The New York Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1871, Page 5

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. July 9—Sixth Sunday Pentecost. After RELIGIOUS PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY. Services To-Day. ‘The Rev. Merrill Richardson will preach in the New England Congregational church w-day, morn- tng and evening. At the American Free church, New York Univer- sity, a sermon will be preached at the morning and evening service by the Rev. Charles B. Smyth. The Rev. J. P. Swift, of Irvington, N. Y., will preach at the Central Methodist piscopal churdh, Seventh avenue, near lourteenth street, morning and evening. Attne Pilgrim Baptist church, Thirty-third street, Dr. Lorrimer wall preach, The subject in the even- ing—*‘Fall of Paris.’ Dr. Deems will preach at the Church of the Stranger, Mercer street, morning and evening. At the Fifty-third street Baptist chureh, near Sev enth avenue, the Rev. Dr. Bridgeman, of Albany, will preach in the morning, and the Rey. N, H. Pen- dieton in the eventing, At the Beekman Hill Methodist Episcopal ehuren, | Kast Fifuleth street, the Rev. Wiliam H. Boole wili preach morning and evening. The Rev. Dr. Heacock, of Buffalo, wil) preach in. the West Presbyterian church, Forty-second streei, morning and evening. At the Church of the Fiftn Universalist Socicty the Rev. Sumner Ellis will preach morning and -evening. In the morning only the Rev. J. M..Pullman will preach at the Church of Our Saviour. No service an the evening. . The Rey. ©. S, Hanmer will preach at St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church, Forty-frst street, Sixth -avenue, Rey. Dr. Arkman will preach inthe morning at the Spring street Presbyterian church. In the eve- ning the young people’s meeting will be held. At the Morning Star Sunday School, 130 West Theuty-fourth street, there will be held a public meeting this aiternoon, at which prominent speak- ers will be present, The Catholic Church in France, Spain and Ttaly. To ray Epiror or THE HrRaLy:— I bave never yet taken up the theological cudgel, entering within the religious arena, with less hopes of gaining a possible victory over all polemical amagouism than [ feel now, to reconcile the present moral and religious condition of France, Spain and Italy, with the existence therein, during the last eleven or twelve centuries, without any interruption or molestation, of the infallible Church of Jesus Christ. That there is more pronounced infidelity to- @ay in these countries than in any other parts of the civilzed and nominal Christian world there ean be no possible doubt; and the question then yrises, Which leads most to infidelity, Catholicism or Protestantism? Dr. Francia Kavier Weininger, that celebrated Jesuit missionary and author of “Protestantism and Infidelity,” secms to prove to a nicety that Protestantism, in its dub, gloomy, half-way, illogical doctrines, leads, there- fore, to infidelity, or, more logically speaking, to heathenism, rationalism, naturalism, Paganism, superstition, inteliectual imbectlity and moral Adiocy, but not to technical intlaelity. Tne human intellect that has passed during two or three genera- fions through the dull and fatal stages of Calvinism, as history proves, is incapable of logical infiaclity or of any robust intellectual thougnt whatever— political, soientific, theological or philosophical, Protestantisin, then, in its fult development, destroys to heathenism and superstition, but renders it, for the most part, unfit to teke a stana in logical, intellectual infidelity. On the other nana, the Rev. Dr. Hull, @ distinguished Pres- byterian divine, delivered some time since in New York a lecture on “Scepticism,” proving’ also, I be- Meve, to the satistactiun of all but one self-styied “Christian,” that the Catholic Church leads to Adelity, mstancing such men of intellect as Vo! taire, Rousseau aud Ruliof aa specimens of Catholic religious training, Dr. Hulls right when he says ‘Mhat in Catholic countries inteliuctuai infidelity is only developed; tor Catholic training does not de- stroy the God-given ipteliect as does Calva: aud when Catholics will not live up to the doci: and demands of au unswer ge and infativle Charch, they are condemned, au%, as their intellect 4g Clear and logical, they therefore at onve rush into pen iniidelity, ayowod and bitter, led by satanic influence, and oppose at once infidelity to Chris- ity. Protestantism, ou the oiher side, as a presentiment of Christianity, 1s loose, illogical and rlip-shod—nelther altirmative nor negative— appealing mostly to the animal and not the inteliec- tual man, and, in tis latest and most successtul phase, the nightmare of Methodism, with its iow sacraments and low Christ, ils vulgar excitement of the human intnd, inviting, through religious excite- ment, iieves, harlots aud devifs to dwell where angels dare not tread; and, in (ne, Protestantism, mow as it stands as an emotional and seatumental religion, 80 demoralizes the mind of man that, ip- stead of being able to rise to the level of intellectual infidelity, the mind 18 almost insane and idiotic, hardly better than the animal instluctive mind of the lower animals, and the syste has so far de- moralized men who have been operated on by tt, during two or three centurtes, that whole communt- thes can be found, both in the Ola Wortd and the New, who are almost no longer moral- 4y responsible. The Oatholo Church, then, not from her religious teaching, but from her an- aWerving character, does produce inteilectua! ind- deity, and Protestantism heathenism, paganism and physical ant moral ruin, In regard, now, to ‘he moral and religious condition of France, Srain and Italy, it is not so bad as painted. ‘There 1s, Indeed, inch open, bitter, Satanic infidelity in cer- tain parts of those countites; but the great mass of the people in ine rural parts are troe, practical Ohristians. The tollowing causes have led mainly to the present state of influelity iv those countri Firss, the strong animal passions of the people ‘Warm climutes, rendering 1¢ therefore more hard fo keep within grace; second, the uncompromising character of the Cathollo Church in sacramentai attendance; third, tne quick and lively lomical con- dition of the Latin-Ceitio mind, which, when #8 loses faith and grace, becomes thoroughly mdoctrinaterd in tue principles of the materialisuc Pagan, infidelism, ‘secularism of me and anchors there ore immediately in open inidelity; and fourth, the development by the Unurch tn old, strict, Catmolic countries, to a certain extent of a frivolous, superficial, ecclesiastical Church iife, to the apparent nogiect of that mgh Gospel morality ‘and sinple Christian character which are found in the Uburcn in the early ages of persecution. Well, then, the Catholic Church has failed in Fran bt and Italy. No; the holy Roman Catholic $ urch has proved herself to be the bride of Jesus Mist; she is Ohe great consummated whole, repro- ducing, in ths grandeur of her linrgy and her im- ing ritual, the priestly mimistrations of the uronic priesthood aga the sucrificial devotion of the old law; and, her religious ordera— Garmelites, Benedictines, Jesnits and Paultsis— the evangelical power and enthusiasm of the new. But she is, however, in her as represcuting her on earth, wacerdoval militia, though they have passed through ordination and eonsecrauion and are quickeued by the Holy Ghost, yet are but human, jallipie men, whose souls are ‘weighed down by the weight of carthly flesh, and therefure at times, to our human eyes, the divine element in her would almost vanish and the human aione remain, But, nevertheless. Jesus 18 with her, Se was with her in the gloomy day gecution, when she