spiritual nature with which od bas endowed him. It isa perpetual wariare betweea spirit and matier, but when the victory is won by the soal then comes that happy e®ect—peace of mind. tis tor this we should labor and crush every rising emotion or feeling within us that migh: keep us bound to THB DEVOURING ENEMY. We should keep on ever striving, and never shut ourse!ves up within the narrow coimpass of our own tmiuds, and with false stoicism rail at the world and at our pain, and with eavh successive conces- sion of worry and grief make only faster the myste- Tiuvus podily ailment striving for mastery. Awoug our fellow belngs we should extend sympathy for sympathy, avd open the windows and doors of our hearts and ventilate the polsonons morbidities. But to do this we cannot hope for the continuous sympathy of men, for most People, with thelr own ave but little sym~ We must go to where St. Pau pathy to bestow. went—to the tirone of God—and there receive the same answer he did—that the grace of God was all tb beauty of this grace ts that tt d soul RE TION TO ITS BURDEN. This heavenly peace alone assuages tue tormented and wearled heart. It should not be lost signt of that the inal object of adversity of every kind is that the soul may see what the independent pro- perty of God alone is, Alas for the soul that never knows trial! Itiscold, hard, calious, can never know or appreciaie the sublime thoughts which follow the submission to aud the consequent victory over pain. There is a sympathy between the sufferings of tue svul and the suffer- ings which Jesus went through on earth, 1t may be asked, how are fa‘ii and hope to be preserved under such Avrave diillcuity asa perpetual wariare be- tween the mind and body suggests? The answer 18 that the dimcalties are grave. But not to strugzle for jaith and hope is to abandon God. We then be- come traitors; we desecrate our being; we become cowards, and history proves to us that GOD HATES COWARDICE, Most of us have these thoras both in the flesh and in vue heart, somein oneiorm, some in another; suuicient. And brings to the trou ECONCIL they may creep into the family reiation- ship, and again they may plerce se- | eretly, unknowa to all out the suiferers. Bat as the rose and sweet briar are beautiful flow- ers, and ye} among thorns, so can it be with the soul in difticulties. Trust in God is the solace for the pain. You cannot know everything without first knowing sometaing; you must keep growing aud struggling and praying, gaming a little step by step and experiencing uow Dobie 1t is to str ie On to the end, outgrowing doubts and fears, To fail under such circumstances would be for God to fail. Faith can go to Jesus, even beyond the grave, with grace. The thorns cannot grow as long or hurt a3 much as the spear which pierced Clirist’s head. None of us are asked to wear them pressed into our heads asadiadem. All wearied hearts should hum- bly pray for patience tlke that which triumphed ares crucifixton, and thus fight the battle during ate. CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH. God With Us and God Against Us—Sermon by the Rev. G. H. Hepworth. As usual this handsome church edifice was crowded yesterday morning witt a fashtonable con- gregation composed inatnly of the residents of Mur- ray Hilland the vicinity. The pastor, Rev. G. H. Hepwortn, delivered one of his characteristic ser- mons, which was most attentively listened to, and the following synopsis of which will, no doubt, be read with interest:— Mr. Hepworth’s text was taken from Genesis xv., 1;—“Fear not, Abram: 1am thy shield, and thy ex- ceeding great reward.” He said Abram was in trouble. Whom to call upon he did not know. There seemed to be no way in which to get help. There was certainly nothing that should specially attract the attention of the Lord. He had no claims upon the God of nis people; no particular merit of his own which could lead him to believe that Hea- ven would do for him what it would not do for others, Still God appeared to him in a vision, it May have been while the good man was in prayer, and he was sure he heard a voice, saying, FEAR NOT. The old Hebrew was but a type of our common humanity. We, too, get into trouble; indeed, we are seldom anywhere else but in trouble of some kind, Our whole lives are a continuons struggle— now with debts, now ill fortune, now with passion and bad desires, Where can we get help? for surely we need {t and cannot get on without it, Why, from no leas & source than God timseil, ‘This 1s the great wouder to which we shall never, live we néver 60 long, get accustomed. The Hebrews never pro- pou, a rhe Wopd Jehovah, for though He spoke to them at timés there was an impenetrable mystery counected with Hint. till they