The New York Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1871, Page 4

4 RELIGIOUS. SUMMER DOSES OF CHRISTIANITY Plaim Talk for Plain People. Practical Desertion of the Churches by the “Upper Ten.” & Chance for Reaching and Teaching the Masses and Filling the Churches with the Stay-at-Home Brigade, AN APOLOGY FOR THE ORANGE RIOT. Pulpit Exchanges and the Bencfits Thereof—They Should Be En- couraged by All Means, There ts no season of the year better aaapted to evangelistic efforts for saving the masses of New York than the summer time, notwithstanding the churches and missionares think otherwise, For Dow the diferent temples are comparatively empty, their fshionable occupants having retired to the shades of ihe country or to enjoy the breezes of the ocean and the whiriigig NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1871.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. a end alter encouragements he blew his trampes and Srve meu of larac! answered the pall. Th s.pumber subsequently reduced to tv,00) and still Mrther to 300 picked mea, who with pitchers and lamps went up to the camp of their enemies, and at a given Sweet the ‘pitcher were broken, sword clashed with sword and the Midiauites fed betore the sword of the Lord and ofGideon. Gideon had a creat work to do, but God removed al: the ob- stacles out of his Way and gaye him victory over his enemies. i$ trath which appears in this Another im: connection ia taat the Church of Christ shoul] move right on without waiting for special orders. And the Cuurch of to-day Is lostug a great deal by this wall- Ing When she should be marching. WhatGod wants is that we move right on. Lilustrations were drawn Trom tae exodus of the Jews frum Egypt, and the Movements of the Prussians in the Franco-Prussian War. Von Moitke was the presiding genius of te Prussian armies and relied implicitly upon his sa- gacity and foresight and moved steadily on to vice tory. And so should the Churok go on under tie orders of the tain of our Salvation until the strongholds of the enemy shall fall and His flag shall Wave in peace aud triumph over ail the earch. e teara further from this history that if the Church will go forward she must receive heip from every part, and those who refuse to assist will be punished. When Gideon with his three huadred muen passed over Jordan, FAINT YET PURSUING THEIR ENEMIES, and sought refreahment and atd (rom their brethren tn Succoth they were radely refusod; but Gideon Kept hia word with them. and when he had recurucd wito the Midianitish clicfs captives he scourged those ungratofal men of Succoth and tore their flesh witn briers and thorns of the wilderness. God has given us 8 commussion to #0 and preach agatnst the modern Ninevetis of the world and to prociaim His word against tham, and ir we refuse we may expect to share a terripie tisaster with Jonah, ‘Another tmportant lesson contatued tn this nar- rative is, tbat those who stand in the way and op- pose God and His Church must be sweptaway. He (the preacher) never envied the man who aimsa dari at God's Coureh, The mightiest throues and kingdoms and monarchs of the world that have set themselves against God and His Cnarch huve been swept away. Look at tie Assyrians and the Midian- ftes—the latter perhaps tne migbtlest nation thas ever occupied the Kast, flealag before 400 mea, and its pame and the place of 1t6 ness passed from the earth. Look at azzar and at tee ficrods, and later at the great Roman cmpire— where Is it and where are they? ‘There are men and women in this city and in New Encland and every- of pleasure which attends watering place society, A little misstonary effort expended among our large stay-at-bome population to secure their attendance upon the ministry of the Word instead of seeking what is too often foolish recreation, if not vicious enjoyment, upon the Sabbath, would, no doubi, be well received, and would be pro- ductive of great good. And from the array of sermons which we present this morning our readers will perceive that those of¢our clergymen who remain in town can impart as wholesome in- struction as those who have left it, thougn perhaps not always in sach popular form. The old prac- tice of shutting up churches as we do schools has been almost abandoned this year, and several of our country clergy are now ex- chauging pulpits with their city brethren, and by this means # double purpose 1s served—the city churches are kept open and the city pastors enjoy their vacation at the same time, This feature ts worthy of more extensive imitation, Save the apology for the Orange parade offered by the Rev. Charles B. Smyth, the sermons generally will be found to be thoroughly religious meditations expressed In homely language aod addressed to practical people. ‘The eparse- ness of the congregation 1s, of course, inevita- ble at this season, and however interesting @nd good the sermons may be found, they will be oversiadowerl by (he terrible disaster which has again spread a cloud of sorrow over this commu- mity before the cloud of July 12 had time to lift itself and disappear. We, however, commend to our readers -n this honr of gioom and grief the consola- Uons of the Gospel which will be found below, FIFTY-THIQD STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, Ce-Operation of God and Man ta Human Re- derptiou—Scrinen by Rev. Mr. Osterbout. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. W. H. Pendle- on, the pulpit of Filty-third Street Baptist church ‘Was occupied yesterday by Rev. Mr. Osternott, of Massachusetts, Who preached an sdmiravie dis- course from the text, Joshua vil, part of verse 20, “The sword of the Lord and of Giacon.’’ God, he said, bas a plan and @ purpose to accomplish in the world in the work of redemption, and 1 the accom- plishment of that pian we find the principle of al- vine and human co-operation recognized to the ut- most—man and god linked together, and Christ boldly antimated this wheu He said to his disciples, “Greater works than these shall ye do, vecause I go to my Father.” And the same truth juts out here An the text—‘‘the sword of the Lord and of Gideon"— one bow and one sword. And though held in human hands the bow and the sword are directed by God Himself, so that 1 striking they strike to some purpose, and when lifted up it isthe sword of the Lord and of Gideon or of God und His Church, In looking at the workings of tils great principle We shall discover five tmportant things—the first of which ts that God, in carrying thts plan of co-ope- ration with His Churoh, chooses cerlain things as instruments and certain individuals to accomplisn His designs aod to do His work. And the first Wustration he would adduce would be THE PRINTING PRESS, this mighty engine of modern civilization whicu God put into the haads of tue Church when it Was just awaking from its sleep of ceaturies Look at tne printing press as an organ of the Church of Christ ! To besure, the world uses ft as it uses everything eise, for the fartherance of its oWn purposes, and there never was a good thing given by God to mankind that Satan did not use or try to use for himself, And Uink of what a mighty agent it is! We owe this building in which we worship this morning and the foteiligence and Christian civilization of our land to the printing press ! But take another ilnstration of the tnstraments of co-operation between God and man, There ts the Sunday scnool, which the Master gave to the Church When she needed its influence most—when she was bound In the CHALSS OF COLD FORMALISM. And mark how greatly God has biessed tbe Sun- @ay schooi! And what has it not accompilshed for the Church and for the world? It ts the door by which thousands upon thousands, from heathen as ‘well as Christian lands, have gone toto the realms of bliss, and are now chanting bymus of giory in the better land. Ana now consider, in the second place, the char- acter of the individuals, as well aa of the agence: whom God chooses for (be accomplishment of B work. Look at Abraham. Who could have done Abraham's work as Abraham did it? Notone. ‘The father of the Church must be& man to whom the = can look back and say he was worthy. And Qid not Abraham manifest great, hay, cron trans. ‘weadent faith, wien he lifted the knute over the peck of his own son. Mr, Osterbout here drew the picture of Abraiam offering up his son, Teanc, so familiar to all readers of the Periptures. in this act Abraham exhibited the char- acterisilc elements by which the Church Was to dive and prosper. Another {liustration was given from tno hisiory and lie of Moses, and also of Joshua, and (hen the preacher passed on to Peter An New Testament times. Who, he asked, was pet- ‘ter Gcted to preach that great sermon on Pentecost aban he? Twice he had denied his Master, but be was stronger and bolder that very day on that ac- count, Mow that denial bound him the closer to Christ! And when be got an opportunity to stand up for Jesus he promptly embraced it. ‘Take Paul —who Was better fitted to do his work than het the infancy of the Cnristian Church Greek had to ject Greek and Jow to meet Jew, and here was Baul of Tarsus, as learned ia profane Diswry as in church bistory—as familiar with the writings of the Gentile world as he was with the Jewish, ani he was the man to gainsay the sopnistrics of the one or the superviitions of the other. And pass oa down vo later mes. There was John Calvin in Switzer. ‘Yani raised up to strike 4 BLOW UPOX THE HEAD or rorany. hich made it st rt, ana from w it never fecovered, ie was er Yonn the Baptist. of te Re- formation, the forerunner of Luther im the accom: ment of that great work. Luther, a man of frame, of oieerful disposition but frm deter- mination, was jusi the man to complete this work, and to turn the bloody side of the cross toward the svorid, and (0 show mankind the redemption there fs in Christ. Yes, Calvin aoa Luther were a8 much waised up by God lor Lis purpose as were the pro- plete and asposties