retired, biecding and in tears, to the caiacombs; He was with her in the Dark Ages, When the Saracen boasted that he would teed ms horses on her aitars, aad, she is but true to her- wel{, lie is with her still, But there ts, however, one tradiuonary misiake, held in old Catholic countries, ‘Dut not taught by the Church, and that ts that tne reading vi the Seripture by the laity ts not absolurely vecessary, much less of much Naportance in buliding ap @ sound Christian life, Protestantism, in opposi- tion durmg three centuries, has taught that the Bible is sudicient for the Coristian without a living charch; but this 13 a terrible error which has been the great means, thereiore, to jead the Protestant | sg vack to the heaihenism of Greece and me, But the old Catholle nations are by no Means 80 lost to Christiaulty, for the great mass of the people are still traly Christian; bnt a want of Zamiliarity wiih the written Word, by the people in these countries, under the gnidance of the Church, Das bad a tendency to beget to a considerable ox- tent a irivolous piety, a weakKneed moraitiy and Wnsnbdstaniial religious character and a semi-super: stitious faitn, which rests satisfied in the routine of ritual and ceremony without hardly rising to that supreme religious, heartfelt contemplation of a living Christ. What is wanted, then, in Trance, Spain and italy is, first, the toning down, to @ certain extent, ‘oi that excessive ecvle- and nierarchicat royalty piel el which crop ont, as the human element in the Cbarch, and the establishivent of a nore simple, earnest, ‘aposto- Ho priesthood, who have heard and responded to the call ot the Saviour, and are willing to follow Him step by slep; and second, the widespread reading g iné Holy Scriptures and the perentptory inculea- on by" the Church of their at finportance tn forming Chri a character; and third, the multi- plication of the religious ordera, and unger constaat employment 1) reawakening religion araong the people; and fourth, the development, to aver exient, Of éhe eariest apostolic power of ching the word Of God, Ix both the secwar and apgular the human intellect, and leaves it, therefore, a prey | death to heaven or hell. clergy, v0 Gorrect the evils oF 4 ‘This done, and feats, Spain and Taly will take @ new religious life, and the Holy Father, at vo distant day, can reign 10 the staiY of the Fisherman hoiding im true loyalty a real united Italy; and truly, it can be sald, then, in France, Spam and italy “the face of the earth shall be renewed.” Does the Jewish Law Apply te All Creation ¢ To rut Epitor oF THE HERALD:— ‘The Apostle Paul gays:— “Ags many as have sinned without Iaw shail perish without law; and a many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law in the day when God shall judge the recfets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.""-Romans, !!. Those, therefore, Who may have sinned without law (all nations to whom the law was not given) will not be resurrected to judgment. Now, the law was given to the Jewish nation alone. No Gentile na- tions (which includes all nations save the Jewish nation) ever had the law. How, therefore, can the Gentile nations of the earth be brought again from the dead to be judged for breaking @ law Which was never given to them? “\Whatsocver things the law saith itsaith to those under the Iaw;” that ts, to those to whom the law was given—viz., the Jewish nation, The law was binding upon thoge only to whom. it was given. It was not given to any Gentile nation; therefore those who sinned without the law shall perish without law—will not be resurrected for judgment. Alt such are dead and done with, ‘For where no law 1s there ts no transgression” (im- puted). Therefore those who “perish without law’? (have no resurrection) perish not because of having broken the law, butin virtue of the sentence pro- nounced at the “fat.” “In Adam all die,” “for, until the law (from the ‘tall’ till Moses received the law on Mount Sinat), sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless (though sin was not imputed to any one before the law Was given), death reigned, from Adam to Moses, even over them who had not sinned after the simiit- tude of Adaw’s transgressions.” ‘Therefore, for all those over whom death reigned (trom Adam to Moses) there can be no resurrection to judgment, because, as many as sinne@ before the law was given shall perish, without being Judged by the law (for where no law is no transgression is im- puted); whereas those who sinned in (or under) the dispensation of law must be resurrected to be | judged by the law, in the car when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, Paul’s doctrine, contained in his argument on “Law, Sin and Death,’ in the second chapter of his Epistie tothe Romans, clearly demonstrates the falsity and fallacy of the popular heathen orthodox theory of man’s natural immortality—in other words, the doctrine of “The Immortality of the Soul.”? If there were no other passage in the Scrip- tures (of which there are hundreds, if not thousands more), this would be sufficient to prove that the Apos- tle Paul held no such heathen doctrine, The fact that, according to Paul, all wno died in sin before the “Law? was given to ses aro now sleeping the sleep of eternal death, in virtue of the flat that, “As many as sinned without law shall perish without Jaw’—that is, will not be resurrected to order to be judged by @ law which was never given them, but ‘are already dead and eternally done with—ts of itself suilicient to prove that man In his present state 1s purely mortal; that there 1s nothing tn or about him that does not cease to exist at death, and thatit ts only by a resurrection that life can be restored even to those who dite in the faith aud nope of the Gospel after tne breath has left the pody. According vo the theory that man has an immortal soul that goes at death to heaven or bell all tiose who died insin prior to the Mosale dispensation, ought now to he suifering the torments of tost souls in heil; whereas Paul declares they are already per- ished; and what Paul means by the term perished is that they, from the time of their death, have had no conselous existence and vever will have at any fature time, for the simple reason that they are not to be resurrected to jndgment; for how can they be Judged for breaking a law which was never given to them? So here we have the truth in a nutsheil— that all who died in sin prior to the giving of the Law by Moses, are dead and done with eternally; that sine natural death they have had no con- scious ¢ ence, and that they never will have any consctous existence as members of the Adamic race again. ‘No matter what orthodox theologians may think or say, there are Paul's plain, decisive declarations on the subject; and neither Pope, Cardinal, Arch- bishop, bishop, priest, parson nor layman can dis- prove or gainsay the reasoning of Paul on this or any other subject in the writings of the New Cove- nant. As before stated, if there were only tnis one pas- sage in the whole Scriptures (whereas there are hun- dreds, tf not thousands, of similar import) tt would be sufficient to disprove the popular orthoda neathen doctrine that man is naturally immortai; that he has within ap “immortal soni”? which goes at No such doctrine ts to he found in the Word of God from Genesis to Revela- tions; and therefore no such coctring was taught by Christ or His Apostles or by their disciples. Truth and Wisdom—What ie the “Image of God & To THE Editor OP THE HERALD:— “And God said let us make man In our image alter our’ likeness.” The question often arises in the mind of men, and it has been discussed im the Church, What is meant by the “image and Iikeness