never engaged in any national undertakliy, Hever woxt to battle, with- out asking His advice and always fel E What their own prowess could not accomplish His will both could and would, Christianity has taken away 8 part of this awe and put in its stead a larger trust and confilence on our part. Jn telling us that God ts Father, and not simply King of Kings, Jesus invited us to @ Certain reverent familiarity with Heaven, and we are taught by every page of our new religion that God 1s more willing to heip us than we are to ask Him. IT SEEMS VERY STRANGE to some of us that He should be with us. We have no merit of our own with which to claim His help: itis given freely and lovingly. And if we can con+ stanuy feel that God is with us, is near us, is our shield and our reward, then we shall for the first tume get hold of the trae religious Life. The tact that God made us leads me, first, to think of Him as willing to assist me. His nand fashioned us, and the breath of His nostrils is our immortal rt. To be sure we are told in these days of novel ‘heortes, that we are not come as a race directl; from the fingers of God, but have been develo) from the lower Orders of animals by a slow and tedious process, Well, I nave a great respect for facts, and I have been immensely interested in the long array of facta which this new school of thought has produced, 10 @ certain extent { believe in them. ipa never le that a ae unity ran hrough ail orders of creation, Ev succeeding creation seems to have some of the bolder charac- teristics of the preceding. And, more than this, every lower order of pring contains @ bint at SOMETHING ER TO COMB, Iknow some animals that remind me of men, and I know a great many men who remind me of ant- mals: Ido not logically conclude that these two are first cousins. Because certain monkeys ae mah nish, and certain men are grey be lo not thin! re _Over-developed career gar eeeenred teeters Ont at monkey: under-develo] men. Neither do 1 think That this new theory is about to overturn the whole Bible, as some sangul arty philosophers The Bible has gone Pirougn pretty tough coutroversies before now, and count not it will weather this Cape Maiteras. ‘The world still believes and always will that God’s hand 48 On man, and that belief makes ug sure that Bo has some special interest in our welfare, In the second place, we are taught that God has Pebhss w lel sade ieee Save y spoken to us, 10 romises of old hold good to-day. Ths ambassador rom @ foreign court speaks and acts with an authority not nis own; he feels that he has not only his monarch but a whole kingdom vented bun, NW every good mun occupies this placo of or, He feels that he can draw as largely on Heaven and Om- Dipotence asthe circumstances of bis cage dgmand, WHAT A BLRSSED THING THIS 18! You come into this world with written {usiruc- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 29, 187L—TRIPLE SHEET. tions. Yon are told what to do and how to do ft, and | whem you get into rouse Heaven will always casa your | Butif you are positively bad, how ts it? If you know wias ts right aud refuse to doit, what thon? Why, brethren, God pies you, but even He can’t hel> you. If you baild a fire and attend to it i¢ keeps blazing; if you neglect it it goes out. If you TRY TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT God is at your hand to help; but if you, by word or deed, teli Him that you don’t want Him, He never intrudes, He says, Whenever yon call for me I will come. The sicker you are, the poorer you are, the sooner Twil come. If you don’t want me you will not see ine, That is che law of the upiverse. Tho bad man neither sees God nor knows Him. Leave tne latchstring out and He will enter; take the latchstring in and He never comes, ow, Jesus Christ came upon the earth aud died that He might rauade us to keep the door open, and the ord’s Prayer 1s simply an invitation on the part of poor, suffering humanity to God, asking Him to come tn, CHRIST CHURCH. The Evils of the Day and Their Reme- ds—Lecture by Dr. Ewer. Last evening Dr. Ewer delivered at Christ church the second sermon of the course on the evils of the day and their remedy. Dr. Ewer opened by stating his desire to make two preliminary remarks, forced upon him by the incidents of the past week. First, he wished to impress upon his hearers that in this course of sermons ho should have nothing to do with questions that divide political parties. It was an axiom with him that such questions ought just as much to be settled outside the Church 8 questions touching electricity or philology or anything e!se concerning which there has been no revelation of God tothe Church, It was his happl- ness to believe that there aro just as many men in one