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RELIGIOUS. Bervices and Sermons in the Me- | tropolis and Elsewhere. THE PAPAL JUBILEE. Imposing Displays in the Catholic Churches, THE GREAT GAIN OF GODLINESS. _ Discourses by the Rev. Drs, Hall and Armitage, Rev. Messrs. Hepworth and iuchanan, Fathers Preston, Hewett and Others. Tne weather yesterday was such as might reason- | ably be expected to dampen ardor of almost any kind obedience to which would compel going out of doors. it seemed certainly to have a serious effect on the church-going portion of the communi- ty, as the congregations generally were very slim. The preachers and pastors, however, were in their places, and by stirring words fought off the influ- | mnce of the weather. ‘fhe sermous were for the most part very good, as may be judged irom the sketches given below. ANN’S CHURCH, sT. The Pontificate of Pope Pius IX.—Sermen by Rev. Father Preston. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the Church of St, Ann’s was rather thinly attended yes- terday. However, a large number of the faithful were present to take part tu the speciai services in honor of the Pope's jusilee. The music consisted of Duchauer's first mass and was exquisitely ren- dered by the composer, who presides at the organ, During the mass the heavy pelting rain beat—a not unpleasing accompaniment—on the stained win- dows to THE SOLEMN, MELLOW NOTES OF THE ORGAN. After mass a beautiful little ofertoire, by Holtz, was given as special service. Pather Preston, the rr ted pastor, preached on the Pontificate of | Pope Pius 1X. The reverend gentleman said:—The Catholic Church, my dear brethren, celebrates through the world agay of }ubilee. Sne has many reasons to thank , God amid her trials and adversity. She has never counted upon a day without struggles, and her greatest glory is to follow in the footsteps of Christ and fill up whatever remains of His passion, In the midst of her sorest tribulations she has much to rejoice at, for her kingdom 13 not of this world and she eareto no triumphal sword, In gathering ‘the peoples mio her \oid she Nath victories Known only to God. To-day she celebrates the jubilee of the Holy Ponti, and he wears Peier’s chan, God yen Diui to outlive the years of Peter, and as ‘as once a prisoner in Rowe so his successor | is to-day stripped of bis temporal power, and yet | With ua whe look on | WITH EYES OF FAITH } From every land Catholics the world over to-day send up a Ze Deum, and ers Will ascend to God that He who has magni- Himself in the Holy Father may sustain him to | Misa day of rejoicing, end. I will depart from my usual course In order to call attention to a few of the main incidents In tne ile of Holy Father. Perhaps in (he woo e history of the Church there is no more remarkabie Pontificate, c Moly not one marked oy greater Vicissitudes; and historians who come after will write no brighter Dame than that of Pius 1\., the memory of whose oes Will remain forever and be honored as Many of bis predecessors on the altars of the urch, Pope Plus Was born about eighty yi Bgo and is descended trom # noble Itatls d from early live was destined io the servic God. In bis youth he was affected by a dis Which prevented iis entering the service Church. God, however, turned it aside, and he was ordained fur the priestngod at ihe age of iwent HIS GREAT PILTY }caused him to be honored with the confidence of bis ‘superiors, and shortly after his ordination he was 3 hed on a mission to South America, where earned the reputauon for devotion and firmness. On hits return to Italy he was ap- ointed Bishop of spiieto, and in 18 Gregory AVI. appointed lim C time to recount the different servi red to the cause of religion.” Suilice it to say were Appreciated by the people and the clergy. the death of Pope Gregory AVI., In 1846, the pres- nt Ponti was elected on the third Wanimously, on the luth of June, completed nis twenty-fifth ye i mc hen he ascended the chair of Peter his | iret act was to introduce reforms, to extend the | iberty of wis people, as iar as Was consisteut ath order, It is difficult for us, who have luherited from our faihers free institutions, d who are free from the dangers that eset the oiler European cap.tals, that liberty nnot be extended to the peopie without inducing marchy. Even now it seems impossible to raise ihe hand of strong government without letting pose eV) passions that threaten 40 SWEEP AWAY SOCIETY. e efforts of the ope to give free institutions to peopie were defeated by (iat insane party, who, Aver the pretence of proclaiming liverty, would fertbrow society. We know bow unfortunately efforts of the Pope to satisfy the revolution ded, when it became evident that he was un- ling Ww go the tcngihs whi the populace panded. When itey wished him Ww deciare war inst Austria he stood vack; he bad yielded far as possidic, until Le saw they demanded not free goverument, but the uestruction of the Papal government. Tue very minister appotated in | bedience to the demands of tue people Was assas- pated on ihe steps of the Vauican. In our days | e ave .cen to what extent tue revolutionary | ty will goin the name of liberty, and nad not | ope Pius fled fLom Kome there 1s reason to fear | Mt he would have been assassinated. Alter | THE FLIGHT-OF THE HOLY FATHER ome jell compictely into the ands of the anarch- Who establisied there the social repubi nce, Austria and Spain came to the assistance the Holy Fatuer, aud tne Fro i republic sent i my and Kome was retaken. Can we be astonishe he never atier attempted to guide the revolu- on? Who will wonter thai he «id not endeavor to ea constitution to a people who are not died Orireeuom’ There was, however, no more pater. government in Europe or America, nor any We Where this sovereign Was more Willing to give the Ireedom consistent with order to the peopl new Riis acre. cote ene fable, and w~ see tle results of his wise administra- on in the re-estavlishmeut of the glories of tt tugiish episcopacy, while in this country episcopate Bod arcu-episcopate springing up in every direction -° his solicitude, To him we owe the defini- THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. hen he forined the resolution uf ng this qu at rest jor ever he wrote to the missionaries the world 1 send the opiniol 1 ihe people on question, From ali parts came the auswer, fe have received the beuer of the incar- on of our Lord irom the Aposties, and We ever beid the immaculate concepuon an article of faith.’ No sho was Foduced, because it was only the definition of Hething that iad alreauy been beheved, And in Various ucts of li. ve.ga.o Pope ever had more it assistance Irom Loe bishops of the Church. the occasion of cannonization of the Japi TS, And aiso at the eighteenth ceniuary of St. , the bishops were brought together from all ig'of the Courch—trom t at muWttude went up voice, crying, “Thou art Peter, and upon this Twill bulla my Church, and the gates of nell i not prevail against 11. 