of God’? To understand this matter it is necessary to know what God has told He 1s. He said to Moses, “) am thatI am,” which signifies that He is life Itself, the very esse and existence of all things in the spiritual and natural universe. In other words, He is love and wisdom Itself, from which all things exist and subsist. Love and wisdom is not predi- cated of the Lora, but He is absolutely love and wis- dom itself, a substance as mach 80 as the solid rock Ja the foundation of the earth, Man being an image and likeness of his Creator 1s not life of himseit, but a receptacle of life from God; and, God being im very essence love and wisdom, man ts consequently but a form of the essence of his God or Maker. Man 19 endowed with two faculties which conatitute nls life, One is called the will and the other the understanding. These faculties are distinct from each other, but are so created as to form a one; and, when they are thus united, they are called the mind. As al things In the universe, which are according to divine order, have reijation to good and truth, 80 all things !p man have relation to the will and understanding; for good in man pertains to his will, and trath tn him pertains to his understanding. These two faculties Im man are respectively their receptactes and sub- jects, the will being the mediam, and eubject of all things which are of good (love), and the under- standing the medinm, and subject of things of trath (wisdom). Good and truth have no other part with man; 8») neither, for the same reason, have iove and faith, for love pertains to good and faith pertains to trath,. Now, as these two constitute the very lie of man, nm which tie ymage and likeness of God dwells, it proves the importance to man that he should have most positive and correct ideas of what faith ts and what charity is, whicn are the very essentials of the Ohurch. For insomuch as a religion is In good ana truth, from the Lord by His Word, insomuch it is the Church of the living and only God. Faith is an understanding of truth, and charity is the life there- from. Fatth and truth, charity and love being synonymous terms--the one being predicative of understanding of bis mind, and the other of his will (which is man), ‘The true faith of tho Church 1s that God de- acended to the earth and assumed the human form, and that He made His humanity divine. ‘fo believe in Him is to have conjunction with Him and live in Strict accoruance to His precepts. The true charity of the Church is to love your netebbor as yourself; to excinde utterly from the mind the love of self and the world, except so far as can be useful to yourself and others is. heavenly love; the op- posite, or love, is the love of Self and the world, which performs for aggrandize- ment of seif, without any regard to thy neighbor, such, for insiance, as building palaces for your- selves and novels for your neighbors, and getting the largest amonnt of rent support you in your One houses, True charity will try and do as weil for the neighbor as for self, Traly, you sell your birthright, which is heaven, for @ mess of pottage when ye do these things and disobey the commandments. ‘They who are principled tn good and truth have will and understanding, but they who are principled in evil and falsity have bo will or understanding, pro- perly considered, bnt, imsteaa of will, they have cupidity, and instead of undersianding they have mere science, The haman will, when truly seh, 19 the receptacle of good and the understanding 13 the receptacle of truth, for which reason wil cannot ne predicated of falsity, becanse they are Opposites, and opposites destroy each other; bence it is that the nan who ts principled in evil and thence In falsity cannot be called rational, wise and intel- Ngent properly speaking. Whin the evil also the interiors of the mind, in which the will and under- Sianding principally reside, are closed, It ts sup- posed, however, that the evilas well as the good have will and understanding, because they say that they will and understand; t their volition 1s only the exercise of taetr cuptdity, and thelr intetlect 1s hothitg more than science. Men should avoid or shun evils, because they are sins and arise from the lusts of the flesi. For Instance, to drink more than Is Necessary to quench the natural thirst is an evil, and of water man Will not drink more than nature requires, It 18 only when indulging in that Which is evil that Mis thirst is tuasatiable, be cause it 13 a falsified or perverted beverage he uses. Thus, the int ls good for food is rotted, trom which rottennoss a liquid 19 dis- tilled which destroys both the will and the under- standing. To do good {s of and from God; therefore man ought to do guod, ag it allies him with his Maker, and consequently inittates him in heaven and regenerates him frora the evils in which he was boru. All evils arise trom the love of seif or haffed to thy neighbor; for in Proportion as a man loves himself he hates his neighbor, All good arises from love to the Lord and thy neighbors, and constitute heaven in many, While the love of self constitnte hea truth whieh fue Whole teaghung of Curigt de s NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY. monstrates. The love to God and to hay Bony ned constitutes ali the law ana the prophets, ia is trae religion; all forms and ceremomes are merely exter- nal. Without the internal is grounded in trutn the external is false; and ye are one of the false prophets Ape of in the Scriptures, faise prophets signifying the Word of God falsified; and though you are baj tized and take the sacrament and attend all the external duties of the Church, you are false witnesses unto God; and He will say in never knew ve; depart, ye cursed of my Fathe! unto everlasting condemnation.” If you desire to know and see clearly the nature of faith and charity, and thereby wi faith is when separated from charity, instead of faith and charity, substitute light and heat. Faith in ttwessence is the truth of wisdom, and charity in its essence is the affection of love, and the truth of wisdom in heaven is light, and the affection of love in heaven is heat; the light and heat which angels feel and enjoy are nothing else. Hence you may see what faith is when sepa- rated from charity, and what itis when conjoined with charity. F Lhe ayer from charity 18 the light in winter, and faith conjoiued with charity is like the sight in Sor0g. e light of winter, which ts light aerate ed from heat, and, in consequence thereof, conjoined with cold, strips the trees of all their leaves, kills every green herb, makes the ground hard and freezes the water; but light in spring, which 1s light conjoined wito heat, causes ta3 trees to vegetate, first Into leaves, then into blogsoms, and lastly into fruit; it opens and softens the ground, whereby it qicias grass, herbs, flowers and fruits, and it also dissolves the ice, 80 that the waters flow from thelr fountains. Exactly similar is the case with faith and charity; jaith separated from charity aeadens all things, an ith conjoined with charity enlivens all things, Everything in the natural universe corresponds to that whieh extsis in the spiritual world, aod lignt and heat correspond to truth and love. Tne nature of sueh deadening and enlivening may be seen visibly in our spiritual world, because here truth 13 the light (iaith), and love is heat (charity). So all teachers of religion who separate faith from charity, and declare that faith alone saves, are In gross dark- ness; for faith witaout charity ts like the body with- out the soul—dead. Charity 1s of the life, and does not consist in aAlmple giving of alms or building churches, but living a lite according to the teachings of Christ. “Stand in the gates of the house of Jehovah, and roclaim there this word: Thus saith Jenovah of josts, the God of Israel. Amend your ways and your works; trast ye not in lying worus, saying, “he Temple of Jehovah, the Temple of Jehovah, the Temple of Jehovah 1s here” (that is the Church), Will ye steal, murder, commit adultery and swear Jaisely, and after that come and stand before Me in this house whereon my name ts called, and say, ‘We are delivered,’ whilat ye do all these abominations? Is not this house become a den of robbers? I, even xy beneits nave seen, saith Jehovah.”’ (Jeremiah vii.) ‘The same voice 1s crying to the churches of to-day, Amend your ways—find out the truth, for it is with us. Those who desire to attain spiritual knowledge must seek and they shail find it. To have such knowledge is to nave eternal lite; they alone have spiritual life who are prin- cipied in celestial love, and thence in knowledge, and that each kind of lov@® contains in itself every principle of Kaowledge appertaining thereto, This may be exomplified by the case of all living crea- tures, whether they are inhabitants of the earth or of tie air, Each is in the possession of the science of all things appertaining to its particular love, which love has respect to nourishment, a safe habit- ation, the propagation of their kind, the care of thelr young and the provision of food for themseives during the winter; wherefore, cach 18 in possession of ai) the science that is requisite, such sci ing implanted in its love and dowing tnto ea mal as nto its proper receptacie, aud tn some cases being of such an extraordinary nature that man can- not but be amazed at it. With animals, however, science 1s connate, and is called mstinct; neverthe- tess tt appertains to the natural love, in which they are principled. And if man was principled in his proper love, Which 1s love to God and towards his neighbor (this is man’s proper love, as distinguish- Ing him from the beasts, being heavenly love), then man would not only be principled in all_ requisite science, but likewise in all intelligence and wisdom; for intelligence and wisdom would flow from heaven into those two Kinds ot love; that is, through heaven from the Divine principle or being, Bus inasmuch a3 man 1s not born tu tnose two Kinds of love, but to their contraries—viz., to self-tove and the love of the world—thereiore he must needs be born. in all ignorance and want of knowledge. Neverthe- lés3 by Divme means he is brought tw some- what of intelligence and wisdom, but — stili not actnally so, unless tne love of self and of the world be removed, and thas a way be opened for love to God and toward his neighbor. That love to God and neighborly love contain in them ail tntelll- gence and wisdom may appear fiom the care of those in anotner life, who, during their abode tn this world pave been principled in such love. When these, afterdedth, are admitted into heaven, they then come into such Knowiedge and wisdom as they before bad no conception of. Yea, they thmk and speak there, like the rest of the angels, such things as the ear has not heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man to conceive, which are ineffable. The reason is because those two kinds of love have the faculty of receiving mm themselves such things. Reformation of the Fallen. To THE EDITOR OF THE HBRALD:— Your columns are ever open to the voice of the people or any suggestions for reformatory measures, Many years ago my pen was the first which indicted an artice on the “Reformation of the Fallen.” Then there was only a little agitation on this important subject; it was merely tn tts infancy, for wantonuess and prostitution were not as barefaced and bold as at the present day. The pitiable situation of these abandoned women, the sad consequences of their evil courses and vile practices, calis forth for some gigantic e‘fort in their beliaif. We have ever advo- cated the license aystem. We ask how, if there is no license, can any sanitary committee arrest the Progress of disease and ifs contagious mfluences? They would have no rignt to interiere vecause of free agency and no legal enactments. So vast an iojury to humanity of both sexes, to health, to morals, the leprosy of taint, shouid be subjected to the jurisdiction of city au- thortties and city vigilance. How many noble, un- Suspicious men have felt the serpenv’s poison and earnestly wished there had been civil protection? How many homes made desolate by the tricks aud devices of street walkers and prostitute women ?— the devilish wiles and hellisn trattic of such ae. graded beings, who ilve In a world’s grave, yet have tue power to tnaul} purity and virtue, and cause Dieeding hearts and the bitter agony of unfaithtal marital vows, There are those imbaed with Puri- tanisin who discourage, on plea of a license to sin, auy interference of State legisistion or city inter- ferencs estruction and death before Heense; a Parisian carnage of morals beiore any city’s man- agement, Both parties sould be amenalve to law. “The reseiver is as guilty a3 the thief,” and every man who yisits a Magdatea should pay his fee to proper officials, anu thai fee go to support the sick and needy among @ failen womanhood. Private sensuality no cegisiation can prevent. It is only those who pubicly follow prostitution, e it is their only mode of livelihood, that can governed. We plead for these debased oues, and ask inthe name of virtne and decency this evil should pe grappled with by law. Public wrongs de- mand and require public remedies, If these pesti- lential women who sell themselves and barter their modesty will thus brand themselves as loose and impare, let them reap their punishment by stringent legal jaws and a submission to city government. Thus, Mr, Bditor, 1 a matter of nigh importance, and speedy legistatton should he employed to miti- gate thisenormous hydra-headed monster of sin and temptation, whose fangs are deadly poison. It is growing tuto @ leviatian lion, which” soon no man wiil be abie to tame or destroy, — Have not vir- tuous women a right to be protected from the open sight of those whose profession ts a destruction of all their fuer seniiments and nobler instincts? L. American Religious Mission Abroad. ifrom the London Daily News, June 23.) ‘We are informed that ina few days tne American members of a deputation which has undertaken a Mussion to promote religious liverty in the Russian empire wil) have arrived in Engiand. Among the “visitors will be Chief Justice Chase, Bishop Mcli- vaine, Mr. W. E. Dodge, Mr. Cyrus Field, the Rev. Schat, D. D., and Mr. Peter Parker, late 1 Mimster at Pekin. On Tuesday evening Shaftesbury will preside at a soirée which will be given In their honor at tho rooms of the National Clap, ‘The Council of the British Organization of the Evangelicat Alilauce will entertam them ata banquet to be held at Richmond om Weanes- day, under the presidency of the Earl of Chicuester, President of the Alliance, We unlerstand that these meetings will more linmediate relation to Dra e of interest to the religious world. Mr. Thomas Hughes, M. P., the Chairman of the Angio-American association, has tiviied tae members of the general cominittee of that association to meet Chie! Justice Chase aud tus colleagues on Thursday next. General Wilson, Senator for Massachusetts; General Smith, the Hon. Mr. Hoare, a member of Congress, who has come to this country on @ pubic mission and ower repre- sentative Americaas, wili also pe included iu Mr. Hughes’ invitation, General Wilson has been for the best part of a generation @ leader of the anti slavery party in the United States; and Mr. Hoare 18 @ son of the New England Commissioner, who, forty ears Ago, Was expelled