political party who love honesty as there are in the other, and his opinion was in behalf of upright- ness to the honest men of both parties, He desired neither cto be misunderstood nor misinterpreted, as had ofien been his luck in the past four years. For instance, in having been laiely charged taat he had stated CHRISTIANITY WAS A FAILURE, which he took this occasion to declare was simply an utter and absurd falsehood. He was led to these remarks from the fact that one of the papers had attacked him, thinking, no doubt, unat some false rumor or other was to be blazoned here to the detri- ment of its political party. Secondly, he would have nothing to do with the theological differences of Christendom; but, ag an- other paper had charged him w.tb being on a new track, it was due to himself and nis parish to explain that he was 02 no new track, and he desired to do 80 now, once and for all, that there might not be alterwards in these sermons the faintest allusion to controversial theology. Three years ago, suid the speaker, he had en- deavored to polut out the underlying cause of tue prevailing INFIDELITY OF AMERICA, and therefore of the widespread mmquity, the God- defying bribery. corruption and licentiousness, That cause Was a departure frou the early Church Chris- tlanity, which, between modern Romanism and moder” Protestantism, Was well nigh forgotten. If tement was correct, and it was yet to be the only lasting cure of our enormous id be not to try either Protestantism ism over again, but to fairly and truly Christianize the people according to the early Chureb standard. ‘fhis process, instead of being & failure in tuis church or anywhere else, as the news- panes, referred to insinuated, and therefore calling for abandonment, ts, on the other band, advancing hopefully everywhere. This process of cure, huw- ever, Was too siow to overtake THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR INFIDELITY bred evils, and lie therefore looked for some other remedy that can meantime come in to act more promptly, and save us, if possible, from Divine wrath. He was on no new track whatever, con- tinued the speaker, but on the same old track—after the evils that ailictour land, While stlil coatinuing to appeal to the theological intellect ot America, we throw ourselves back tor weapons against Satan and the sins around ns, upon the vast reservoir of moral power that exists in the commu- nity. For though the majority of Americans may not just now agree With us as to the causes and cure for our evils, We may be sure that the vasi majority of Americans do pelleve In honesty. It takes but half an eye to see thatthe honest men of this land, of both political parties and both re- ligions, have borne the general iniquity with which we are surrounded almost as long as they propose to, Ittakes but half an ear to hear MULTERINGS OF VIGILANCE COMMITTEES, andthe mere mention of such a cure suggests a | that inflelity ts judged and condemned, We must draw a deep lesson from tnis, which 1s, that nothing can be substituted for the Church to bless manktc and save the world-from sin and ruia, 1tts ouly through her that the devastation can be repaired, THY OONFLAGRATIONS EXTINGUISHED, Through her alone is there hope for Christendom. It ed by fidelity'and obedience to the teachings of oly Ghost in Faith, Hope and Charity that true peace and good oan bo attaived. ‘The good D uy 6 and under tue tute! of the Holy Ghost, ST. LAWRENCHS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, The respected pasior of this church, Rev, Fatner Moylan, 8. J., 12 announcing the intended coliec- tion for the benefit of the Pope, which {3 to take Place in all the Catholic churches of the diocese next Sunday, availed himself of the opportunity thus afforded to condemn the course of the Italian govern- ment in seizing upon the temporal possessions of the Holy Father. He said that a few years ago the work of despoiling the sovereign Ponti was commenced by the robbers and scoundrels of Italy under the cry of national unity, and was continued steadily until the present time, when, through the occupation of Rome, the Pope is beheld reduced to the condition of @ pensioner toon the bounty of the very men who have wronged him. The Holy Father, with a dignity worthy of ail praise and admira- oa, very properly disdamed to accept a pena rome the hands of such sacriligeons scoundrels. je could not permit his sacred ofice to be lowered by recognizing the existing order of things in Rome, much less could he consent to receive money from the usurpers who had even seized a portion of the fund collected for his benefit by the faithful of the universe, The Pope’s temporal dignity coud oniy be sustained now by the voluntary offerings