7 | imfuence excited ou the fortunes of the Pope the Italian movement ior unity requires some plop. Nothing could have stopved tat wove Which Was te result Of one oi those SUDDEN MYSTENIOUS IMPUL se: move the peopie and rus a d tor goo or evil. Napoleo: Orst im to that movement, Which a few years later bo overwhelin Him, iAlsely looking fur salety to grativade ol the revoutouary party. To save Iife ana fulfil the promises he mad made in his years to Carbouart and Free Masous, he orto as the champion of Htatian unity. ‘The Tesuit Of his Successes Was tne loss of the Papal ves, NOt, as has veen said, by the full vote of but by the acts of this italian gover. hen the Pope applied to the forewn Powers otection the Itallan government tr the d us @ declaration of War, and sent their into the Papal territory, When Napaleon jout preparation hurled bimself agaiust the o nation ne called his troops from Rome, first ing & promise that the Italian governimeot respect the Pope's territory. We know low on feil before Lue arms of the German nation, jotor Emwanvel marcued his trvops into the | d city. He is now | VIRTUALLY & PRISONER, d by Italian troops aud surrounded by dan- men imiued with the views of the Com- ene! and Who kDOWS Low may bewbie lo exereise bis authority anc worth the Commanus to the Christian Oburch ? back aud see St. Jeter jo chaips and the ‘Of the tainful ascending to heaven for the of the Church. Holy were (he chaims of Peter, is the Ponti who is called upon to In bo poptificate has (were been such | ANSIUN OF THE CATHOLIC Patra attachment to the Fove, There is not | NEW YUKK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1871.—WITH SUPPLEMENT: one Catholic who does not feel more than ever that Christ made this Church eternal. Never has Pope Pius spoken one harsh word to our separated brethren, and if they do pot receive his Words of peace and love they must respect the love and gentleness to which they give expression. We hope that those North and South who are tossed on the changing sea ot opinion will be led to the arms of that cuurch where tnere 13 no doubt, Pope Pius has spoken from hour to hour WORDS 0! GOLDEN WISDOM. This is the aay when we fight not so much against sects as against infidelity and inaif- ferentism. We fight pot tor dogma; deeper is the contest. It 1s for the very relyion and society—with an infidelity that would reduce God to the level of man and ke him little more then @ man, with broad views and superior inteliigence, ably the Pope has spoken to the wants of our day. He has guarded the divinity of Christ—wao is our be- ginuing—and has ciearly defined that Mary is the | life of | immaculate Mother of God, and the verv founda. | tion of the circle of mysteries that su-rounds our faith, On the rock ot fall, In the Syllabus the Holy Father has provected society against the revolution which wiil sweep away, not kings and princes—for what are they but the servants of the people*—but society, and send us back to the Pagan Umces when women were slaves, and uproot and destroy the family, which 18 the foundation of society. THE ELEVENTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Elljat’s Persecutions and T. oest Th Here ?—Ged’s Divine Love for Wan— Discourse by Professor T. N. Haskell. Notwithstanding the severity of the storm, many of the congregation who worship in the above ; | church, corner of Lexington avenue and Fifty-fifth street, were in their pews as usual yesterday, The pulpit was occupied, in the absence of the pastor, by Professor T. N, Haskell, of Aurora, IIL, who took for his text I, Kings, xix., 9:—‘What doest thou here?” and preached an impressive discourse. The minister opened by referring to ELIJAH’S TRIBULATIONS AND JOURNEYINGS When pursued and persecuted by the enemies of the prophets to Mount Horeb, where, 600 years beiore Moses met GOD IN THE BURNING BUSH. While there lodging in a cave the prophet was | praying to God to take bim out of the world, when these words, ‘What doest thou here?” were uttered by a supreme voice, which he recognized as that of our Saviour. The minister traced the history of the prophet’s movements in obedience to the Lord’s commands and said:—Now, from this narrative vou | can see that the common question, ‘What are you doing bere ?"' is very significant and of divine ori- in. In whatever torm it comes to us it is proposed y a Divine Providence and should not be allowed to pass unheeded. God is proposing thts question to every one everywhere. As ne asked the first man, “Where art thou?’ and the first man who had a brother, “Where is thy brother?” so to this day he sks Cha | man in every place, “What doest thou here?’ Every man is, of course, somewhere and doing something, and DOING WHAT THE LORD AIS MAKER WOULD HAVE i He is bound to be somewhere ™, This qnestion is very personal, and, to Elijah, who had wandered so far away, there to do nothmg but pray to die and hide away in a cave, as if of no ac- count to man or his Maker, this 1s very strange, An ignorant heathen born here among the caves might live in solitude, in social and religious indii- ference; but, for training and covel privileges—to be thus ad- dressed, it most have had a peculiar significance. But the acts of men and their MOTIVES ARE MATIERS OF DIVINE INQUIRY also, * What doest thou?” is very emphatic in the verb do, From the anxtous mother who seeks her lost child with the inquiry, “Where, oh, where is he: wheu he 1s found, tough it be even in tue temple, comes the compiaint, “Why hast thou dealt thus with us" The deed and tne motive are made at once the subject of investigation and « And when the youthful Saviour's answer given in devotion to the higher will of God it end of the controversy. The conscience, like the convicted Mary, Wil: Cease to murmur then, because our highest duty ant interest are to do the will of God, Each person is of necessity related to God and 1s one of His creatures, for whom He provides, to whom he appeais, How sublime the idea, yourself A RELATIVE OF THE SUPREMR BEING. Does not your heart make haste to Say with fillal aifection, “Our Father, which art in heaven,’’ there- by acknowledging your relations to both God and mai then acknowledge at least that “the God in whose hand iy breath 13 hast thou not glorlied.” You may not have seen His hand writing your death Warrant on your wail; you may not have HEARD HIM IN THE OCEAN TEMPEST and the Western tornady, bnt still God has every hour appeared so you by His incessant interests your welfare ana existence; He 18 pleading With you ii person, unless you have quite giieved away the spirit of fis grace, tmemuber that be ts bound to consider where he is b Divine Providence and by his own preference. All mnewhere; most men much of the ume hey ought not 0 be; you are bound to keep away irom the fire, from temptation, and consiaer whetier you are In the place God intended you to be, that your works may redound to His glory, Man is bound to consider what HIS ERRAND TO THIS WORLD IS. It is a solemn thing to have Almighty J following you up ana continually putting the question, “What Qoest thou heres? Some situations are very solemn, because such great issues are there acied on and such far-reachlog questions are there settled. ‘There isa time we know uot when, Api know not where, bs) we we orks the destinies of men ory or despair, The Professor dwelt at great length upon the necessity for a follower of the Saviour to choose the postion ‘and pursuit that best adds to the giory of od aud is in accordance with His will, and the absolute necessity tor a general concession to God and entering upon THE DIVINELY SUSTAINED*CHRISTIAN LIFE, and conclude: On that you would accept my Words as the