from the State of South Larolina, whither he had gone to defend the constl- tutional mghts of free colored seamen, who at that time, and down to @ comparatively recent period, Were habituatly arrested in Soathern ports, and often sola into slavery. WARKING TO PATRIOTIC YOUNGSTERS. Tragic Termination of Tetanus+Blasting Bad Powder. A somewhat singular case of death was yesterday reported to Coroner Herrman, at hia office in the City Hall. Nearly two woeks ago Charles Feste, 9 lad, twelve years of age, whose parents live at No. 65 Mott strect, was playing with a paper of* powder in the rear yard, and purposely applied a Match to it, When the powder expioded some hard substance passed through the boy’s pantaloons and penetrated his thigh to the depth of an inch or more. ‘The wound was dressed, and it was thought that It would soon heal up; but subsequently. mfam- mation set in, and becoming excessive Charles was removed to the German Hospital, Seventy-seventh atreet and Fourth avenue. Symptoms of lockjaw ‘Were gpeedily develope’ and dgatp engued on Fri- day evoulaa. ' have JULY Y, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. THE WAR OF THE CHURCHES. The Struggle for Spiritual Power and Comfort at West Point. The Surer Way to Salvation, Which!—The Ca- dets and Everybody Ele in a Quandary— The Three Contending Sects. Wesr Pornr, July 8 1871. The pious people of this military region are troubled about their spiritual welfare, I don’t mean to say that they are not always doing the best they can 10r their saivation’s gake by leading good lives every day in the week, but the great majority of the residents have an idea, like @ good many other peo- ple who do not live at West Point, that it requires @ particalar mode of procedure in the religious line to make the attainment of heavenly bliss BEYOND THE GRAVE & thing of absolute certainty. It is no wonder, therefore, that the majority of people here should cling tothe particular church teachings they have been brought up in from thelr youth, and should Jook upon every attempt to transplant another faith in their midst im tts stead as @ vile machinatton prompted by his sulphureous highness below stairs, Everybody who has ever been at West Point knows that the post chapel has always been an Episcopal church, For very many years, up to a few weeks ago, Professor French was the ofMciai chaplain. He was always popular as professor of ethics and equaliy so as, clergyman, Some two or three years ago his health began to fail and he was unable to oMciate at the chapel. Ministers uf al! denominations turned up one by one every Sunday during his illness, and yet the gooa Episcopalians said naught and sang their hymns as sweetly as ever. The cadets, for whom the chapel is espectally intended, “DON'T PAN MUCH ON THE PROPHET?,"? and so didn't care a continental who got a chance to preach. The Cutholic cadets went as usual to the Catholic chapel and the Methodists to the Methodist chapel, which are both in the same building. So far 80 good. One fine day it was rumored about that Professor French was to resign. This was bad, Then came the rumor that General Grant was determined to appoint in his place @ man after his own heart—a Methodist, This was worse, and the Episcopalians’ dander rose forty degrees, The idea of a Methodist being the official dispenser of Divine grace in the oMcial chapel was something positively overwhelming. What would become of them if they happened to kick the pucket after giving in ther aahesion to the new dispenser? The President was bored to death about the matter. He was called upon by ali sorts of delegations, who, under cover of other bu-iness, sprung the subject upon him atevery turn, But it was allto no use. He didn’t give them the satis- faction even of aforlorn hope. He was silent upon. the subject’ whenever he was spoken to about it, and the Episcopalians had in the end to grin and bear the horrors of thet pated doom the best Way they could. Meanw the good Professor French waxed stronger ey day, much to the chagrin possibly of the strolling clergyinen who made their fixed sum of doijiars every Sunday so long as he kept under the weather. He at last got well enough to take his old place, ana thus for a time the fears of ihe Episcopalians were quieted, However, Professor French’s hicalth had been broken down tosuch a degree by his combined labors as rofessor aud chaplain that he could hold out no lopger, and so, @ short time ago, he resigned. His resignation again opened tne old question, and the fear of the appolutmenut of a Methodist began once more to TROURLE THE DREAMS of those who believed that a Meitodist hasn't a strong enough pul! on the aifairs of he other world to make them Lappy. It was necessary, under the circimstances, (hat the Episcopalians should put their heads together aud decide upon a solid basis for action. It finally leaked out that the President had determined to appoint a Methodist, Grant, it was rnmored, Wanted the appoimtment made atonce. This report created the utmost con- sternation. Even the Presbyterians allowed them- selves to be dragged mto the fuss, and, a ter dae preparation, sided with the Episcopalians and made common cause against the Metiodists. The latter OOK this sorely to heart, for it indie: as plamiy as actions could indicate it that the Presbyterians believed Epiacopalianism a@ more certain GUARANTEF. OF NAL WELFARE than their own tenets, iif commaiton was par- tally successinl, as a short time ago the Rev. Mr. Mayourn, an Episcopalian, was appointed as odi- cial chap!ain pro tem. But this pro tem. business 14 rather a shaky one at West Point, and the Episco- palians know it. They are striving, therefore, to get the appointment of an Episcopal clergyman made regular, When General Grant was up here last month efforta were made to bring the subject before him, but he evidently scented the battle from afar and gave no one @ chance to corner him on the question. Ag things now Stand the Kev. Mr. May- burn has the odds tn his favor, being in possession pro tem., but the Episcopalians fear that they have only got one-half of what they bargained for, and that even ints will be taken from them at no distant day. Thad a conversation with several of the re- sidents of the post to-day about the matter and talked the subject over with a few of the cadeta, “What do you think of the opposition toa Metho- ajst Wa a T asked of oue of the frequenters of the Methodist chapel. «Think of it! why [think it ts very ridiculous, A Methodist would certainly lead nobody astray, and I think be could have a better hold on the cadets than ail the Episcopal clergymen they can get together. “But why do the Episcopalians set their face against the appointment of a Methodiat?”” “Well, the reasons tor thetr opposition are very many; but the chief one, I think, fy that they con- sider their Church the only true Charch and that in @ Christian it ts necessary to and forms of cere- order to live like follow the Episcopalian doctri mony,” “And another reason?” “Another reason, though Ido not think all the Episcopalians believe in it, is that a Methodist would not be stylish enough for the place. In fact, he would roam about, exiibitmg too much and mingle too freely with all sorts of people, under the impression that by doing so he would briug sowe stray sheep into the fold.” “What do yon think of this reason 1” “7 think just this—that it ts @ minister's duty to do all the good he can. If he can do it by being very exclusive let him be so, though I can’t see what good he can do by being so. On the other hand, if he can INOREASE THE NUMBER OF THE ELECT by being democratic and mingling freely with all classes, particulariy with those who are in the greatest need oi spiritual help and who do not wear good clothes as rich men, he is iu duty bound to accordingly. What do you Lid sg the Board of Visitors meant by insmuating in their report that the chaplaincy should be made less of @ ‘sinecure?’ ? “That is more than I can tell. Iam sure Professor French worked hard enough; but I think I could tell who suggested that part of the report. People have got it into their heads that A CHAPLAIN’S WORK here begins on Sunday morning and ends on Sun- day might, The six week days go for nothing, they think; but they wouldn't go for nothing if there was & Methodist clergyman at the head of affairs.” “Does General Grant really wanc a Methodist chaplain?” “{ think he does; we Methodists here have had good reason to bell-ve so. Mrs. Grant 19 a very devoted Methodist, aud she, ne doubt, will have a say about the thing.’ 1 made it a point shortly after this confab with the Methodist layman to call upon an excelent Episc alian who resides here. To my inquiry as to why fe thought a Methodist minister would mot be suita- ble as chapiain, he gxclaimed:— “Why the fellow Would have acamp meeting in full blast within the limits before ould settle down quietly; then we don’t like Methodist clergy- men. They are not exactly the thing. They make such @ fuss and flurry. Just imagine one exhorting In the chapel and goin round in the aisies like a wild man and asking every cadet who looked anywise scared whether he had ‘got religion,’ * “Now ‘rhat would the Eplscopalians do if a Metho- dist snould dnatly be appointed ?”* : “Dor We'd never go hear the chapel; we'd rather walk all the way to the Falls and back and put up with Dr. Wells.” “Would that hurt anybody?" “Tt would sausfy us, We are in the majority on the post, and that fact ought to be enough to seitie the question as to What kind of a minister we should have.” “Are the majority of the cadets Episeopalian /” “No, I don't say that ; I don’t know.” “Wasn’i the chapel intended for them more than any other class of Individuals here ?” “T suppose so; but very few nowadays thing #0. If it was, what right have they to pass tne plate around’? Iwended my way to the cadet camp after this a had a | talk with many of the gray coats about the chaptaincy. “Oh DF said one of them, Who seemed to be a reflex of the opinion of the majority, “we don’t care a Og about who is the ‘sponter’ so long as he doesn't spout toolong atatime. Those of us who want to go to the Catholic chapel can do go. it’s the same With the Methodists, They can go to tueit chapel. No one is fined for going to any particuiar church, although every one of us must jo to some Chureh, “The great majority of cadets go to the official chapel, do they not?" “Yes, but that doesn’t prove that they are all Eplscopaitans. You see those of us who are not very parcular where we go go there because it is THE HANDLES! PLACE PROM TIE SARRAOKS, BUG NYERN~ 9st the cadet winked maliciously | and {nterventions into the Peninsula. and Mrs. | | Inthe ceremonies of the jubjiee and breaking the wuinmer time, yeu kno’ visitors | popes y Ww, ail the young lady you like Mr, Maybarn’’? gt.” “How do ive. eno “If there was any change—that if & Methodist wesprpneed ws bis place—do on think the attend- 8 cadews at thi chapel would Pane e- omcial chapel “Not in the least. We do not care one way or the other who the minister is, J think that is the opinion Of the majority of the corps.” It will chus be seen that if General Grant appoints @ Methodist he will no’ give much offence to the cadets, but there will be an awful how! among the Episcopal residents. ‘The situation ig now @ very uncertain one and will remain so as long as the cier- gymian in charge Is a pro tem. chaplain. Will Gen- eral Grant give way to the Eptscopal-Preabyterian | combination or will he confirm their fears by put- ting tp the much-dreaded Methodist? Thar is now the question. ROME. The Close of the Pontifical Jubilee—Sentiments of the Celebratcrs—fo2nes and Incidents of the Feetivities. Roms, June 21, 1871. ‘The festivities in honor of the Pontifical Jubilee have at lastcome tw an end without any sertous disorder, and the cliizens are congratulating tiem- selves over the fact tuay they have given proof be- fore the entire world of the feasibility of keeping up @ pope and & king in Rome, both personages betng distinct and separate powers. All eyes in Italy, a8 well asin many other countries, have for the last week beep directed upon the centre of Catholicism to look for &@ massacre of mnocents, of one party or theother, aud yet we close the proceed- ings of this /vsta, the like of which never occurred beiore—and in more senses than one, especially in that of duilneas—without the least rioting, blood- shed or disturbance of any consequence. It cer- tainly is regarded here as a great triumph for Italian Uberalism, The Jabiee has also been CELEBRATED IN ALY. THE CITIRS OF ITALY, but tess quietly. In Florence and Turin, the two former capitals, the clerical party turned out in great force, Miuminated extensively, worshtpped freely and had their processions to an unusual extent, simply because out of Rome they felt under less restraint. The liberals, being quite indifferent in religious matters, did not expect any such de- monstrations; but, taken unawares, they collected in bands on the spur of the moment, paraded the streets of the sald cittes, insulting the participators Windows of ali suspectea houses. The public forces had to intervene, but in the meantime the Catholics had had thelr rejoicings and nad offered @ considera- ble check to the ardent patriotism of young Italy. The counter demonstrations against the ultramon- tane party in Brussels bave been received with heartfelt content by the hberals here, who thus for the first time are a‘forded the evidence that a large public abroad are on their side. Hence the cry now is, “Let us do nothing to inflame the religious quarrel which exists elsewhere as well as in our own house. -We have the peace of the world tn our keeping? Undoubtedly they are sincere in this, being anxious to draw no more foreign bayonets Never were the people more eager in regard to the motto, “Out with the foreigner!’ bow that theyohave got lim out for once since the fall of the Roman empire. On the other hand, it would be A GREAT ERROR to imagine that the Pope's partisans are all as good as dead and buried, not having quite suceeded m their pollucal expectations and acmonstrations connected with the jubilee. hey were never more aetive than now and whatever is possible for them todo in order to have back the temporal power ‘ou May deyend upon it they will do it, Pio Nono has been Made the cause of a greater row this tune im other cities of Italy and other countries | than in that of his own residence; but although this may appear strange at first sight there ts a reasou for the tact, and itean be easily hyo eaty All the agitation made abroad in favor of the lost Kingdom has tts source here. in Rome ts to be found the fountain source of all the resigious Cisputes and commoitons now going onin burope; the whote airalr is alumented and dt- rected from here, The Italian authorities being fully aware of this took the FARLY PRECAUTION this city so strongly guarded by armed forces | of the army and the police tnat ducing the festival Week just passed either party, liberals or clerica!s, which should first have raised 0 create dis- turbances for the breaking 01 th go much was at stake for their contracts, their policy and their new throne—wouiul have beea instanily 1. All were forbidden, im view of these prepara- | to come to blows; had they not been made Rome would have enjoyed the spectacle or a fight. There is a great deal of vindictiveness