of the Catholics o1 the world, who had always displayed 80 Much generosity and liberality in contributing to hissupport. it was not necessary, therefore, to ‘urge the congregation of St. Lawrence's church todo their duty in this matter, Each and every member would be sure to give tothe full extent of his means for an object so worthy. It might not be long be- fore Almighty God would take the matter mto His own hands and by a terrible exampie prostrate the sacrilegious hordes who, under the leader- Re of the Freomasons and other secret leties, had striven to degrade and ridicule the vicegerent of Christ on earth. God does things in His own good time, Often He sutlers the wicked men of the world to triumph and prosper, but the day of reckoning is sure to come, and then the guilty are sure to suffer. But in tue meantime the faithful should not remain idle or impassive specta- tora, They should labor to sustain the dignity of the Pope; they should give no heed to the pseutlo liberal cry of the age; they shouid condemn in unequivocal terms the dangerous tenaencies to infidelity and disregara of everything sacred. The opportunity afforded next Sunday is one that all should embrace, and by liberal contributions enable the Holy Father to defy the miserable guarantees and alms ottered by the italian destroyers of order and religion. QUAKERS’ MEETING. The Rutherford Place Templo of tho Society of Friends—The Balanm of Olid snd the Balaam of ToeDay—Paul and His Master Religien in Nature=—The Temple of tno Heart. From the different belfries of the metropolitan churches yesterday the monitors poured forth their warnings to the community that the hour of service In their several churches was approaching, and the faithful of every denomination, mindful of the call, gaswerea it in numbers, Unlike moro ostentatious houses of worship, and yet & true reflex of the people who come within its walls to preach, the Friends’ Meeting House in Rutherford place issued no invitation to the Quakers, The building itself is a simple, unpre- tentious structure, unadorned within as itis simple outside, a striking and real ilustration of the faith and outward bearing of the people to whose service it Is devoted. A large congregation thronged (he ample auditorium of the Quakers’ temple yesterday morning, among whom was a large infusion of strangers. Shortly after half-past ten, when the audience was seated, after a pause of some min- utes, Sister Rachel Barker rose, took off her bon- net, and folding a caibric handkerchief carefully before her, said:—My friends, I have onty just re- evvered froma long and painful iliness. I Wank the Lord that I am ouce more, through HIS MERCIFUL G)ODNESS, crying need of something. It was precisely such mutteriags that took place in San Francisco asa recursion of the storm of 1351 and again in 1854. Bur do persons who make such terrible mention realize what vigilance conmittecism is? It may suc- ceed in a smail place like San Francisco, but once let it break out in our large cities, and it means nothing less than awful bloodshed, and an avarcyy, from which may the good God deiiver us. Tho speaker then compared tne apathy of our citizens to the similar apathy that prevailed in San Francisco In 1850 and 1853. Go to them in their counting housesand say, “What are you going to do about itr” and they answer, WE CAN'T HELP IT, we have no time to attend to It, and there the mat- ter rests. The speaker here showed that in a hun- dred subtie ways the prevailing oppression of the lower classes by the unscrupulous wealthy and the legal voting, the iil gotten and badly administered laws and briveries, the neglected hot-beda in which murders, arson and burgiary grew, were inter fering ail the time with Svecpnony's busin slowly undermining thesecurity of banks ana churches and the sacredness of private homes. This was discov- ered in San Francisco, and there the citizens paid acarly for their apathy in the terrible times of the vigilance committees. 'ke reverend doctor went on to state it was futile to expect that a government or laws would be one whit better than the people who made them. It was found in San Francisco that if the gamblers and grog- shops made the laws they were not going to mako them in the interest of the merchant, or the nonest laborer, but in their own interest. And they would be Jaws through the meshes of which iniquity could escape and be protected. In fact, it is useless to ex- pect honesty to come from dishonesty, aud the soll- tary basis out of which good laws aud good govern- ment can spring is good citizens, ST. ANN’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Footprints of Infidelity—Rapine, Murder and Devastation, as Seen in Paris and Rome—The Truth of the