providental appeal of God to you, per- | | sonal as they are, and, like Elijah, would at once obey your Saviour with the most arduous and approved exertions. Do not longer wrap the nap- Kin of woridiiness about your immortal nature and bury yourself in the earth like the Wearied propuet stan loided closely about him, but do what you feel Is only right and safe and wise; submit at once to the D.vine will, and when you le the woria let your consecrated mantle fall upon another, like Elian, while you go to dweil, with your’ transdgured Redeemer, tn the full glories of Moses and Elias porever and ev ST. PATRICK'S ROWAN CATHOLIC CATHE- DRAL. Sermon on the Unity of the Church by Father MeNawee. The heavy rain storm of yesterday morning had something to do in dimitushing We usually Jarge at- tendance at the principal mass of the day tn the Cathedral. However, there werea good many pre- sentin spite of the weather, and the devotions suf- fered nothing in the absence of a crowd. The music of the mass was Mercadante’s, and It is hardly necessary 0 say it was well and even bril- luantly rendered. Mr. ave Smith presided at tue organ, Wii ins practised hand, was made eloquent with sweet sounds, and received most efficient assistance from the choir, comprising Mme, Chomé, soprano; Mrs. Unger, alto; Mr. Henry Schmitz, teuor, and Mr. Freiling, basso, The aux- ihary force of the choir was not so large as It gen- erally 18, but what was on hand did excellent hh, Uber service, after the first gospel the cele- brant, Father Kearney, .retired to the right of tne altar and Father McNamee ascended the pulpit, where after giving forth the customary church notices he selected a text fr chapter of St Luke—"“What man gmgn, hundred sheep, &c.."’ and proceedca to 5 tne unity of the Catholic Church as recentiy evi- denced in the celebrahon of tue Pope's jubiice all over the world, Jesus Christ nad two objects in view in coming on earti—to open the way of tion, and to teach us by word and by exar ow tu tive. The first he accomplished by Nis death, and the second he practised aud pointed out so piaiily to his disciples that THEIR DUTY AND THEIR WORK Were positive and palpabie, But it was no transitory that of teaching His people how to live, ‘The doctrine aud the metoods were u ¢ clear, and the teaching Was to conunue from generation to gen ration to the end of time. For this olject He estab. lished a Church on earth, With Which Me promised vo dwell uuto the consummation of all things. His disciples received from Hin the command, “Go, teach all nations,’ and in conformity with this di- a they Went forth to the ends of the ing the Gospel of Jesus among smen of ALL NATIONS, RACES AND TONGUES, ‘Thus {tis that to-day we find the Catholic Chureh spread ail over the World, aad its altars retsed in homage to We living God as wel! amid the wilds of Tartary 48 in the aucient cly.Jization of Rome, The founder of this Chured foresaw that in the future numerous false judges of doctrine would ari false Jignts, seeking to lead the unwary aud the creduious astray—and He resolved to ieave with His Church such a mark of its divine origin as would tell to remotest ayes the one He seiected as His own, and which He planted in ‘he beginning on a Tock, against which the gates of hor the powers Of earth should bot prevail. He left it THE MARK OF UNITY. the one grand distinguisiing characteristte which bone otber than We Catholic Church possesses. vine injunc earth spr And as an ilinstration of this unity, Which is as | Chat its origin ation of the Pontit's & tending around witi the same hymns of od Cilna as in Mexico and confederacy of inde- indestructitie as ine he is divine, witness the cele! jubilee; Witness its u the earth, and celebr thanksgiving in Japan the United States. Jn the pendent churches noting of ths kiud can be shown, because the Spirit of Christ dwelleth potamong tem, aad their Christianity ts but a hollow, Unseled shau—s delusion What Controls tbe jah—a man of early religious | Fach one shouid re- | g atthe door of the cave with his mantie | Shrist mearnate we stand or | | imperfect thought of millions, and has ite jife- breath in anevil animusto the Charch of God and the true teach! of Jesus. Ages have not lessened the eMcacv of this unity, nor will the re- volving cycles of time eyer have power to impair the God-given attribute of Christ's holy Church; jor bas not God promised that the sacred bond of union be- tween Him and the offspring of His mercy and good- ness to man shall never be broken? As it was in th beginning so shall it continue tothe end, To-day we see tne Head o! the Chureh upon earth, THE GREAT AND GOOD PONTIFR, Pius IX,, in prison, surrounded on all sides by ae- mons tn the shape of men, his patrimony stolen, his person imsulted, bis churches threatened with desecration, his liberty of communion with his fock abridged; but we do not despair of the Church, for of that no true Catholic heart entertains any appre- hension. Amid all the war of elements, the clash of men’s vain quarrels, the unholy struggles of am- bition, that alone will stand serene ané¢ immutable, as calm as the blue sky that bends above us, un- sbaken by earth's alarms and eternal as the spheres | themselves, In no other Church can be found the | same sublime faith, Catiolics look jorward to see their HOLY FATHER RISE TRIUMPHANT above his enemies and survive the trials and tribula- Uons of the present. Never since the days of St. Peter did this unity show itself with more impres- sive effect than it does now. From all quarters of the world has gene up the same Tr Deum to the Almighty God for this great event—thts accomplish- ment of his twenty-fifth anniversary by the Sover- Ponti, There can be no union with Christ save through His church, To her teaching we must look to learn what God requires of His children. ONLY IN THE FOLD OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH can the true God he found. It has stood the tests of time and the assauits of error, and 1s stronger and =] + More vigorous to-lay than it ever was before. After the sermon the services proceeded, and at their conclusion a grand 7’ Dewm was sung by the fel a be ef the choir with grand and impressive effect. CHURCH OF TH" MESSIAH. Drifting AbouteThe Current of Popular Cpinion—Sermon by the Rev. G. H. Hep- worth, The moist weather of yesterday seemed to inter- fere somewhat witn the attendance at this temple of worship last evening. Nevertheless, there was a fair and undoubtedly devout congregation present, Wiio listened to the words of their popular pastor with evident gratification, The pastor, undeterred by the unpropitions weather, was promptly on han‘, and delivered, as was promised, a sermon on the peculiar subject of “Drifting About.” Mr. Hepworth’s text was taken from St. John’s Gospel, i., 46—“Come and see.” He said:—This was @ very pitby and pertinent answer, and it was the only one that could offer a satisfactory solution to the doubts of the questioner. Philip was full of enthusiagin for his Lord. In his heat he went to Nathaniel and told him that the long expected Messiah had at last come. The good man heard his frlend very patiently, and then, shrugging mis shoul- ders, sald, with the air of one who by his dictum puts a matier beyond all question, ‘(an any good thing come out of Nazareth ? How ab- surd to suppose