The New York Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1871, Page 6

RELIGIOUS. Silence of the Sermonizers on the Shooting Sensation. “THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.” The Rioters Disowned by the Catholic Clergy. ‘TEACHINGS OF FALSE PROPHETS. Discourses of Fathers Deshon, Haggerty, McCready, Farrelly, Casso, Farrell and McQuade and Reverends Tyng and Ireson. ‘The churches were largely attended yesterday Morning, but the storm of the evening prevented the same observance of the ordinances as in the early part of tne day. There was a natural expecta- Yon onthe part of the public generally that the Cathoyic clergy would, tn their sermons, refer to the mot of Wednesday; but, with the exception of two churches, there was not the slightest reference to whe subject, and a very sufficient reason for this general silence is given by an assistant of Father Farrell to a HERALD reporter, The dog-days are having their effect upon the outward observance of Sabbath worship; the flocks, in many Instances, are without their usual spiritual shepherds, and the stranger is not attractive enough to arouse sufficient energy to combat the bodily lassitude tliat the meteorological condition of yesterday was 80 fruitfnl in developing. There 1s, however, in the resumé ot the rehgious services of yesterday given by the HERALD reporters a sufficient indication that reli- gion has an abiding vitality in the souls of the peo- pie. Tne “City of Churches” is in a more desolate condition religiously than any other city, The “star” preachers are away, and the popular houses are nearly ai] closed for the season, « PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, Sermon by Rev. Father Kearney—'the Daa- «wer of False Prophecy and Teachings. The high mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral was by No means largely attended, but the congregation as- fembied appeared exceedingly devout and respecta- bie. Rey. Father McNamee officiated as celebrant of the mass, and Rev. Father Kearney preached a brief but practical sermon, taking his theme from the Gospel of the day contaimed im the seventh chap- ter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, trom the fitteenth to the twenty-firs inclusive, In opening his discourse the reverend speaker said that the Gospel which he had read to-~ instruction tothe people from our Lord, aud em- braced the same teachings as the sermon which was delivered on the Mountain, in that sermon Christ impressed on the minds of his hearers those admira- ble precepts by following which our salvation is to be obtained—charity, justice, honesty and all moral precepts—and then breaks forth with these words;— “BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHET: Mis precepts would lead wen to the narrow way which leads to eternal Jife; and if they were mot followed we would surely go down the broad Way that leads to destruction, It seemed as if Christ had this before uis mind, to tell the people, “I have spoken unto you; I have taught you; but there will arise hereafter, as in my ume, those who will teach you falsely, and will strive to draw you off from the service of God—men who think nothing of your souls, but SEEK SIMPLY TO GAIN THEIR OWN ENDS.”? And this app! exactly to our own Ume. We are tossed about by every wind of new doctrine; and there are fa!se teachers of men who arise in their ride every day to teach their own principles and jay down their own guidance. Our Lord would gay, now as im that day, “I have instructed you and am your true prophet; I will die to save your souls, and I bave instructed you to lay sin away irom you, and will send you men who fave drunk into their souls THE VERY GRACE OF GOD to teach you my principles and my precepts, Where Will you find men like unto tnem'to teach true and sitive doctrine and who will succeed me m the inistry of my Fathery’ W: 'y sneered aud scoffed at him he was always kind to them and strove always to bring them back to their followers. ywas the | He taught the sublime precept of patience; He was | ent with Petereven when he denied Him. He aught them humility and wasved the feet of bts cils- cipies. Every doctrine, every principle, every pre- cept He tanght He also proved by His miracles and by His death. To His disciples He said, As my Father sent me 1 aiso send you.’ I send you with the same authority, the sume assistance as I nave that you may fulfil the work which I e taken and draw souls Irom sin. Is, then, we wished to find the true prophets we must take these precepts and IMITATE OUR DIVINE LORD and abide by His teachers, men who will never com- promise one principle of our faith, even though death stared them in the face, and whd will follow to the end the purpose of the commission which they hola. We find men springing up every day outside of the Catholic Church Who are continaaly giving forth to the world their views. They say ail bibers beside themse!ves are 1a error and ignorant, and each one of them, individually, will undertake to interpret in his own light what vur Divine Lord has said. They will CONDEMN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, the Church which has resisted all persecutions and still stands strong in hertriumph. They will tell us, judividually, that this Church is not ihe mfallible Church, and does not understand what Christ meant, but that tney, Individually, do understand 4b; that he Church Is notinialiubie, but each of these men is infallible. There are the false prophets, who are juterfering With the principles taught by Christ and the pre- cepts of the Church, and who are leading souls into ‘the broad road and to destruction. Our Lord also tells His disciples, “He who hears you bears me;? , “He who despises you despises 1 “Not every man who § ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall Anto the kin, 7? but only thos: ‘Will do the will of the Father; those only who fol- Jow the teachings vf the Church. In conclusion the preacher exhorted his hearers 40 take beed of the lessons they had heard to-day from this Gospel, to give ear to the troe successors of Christ, that they miay do in ail things as He com- mauded them to do, ST. JOSEPA’S ROMAN CATBOLI CHURCH. A Large € ation—Clear-headed Clergy- men—No Sermon by the Rev, Father Farreti—Why There Were No Sermons in the Catholic Churches Yesterday, and Why There Should Have Been None. Notwithstanding the attractions held forth to the foastea dwellers in Gotham by the breezes and by the summer verdure of the watered vaileya and airy hillsides of the open country, # large propor- sea hon—the great majority, in fact—of its Catholic popu- Jation still remain in the city, and attend church as regularly every Sunday as though the house of Worship were a shaded garden and not a gigantic awWeat-box, and that the men with the big meral Plates were in the habit of distributing ice-cream Austead of taking up collections. THE USUAL CROWDED CONGREGATION attended each mass yesterday morning at St. Joseph's Catholic church, Sixth avenue, of whieh * the well-known kev. Thomas Farrell is pastor. Many persons, of course, thought that on account of @he events of last week sermons alluding to them more or less directly would be delivered by one or @il of the clergymen who celebraved the different Masses; Nut howe Who went there yesterday morn- ing in the hope or expectation of hearing anything of that kind came disappointed. The clergy- man who offered the two early masses uttered 10 ‘word reiative to the recent “riots.’’ Father Farreit Mimsel!, who said nine o'clock mass, contented him self With making the usual announcements, which ‘were of interest fo nobody Outside of his own flock, apd the Rey. Father McClancy, who oiticlated at jasi mass, spoke po word jn the English dauguage except what suMced to request the wrayers of the congregation for the eternal ag of the souls of a few parishioners ho died last week, and to announce the engage- ment of a sew ovhers who are to get married next k, but for whom, strange to say, the prayers of faithful were not invoked—peruaps because are deemed of no avail in auch cases. On entering the porch of St. Joseph's, at the be- ginping of Jast mass yesterday morning, & HERALD representative net one of the elergymen attached wo the church a8 one of Father Farreli’s coadjacor In reply to the reporter's inquiry as to whether a ferinon might be expected, the “fair young priest, yas Raphael face,” answerea, ] think there will NO SERMON TO-DAY. Jt # not usta) to bave sermons at this season of the Bor, Yur cerewonics are very Jong: our churghes. are always fall; the neat, therefore, becomes doubly oppressive, and it would be unwise 10 risk an Le to the health of the congregation or to task the strength of the priest who ofictates at last mass, and who has, of course, to remain fasting until it is over, by them longer than tt is neceenee® for them to fulfil the obligation of hearing RerorTAR—Yes; but, considering the deplorable events of the past week, It would be scarcely un- reasonable to expect that the pastors of the different churches would have something to say on a subject with which, rightly or wrongly, religion has been considerably mixed vay CLERGYMAN—Religion had really little or nothing to do with that unhappy ousiness. Previous to the Jamentable occurrences of Wednesday last it might have been fairly Sappneed that the religious ques- tion was more or less invoived in that proposed Orange demonstration; but events have shown that Catholics, at least as Catholics, had no share whai- ever im that awful work which followed, They were DULY APPRISED AND ADVISED of their auiy in the matter by their Archbishop and clergy, and 1 am proud to say the latter were listened to and cheerfully obeyed by thew flocks, as they always have been in maticrs appertaining to the spiritual affairs of their peopie. REPORTER—But supposing the clergy were to ad- dress their congregations to-day, congratulating them on their having hearkened to and profited vy the admonitions of thew pastors, would that be leading to the assumption that such marked obe- dience was something extraordinary or unusual ? CLERGYMAN—Precisely, It 1s, of course, & matter of great satisfaction that our exhortations mec with such a signal and happy response from our people; but any expression of rejoicing over that fact mignt be mistaken for AN EXHIBITION OF SURPRISE or lead to the notion that a contrary result had been looked for as probable or possible. We Knew that after our solemn warnings those persons who would congregate around the scenes of that demonstration on Wednesday would not be Catnolics in fact, though they might be In name—like the man Campbell who was killed in that affray in Brooklyn last night, but who, though he could try to disgrace the Catholic mame by presuming to champion the Catholic cause, had not been really a Catholic at all for many years. whe events have justified our opinions and our course, and no biame can now be attached to our Church or her people for the disasters of the 12th of July, ST. JAMES’ (R. C.) CHURCH. Brief but Preguast Action of the Paster, Rev. Felix H. Farrelly. Whether Saratoga be in full blast or the Branch all the go has very little, if any, appreciable effect on the number of worshippers at this church. The con- gregation yesterday was quite as full as if the glass stood a little above zero, The pastor, Rev. Felix H. Farrelly, was the cele. brant of the last mass, and expectation was oii tip- | toe to hear what he might have to say about the riot, At the usual time for that purpose he read the list of those recently deceased, for the happy repose ol whose souls the prayers of the audience were asked, In the category were included not a few who were called hence suddenly and violently on the lzth of July, <As_ the reverend pastor came to tho: names he pronounced them slowly and with a nervous delibe- ration that showed a spirit within mueh perturbed. Having conciuded the reading he stood for afew seconds mentally gazing at the congregation. All expected remarks on the subject, but they “were doomed to disappointment. Suddeniy, as if on the impulse of a new light, he said, I will read you the Epistie and Gospel of the day; te forme taken trom Paul to the Romans, vi., 19-23; the latter is from Matthew vil, 15-21, He then read, wHnout note or comment, It was, however, entirely un- necessary; the extracts were too pointed in their plication to be but hurt by illustration, In addition, the pastor, who is an elocutionist of no ordinary power, emphasized certaim p: ages tuat spoke Trumpet-tongued, For instance, bis rendering of such verses as the lollowing too plainly told huis vie “What fruit, therefore, had you then in those things of which you are nolashained?’ For the end of them is death.’’ For the wages of sin 1s deat eware of faise prophets who come to you in got Sheep but inwardly they are raven- “A good tree cannot yield bad fruit, neither can a bad tree yteld good fruit,” “Not every one who shall say ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven."? The but thinly veiled emotion with which the pastor read made a a » impresson on his devout flock, and few congregations 1n the city separated with a ciearer sense of where the responsibility tor such outrages under the name of religion properiy belonged, CHURCH OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER. Prayer for the Dead Victims—Falxe Pro- phets—Science Opposed to Faith—Sermon by the Rev. Father Casso. Yesterday morning this church was tilled by an immense throng, which extended from the altar to the street. Galleries, aisles, vestibuies and stoops Were crowded by the multitude. Through the sol- emn services of the mass the great audience re- mained perfectly quiet ; but when In the prayer the deaa were mentioned, and the father added, “and THOSE WHO DIED ON WEDNESDAY,” there was a perceptible play of emotion sweeping like a wave over the sea of upturned faces, and a movement of unconscious sympathy almost like a tremor passed through the throng. At gh mass ' the assemblage was no? so large. Father Daly was cele brant, and Father Casso preached che sermon. The text was taken from the Gospel of the day, St. thew, vil., referring to HE WAYS OF FALSE PROPHETS.”” What darkuess is (o light and night to day, such error is to truth. Error 1s negative; truth is ailir- mative. Error 1s the weakness of deata; truth is the strength of life. frror does not appear so strik- ing or inviting as when it borrows a faint glimmer from truth. ut like the shadow of an afternoon sun, it deepens and heightens as