Holy Ghost the Only Guide—Sermon by Rev. Father Hewett, of tho Paulists. The delicious air of baimy spring, welcoming the dawn of summer, cheered the hearts of the faithful and unfaiuhful yesterday. To the former it wafted a summons to the honse of prayer, and thither, with light foot and hopeful heart, they wended, The fine charch of St. Ann’s, on Twelfth street, between Third and Fourth avenues, held o large and fashionable congregation, who as. sisted devoutly im the ceremony, A new French mass by Madame de Grandval, for four voices, was sung. It 1s not a very ambitious composi- tion, but abounds in fine passages something in Verdi's style, florid and highly wrought in parts, but pleasing in descriptive effect. The mass was well sung, and was accompanied by M. Duchauer of the grgan and Miss Marie Krebs on the plano, Dallas aos Sefidt Sarigate played Nossini’s exquisite “Charité” on the violin, with organ and piano accompaniement, The sermon of the day was preached by Father Hewett, of the order of St. rau). The reverend gentleman dwelt, in opening, on the insidious dangers of infidelity, which is a substitution of something drossy and of the world for faith, hope and charity, It bases itself on a pre- tended science, It builds a paradise on earth of and human enjoyment. purely eel, Towards this alone it claims we are tending. Itis x pena: of @ false pnilantnropy, under the jwise oO! LIBERTY, RQUALITY AND FRATERNITY, for the light of the Holy Ghost. It and began itself in the very bosom of the Church itseir. ‘Then came @ combination ot monarchs and the very Powers of darkness to deprive the Church of the Wealth through which she could carry on her works of charity, This 18 seen in the tyranny of the civil power over the Church and its ministers ending in the bh gestae of Christianity, and the triumphal toxen of complete EMANCIPATION FROM RBLIGION has been signalized at last in letting loose the most Pac ie tie Spt of Ado aad aa ng whic: 0 0 of nd those infernal societies which are infernal imitations of the Catholic Church. All such movements, whether from governments, ki Pym th ress, are levelied against the head of the Church, ts hierarchy, ite iustitutions, and ite very exist- nce, But the Church hesitates not to condemn hese thi the start. tay look fair at first until the work of Satan in i¢ is visible to al, Now his cloven foot and all are aware ee rn satu oF SARKNESS A } Hide as he may he must show himself, In the ab- surdity and obscenity of bry he lay concealed, but the mask has been long since removed and its Monstrosity would seem to make its ever h existed doubttul. Ho of heresy; it only requires to be seen. So of infidelity. Look at this revolution in France, whereat ali men stand aghast sosing the balefat infinence it has exercised. In Rome it 1s visible also in the revolution against, the author. ey een the ponte wien’ tandente union of the Showing” iteie "in thowe” fearful’ ects. wittol seom tne Co) ncement of the d ction of the world, In ce shameful, abominable vice and ead ready to imbrue itself in priests’ blood, are he signs of infleids, They havo HATED BOTH JRBUS CHRIST AND NAPOLEON, and weseein the gratulation of the world at the Vengeance—terribie ‘a8 1b la—wiygh overtakes them, permitted to address you. I perceive among us this morning a number of strangers, and I will endea- vor, to the extent of the ligut that 1s within me, to joint out to them And you the foundation of our faith, Although in my early life | was GAY IN MY FRELINGS AND DRESS, yet in the midst Of all those worldly pleasures that surround the young stoie many an hour which [ devoted to the reading of the Old and New Te: ment To the love and mercy of the Divine Being Lattribute this inclining of my mind to that Hoi book (the word Biplo means book) and I trust it will continue my guide Gntil I am numbered with those who have passed away, The lady then gave a num- ber of quotations from the Ola Testament and dwelt at some jength on the history of Baal and the troops of Gideon. You all remember, she said, the story of BALAAM AND THR AS3, As they rode along they came to & narrow defile in the rocks aud the brute animal, moving aside from the obstruction he saw, hurt the leg of Balaam, and Balaam smote the ass. You remem- ber bis answer. But snddenly Balaam’s eyes were opened and he saw the angel, sword in hand, standing before him. We may here trace a beautiful metaphor. The Balaam of to-day we will find in cur own carnai nature, which 1s blind to many eVils that surround tt. Bnt the light of faith will Show us the true path that leads to salvation. Dr. Dorsay then si up an id Pav Jews that Jesns was Christ, an y not. They had a tradition, a belief, that the Messian should come, but thoy did