that the annointed one would bail from the most obscure village in the country. Of course he would come from Jeru- salem, and be heralded by numbers of the rich and the literary classes, It was enough to con- demn any man iat he should start from such a } piace as Nazareth. Philip's answer was the answer of @ plain practical man. He «did not attempt to argue the matter, He simply said, “1 do not Know Wuether it should be so or not. I ONLY KNOW THAT IT IS SO, and if you want to know, too, why, just come and see for yoursell.” Well, ever since that day the dis ciples of Nathaniel have been very numerous. They have stood on the ontside of Christianity, and with critical eye have leoked at and into it. They bave | measured its pretensions, and logically settled the matter in thetr own minds that from the nature of | things the Christian scieme of salvation can- not be a divine revelation. God, they say, will not go out of His way in order to tell men what they cannot find cut for themselves, He works by law; He always has done so; He always will do so, We know what the law 1s, and how it works; and | though agreat many men believe in a revelation and | an laterfercnce with Jaw, yet they are all mistaken: for such a thing 1s not a possibitity. I have heard all this a thousand times. So have you. It is said more frequeatiy to-day a: in tht practical age | than ever, Very many are caught im the plaust- | bility of the argument and ensnared into mfidelity { or indifference.” Now I cannot always argue with | these people. ‘They are better skilled in the use of | the weapons of logic than 1, and yet I always have one simple auswer ready. 1 say, you tell me that @ revelation 1s impossthic. Very well, JUST COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. Tam sure that he who sits at the feet of Crist, just asa baby stts at the feet of his fatier and learns of him, will very qnickiy find out that a most won. drous revelation has been made to him, and one iy connected with his happmess here and hereat But you ask me why ts it that Chris. tanity has uot converted the world?’ Ifitis what you say itis, why has it not taken possession of men and compelled them to see it beauties? Well, the answer ts not far off. Its easy enough tolead a horse to the river bank, but no ingenuity of yours can compel him to drink unless he is conscious of thirst, God never takes possession of man and makes him good. Man is free, free to be virtuous or vicious, ife is free to go to heaven or to go to, hell, { will also asx you one question. Why ts it that, though it is universally conceded that justice and bonesty are the only Known paths to happiness, men care so little about being just ur honest? It is becanse MEN DRIFT AZOUT, now biown by the wind of personal ambition, or ity or seifishness, and now by their physical passions or their hatred. Men are not lke a snip, which, stardng frou its mooriags, eens its head towards he opposite continent by night and by Gay. They drift this way and that, and the hardest work in the world—and this ts what our churches are for and what Christianity 13 for—is to keep them in mind of their ultimate destiny and make them act in accordance with it, Just asin the broad ocean there are currents which wul, unless the captain is on the watch ali the time, drive the vessel out of her conrse, so in human life there are currents which drift men about and make it hard work to reach the opposite shore, The most dificuit thing mm human experience is to have an am, & principle, and to stick to it. Men are not true to themselves or to their egivictions. WHAT A STRONG CURRENT PUBLIC OPINION IS. 1 cannot tell how mary miles an hour it rans, but I know it driits men out of their course. There are quantities of men who are Unitarians or ortho- dox in their nasve towns who become Episco- palians whea they come to New York, not so much from conviction as from the bias of public opinion. Men like to go (oa fashionable or a pow- eri! church, and they change thelr religious garb as casily as the tailor changes the cut of their clothes, Then, how many men there are of sensi- tive honor and high tone who stay on the ourside of the Church for fear some one will Jaugh at them for making a profession of religion. Or they say, “Oh, you hi bad men in the Church, and so I won't go into if Well, are there not bad men in tne world? Why, then, do you stay in it? There was once A SCAMP IN HEAV and they had to gather their forces and turn him out. If you believe in religion, then say so, 1 some- tues think that Protestants are more ashamed of their ordin prayerbook in hand. If 1 had gone up to kim and said, ‘Sir, do you make @ show of your religion?’ he would have answered, “No; 1 make no protes- sion, but | am not ashamed ot my religion.” I think we ere too often ashamed to be seen saying our prayers, A lit¥e more independence would do us good. Now, what you want is to lay your course by the stars, and then be steadfast in purpose. Loo! out for the currents; dov't drift. Keep true to yourself and there will be nothing to fear. CHURCH OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE. | | Continuation of the Celebration of the Pope's Judilee—Tie World as the Judge of tho Lews of the Church—Sermon by the Rev. Bather Hewitt. Despite the severe storm yesterday morning the Church of St. Paul the Apostie, in Weat Fifty-ninth sireet, Was crowded to overfiowing with a pious mal- Uiudle, Who had come to take part in tne ceremonies | of the Pope’s Jubilee, which had been postponed from Friday that they might attena, The altar was beautifully decorated with flowers, which had been contributed for the occasion by the members of the congregation, To the columns on either side of the altar were attached banners bearing the inscrip- tons:— “Pins Novus Vicarius Christi,” “Gloriosys et Benedictus in Vita Sua, “Deo Ditectus Pastor Bonus," and “Pontificatus XXV. Ad Mulios Annos.” Solemn high mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Dwyer, and the singing incidental thereto was ren- dered by two choirs—one by boys at the altar and the other In the organ loft. The sermon was by Rev. Father Hewett, who took | his text from St. sohn xvi, 6:—“And when Ile is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of rightéousne.s, and of jadgment." ‘The world, sald the reverend speaker, isthe judge | of the laws of God, and events history sow the justice of these judgments. {vil for a tite may succeed, but good will ultimately prevail, aud those PERNICIOUS PRINCIPLES regarding religion which now prevail will be con- | signed to a Just oblivion. During the enure reign of | the Holy Father he has been called upon to bate with a certain class of @yil principles witich are in theinselves antagonistic to the welfare of society. These evils the speaker defined as the taking from | the Church the education of cbildren, the present Jaxity of the laws regarding marriage, and the opinions entertained by many be og the rights of ownership, Waich will allow them to seize the properly of Ruother and appropriate it W their Owl use, THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, thought the speaker, did properly betong to the { this trucn still remains the same. and just as our ad- | fulness of time the | accord, and their prayers were not offered tn vain. | agements and obstacles sootety