the darkness thi ens. Error works under the minds of men, 4 when they are dark and stormy it comes like a fash of hghtning for an instant, and leaves them in greater blackness, But look at the sun as it ascends in the east, darting its nascent beams on the ea Such fs truth when 1t shines in the mind. It is the real light—the living trath is Jesus Christ. The Saviour once told his disciple that the gate Was harrow and the Way was straight which ied into eternal life. There are men who compromise r by the flattery of reason. They would iin a way that is crooked aud to a gate that 1s wiae, How many enter therein? ‘The Gospel warns us against false prophets and teachers, Who are they’ They are the philosophers who claim to en- lighten the world. ‘They lay down principles by which they gauge all bei But principles are not to be dealt with. If they cannot reach the light by telegraphic manipulation they conclude therefore that 1t does not exist. And ail tneir philosophy ts to prove the falsity of the written Word of God. They base theorles on the FRAGMENTS OF HUMAN BONES found in the Mississippi; but they reject any theory founded upon faith, By this they are undermining the Bible system. According tu them science is the deliverer of the world. We read that in Paradise there wasa tree of know- ledge, Which was very fair to behold.. He related the temptation and the fall. Theireyes were opened and they saw themselves naked. They were naked in the knowledge of faith and justice, but strong in the knowledge of evil, Such 1s reason—unwilling to submit to a higher power. Reason and faith are the two first principles, but neither can dispense with the other, But faith is superior to reason, yet al- ways rational. The finite must accept the infinite as itis. in the present age there is a nobie desire for knowledge; but, after all, what has modern philo- soply Gone for the human mind? Its mission has been to make the spiritual eiement disappear. It does not reach the height of Greek philosophy, Plaio’s idea of God was love and charity, makniz matter coeternal with God. Our philosophy comes to a conclusion degrading to humanity, and makes GOD THE AUTHOR OF EVIL. It can claim for itselt the horrors of the French eae a! which was a logical resuit of its princi- ples. Beware of false teaching. Jndge the tree only by its fruits; not by its leaves or blossoms. Beware of false prophets who come in the clothing of sheep, butare at heart ravenous wolves, In conclusion he drew an atlecting contrast between the remem- prance of a well-spent youth and of one il spent. He exhorted parents to keep their children in straight and narrow way. STEPHEY'S CHURCH, the | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 17. 1871. the seeds of destruction and seck to delnde men with the idea that it is their missisn to lead mankind to Heaven, and, moreover, make the path thereto as pleasant and agreeable as possible. These are the Men who have broached all manner of heresies and corrupted the Word of God, But our Lord intended We should have AN INFALLIBLE GUIDE Who would teach us the law of God, not gild it over nor explain it away, but faithfully ana sterniy point out to us the rugged and thorny road that leads to etert life, After referring to the gradual growth which Infidelity was gaimng among us, the preacher concluded his discourse by exhorting bis hearers to good works—works worthy of Christians and their religion, reminding them also not to depend too much on the mercy of God; for though His merey was above alt His works, His ee Was also terrible when He wisbes to exer- cise No ailnsion was made to the affair of last Wednes- day except that previous to the sermon Father McCready requested the prayers of the congregation for those who were killed on that fatal day. ST. PAUL'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Priests the Divively Ordained Guides of Men in Matters Temporal and Spiritua!—Newspa- pers and Secret Societies Denounced—Ser- mon by Rev. Father Deshon. At the church of the Paulist Fathers the principal sermon of the day was delivered by the Rev. Father Deshon, who took his text from Matthew vil., 15:— “Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing, but invariably they are ravenous wolves.” While the preacher made no airect allu- sion to the subject of the riot, his discourse evi- dently had reference solely to the dread occurrences of the 12th. The word “prophet’’ as used in the text is not, he said, to be understood as one who prophe- sies, but one who teaches—whose function itis to expound and promuigate truth. It was needless to say how important is the office of a teacher. If we are taught rightly, everything 1s harmonious, and we proceed with certainty in the paths of peace and virtue, On the contrary, if wrongly instructed, our powers are perverted, disorder reigns, and MAN BECOMES A FAILURE. The want of teachers, therefore, was a vital one, and Jesus accordingly had provided for it, He took the apostles, taught them, imbued them with his spirit and then sent them forth with a commission to teach mankind, Here they had the means of finding ont who are the true teachers, and they undoubtedly are the suc+ cessors of the aposties, They had also the means of finding out who are the false veachers. They might ask whatis 1t that they are to teach, He answered, everything that relaved to men’s duties and obliga- uons; not alone their religious duties, but their OBLIGATIONS TO SOCIETY AND THE STATE. It was quite common to hear such expressions as “Let the clergy contine themselves te their duties and not meddie with politics.” Whence comes this notion?’ It comes from the idea that the priest ought only to teach man religion; that he had a | particular and prescribed sphere. This was a inis- take, Jt was as much the sphere of the priest to in- struct men in polities as in morality. 'Ihese men, who seek to deprive the ciergy of their infiuence, are men who are perpetually pratipg about liberty, but it was a liberty that led to ANARCHY, DESPRUCTION AND BLOODS It was the duty of legislators to accordance with Goa’s law, and ti was the duty of | ortizens to support and vote for such legislators, under the guidance of their ciergy. Evil-minded men hesitated not to say LEC THE CLERGY MIND THEIR ow SINESS. Well, what was their business? 1 was their bus ness not to permit their people to be led astr they saw wrong done it was their duty to raise voices and prot against it. 1 c i ueutly tit to exercise the office tirst place, they were educated me voted years to study, and when people set them- selves up against them 1t argued A FLIPPANT SELF-SUFFICIENCY and insufferable pride, Humility would connsel tiem to bow in deference to the superior wisdom and greater information of their clergy. The priests, too, were disinterested —if they had any interest at aul it was to promote the glory of God. They had no family ties to bind them—no ob- ject in reaiizing money, or attaining to position. They were also the fathers of their flock, and telt a deep and tender soleitude for the wellare of their people; but especially and cniefly were they entitled | to the position of teachers, as the representatives of | Jesus Christ, who Himself had said:—“He that‘hear- | | eth you beareth me, and he that despiseth you des- | piseth me.’ False prophets are not so much | achers of heresy; for, thouga they are false proph- ets, their object and purposes are well Known, and | they are therefore less dangerous, They are, to be sure, Wolves, but not wolves in sheep's clothing, Foremost among the false prophets are the UNPRINCIPLED AND IRRELIGIOUS NEWSPAPERS. They protess a regard for liberty, by which they Mean the license of every man to do what he pleases, To get on in life is with them the highest virtue and best title to praise; their inculcations strike at the root of morality and virtue, and their creed ts, “Let us eat, drink and be merry, for to-morrow we die.” Next to the newspapers come the members of secret societies, and after them the politiciaas, whose mouths are full of expressions of love for the people, andwhose pockets are crammed with the people's money, whica they spend in RIOT AND LUXURY. The result of the teachings of the ialse prophets are to induce contempt of God and his clergy, and lead people into the depths of sin, Another false prophet resided within ourselves: it Was the spirit of pride and seif-will, that spirit which set itself against God and all authority. In conclusion he advised them to be obecient to those who are set over them, to the Sovereign Ponti, to their Archbishop and his. clergy. If they donbted any utterances oi these let them attribute it to their own ignorance, and not have the assarance to set themselves up in opposl- tion Lo the representatives of Christ. In this way they would be guaranteed from error, and the bless- ing of God wouid rest upon them, ST. COLOMBA CHURCH. Father Haggerty on the Riot—Zeal Without Discretion--Old Feuds Ought to be Buried Orange and Green. St. Colomba’s Roman Catholic church, at which Rey. Michael McAleer is pastor, is almost on the scene of Wednesday's tragedy, being on Twenty- fifth street, berween Eighth and Ninth avenues, The congregations yesterday at the different masses were uuusnally large, 1% being expected that allusions would be mwvle In the sermons to the riot. Coming to and returaing from church the people lingered in the vicinity of Eighth avenue and Twenty-fifth street examining with much curiosity the | marks left by the bullets on the walls, | windows and sivutters, and discussing the incidents of the dreadful day. The sermon at the | half-past ten o’clock mass was preached by the Rev. James Haggerty, of Cork, Ireland, The discourse was almost exclusively devoted to the riot. The apostles, the preacher said, once, when our Lord was INSULTED AND REVILED, asked Him if they should not call down fire from heaven on the heads of tis persecutors. In these days ana in this city are found men who, unwilling, apparently, to leave to God the defence of Hie Church and the religion it teaches, de- sire, if not to call down fire from heaven, least to ha recourse to pnyst- cal for for the purpose of punisbing men whom they regard us the enemies of their reilgion and nauve land. id AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS FERLING was presumptuous self-confidence and distrast in dence, Who had accomplished so much for Ire- and no donbt in His own good time had many e blessings im store for that land of saints. A single century ago there were hut 500,000 Catholics in Ireland, and of those THE MAJORITY WERE 8 ED IN IGNORANCE and povert What a contrast the condition of the country and people to-day presents, when Catnelics are nwabered by the million, when churches and | schools abound, and the people are in the enjoymentor | at least comparative liberty and prosperity. Not content with what God has done for Catholic Ire- at eo Sermon by Father McCrendy—Pharisees and False Teachers—The Prayers of the Cone «regation Requested for the Killed of Last Wednesday. ‘The attendance at St. Stephen's Catholic church yesterday Was not as large as usual. the spacious centre isle many pews were vacant, and there was a noticeable absence of that fashion- uble class tat come to worship here during the winter season. These latter no doubt are away at the watering places, where they can give their souls to the contemplation of nature and worship God in His works. The music and singing were as exc lent as ever. The soprano’s rendering of one or two solos Was perfectly thrilling. Father McCready, a handsome young pries@ preached the Gospel of the day. ie seventh chapter of Matthew, which faise prophets and teachers. If there Whom our Lord hated and constantiv inveighed against, said the preacher, it was the Pharisees those arcit-hypocrites wno, under the guise of sim- Diicity and fruth, instilled the fatal poison of false doctrine into the minds of the people. It was against these that Christ warned his followers when he said, “Beware of false prophets who come amongst you.’’ Now false prophets, in scriptural Jangoage, Was synunymous With false teacners, men refers to ‘as one vlass who from WICKED, VAIN OR MEROBNARY MOTIVES fssumed to veach God's word. They were among us to-day, CARNBE DIWOCIIGH WAY ESALiCN Divadonag Down along | ‘The text was frow | land, there are some ardent spirits who, allowing misdirected zeal to outrun discretion, and ignoring the restraints of law and the counsels of prudence, would seek to uvenge any insult, real or fancied, aimed al their faita and nationality. To this class belong the misguided jnen who had recourse to arms the oter day because a few Orangemen chose to je the streets, Let the matter be viewed im che proper ligaut and those Orangen ure more deservmg of pity | than wr To bestow any attention on them was at ouce Ww 1 injudicions, t to their own creme tney Would hardly have been heard Ole He deeply regretted that even a small portion of the Catholic Irishmen of New York had disubeyed Ule MyUnCUON of their Archbishop and CAUSED THE SLAUGATER | that they all so deplored by going to the seene of the parade, lu this connection the reverend gentieman | severciy censured the HERALD for, what he termed, its attack on te Archbishop, when on the Friday preceding the riot it declared, he (1, that if there was ploodshed it woud | hold ve Archbishop responsibie, At that very insiant the Archbishop was issuing Instructions | than lovers of | read the text again, and analyzed York were few in number, and two hundred thou- sand Catnolics could to treat them mag- nanimously, In conelusion he advised his hearers to beware of demagogues, and be docile to the in- [whee ad of their clergy, Who were their best ends, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY. A Worldly Life the Sign af rareless Soul— Sermon by Rev. 8. H. Tyna, Jr. Notwithstanding the dog days and the absence of so many church-going people trom the city, a goodly congregation gathered in the Church of the Holy ‘Trinity, on Madison avenue and Forty-second street, yesterday morning, to whom the pastor, Rey. Stephen H. Tyng. Jr., expounded the words found im Second Timothy, third chapter, part of the fourth and fifth verses—“Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godiiness, but deny- ing the power thereof: from such turn away.” Before Mr. Tyng announced his text he said that one of the annoyances of the worship iu this | church, and which 18 becoming every day more apparent, 18 its close proximity to the | noise and bustle of a great railroad station. The