not believe that Jeaus was that Messiah. They thought that He would come as as o king, and that He would make taem GREATER THAN ALL OTHER NATIONS. Then Paul, this great man, filled with the learnin; he drank in at the feet of Gamaliel—this man, with go much earthly power and clothed im so much of the glory of the Jews—by one word was he stricken, and when he asked, “Who art thou,”’ was answered, “I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.” Paul was converted and became one of the humblest follow. ers of his Master, one of the greatest disciples of Jesus Christ. So it will be to the end of time. God manifested himself in the flesh. He passed in the flesh from earth aud He is now, a3 He then called It, "OTHE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.” A lady next took the attention of the audience. Being a S:ranger in the city her name could not be ascertained. She said :—By the rays of tne Sun we see the Sun; by the light that Christ has given us we are enabled to have a glimpse of Almighty God. Every cloud has @ silvery lining, and as i ap- proaches the Sun ITS BEAUTY BRCOMES MORE TRANSPARENT. The lady then went on to generalize, in a very forcible and effective manner, upon the usefulness in life of stopping now and again to think of all the wonderful truths told wus 80 pla nly by the life of Christ and the records of His works that have been handed down to us. She dwelt upon the great love of Uhrist for men, and said, I believe thata sinner at the last moment, saying before he draws the last fatal sigh, “Lord have mercy upon bit bas be rT,” Will be SAYEd, sremn~ other Thurman then addressed. the congroga- tlon and took an entirely different tleld for instruc. tion from those who preceded him. He said:—I will not carr; tae es to what was wriltei oF Bara ogc J will ask you to come with me into tne fields té-day, eS rae. 0 Md gut hero 3a RABAT LAP of Nature, look arouflasyod and you will see that every blade of grass, every budding flower, every sprouting shrub, ‘proclaims = alou the everlasting God. Look into your own heart, God’s truest Fempiey, and every paleatvon of the fibres that culminate there will whisper to ou im accents soft but clear the name of Jesus nrist, And you, my yqung friends—you who aro the younger limbs on great tree of human na- ture—you who are in the beautiful morning of life— you are those who should be the first to sow the seeds that must burat forth iato vigorous lite, Go out upon the ocean or far into the where you will fod thai surrounding elements, the sea and land, with all they contain— are evidences of the existence and goortness of God. Abroad in our i cities religious denominations build magnificent temples to worship the great God in. His tempie is ju the heart, and there alone He only seeks to reign. A short silence then ensued and the audience dispersed. AD FOR THE POPE. Circular from Archbishop McCloskey—A Gen- eral Collection for the Holy Father to be Taken Up Next Sunday. The following pastoral circular, announcing that the annual collection would be taken up next Sun- day, and calling on the faithful to come generously forward with their contributions to the Holy Seo, Was read tn all tho Catholic churches yesterday :— Buy. Dear Sin:— Please announce to your congregation that the annual collection for the Sols Father will be made in all the ceoes the Arch on next Trinity Sunday, the 4th of June. I not remind you of the many reasons for which itis not only very desirable, but even of urgent importance, that tis collection should be, if apo & more than usuaily large and liberal one, it is Known to all that the trials and embarrass. ments of oum Hely Father have been multiplied during tho past year to a degree far beyond any he had hitherto been obliged to endure, The eneinies of the Church and of the Apostolic See have been ursuing, and aul continue to pursue, with ever. creasing boldness, thelr work of sacrilege and spoliation in the capital of the Christian world, It ts sought to reduce the venerable Pontiff, who ts already virtually a prisoner in their hands, to the still further humiliation of becoming a pensioner on the bounty of the unscrupulous government which has usurped his rights and robbed hin of lls tem- _ administration, aud ! poral goods and povaosaions. To this he fl:mly ond nobly refuses to suount, fe 10 vo brs faithfar ouidren throughout the world, Coafllent that trom this tadtsnity “at ieast ihaoy ‘en and will protect and vescue bin, Ours, thou, 18 & share la the duty ant privilege of supplying tie Wants and consoling the heart of ourcomimon Father, Ido not allow myself to doubt that nis children im this diocese will perform their parts cheerfuily and generously, An- otier motive which should animate