was cndangered, and then followed a host of evils which lessened the sanctity of the fe and attacked the very foundation of society. Earthly legisiatures are not capabdhe to ju or de- cide these questions, as they aro com) only of men, who have their failings. The infalithle Church, therefore, should aione decide. In conclusion the speaker satd we should praise God for having oe served the Sovereign Pontiff so long, and we might be assured He would bring his reign to @ peaceful close. FIFTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Lessons from the Histerical Scriptures—Sance led and Unsanctified AMictiou—True Ree pentance—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Hall. Although the rain fell in torrents yesterday morn- ing the sermon by the Rey, Dr, Hall was listened to by a goodly-sized congregation. In his prayer pe said, “Let us remember the words of Jesus: —‘When two or three are gathered together in my name I will be in their midst?” Tue text was selected from the first and second books of the Chronicles:— “and in the time of his distress he trespassed yet more against the Lord; this is that King Ahaz;’’ and “When ne (Manasseh) was in afiiction he besonght the Lord his God and humbled himself before the God of his fathers,” THE SERMON. He regretted that so litle attention was bestowed by preachers on the historical books of the Old Testament. In them God teaches His people by ex- amples, and they were undoubtedly the best examples of the practical working of abstract prin- ciples, But the Binle to many was like a country Whose coast was familiar to voyagers, but whose interior was unexplored and unknown. The scrip- tural chronicles were too much neglected, The text shows the dealing of God with two men—Anhaz and Manasseb, kings of Judah; and the contrast between SANCTIFIED AND UNSANCTIFIED AFFLICTION. The reverend genueman sketched the history in a vivid manner. Neither the severe negiect of the false gods, Whose wership he had borrowed from | the Israeli! nor their kindness when they were his conqw ig enemies, could Move the obdurate heart of Ahaz. Things that sortened other men | hardened him, And so he died not in honor, for ; the very people whom he had misied could see how degraded had been his career—a career of blackness | whose whole influence had been for evil and not | for good. God had spoken to him, but he still had } relused to hear; and ‘this was that King Abaz.”’ | _ The early career of Manasseh was like that of his grandiather, Ahaz, Both had begun their reigns with splendid and brilliant prospects, which it seemed nothing could mar but their own folly, and dt was a8 if each had studied the law of Moses to find out things forbidden, in order to do them, Manasseh caused Isaiah to be put to death by being sawed asunder and filled Jerusalem with blood. But soon the Lord let loose the hereditary foes of | Israel upon hin, and he was taken in captivity, Then it was that THE GREAT CHANGE came over him. He sought God and prayed unto | Him, and toe Spirit or tie Lord worked upon his heart, humbied, chastened, subdued and softened, and, like the prodigal son, he returned to the Father. He was delivered from hts captivity and reinstated in nis kingdom, and he brought forth | fruit meet for repentance. But unhappily it 18 far | easier to lead & natton into sin than out oF it, to helo & man downwara to ruin than to help him back a little wav toward goodness, So Manasseh found it | didicult to wipe out all the evils of which he was | the cause. The lessons of this history are obvious. GODLINESS 13 A GREAT GAIN and profitable toall things. If we would be truly happy and truly honorable tt is best for us to yield service to the Lord. Notwithstanding the difference between te dispensation of these and of those times vantages are is the disgrace of having forgotten them. Letus bear in mind that as long as God Tules to do His will is sate, In aflliction, as such, there is no inherent sanctify- Ing power, although this is contrary to the super- ficial view which some people take. It 1s supposed that blows certainly chasten and purify when God tries men, and that they will turn unto Him, But here are two cases much alike, but with results widely diferent. One sinks more and more, but the other humbies himself in the signt of God. This is evidence that for affiiction to be sanctified to men there must be a change of character and life. There can be no change If itis not shown in the livipg and the heart, REPENTANCE is not the sound of the lip, nor the genuine sorrow of the heart; but it is a breaking off from sin through the influence of the Holy Ghost, bringing a new peace, If we wish to give evidence to ourselves in our own breasts and to others 1n our outward life it will be evinced by turning from things of the past, grappling nobly with tne future ana making all the reparation in our power. There is no sinner, however low, that Ia not, when he knows his sins, turn to the Lord. In the ex- ample of Manaseh, the Lord might have said, “In prosperity thou didst cast me off; | spoke by Prophets and thou didet not hear: now in thy ad- versity, when thou prayest, with thy hands covered with the blood of my people, Ido not hear thee.” But this was not the response. Yet there is a time, in We sight of that great white throne, BEFORE THE SEAT OF JUDGMENT, when such will be His responi But on earth He dves not so answer, for while there is life there is hope. He who has smitten 1s willing to heal; He who has wounded is ready to bind up; and He has never said, seek cae my face in vain. Con- fess to this God, look to the cross and implore Him for forgiveness, and He will be able and willing to save. There 18 another lesson which 18 not pecullar to the pulpit, but should be taught by the secular press. It is the closeness of connection between the rulers and the ruled; of well doing and well being; of 111 dotng and national misery. No wise man can be biind tothe impor- tance of the moral state of the people of a nation. Hence we pray for those in authority, that they may be BLESSINGS AND NOT CURSES; sustaining what is £900 in the people, and dis- countenancing What is evil and vicious. If we make no distinction between men of virtue and men of vice we shail have entered on a downward na- uonal career. Departure from the Lord 1s the signal for His departure f.om us. STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. SEVENTH The Pentecostal Baptism of the Holy Spirit— Sermon by Rev. C. Bachman. Yesterday morning was not so favorable for the turn out of large Christian congregations as some other Sabbath days, and the churches manifestiy were very slimly attended. In Seventh street Metho- dist Episcopal church a small company gathered, expecting to hear the Rev, Dr. Kennedy, of North Ohio Conference, a member of the Book Committee now here, preach to them. But the storm hindered his coming, and the pastor, Rev. C. Bachman, discoursed upon the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the discipies on the day of Pentecost. His text was Acts ii, 1-4, which gives a history in brief of that event, It was, the preacher said, one of the most memorable days in the history of the world, The impression then made 1 the results which followed still linger, guiding the thoughts and controlling the lives of the chil- dren of men. It has