papers this morning, he continued, announce that the military procession accompanying the funeral of some of those who fell in the riot of Wednesday last will pass the door of this church at the hour in which we hold our cvening service, We shall, therefore, be obliged to postpone our service from four o'clock to stx, at which hour evening prayers will be heid in thts church. This building wil be open also during the summer for religious services at ha'f-past ten o’ciock A. M. and*four o'clock P. M. every Sabbaah. The text having been read, Mr. ‘yng remarked that it described two things which always go together, and which betoken unerring sympathy with each other—iove of pleasure and the form of godliness, A worldly life is a sure SIGN OF A GRACELESS SOUL, ‘The fair fruit of Sodom contains nothing but rot- tenness, It crumbles awMy in the nand. It is a de- ception, a hypocrisy. The inexperienced, who look only upon the fair exterior, are easily pegutled by the false pretence; but when they have been once deceived they crush it beneath their feet again. So itis witha life bent on pleasure as the chief end. There is much in it to captivate the young, but it is unspiritual, though the form of godliness may cover it as a clook, and the soul knows it right well. There can be no agreement between the two—between light and darkness, God and mammon, between a woridiy life and a Christian life. Where the power ot godiiness reigns in the soul ev other object must be made subordinate to the love of God, and however pubiic muy be our forms, however earnest our prayers or declarations of jaitiful service to God, uniess we have His poWer and ilis iove mm our souls the end is A MOCKERY AND A LIE, And so surely as God is in your soul so surely wil your daily lite tell 1t and alt will testily of the mo- lves of this hfe within. And tius, whether you eat or drink or whatsoever you do will be done to the glory of God. But from the lovers of pleasure more i, from those who have the form of godiiness but deny ils power the apostie tells us to turn awa Yhe Christian's joy is his strength. Jesus unse: springs of the heart and joy flows oul. teaches the danger and untrint Tuluess of Wi nd lormalisin in a professediy Christian man or church, God’s truths go i pairs ‘yng then showed the relation o: this text with texts aga sald would to God the ps pertinancy to the ci cher of no Christ in Ue present da y fainily altar and should the prayer ascend to Heaven that While iniquity abounds the love of the not wax cold, he reverend gebtieman as whether they (the people) were dead or alive, ii ihey had the form of godliness but Kuew uot is ‘power? ave you ever thoug! 4, of the solemnity of those two words a: ie to the lives of tne saints in the Church WELL DON Can Jesus say this to them? or shall He not rather be compelled to declare of too many prolessors to- day that ley are whited sepulchres.” Mr. Tyng then. meaning of the word “pleasure,” which means not only @ want, but the food wich’ supplies it. not preach agamst pieasure. [tis legitumate. Ged never mage a mouth but He made something to put in it; He never made a want of tne soul that He aid not furnish a supply for it also, and hence the text adds the word **nore”’—-lovers of asure more than lovers of God.’ When we make the love of God subservient to our love of pleasure we sin against ( Masic and mirta are well and exer- cise and agitation are necessary. The Christians ouly exerewe here should be to Jove the Lord with ail the mind, heart. soul and strength, and the aw ngs o! fasting ts found just liere to Keep the ody uader subjection, and the Lenten collect of the Charen migut weil be used he: Fasting trom de- lights and pieasures of the world 1s necessary to eLable us to love God, THE FORM OF GODLINESS. Some men affect to believe that mind acts upon mind directly, but experience shows tit they act and react upon each other through the body— thiough forms, The hearts of al men are in God's hands and He quickeveth whom He will; yet the word has been picased to speak fthrouga the body, And all the types of Judaism lead us to this trnth, avd whether it was the man or the ‘candlestick they saw in both the promise and tie type of Him Who was to come. And everything which your hands handle, or which you taste at the table of tue Lord leads you to look to the sacrifice of the Lamp of God slam from ,the foundation of the world. And until we are delivered from the bonds of this flesh the teaching of godliness must be through this form. It is impossible io silence the soul which has received Jesus. 1t cries out, come and see what tne Lord has done for me at the baptsinal font, and at the commnnion and everywhere else; und every €x- pression ofesuch a soul 1s a declaration that thy peo- ple shall be my people, and thy God my God. Mr. Tyng next answered the mterrogatory, “Who are they Who, having the power of godliness, deuy us power?’ They are those who exait the forms above the spirit and worship the creature more than the Creator, and are idolators, They are those who take them the sole medium ot conveying We grace of God to the soul, and thereby BECOME SUPERSTITIOUS AND FORMAL, To make the sacraments everything 1s to deny the power and eiicacy of the Holy Ghost and to preier that Kingdom which cometh ‘with observation to that which is wichin you. 118 that sin against the Holy Ghost which has no forgiveness, it 18 blas- phemy to say that the pouring of water on the body or the putting away of the tithiness of the flesh 1s spiritual regeneration. And all that tends to this declaration is a denial of the Holy Gnost and makes men lovers of pleasure more than iovers of God, How easy it is for u » pray and sing without Knowing what we sa Like the Indlan’s praying machine—to grind out a certain number of prayers per day. Let us not be deceived. Look withm and see that the power as well as the form of godliness 13 yours, ‘Touching on a formalist religion, Mr. Tyng remarked that the Saviour, in per- forming miracles and placking ears of corn on the Savbath day, showed that duty is superior to mere religious observance, ‘The hheart-teachings of the Scriptures were also pointed out as opposed to formalism, and by their fraits we shail know them, Wherever we find the Romish Church or liberal religion in the ascendeut—for the two are bullt pre- cisely on the same basis of justification by works— we find more license and Hpertinism than where evangelical religion prevails, Wherever you tind @ man who sees MORE OF GOD IN THE WIND than‘in the Word, you will find a man who spends Mis Sabbaths in sluggish slot The doctrme of infallibility tends the same way id the very word “carnival” so descriptive of Roman scenes at a time when Christians everywhere are looking to- ward Calvary shows what that system is aud where it tends to. God's way of making men moral is not by asking them to break off this or give up that, but to give Him their hearts and He will take care of the rest. God would have men act from motive, and every hninanitarian scheme fails for lack of motiv Laws do not prevent crime; they only arive to secrecy that which was before public, Mr. Tyng applied the lessons of the discourse to his audience, warning the young Christians to be- ware of the shams and formalists, and Inviting the