us at tiis time is that of wishing by our uniied and generous offer- ings to give some practical expression of our warm aud sincere congratulations on the occasion of his Approaching anniversary, the 17th of June, wien, it his life be spared, as _wé fervently nopo and pray tt ‘Will, he will ocleprate the completion of the twenty- filth year of his Po tificate. Already has that event ful and glorious Pontificate been prolonged peyond the term grunted to any of his predecessors since the days of St. Peter. And may it not be in tho designs of an ull-wise and teader Providence that @ ile so precious to the Charch shall yet be preserved for the coming of a brite day, When the cause of truta and justice shail be mage to triumph; when the heart of the long-suffering Ponti shalt be consoled and his loving” children throughout the wortd shall be permitted to share in his rejoicings? Meantime, reverend dear air, exhort your flock to vie with one another iu their tokens of love and veneration, and in sending up their daily prares: to Heaven for the peace of the Church, for he long life and welfare of the Holy Father and for the conversion of all sinners, Wishing you health and blessing, I remain, rev- erend dear sir, very traly your friond and brother in Christ, JOBN, Archbishop of Now York. New Yorx, uly 21, 1874, CHURCHES. BROOKLY. Fiymouth’s Pastor ou the Parisian Situation Rov. J. Myatt Emith on Christ as an Interviewer. * PLYMOUTH CHURCH, Beecher on the Fresent Sttnution in Enrope. Mr. Geecher delivered last evening an eloquont sermon upon the present troubles in Paris and tho causes for anxlety concerning the future of our bwo country, The text was Revelations xvill, 7%, 8, “How much she hath glorified herself and lived deliciously 80 much torment and sorrow giveher, for she saith ip her heart {sit queen and am no widow and shall see no sorrow? Therefore sball her plagues come in one day—death and mourning and famine—and sie shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who jJudgeth her,”’ 1 donot apply these words, said he, to the condition of the fashionable capital of Europe as u I thought they were a propheoy, yet if they were I can hardly seo how words could have been formed more singularly adapted to the circumstances, I uso them merely a3 Ulustrative of the truth that THE OUTRURST OF WAR that took plnoe last summer in Europe was one of the most terrlole that ever visited that war-worn country. In one campaign the proudest nation Went to pleces like a vessel of clay, The whole world was moved to wonder and profound compassion. None of us expected then that there would specdily spring out of that war another war more terrible still; but the scenes that have transpired in Paris lately have shocked every nerve. There are hun- dreds who sit bi ‘e me who have made their pil- grimages to Paris; who have scen ail that could sat- isfy Uae appetite or minister to the most exquisite taste, Was there ever any placo so gay and genial aad joyous a3 Paris? And now itis SOAKED IN BLOOD; Its fairest buildiags are smoulderizg m ashes; Its people are many of them dead and many more wish they were dead, The scenes of the old French revo- lution are repeated. Evidently the same people are there, and beneath the gayety and kindliness lies the ferocity of the tiger, No nation can afford to see this experiment going on tu auy country withouigthinking of its Own posal- bilities. “We must not roll up this murdering mass of men as so many animals, They are seeking tho reconstiuction of the State. We read mucit of tho Communisis. Who are they? What are their aims? This is not merely the outburst of a rabble, as wo may suppose, but it 1s a crusade in search of DISTINCT MORAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS. The working men of Paris have been studying gov- erament, This revolution has burst out for definite ends, Ltis not a squabble of wild beasts for food. These men assume that society ts not constructed on the right basis, and they attempt go reconstruct tt. Ittsan inaurrecuon not only agafnst political but social organizations, and THE WORK OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS is tobe hud on trial.’ In seeking these ends this under class of Paris -bave-evinced patience aud en- ergy and a Williugness to die that in a just cause would be heroic. Ido not mean to extennate the reckless cruelty that has taken place; but if these menhave haried death they have opened their breasts to the same death; and this spiritimakes all the more dangerous the great uprisiug, of which we have not seen the end. According to this pro- ramme the aristocratic and the middie classes ave hac thelr time of government, aod now the GREAT WORKING CLASS are to have their chance. There is now to be an ex- eriment made by the bottom and it wili fall, as ave the top and the middie, While Paris laughed and danced, right beneath her feet were these swollen-eyed men, walting for their chance. Under all the gayetles of Paria LAY THE TIGER. People have visited Paris and have seen her pro- ducts, but they have not gone into the shops to feel the pulse of labor, A man may walk through a city and come [rom it knowing nothing orit. The work- ing people of the manufacturimg cities of France are substantially in SYMPATHY WITH THE COMMUNISTS Of Pars The whole mountain stands upon liquid These men are almost universally without relt- gious faith. Now, I care not'so much what creed @ man believes, out for @ man to live without any religious {faith 18 simply shocking. This lack takes men back to the condition of apimals, You can never bulld the fair fabric of national organization if you have no sound religious faith, ‘tis Communistic faith is revolutionary. It does not mean progress; IT MEANS KEVOLUTION. It 18 organized and ti 13 organizing among men who are educated on the malign side. We ought Not to be A Soe Of its existence, nor of its dan- ger. Already where labor has its highest remunera- Uon and yreatest freedom tne laborers are prepar- ing to clasp Lands with their brethren ail over the world. There is trouble in future for Europe. It may be mitigated if religion shall come as A BENIGN SYMPATHY, 83 a blessed spirit; but unless there be some timely apprehension Kurope 1s to be subjected to a serie” of shocks. in how much danger are weon th side? If one considers what a great number of nationalities are in New York, what corruptions eee aud what outrages take place, he may fear that = = WE SHALL MTAVE A PARIS YET. But our danger comes not now irom the lower classes. THERE 13 A DANGER from the wide separation of classes, It {3 always dangerous in a vast population to have the Interests separated; to have a large ciass full of Jeisure and bear? and a large class empty of all but puyst Gal pleasu’é, The control of the legislatures and commerce and politics and of wealth is in Luiminent danger. We see the beginnings of it, but +. WE DON'T SBE THE sary Tas! Unless we aFo afoused 4o-the rentnoss of this befe y power and put barriers shati prepare Jor our ppiidren or our-children’s chilaren malschiet naginabie, We have a religion free from tho tale, Which springs up by the side of tie cradlé; we have ee proud hierarchy, standing apart. Our preachers are noc priests, they are ministers. In the main the power of religion in America proceeds from those who sympathize in the democratic elements. Toe working men of Europe have been 80 badgered and beaten by those who have pretended to religion that i¢ i mo wonder that they feel animosity. our OF CHURCHES and cathedrals have come sharp pains to the come mon people, and I don’t wonder that they put the torch to ali that speaks of old tyranny. These things can be expiained if not justified. We are = fortunate that we have builded fair fabric of — this the wilderness, This was the grea! gave to our fathers, All our laws havo to @ savor of benevolence, of justice, The spirit of fatth velo to our people to the very boitom. Woe to it people, Who, stripped of everythi by war, have stri ped themselves of all spiritual help, who have no Warm bosom of faith to rest upon. Here we are not compressed, If men are discontented thoy can go away, 80 that we need not look for any iinminent outbreak. Yet if we are to maintain our standing we must Keep open all the channels of education, An ignorant man is ‘A DANGEROUS MAN. Tt ts in the ems the unwashed places, that the vermin come, here knowledge shines there fanaticisin does not come, Tous ¢ THE NEWSPAPER 18 WORTH MORE than mines of gold. The newspaper is to the body politic what the arteries are to the human body. Multiply them, and would to God that those who conduct them might feel thetr res} ibility, Then the common school mixes the children of the rich and the poor and lays tne foundation — of py mapa Shy that the years can never efface, When I came to Brooklyn Tt found & man who, when @ boy with me in the oid brown sohool house, caught flies instead of ideas, and secretly Whittted ine benches, and when [recognized him, alter thirty years, my blood tingled as if he had been the son of my own mother. {I would have the common’ school made 80 full of the marrow of good thi that those who live hear it can’t afford to send their chtidren anys where eise, Let nothing destroy the common school, and ALWAYS KERP IT COMMON. What Is done for the common poopie let It be bets ter than that which. 19 for the rion, We must teach our children to have more respect for sivil therefore aduninustration vernment