for thetr work. The common exercises of jazy or unfaithful Christians In the Charch were then combated, and the duty of each in bis sphere was pourted out. Of himscif he said he was @ tuinister of Christ, not becanse ‘it hap- pened #0,’ but because there was io his Ty Pract which iinked fim to the throne of God, and be felt that be was as much called to iis work as Peter or Paul wore to theirs. Others are calied to be Sunday Schoo} laborers and others To serve God In some other way as deacons, stewards, trustees, &c., 19 Hix Church. —Isvery man can make himself useful in his place, and here Le made ano- ther point—namely, that God encourages those who geek His strengih when they are weak aud faint. The story of Gideon's cal! by God to be the general who should free Israci from the bondage of the tes Was rcoited tn ilustration, ree CIDEON MADE VARIOUS BXCUSEA as to ne poverty, his own littieness and that of his Jather's house abd the mught of the oppressors a Lis people: nt no matter, God bad ch sea him, woere to-day trymg to overthrow the Church of God; Dut will they do fF fe did not belleve it; apd were he the onty man in the land WITH THR BULLE IW W18 BAND and faith i uls ueart he should not fear for the suc- cess of the mintstry, Though principalities and powers are on the other side, one feeble prayer and ‘one weak voice raised to God would be more than all that could Cont and Christ should dnaily be orowned Lord of ail. When we knelt to pray in the church of God the eyes of ten thousand angels are fixed upon us, and tf we shouid evyor be called upon. to fall, tephen did, Christ will part the clouds and meet and greet nis servant. Nothing that wo can do for God can go unrewarded, and he hoped that this new vemple in which they Bow worshipped would tesound with prayer and as the old oue never did, and that the giory of the latter house should be greater than (he former. 8T. FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH. The Fate of Jerusalem— Bate ef Uabr- Nevers Generally—Sermon by the Rev. Father Daly, 8. J. Constvering the state of the weather the attend- ance at the churehk of St. Francis Xavier yesterday morning was remarkably good, as, in addition to the membors of the church, there were a number of strangers present, evidently’ drawn thither by the reputation of the music aud singing: They were certainly rewarded; for the mass was superbly ren- dered, both by the choir and organist, and to those unaccustomed to the Catholic ritual the service must bave been particularly impressive. The mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Hammond, and a short discourse was delivered by the Rev. Father Daly, 3. J., from Luke xix., 41:—“and when he came near he beheld the city and wept over It, saying, ‘1f thou hadst known, oven then, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace, but now they are bia from thine eyes.’ " Yesterday being St. Joseph’s day, the reverend father offered a few reficctions sugwested by the Gospel of the day, instead of the usual sermon. OUR SAVIOUR'S MOURNFUL HEART thrilled withtenderness when He thought of me slate of Jerusalem; for, though He had used every endeavor and given warning after warning, the inhabitants had shut their ears and the doom of the city coula not pe averted, Me Knew that they were ready toimbrne their nauds im his innocent blooa, yet was He fuli of compassion forthem, He saw the city spread out before Him in all its beanty, and knew that, as @punisument for is bilndness, in ashort “space Of time, where now all was calm- ness and sccurity there woula be desolation and death; that enemics wonld aris? and oppress the Jews, who would be scattered to the four corners of the earth, and that not oue stone would be left standing upon another to bear testimony to its former pride and greatness, Knowiog all this, when He beheld the city He wept over It, and gave utter- ance to that wonderful prophecy. Tne Jews of that day little thought that their greatness would so soon pass away, and in their pride and blindoess tney rejected our Lord aad Saviour. Had they at that time acknowledged Him as the long-expected Messiah their dreadful doom would have been averted. How fearful must have been the Saviour'a agony, how verrible his gricf, woen he gazed upon that city hopelessly Qoomed, aa he knew 1 was, to destruction! Yet all was with- out avall, and ms last visit was, like the rest, re- jected, 4 THE HOUR OF VENGRANCE BAD COME. Abandoned by (od the city was given over to its enemies. History snows the accuracy of the propnecy. They would not listen to Christ's precepts, though he hed exhibited In his own person all the marks by which they might know the coming Messiad. They sealed their ruin by conspiring ainst His life, Let us be careful how we reject the Holy Spirit and the teachings of our conscience, Like the famed city of Jerusalem we are the objec.s of His love, He has given us the all saving sacrifice of His vody: we are His adopted children, fed with His Lody and nourished with His bivod, Ho has pre- pared ap eternal abode ier us. Let Him not say of us ae he said of Jerusalem. If we accept His \each- ings there is no obstacle that we may not overcome; but if we abandon ourselves to our corrupt nature we shall go lo rulu and destruction. Goa bestows flis gilts and graces wherever He pleases; but those who enjoy them must co-operate with Him. God bestows His graces in proportion as we improve them, We have the gitvof holy faith; let us pray that this faith may be strengthened. The gut of prayer opens the treasares of heaven. “Whatsoever e ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.’