latter, if any were present, to obtain the power rather than the form of godtiness. PRESBYTERIAN Paul, he said, does REE CHURCH. rd of Right—The Rule of Moral Week—Ser- The Sin Conduct—Lessons of the Past mon by the Rey. Dr. Burchard. A fair sized congregation assembled at this church yesterday, notwithstanding the oppressive state of the atmosphere, The esteemed pastor, Rev. Dr. Burchard, delivered the sermon, taking as his text Proverbs tit, J:--‘*Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and Jean not unto thine own understanding.” The doctrine which the speaker deauced from the text was that the will of God and not human wisdom Js the standard of right and the rule of moral con+ duct. The following points im proof were presented with great force of argument :— 1, The witl of God is in harmony with the great principles of moral reetitude. JL, 1tis always sale to foliow the reveaied will of God and never safe to deviate trom It. TIL It ts loyal to obey His will, because He is the Lord our God. | Mount, form ‘The mferences from the discussion were— Pirst—Any doctrine or practical maxim inconsist+ ent with the first principles of moral rectitude must to lis clergy to caution tel flocks against inter fering with the parade. The journal m question, too, We said, “Had Nad the presumption to upbrald ihe Archoisnop for the man n which he spoke of en Jn fis serinun ou Sunday, the 9tn Having pitched into the HeE#aLp to his heart's content Father Haggerty advised his countrymen to bury Yor ever the feuds and animosities of the old land, it the NEXT ST, PATRICK'S DAY PROCESSION he hoped that the soci would parade under ban- neys Of vraume aud greed. , Tie Ysangemon 1a New, Second—The popular sentiment received and acted upon, “Of two evils choose Ube least,’ on Moral sUby jecta, is wrong. The principle of expediency was clearly iinstratea, and when it was proper to choose an evil, not moral evil, which is sin ever, but the choice must be be- tween natural evil, when no moral question is involved, Jn conclasion the Doctor referred to the LAST WEEK'S HOT, Ju nearly the following Japgyawer<In view ot the, @iscussion your Minas naturally enough recur to the scenes of the past week, and you say, “There has been a great evil in the a blood has been shed and who is responsible?” The evil is to be traced primarily to that ecclesiastical hierarchy wich has se increased in this country and become so » INSOLENT AND INTOLERANT asto dare to its accused hand on our most sacred rights—the right to read the Bible in our public schools—the rizht which 1s freely accorded to every peaceable association—to ceieprate in a be- coming manner its own anniversary or that of any great historic event. But the Irish Roman Cutho- ites in this city, assummg that they have ali power in their hands—that as the city funds have been at their disposal for sectarian and ecclestastical pur- Poses so the city fathers must do their behests— take the right irom others which they have ever claimed so largely for themselves, do practically and boidly say that the streets of our city must on a given day be closed to Protestant and peaceaple citi- zens or they must expect violence at their hands, And just here 18 WHERE OUR MAYOR ERRED. Ins.ead of trusting in the Lord with all his heart, who has declared that the magistrate “veareth not the sword in vain,” he leaned to his own under- standing, and in cowardly fear yielded to the threats of an ignorant and unscrupulous rabble. He should have stood by the right and upheld law and government in the protection of tnnocent and uyof- fending citizens, no matter at what sacrifice of lie and treasure. Yield to these FOREIGN RENEGADES in this instance, ang there is no telling what will be the next demand—perchance the closing of our Pro- testant churehes and the exclusion of onr Protest- ant Bibles trom all our public senools, lt is high time this question were met—whetver our govern- ment shall stand the paladium of equal rights to all, or whether it shall pe wielded in the interest. of des- aoe and used as the propagandist of an ecclesias- «| Ucal OPPRESSIVE HIERARCHY. Itis high time Protestants were awake to this subject, and stand firm for the principles of our fathers, the princi»les on which alone this American republic can stand—favoritism to none, equal rights vo all, We mast suffer no foreign sect to come in and monopolize the public funds, occupy all the lugh places of public trust, and then say who shall parade in our public streets, No. We cannot, we will not, be slaves, but freemen, worthy our sires, standing by the right, trusting in the Lord with all our hearts, suffering no foreign and insidious foe to sell our birthright. Inherited asa precious legacy from our fathers, we will, with divine blessing, hand it down unimpaired to our children’s children. ALL SOULS’ CHURCH, God's Government and Haman Perfectibility— Sermon by Rev. Mr. Ireson, of Lundon—A Disputatious Listener in Charch. ‘There was a sparse, though no smaller than usual at this season of the year, attendance yesterday morning at the Church of All Souls, or, a3 it is more popularly known, Dr. Bellows’ church, corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth street. The sermon Was preactied by Rev. Mr. Ireson, of London, He took as his text Matthew v., 48:—‘Be ye perfect even as your Father in heaven 1s perfect.’ The perfections of the Father invited to tmitation. Jesus was not satisfied with the propositions of a mere moral lesson, but offered with every precept the inviting promise of divine heip. To hear Christ's sayings and to obey them is to found one’s house on a rock, He speaks out His mission. He here teaches the entre doctrine ot sul- vation. It 18 not salvation by doctrinal beltef, but to. conceive and obey God's will with heartiness. True spiritual help brings all souls to the same com- plexion at last, The proof and comfort of salvation, une very ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY ig the hope and endeavor to be perfect even as the Father io heaven, The doctrine of the true law of human duty, as set forth in the Sermon oa the “The of His the next topic of his discourse. od sole object of God's law was the « children, His laws are not the arblirary laws of omnipotence. Sin is deformity, It 1s hostile to God's beneficent designs. God’s rule 1s the pater- nairnuic. Sinis not an abstract quality capable of transmission, It 18 not a thing in our own thought, our temper, our deeds. The more wretched sin Mukes a naa the more hope is there of that man, Whom the Lord loveth He chasicneth, A father’s love Must be administered w.th ‘iminauon, The d METHOD OF GOD'S PATERNAL RULE 4s charact ed by the widest and broadest discrim- ination, There is no rule here for ptausible casuis- try, for priestiy coutrol of conscience, for painful penences. Alter further enlarging on this point, he next pro- ceeded to show who is the adiuinistrator of Gou’s Jaw. It was not theirs to restrict the law of God for His children. Jt was 0 act of mercy to a sinfui soul to give itaplace tor which it was not fittea, They Would not quarrel with the divine work. So that they could hold the Father's hand they feit sate. Trust iu the Father was their saivation, their religion, Some constderea the ideal of the text a3 grand. And go