been most important in its in- fluence upon the Church and the world; and he never read the narrative without an internal long- ing that the same power might rest upon the heart of the Church to-day. Let us, he said, LIFT UP OUR HEARTS TO GUD, that He may send this influence upon us. Up to this day of Pentecost the Apusties had not ey received the gift of the Holy Ghost, because that Jesus was not yet glorified. ‘They had had a measure of the Spirit, but had no adequate conception of the power and blessing which they experienced on this day. They had repeatedly given evidences of weak- ne:s, instability and moral cowardice, and a readi- hess to succumb to the iniluences of the world around them. But this mysterious power absojutely | changed ali this, It was necessary to the Apusties, and it 1s just as necessary fer their successors in the ministry oi the Lord Jesus Christ. What could they have done without ity There is no prejudice 60 dificult toremove from the human heart as that based upon relig ous convictions, and there was no people so religiously strong in prejudice as the Jews, To understand this thoroughly we must PUT OURSELVES IN THEIR PLACE aud then we shall see the dificuities they had to | contend against. There is no comparison between our tines and that of the Avost.es, so that when a man renounced Judaism for Ubristianity it was & great achievement, They could not bave taken a step without the Roly Spirit and God's grace; but in the viour’s last prayer was an- swered, and the Holy Ghost descended upon the 120 disciples gathered i that upper room, and never was @ Weaker band of Christian patriots gathered together in one piace. But they sought for this ower in the ouly way of God's appomtmeut, by ‘aith and prayer and consecration of themselv unto the Lord, They held a protracted meeting, and on the tenth day after the Saviour’s ascension and according to His promise (he Spirit came. There 13 a !esson for us here—namely, that however much we may need this power We caunot get It unless WE SEEK IT IN Gob's WAY, as did this little band. The; with one accord. There were no conilicting views among them—no divisions of senument—but the fullest were Phey were also in ove place. They had not forsaken ine assembling of themselves together, as the ma ner of some is. But nevertheless they had discow in their way. They had to bear the ridicule of the multitudes because of their protracted meeting, thelr intense zeal and the with- Poti of the fulfilment of the promise of the Lord for so many days, Why did God withhold fis Spirit so long? Simply to test their faith and to, in- fluence their hearts that they might better ap- rec'ate the blessing when it came, Notice, how, the singular phenomena which accompamed the descent of the Holy Ghost, God used the forces ature in @ supernatural way to produce tne & nd t Fasning mighty wind.’ He came to Church, as the Church alone could teach the way to ch Us HRUL Was taken irom the Church und Hlyah ina similar manner ages before, but when tid eartuauake and the storm and the fre had it was in “the still, small voice” that He passed Spoke to the prophet. And go He speaks to our hearts to-day. But when He wanted to plant Chris- ressive means were the disciples and it of the Holy In one ‘ere converted under the preaching of Lord added to the Church datly mul- titudes of such as should be saved. The application of the lessons of the text to prayer aud faith and a fuller consecration to the Lord closed the discourse. FIFTH AVENUR BAPTIST CHURCH. . SECT TOU St. Panl and the Riches of Christ—Sermon by Rev. Thomas Armitage, D. D. As was the case im other churches yesterday, the attendance at the morning service in this church was rather slim @wing to the heavy rain, which could be heard pattering on the roof and against the windows durimg the religious exercises. The costumes of the devout worshippers wero not 80 glaring as usugl, Everything wore a subdued appearance as ff to lend solemnity to the sublime theme of Doctor Armitage, the pastor, He took his text from the third chapter of St, Paul to the Ephe- sianus:—“I preaeh among the gentiles the UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST.” No man, said the speaker, who ever lived exerted greater influeace and power upon the Christian Church, and especially on modern and Western civilization, than the Apostle Paul. His brilliant natural atiaiuments, sanctified and augmented by his conversion to Jesus, gave him an unrivalled mastery over the minds and hearts of men. Yet, notwithstanding his marvellous ability in handling all themes im connection with human thought and human action, when he came to preach tne Gospel he seemed to be overpowered by IT3 GRAND CONCEPTIONS and superabundant wealth. He bad a marvellous facility of expression, There was no fhought or shade of thought 80 subtle but that n&could give it expression and power with the greatest terseness and perspicuity. Those powers Were well taxed when he went to bring the gentiles to the way of the Redeemer. And here we have one of the most marked passages from his pen. He appeared to be laboring to find expression for his SOURED, and uses these two apparently irreconcilable forms of expression—tnat he is the least of all saints, as if he could be less than the least, and that his Master is the greatest of all subjects, so that he pronounces the wealth of his theme not only inexhaustiole but Unsearchable—“the unsearchable riches of Uhrist.!? If the riches of our Saviour be thus unsearchable, then how shall he express them? He seems to be lost as in THE CROWN-JEWEL ROOM of His Master’s empire. But those riches are dla- coverable in the attributes of His person, in the boundiessness of His possessions, in the saving re- suits of His mediation, and in the preciousness of His words. Here the preacher elaborated each of these thoughts in a profound and eloquent strain, showing that these are exactly the mines of wealth which it was necessary to open to the gentiles, The latter had gods many and lords many, but they needed One of infinite attributes and human mani- festation. Hence their iilustrious apostle preached to them the person of Christ. They worsnipped ods that were ssed of imaginary domains, ut they stood in waut of One in whomi they tive: moved and had their being. They paid homage to GODS WHO EXC TED THEIR PASSIONS, roused ambition in their breasts and fostered their iniguities, but tney needed that God whose blood- shedding should atone for their sius and bring to them the blessings of peace. They consulted oracles which excited them by the utterance of lalse pro- Phecies and deceptive illusions, but they needed one Whose worgs gave them the assurance and posses- sion of everlasting life, And Paul, knowing fuil well their disposition, cried out, ‘Him aeclare 1 unto you,” and in the person ofJesus gave the image of the invisible God, and that wealth which their poverty craved. And now, my brethren, con- Enos the pastor, we are all aware that there is the WEALTH IN CHRIST TO-DAY for modern gentiles that there was for the gentiles of bygone umes. In the sacred name of that blessed Redeemer I invite you, too, to come and enrich peer 1 ‘that trath can be scanned, Is 1s true that the per- ceptive intellect does receive and perceive truth without emotion, and tn regard to mere facta it ia true the