harbored against the priests and their party, and the least Imprudence on either side, the least provocation on the part of foreign visitors and delegations would certainly have caused it to be exhibited in acts of excess, ay of ferocity, notwithstanding the conci!iatory senti- menis inculecated by the more moderate of the re- deemed and disentiralied patriots. For the last two or three weeks YOUNG ITALY, PULL OF WRATH and hot blood, revocations offered by the lower members of the Church party in the following strain obliged to abaadou Rome: by the intervention of Henry V. any ocher sovercign, we Wul first purn the Vatican, St. Pever’s and every other church, hang the Pope, and inassacre every priest and Jesnit in the etty |? There you have the Commune of Paris over agatn, exhibited in words, and If things should come to the pass mentioned there are many who would do their uimost to put to due jorm and shape its acts as well, to hay A FEW INCIDENTS of the celebration during this week of jnbilee, now happily ove, Wil serve to substantiate the above. ‘rhe carrying of the uioney bags to the Vatican has beeu @ great feature in the eyes of the Romans, and one which in these days of misery and sutfering and tribulations has caused their mouths to water and their pockets to feel empticr than ever. They langhed at tne cut of the foreigners’ jit, but they looked very much like shedding tears when they stood and beheld the money going Into the Pope's palace and away for them. herever deputues were getting ready thelr gifts or alighting at whe doors here the Swiss seutinels stoud there was surely to be (ound @ large hut not very enthusiastic crowd of poor ana gaping Romans, better dressed, It is trae, than ul erman pilgrims, but with stomachs less substan’ fed. Pio Nono, however, finding him- Self well in funds, gave alarge sum to the partisi priests in order that it might be alstrivated to the poor of the city. THE ATTRMPT TO RIDICULE THE JUBILEE, The local attempt was made to give a coloring ot ridicuie to the entire jubilee, and the attempt suc- ceeded 1n 80 far as the personne! of the Papal visit- ors went, for the Romans have long been toed to great form and pompous shows, late pilgrims did present rather a shabby aspect; Indeed, all agree that there never was before such a rugal display of a spectacie made on similar occasions in the Eternal City, But, when all was seen and said, the money bags could not well be gotten over, and Plo Nono has been universally envied and considered by his late subjects a very fortunate man to recetve so many of the good things of tms World from his far-off children in foreign countries. Many of the popuiace openly take it as an evidence that Italy canpot last in Rome, at Jeast—and this faith 18 stout and stubborn, although the appointed! time for the transfer of the capital is only ten days off. A great many sarcastic remarks were bandied between the two camps, blows being digallowed by imposing masses of troops. For instance, as the foreign visitors chape- roned ®y Roman priests and monks were being conveyed in Vehicles or Walking acrosa the bridge of St. Angelo, the picket station Glied with Itahan sol liers and a plentifui supply ol officers, vecked out treir Most gayly uniforms and provoking colors, ecame an eyesore to those on their way to the hohest of holy places, there to congratulate “the prisoner” of these same soldiers and oMicers. One of the priests, more bold than the others, passed by in a reproving mood and remarked in the heartug of the officers, “How iong will this wickedness be tolerated, O Lordy” Therenpon tne oficer, who considered himself adaressed, slowly arose and murinured th the nasal chant of the Church rites, “In s@cula secuiorum, amen I? When chis repartee was spread abroad “all Rome’? was thrown tw estacies of glee. Three hundred of the and visitors on thelr way to the little vil Grotta Ferratta, near Frascati, fifteen miles out o town, by way of PILGRIMAGE to the church there (on the altar of which they placed a sliver crown in honor of the Virgin Mary), vompanied by two companies of ftalian a protection against the pretended insnit of the pleos which they had requested of the Italian government—sang psalms, litantes and shouted Vv ciferously ict Pio Nono!” They startal at da light, and kept this chant up all the way, althoug they had nothing in thetr appearance to designate that they were pilgrims; but thon the days of Peter the hermit being over, it was not amiss that they should be taken, on horseback and in coaches, for igriins of the latter half of the nineteenth century, ie Italian soldiers understcod the complunent pal to them in their eapacity of an involuntary escot The pligrims performed mass at the church of the village, which was decorated with national fags as a@ counterpoise, and afterwards held a collacion of viabds and wines, during whieh many toasts were drunk to the health of Kome, The Distusbances in Kone. The following communication appeared in the London Zimes of the 26th ult Nome, June 19, 1871. AS avery inaccurate account of the demonstra. tton on Sunday the Hotel a’ Angleterre, Rome, has been circulated in the (allan journals, }, as an VERWIMNOHY OF HOME OF The field, bave Been rev | sured me later, the: | slander and tale-bearing. 5 quested by those concerned toneg you wil! do me the favor to Insert tne foliowing tn the Tims: Lady Edith, Lady Constance and the Hon. Noel, accompanied by the “art of Gaiashorough, came to Rome as the originators and leaders of the deputation from the Cathole youth of Great Britain to congratulate the Holy Father on his jubt- lee, They took apartments on the second floor of the Hotel d’Angleterre, via Bocca di Leone. The pro- prietor of the hotel was perfectly cognizant of the object for whieh his distinguished visitors had come. Yet during their absence at mass on last Sunday morning, without having previously asked their leave, a tievlor ag was hung out of one of their windows, windows in the fron’ of the hotel from winch tt might have been hun: Morcover, Sunday was no national holiday, anc, a8 the Questor of Reme as- Was Lot the least ovligation to display the national fag. ‘The Hon. Edward Noel, on his retarn home about ten o'clock in the morning, finding the tricoior aus- pended from the window of his apartment, witharew it and sent for the secretary of the hotel, who seams to have heen the tustgatur of the demonstration that followed. ‘The flag was then displayed ina window of ahigher floor. A crowd gathered about the hotel shortly aiter, and the secretary rerurned to Say the flag must be placed tn its original po- sition, Mr. Noe: thereupon sail, “If this be the case, thea our family and the other members of the ation will leave the hotel.” The flag was re- placed; before suspending 16 it was waved two or three times, the wi crying, “Vira Vittore Emanuele!” Mr, Noo! responded, Vira Pro Nono!” At Cis polut Lord Gatn-borough, who had been out at mass, and was igne tor what was going on, returned home. He acquiesced tn the decision of his son, and the wh party prepared to leave for another hotel. Meanwhile Mr. Jervoise, our Score- tary of Legation, had been sent for py the proprietor of the hotel to concer with Lord Gainsborough. The municipal authorities had on their side summonea two companies of soldiers, and employed them In dispersing what ap ed to he a@ crowd of curious, Spectators. Lord ( rough and his family then left the hotel, TEMPLE EMAYULL. eat Social Evil-—fts Etferrs Upen and on Society—Sermon by Rev. Or. Gutheim, The portion of Scripture read In this synagogoe yesterday was Leviticus Xix., from the fourteenth verse of which Dr. Guthetm discoursed on oue of the greatest and most prevalent social evils of the day~ The words of the text “Thou spalt not curse the deaf nor put a bling block before the blind, but shalt fear thy lam the Lord.’ Next to the decalogue, he said, this chapter ts one of the most important in the Bible, Its very intraouction is solema and ina pressive in the extreme:—"Ye shall be holy, for the Lord your God am holy.) And in pursuance of this perfection various and important laws are enumerated which are appilcalle to society at large and also for the soctal relations of wdividuals, In this also {s the found m of ail true morality, ty is but a repetition of the command “Love thy neigh. bov as thyself.” There are other minor comraand: which many persons think to be of little or no ac count, but God, who seeth not as man sceth bat who readeth the heart, knowoth their importance and worth. This command may be bro! ine thousand ways, but there is one certain species of calumny prohinited in this te (hou shalt pot puta STUMBLING BLOCK BEFORE THE BLIND.” As an illustration, one class—and that tie most important implied in the term pluud—are chilaren, who must be led by persons of mature years and experience, and th who would put stumbling bioexs before them have not the fear of God before their eyes, Consider the influence which this sin exerts upon the tmdividual and upon society. This species of calumny is not always indulged for the sake of doing injury to otners. It is ollen re- furted to by persons to make theniselves witty and agiecabie: but no one ean indulge tn it without dome positive injury to him or herself. Ta soctal in- nil the tercourse the opinions of our neighoors terances are rep sm. Y ated WIth & pomting of ns citen whet thelr wit ors. They will mand dwell only on their and mperiections. Aud these hearuess critics, by ated tudulgence im this Kid of siande: become blind w any good quailty or virtue @. outside of themselves, and they will exaggera’ fauits and follies of others. They are the worst ene- mies to morality and region that can be fouud to society. They docne contrary ot What the Scripture commands, and God is not feared by them. Thoy talk about thelr neighbors fur the sake of masmg ridicule, Sin, they say, ETH AT THEIK BROTHERS’ DOORS. But are they themselves free? i¢ would, indeed, he @ low and pitiable state of society where such scan- dal-mongers should find ready a m families, where children are to be and hi to be taughs kindness, virtue, ben ce, generosity, &c. The scandal-monger aller @ time ceases to be content with what may naturally come to his hand, but he will ferret out the tailings of his neighbors by prying into their Incomings aud outgomgs aad all the ace tions of thetr lives, not spariag even tie sadness of the soul. If we examine the purpo and mouve from whence tts prying springs we shail be In- duced to look into our own hearts, and thereby pe- come more charitable in our judument of others. ‘The slanderer watches the words and motives of his neighbor with a hypercritical eye to find something for which to asperse his character. Trifing thoagh this socia vice may at first appear it has been frat fl of sorrow and misery, embitiering many a Ife, to whom death was the only relic! aud the most wel- come visitant. The Doctor then constderel the various circles of society tn whi these bearers and scandal-mongers circulate, aad asked who will accept thelr conversation? What circle will take them la? Tne infuenve of this vice in begetting unjast and uncharitab!e comparsous, tu lea log to false estimates of ourselves and otners, tn degrad- ing society and damaging religion was forcibly epicted, In the second place the pernicious effects of de- yaction upon others was pointed out, Children ng UNable to conceal mouves $0 well 44 older persons, will Per bar LAUGH IN THR FACES been ridiculed betore them, And of those who h: ib will eventua: hood ta them. Children who do not ask 4 are often fully vant of What ts passin houschold, and ii we speak wrougfuily of tho Viait 08 a9 soon as Lhey leave the louse our h)i- dren will not be slow to understand our lypocrisy. Virtue and truth must be lustiiied in their minds by Words aiid acts, and woe to that child who lives ip an atmosphere of ul-nature and falsehood. What ever may prove #® stnmblivg blvck before © ren should be religiously removed and Kept away from them. The inspired psulmist desertbes In a few masterly touches the virtues wiicu should cuarac- terlze the social life: He that watketh upright! apeaketh the trate i his h He that backbiteth not with bia tongue. nor doeth evi) to hig nelgnbor, nor taketh up & reproach against his neighbor. In whose ¢yes a vile person is condemoet; bat he honor- eth thera thai fear the Lord; he that aweareth to bis own hurt aad changeth not. He that puttech not ont bis money to usury, nor taketh re- ward against tue Innocent, He that dueth tuese tings sball never be moved. Oh that these words were written in letters of light on every Numan soul! Every home would then be & Paradise, aud the spirit of wisdom aud under- standing and might would rest upon us. And may this spirit rest upon us and command happiness and peace [rom Heaven as our portion, Amen, nd worketh rigiteousness and STAVED TO DEATH LV BROOKLYN. lee Water the Cause of Bloodshed—Inquest in ithe Russel Homicide. An inquest was held before Coroner Whitehall and a jury et the County Court House, Brooklyn, on Friday evening last, toncaing the cirenm- stances attending the violent taking of of Wiiliam Russel, who died at the City Hospital about ten days ago from a trac ture of the skull inflicted on the 27th of Jane. ‘The testimony taken from eye-witnesses of the afai indicated how slight @ provocation ts needed to ex- cite the Worst passtoas in the breass of some human beings, Who will not pause to consider for an iustant the fatal consequences of mdulying ythe evil thirst lor revenge for trivial offence which wells up in the rancorous heart, The bone of contention in thiv instance between the slayer and the slain was no less a cooling beverage than fee water. The story of Garret Murphy, a laborer, Who Was present durin ine tronble, i Mt substance as followsg—Decease: was employed tn @ gang of laborers, on the day in question, at the tobacco Inspection Works loot of Dock street. The witness had been working in @ separate gang in a shed, under the supermtendence of Join Hailoran, who at sevea o’clock ordered them to go over to the building, While on thew ay to the latter place they wiet a gang of men pro- ceeding in an opposite direction, At the point of meeting tue Halloran party had a pail of ice water, and iiussel, Who Was of the other squad, went tu haveadrink, The next that witness knew of the was hearing ly ai say, “I often bongit ice “You are a iar,’’ was the angry retort of aecused to this ertion, Hateran applied several other opprobi epithets to the un- fortunate man, who exciaimed, “You are a meau shoe Loy."” Kussel then wok up @ bundle of to- bacco and piaeing tt on his shoulder started toward ine shed with it, Te had no sooner tarued his back than the foreman, Halloran, picked up a varrel stave and dealt him @ terrible blow with it on the back of the lead, felling him to the earth, Where he lay unconscious. Finally h.s assaliant and other men raised him in thetr arms and pore him to a place of shelter, where efforia were rade to resussitate him. He was subsequeatly taken to vie hospital, where Le died. Four other witnesses corroborated the evidence of Murphy, and after a brief consultation the jur, rendered 4 verdict, finding that the blow inflicted at the hands of Joni Balioran caused the death of William Russel, ‘The guilty man fled immoduiely after the oveurrenee aud as not since been #eOR OF heard from