it w: But it was an ideal that was real. God was the great administeacor, The justice and the mercy of God are not to be separated. Im- perfections are no bar to the Jove of God. He seeks the wicked and the guuty. THE PENALTY OF SIN which a child sutfers 1s good for it, Men suffer the evil consequences of thelr own Toy. There is no escape from sin. Salvation is not the result of per.ection, To eradicate sin from men and not punish it forms a grand part in the scheme of God's governmeni. The re- demption through Christ 1s not effected by reducing the obligations to the divine law. ‘Terror of God is litte acceptable to the intimtude of God’s love. When we learn that God 1s loving we learn to love and ovey Him’ We then have no terror of God. God looxs at the heart, looks at it penetratingly, but looks at it with a father’s love, EPISODAL INTERRUPTION. Just after the preacher nad conciuded his sermon @ middie-aged, thin leatured, sallow compiexioned individual, but very respectably dressed, ruse up in @ iront Ww directly facing the pulpit, and in a strain of about two minutes’ talk was laying the foundation of combating the views set forth in the serinon, When ke was suddenly, stopped oy the strong arm of the sexton, who quietly removed him from the church. The maa made no resistance, ‘The congregation had haraly time to get excited upon this unusual in.erterenve in the services vetore tt Was all over, after which the services were closed in the usual way, With singing, prayer aud bene- diction. TWENTY-THIRD STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, The Peace-Makers—the Late Riot—Every Map te Stand Up for Priuciple—Discourse by the Rev. H. D. Northrop. The Rev. Mr. Northrop, pastor of the West Twenty- third street Presbyterian church, took for his open- ing text yesterday morning the fifth chapter of Matthew, and commented on each verse as he read it. When he came to the uinth verse—‘“Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be cailed the cnil- dren of God’’—he said It was @ good thing to be a peace-maker; common sense showed it to them; the Gospel taught it, and ii they subiaitted to its teach. ing they would have peace. In the act of self-de- fence a man may sometimes appear the aggressor, although he was really not so. They had passed through scenes of trouvie and turough deadly strife, and they nad given those in power an assurance that, having principles to maintain, they must not be recreant to tneir trust, He prayed God to as- suage the grief of the families of the dead; that those who are wounded, if consistent with the Divine will, be restored, and that there be no more blood sned. He prayed for peace, but if they do not have it except at THE EXPENSE OF BLOOD, may they be as firm as the everlasting bills, May the merapers of the government stand up mantfully for duty and right, and may the police force perform weir duty, and he prayed that every soldier should consider himself a citizen and not &@ man with a mere wuiform. He prayed for peace and righteous. ness and that the nations of the earth now slakep be established aud the wellave of humanity pro- moted, THE SERMON. At the regniar sermon the reverend gentleman took his text from Matthew XXvi., 56:— But all this was done that the Scriptures of the propheis might be fuldilied. ‘Then allthe disciples forsook him und led, Alluding to the text, the speaker saild:—Never was there 4 tune in the life of Urist when he stood more in need of iriends. He would have been grati- fled to xnow that His followers were true to Hin.©1t Was marvellous that after Lis resurrection he sought out those very disciples who had been recieaut t Him. He did not fling an unkind word at them for their unkind treaument; they forsook Him, He forsook them; they brought disgrace upon Hi never dishonored them, He kuew now to compas- sionaie the gulity, saken by his followers, like men trying to skulk away when they should have stood firm to the ast. He liked @ history in which he saw a Luther or a Whitfleld in every page. He liked that history in which he found EVERY MAN STANDING UP FOR PRINCIPLE. He did not hike that history In waich he saw men professing the truth, but who were not able or Wiil- ing to pursue it. If they study history they will find men steadfast to principle, while others ‘are tinaid and vacillating. One class are called confervatives the other radicals; but he cared not what they were called provided they did tueir duty, The men who announce thetr principles aud mem | them dle- serve support, Only for that steadfast aduerence to principle he would not be there that day, nor would ne be in the pulpit, There are Limes when princl- ples are pu btake and when men who do not show thelr colors are put down as cowards, They passed through such a crisis last week-—an eruption, an up- heaving of society. Many thought there would have been peace, when of a sudden came the crash. I doy't care, sald tue reveyepd Christ has been olten since for. | ReulcMpD. Whviler 4 popUIAL AytIOa that Moun’ Tabor was the avene aiee sciatic ey are an Urangenan ora Hiverman. ‘That 1s Ihe joint. I only want to know that you are a man ready to battle against oppression and to up! civil liberty, The Hibernian shall have his righ and the Orangeman shall have his rights, and noth ing less, Has it come to this that ONE CLASS SHALL LIOK THE DUST at the feet of another? Ata crisis like wns we not to forsake principle, The question is, are we America or Ireland? When you answer that thd question is at rest. Iam ashamed of any man who shall hesitate at which side he shall stand. I say these things, not aya democrat or republican, but as a preacher and a Christian, Are we to join the Scalawags and ofscourings of civilization’ You might as well attempt to reason with them as with, @ wild boar or a tiger in his jungle. Bullets are the only arguments for them: they are the only argue ments Which some men cancomprehend. ‘The ques< tion of politics dees not enter Into this thing at alle The question 1s, are we going to nave OUR RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES which were’ purchased for us by our foretatners f That is the question, Don’t 1 see processions in the streets which are contrary to My ConviciiOusY Don't you all see processions on St. Patrick’s Day, the ldeas and sentiments of which you cannot appiaud, yet you never interfere with them? I am sorry to speak of these things, | am sorry to be compelied to pegat of them, but when my viood bolls I cannos The reverend gentleman next said that there were certain excuses which men offer when they forsake their colors. As a general thing When 4 mai does Wrong there are 4 thousand reasons which he gives. it may come to this that & man may sturk his re- sponsibility and ne‘ be troubled by 11; but filmsy pretexts are uo valid reasons, and notaimy should bn in the way of duty but an absolute imposst+ ity. ‘AMERICAN FREE CHURCH, Rev. Charles B. Smyth on the Late Riots + Divine Autherity fer Civil and Keligioug Toleration. At the American Free church, in University place, the Rev. Charles B, Sinyth delivered an eloquent’ and logical discourse on the subject of the late Orange riot, He took his text from the Epis- tle of St. Paul to tne Romans, xiv., 4—“Wha art thou that judgest another man’s servant? ‘Yo his own master ue standeth or talleth; yea, he shall be holden up, for God 1s able to make him stand.’ Here, in a nutshell, we find, said th preacher, divine autnority for the great principle of civil and religious liberty. The relation of the mas< ter to the servant is shown, and ii is clearly pointed: out that the servant is independent of ail ex- cept his master. I need scarcely say that THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEER, the comments of the press thereon and expression of public opinion which bas beea made have made me choose the present subject of discours We have just passed through a critical ime in the his- tory of this metropolis —a trial traught with incalcue lable good or evil for the future of this nation. I6 was NOY A POLITICAL QUESTION, but one of national and universal Christian prine clpie, aprincipie that ougut to be protected by the flag of the United States. Netther was it a ques+ tion of advantage of one kind ol religion over} another, or of Catnolic Irishmen over Protestant! Irishmen, bat Whether the same privileges suouid not bi orded to all, whether, in short, CHRISTIAN TOLERATION OR ANTI-CHRISTIAN ERANCE should prevailin this republic, It is to be that the question is settled forever, Ts with a few exceptions), to tie decisi' Governor Hoifinan and to the prompt anc conduct of the police we owe tl that many more have not been sacrificed. As to those wae ti len victiias to tats deplorable riot, while w but pity them, we mast admit that It wa their own fault; that despite the warnin lhem to keep away trom tne scenes of dauy were rasa enough to allow their curiosity to sway them, and so lost their lives, Thanks in ine tree place to God, aud all honor to the press, to Governor joman and to the civil and muitary authorities that the 12th of Jul, 3 not a day for the metropo- lis marked by dire nage and vloodsled, And let us not fail to give thanks for the KINDLY OFFICES OF THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD, who did alin their power to quiet the passions of their flocks, and uvert the threatened conflict. A. paper, [do not now remember which, butt was not the HERALD, asked, the other day, why the Pro- testant clergy not warn thei congregations against riotiig. #he answer was, slinpiy because they Kaew thelr congregations, and felt sure that no Warning was requir ‘or, Whatever may have been the character of Protestantism im other days, to-day it recognizes civil aud religious itberty to tng fullest extent. In those countries where the Catholte religion pre- vails ansolute mourreuy was usually the 1orm of government, and im Catholic countries where there, is a republican form of government anarchy genes rally prevatis. Iu countries where the religion was Protestant, or of tue Greek Church, only ene form o: faith was formerly recognized by law, wud titan INTOL*: cannot altogether, arose persecutions. {t was in the reign of Willta) the Third, Whose anuiversary was celebrated 01 Wednesday last, that religious toleration in Englang& Was first sanctioned by law. IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES + mankind saw, for the first time, perfect civil and religious liberty. Our example has been lollowe@ in receut years by Austria and Italy. I may seem sirange that only tu recent years should the princi- ple of civil and religious liberty be recog Ia was reserved for the same age which the application of steam, the electric telegray the steam press to discover that all men were bo) free anc equal. it ts our duty as individuals grant the utmost civil aud religions liberty to all, regardless of uationality, It is our duty to look ta the rising generation and see thas ballots, not vayonets, sali rule. Let see that the Bipte ba kept in our common schools, Let us see that no clause guarantecing civil and religious liverty be torn from the ¢ itution of the United States. If we follow the teachings of the Bible sectarian strié Will disappear and we shail live in peace with one another, NEW JERSEY CHURCHES. : ST. PEFER’S CHURCH, J SEY CirY. Sermon by Father McQuade, 8. J.—The Nee cessity for Good Works. In St. Peter’s church, Jersey City, a solomn mas& ‘was celebrated by Father Renaud, 8. J. After tha Orst gospel Father McQuade, 8. J., preached a ser< mon from the gospet of the day, dwelling particu« larly on the verses, **Not every one that saith to Mey Lord, Lord, shail enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of My Father, whois in, heaven, shail enter into the kingdom of heaven.'? ‘Yhe preacher commenced by saying that if wel could see Into the hearts of the vast muititude o! — in the world we should discover that they ave NO AIM BUT TO PLEASE THEMSELVES. When we !ook seriously into tie lives they lead we shall find that they are living only for tue en« joyment of themselves and the gratification of thet) senses, Wishing to have their own way in every. thing, as tf they had really no end before them, ‘Thg question then arises, are we " CHILDREN OF CHANCE? What did our Lord come into this world for? Wag ittodo His own will? No. He expressly declare: that He came not to do His own will, but the will of His Father, who sent Him, So we are not here to do our own will, but to perform the will of God, wha. created us, and to accomplish the end for which e: istence was bestowed upon us. Aud to accomplish, tils end we she STOP AT NO SACRIFICE, Christ did not stop at any sacrifice, His whol@ life was a continued martyrdom. ‘todo the will of, God you must give good example to your children, see that they go to mass and be careful to keep them from evi associations, Be honest in your, dealings with your fellow-men. Christ says, “ Nov every one that saich tu Me, Lord, Lord, shail enter, into the Kingdom of heaven, but he that doth the will of a Father who is in heaven shall enter into the kingdom of he: 7) in other words, tt ds not sufiicient to have hough it is necessary t is required. We musg compiish the will of our Father who is in heave before we shall be wortlty to enter into fis kingaom, SERVICB3 IN SARATOGA. THE TRAYSFIGERATION OF CHRIST. <, Sermon by the Rev. Ur. Leyburn, of Bale timore. SARATOGA, July 16, 1871. Rev. Dr. Leyburn, of Baltimore, at the earnest sow Hieitation of the Rev. Dr. Woodbridge, pastor of the Presbyterian churen here, oceupled that pulpit thig morning, and preached to alarge and fashionable congregation. ‘The sacred edifice is located upow a prominent portion of sroadway, and’ whie its exterior and interior are very pleasant. its surroundings are such as make the spot very attractive. Rows of large eln are upon either side, their thick follage almost toucn. ing the windows, and shading them so completely? that the light falis soft and subdued withm, Dr. Leyburn is exceedingly weil known in the religious world, and in the Monumental City has @ reputatios for zeal and ability second to none, His sermons are calculated to satisfy a refined and cultivated taste, while at the same time they are well adapt to make a powerful Impression apon his hearers, The Doctor seiccted, his text from Matthew xvi 1-9:— And atter six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and Johm his brother, and bringett them up mt a high mountal apart, and was transfigured before them, &c, Dr. Leyburn commenced by objecting to w