less emotion and the more pure perception the more likely are we to come at the truth, Bul this ts in regard to the lowest forms ol truth, in the lower category of truth the emotions are disturbing force, In man truth rises to a higher level than in matter. It becomes truth of feeling, of duty, of peamsy, real trut u ity in Such truth is great importance to the individual, because : CHARAOTER IS SHAPED BY FEELINGS and thought, It is in regard to this higher form of truth that conviction depends for more than we think, If you attempt to convince men that a course is right or wrong, you cannot convict them as you would a grocer that his meas- ures are Wine A truth nny Be rocOgained by the intellect, but it must also be recognized by some experience back of the reason. You cannot make a man laugh because he oaght to laugh. You m: say, ‘Here are the elements of mirth, and you, ing @ reasonable man, ought to laugh when they are combined.” Butnobody laughs. So in regard to ar: or music or Cloquence, and it is the same in regard to moral uct, An argument may be lame, but if a man feels that it 1s true he is con vinced, Many men have been bombarded all their lives long and not taken. Hundreds of men have fougbt against the doctrine of God’s sovereignty, but some time there has been roused in them, through the feelings, @ sense of the tather! of God. Then followed the desire that such a or should reign. The magazine of evidence panes aga: 43 to be THE HEART AND THE EMOTIONS, ‘This should be Eka up by intellectual teach. ing, and then the man permanently Teneineets 1t is not, then, an incidental declaration that “with the heart man believes unto righteousness,” It 1s Not dogma that men should repud:~te, but a dogma making believe that itis the only form that truth can take. From tis we gee how men that are the subjects of the same feeling run towards the same views. In any age the feelings and the passions have much todo with the direction that the age takes in political and moral economy, PEOPLE MAY DIFFER WIDBLY in religious truth, and yet both parties be right. No man ever sees the whole truth. Truth is so large that @ man may be on ono side of it and see his share, and another on the other sta2 may see hig share. Each will see according to his individual Preferences and natural constitution. We take @ Moothful out of the truth only, and not the whole of it, In a neighborhood of twenty husbanimen all may be good, yet each may work by different methods. Novody thinks of setting them by the earson that account, So with housekeepers, No two housekeepers keep house alike, But all do Nie Churches are but households, Tney are in e main INSPIRING MEN TO BETTER LIVES, but they take different ways. May not men be at agreement substantially and yet specifically at dis- agreement? Moral truth in human hands has in it yourselves with these sweet treasures. Come, all ye who are poor and afflicted; come and explore the exhaustless mines of your Saviour, that you may afterwards possess thei to the fullest exteiit in pos- sessing Jesus himseif forever. The choir attached to this church, under the guidance of the organist, Mr. Connley, seemed to excel itself yesterday in rendering the select chants and anthems for the day. Mr. Beckett acted as basso, and Miss Palmer sang the duejs in an admur- able manner, CHURCH OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER. The Fope’s Anniversnry—Procession Church Ceremonies. ‘The celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of Pius 1X. to the chair of Peter was continued yesterday in the Churen of the Most Holy Redeemer, in Third street. Notwithstanding the heavy rainfall during the previous night and yester- day morning the display of flags and foral decorations on the houses in the neighbor. hood was, if anything, surpassing that of Friday and Saturday, the church itself outside being literally clothed in, evergreens and flags, from the steeple top down to the pedes- tals of the portico columns. In the morning & high mass was celeprated, commencing at half-past ten o’clock, during which Mozart's Twelfth Mass was sung by the choir, with full orchestral accompani- ment. Father Holver, of St. Louis, preached a lengthened and “~ “t discourse, At three o'clock in the a. on Smith’s No. 2 Vespers were chanted, immediately after which a grand ewer took place, consisting of the fol- jowing religious bodies in the order named:— Rifle Corps, in full aress uniform, with Band. ‘The Boys of the three Highest Classes of the Church School—300. Boys and Young Men of the nily—350, St. Aloysius’ Benevolent ~t¥—125, The Church Choir, bearing a . “itation Silk Ban- ner, yellow ground, cro.s-kvy8 und tiara, as Papal Arr’ Men of the Holy . amily—éeo, Band Society of St. Joseph—1s0. Eighteen Mounted Men, bearing Papal Flag. ‘St. John’s Society—150, St, Jacob's Roce as Banda, St, Liborius’ Society—150, St, Alphonsus’ Society—90, @The procession formed in iront of the school- house, corner of Fourth street and First avenue, whence it proceeded down First avenue to Third street, toavenue C, to Fifth sireet, to avenue B to Fourth street, and up Fourt. strect’to schoolhouse. When passing St. Bridget’s church, in avenue B, the procession Was joined by about 500 men of the so- cieties attached to that church. Atseven P, M. eveulmg services began. A pro cession took apd im the church, headed by the Rifle Corps, followed by the young men and boys of the Holy Family, girls and young ladies dressed in whiie, and wearing wreaths on their heads, all bear- ing lignted tapers; the acolytes, and bro- thers and priests of the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer, bearing on their shoulders @ life-size Ngure of St. Alphonsus, The round of the church was made twice and the benediction prouounced and the ceremonics brought to a close with the hymn of thanksgiving (7e Deum) sung by the choir, witn orchestral accompaniment, During the procession was sung the song of Al- phonsus, rehoee for the Gccasion, aud “Wie Lieblig Sind die Boden’ (How lovely are ine mes- gages Of peace)! The appearance of the interior of the church, with its myriad lights, decorations, Dandsowe flags and bauvners and the attractive military uniiorm, Was magnificent. Alter servico the streets near the church were crowded with people viewing the tiluminated transparencies and countiess Chincse lanterns adorning the buildings. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. Beecher on the Claims and Beliefs of the Heart— Rev. Dr. Chapman on Love and Gocd Works— Father Cassidy on the Pontificate, PLYMOUTH CHURCH. The Claima of the Heart—Individuality to be Respected—Diversity the Rule in the M: well as the Physical World—Truth a Circle of which Each Man Secs but a Sea- ment—Any Road Go: Enough Leads Home at Last—Belief to be Judged by Re- sult There was a large congregation at Plymouth church yesterday in spite of the rain, and Mr. Beecher’s sermon in defence of individual liberty of belief was characieristically bold and eloquent. The text was Romans, x. 10:—"For with the heart man belicveth unto righteousness,” ldo not say thatthe design of tue Apostie was to discrimiuate between tue convictions of the heart and the convictions of the intellect, This declara- tion I shall use to show that it Is not intellectual conviction that determines @ man’s belief. It 18 sup- posed that when facts are clearly stated and argu- ments wisely consiructed that the understanding ought to yield, yet nothing is more certain than that, Aman convinced againgt bis will, Is of the same opinion sull, It is heid that feciing nas little to do with INTELLECTUAL CONVICTION, «that the mind should be kant ciear and colorless, 60 Bperpony element that we should notice. In scien- ic studies diferent men are equipped with differ- ent (pater Every great astronomer has his per. sonal equations, and the final result is made with allowance for the personality. People believe ag cording as they are made, NO TWO PEOPLE ARB MIXED UP of the same proportions. All have the alphabet, but the words are spelled with iniinite variations. To attempt to make all men say the same ie and believe the same thing 1s like making an outline in the sand and trying to make everybody's foot fit it. Yet flames an |sbevent have been used to make men do what nature abhors and God, by infinite decree, forbids. Generally men may be the same, but each man WILL TAKE HIS OWN WAY. Men will perpetually follow the path that 1s Naturally their path, The directions will be te Unity belongs generically to men, but apace sally we are different—are individualized. This worl isn’t a perfect sphere, ana it doesn’t turn out per fect work. We are all partialists here, Paul de- clared that he and all men only saw truth in frag- ments. Truth 13, then, in many respects, difterens to different men. There will objections ral to these views. Whar. is the use of truth, will be the argument, if truth 1s Subjective, Wi! IN MANY RESPECTS WE ARE ALIKE, or we agree in enough points to cohere. But, it 1H vi asked, Will not thic view imply that truth 13 wha’ each man believes itto be? 1s there nothing solid Idon’t know of anything. ‘The world Pk has Al done more thau approximate. in- fluences have been brought to bear gnd_ yet the world grows towards ee i on with truth” as with — trees, ep in the ground 1s a unit, but the part that takes the sun and that has the life isendiessin diversity, Does the fruit grow on the trunk or the branches? The more branches the more fruit. Truth is the same, thougn my share of 1t may be mutable. 18 A MAN, THEN, RESPONSIBLE for his belief? I do not think he is responsible for his belief, but he is responsibie for being good, true, manly, believing, loving, nobié. A man 18 responsible to this extent— he must keep his mind clear. He ts responsible for hovesty, but when he is true to honesty he 1s not respousible for the conciusion that hjs nature forces him to arrive at. Every man that is traly @ God-fearing and man-loving has but that for which we hold belief, BELIBF 1S FOR RESULTS. The fruit is the thing. When John sent to Christ asking, “Art thou He that should come, look for another?” ‘not a word doctrine did he say—“Go tell what ye see an hear.” Fruit is the thing, and thut man who live in the love of God and charity shows by his fruit that he has the right faith for him. That is value ble believing that makes right living. I believe that as a formative power certain belief are better than others; but if the goodness is evolve that is the main thiag, There is a difference ip roada, but if you GET HOME AT LAST that is the use of ail roads. We see from these views, if they are correct, why men find in the Bible suoh different truths. It is because they tothe Bible such different organizations, Every man’s faculty isa magnet. A man with A MAGNET OP LOVE reads the Bible and all the love sticks to him. Anetnee aa has conaeiente wet, Jarge, TY, le sees Oni justice in Bible. Don't tell _me,’? he says, “that we have got such a must of a God. Nothing but tot: wilfal depravity can make a man say that just! shall not be satisfied.” Another sees onlyawfainess in God; another sees only beauty, and every one takes out of the Bible what his magnet draws, 18 THERE ANY HARM IN THIS? No, not if each one gives another the liberty of holce that he takes hunseif, Tho Ohurch It is of infinite importance that men sh believe right, and men _ shail believe, belleve in liberty. If you believe in a God ot justi I shall not quarrel with you, neither shall you quar- rel with me because I see more plainly the father- Ro 4 of God. The true Church 13 that which knows ho: ‘o take the sum of the gifts of all its members, May God grant that we may have honesty and humility and fellowship, and be willing to accept a ever: ‘vho believe upon the name of the re ST. ua ““*? OF THE SI ‘The Infinite Power of . *—The Worth and Infallibility ef the Successu. of Peter—Sere jon by Rev. Father Cassidy. Despite the dark ciouds which obscured the sun and shed such copious showers upon the already well moistened earth, the streets of Brooklyn yester- day morning were thronged by devout Catholics going to and from their churches, At St. Mary’s Star of the Sea, Court strect, near Luqueer, high mass was commenced at fifteen min- utes before eleven o'clock, Rev. Father Cassidy officiating as celebrant, assisted by Fathers Dalton and Heffernan as deacon and sub-deacon respectively. The Volunteer Choir, under the leadership of Professor Hoy, was in attendance, and lent it excellent harmony to vhe services, The worthy pastor preached, taking for his text Matthew, xvi., 18:—"“And 1 say aiso unto thee, that thon art Peter, and upon this rock 1 will bulid my churoh; and the gates of hell shal} not prevail against it. The reverend gentleman then said, in substance, that this commirsion wag given to Peter as the Prince of Apostles. Who shall Sear, when the word of God exists, that the Church shall be overcome, or that the word of God shall fail in its fulfilment? NO GREATER BLASPHEMY than to hesitate to believe for a moment the truth of the words which fell from the ilps of our Divine Lord can be imagined. ‘To-day 1s a realization of the truth of these sacred words, From the rising to the setting of the sun, from sea to sea, in every nation and kingdom of the earth, differing though each may in character, in language and ‘alse ab the voice of the children of the Church is raised @ unit in giving thanks to God for the wonder! event vouchsafed in our days in granting so long an existence to the worthy successor of St. Peter. Though surrounded by infidels and enemies, there he sits in the chair of Peter, having passed beyond the limits allotted in the saying—"None shall see the days of Peter.” Though differing in all things, IN FAITH, ON. his children are rejoicing to-day beonnse God in 4 oodness and mercy has been pleased tu accord Plo Kono so long @ life of usetuiness and fae No ene- my of the Church has ever charged him ‘with doin: aught save tat which was for the well being a his country, while all accede that none can excec him in either his charity or prayer. Mut the Church must undergo trials and tribulations. Our divine Lord was not free from them. Who has done for Christ, for spade FAITH AND MORALS, than Pope Pius tX.? 1a his Encylical Letter of 1864 1 in his review of the condition of the human family tuat “education without religion begets im fidepity.”” spe ‘And who shall deny ity Look at the ctacle which has been presented in Paris, where cavion Was set apart from religious training, and. trots ce the Bncyitcal will be @t ouce The of = sepa- CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE. 01 apparent. danger