? Warned, as we are, by the teachings of our Lord and Master, it behooves us to turn to Dim and to avoid the sin and wickedness of the worid. Instead of lotring against Him over His Church, now 1s our Eme ‘and we must all endeavor to glorify Him in our lives, or, like Jerusalem, we stail be delivered over to destraction, Woo unto Jerusalem because of its unbeltef! WOE TO THR UNBELIEVERS who reject the Word and the truta! Our Saviour’s heart, 80 full of tenderness, mourns over all those who in their pride and blindness turn away trom Him. At the day of Resurrection the body will be reunited to the soul and will participate tn its bliss, We shail then contemplate the Joys of Paradise. The soul wiil be enraptured with tue pleasures of heaven. St. Paul says that no human totcilect can conceive the joys prepared for those who love our Saviour— “Eye hath not seen and ear hath not heard.” We have in this world ecen many beautiful things and heard many delightful sounds. The swelling choir, the koly masic of our Church are most enrapturing; Dut noining that mortal eyes have seen or ears have heard can compare with What we shail Dono and listen to in the abodes of eternal bilzs. There we shall see the BLESSED VIRGIN ON HER THRONE of glory, and our God and Saviour sarrounded by the saiiis, and hear our Lord say to those who have not denied him ia this worid, “Cone, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the worid."’ Tae reverend Father closed his discourse with an impressive appeal to his hearers not to saut_thetr hearts to the truth while there was yet time to aocept It. CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION, Kaeowledge of the Future—The Duty of Christians—Sermon by the Kev. Dr. Petter. ‘The Rev. Dr. Potter, assistea by the Rev. J. W. Howton, officiated at the communton service in this Pleasant litte church yesterday. The sparse con- gregation assembicd to listen to the elogucnt ser mon preached by Dr, Potter showe that every one who could eacape from business has fled to tne cool Of the seaside or the bracing air of the mountains, Dr. Potter wok his text from St. John, xxi. 2% He said:—On the shores of the Sea of Tiberias was performed one of tne wonders that marked the forty days which followed the resurrection of Chrtst, Our Lora appeared to His disciples, who were fish. ing on the sea, and calied to them. Thougn every proof of Hus ACTUAL BODILY PRESENCE had been vouchsafed to them during Als residence on earth. yet thesommuaion that continued after fils resurrection, His coming and going were clothed in mystery. On His first appearance after the deatn on the cross He indeed gave proof of bodily presence; but the very expression which He used would go to prove that something tn the con- dition of His presence was changed. Speaking to His disciples He charges them—"Rememper yrhat I told you when f was with you'!—giving proof that His mode or condition of living was different from what existed before His deat, Tbs preseuge ou the seashore appeara not to have recalled any remem- branco of Him to the minds of His disctples until THE MIRACULOUS DXAUGHT OF PISHEBS, which awoke St, John’s love; and even here we find tho destre to rush ty Him subdued and re. strained by some poworful feeling, and when they at last approach they foliow to che silent repast, where His disciples scarcely dare to speak. Hero, too, we have Christ asking St, Peter threo times, ‘Dost thon love Me? as if to recall Peter's three demais; and when Jesus moves away, followed by St. Peter and at a@ tittle distance by the beloved dis- ctpi¢ St. John, we have the acath of St. Peter fore- shadowed; but when St. Veter desired to inguire into the future of St. John Jesus reprovingly said w him, “If Twill that he tarry anti I come, wirat ts bal og thee? Follow thou me,” In these few words wi A MOMENTOUS LB330N 48 contained for the guidance of all Christians! Jesus tells us not to troubie with things that are above or beyond us, but to parsue the plain path poin:ed out by duty. St Peter at this no nent showed a natu- ral curiosity in desiring to kuow what fate was re- served to a beloved friend and cisciple, bus though Christ since His reappearance bad spoken much of things of the future, He carefully avoided revealing the farure of Gis Church, or satistying the idle curt. osity of his disciples, He move! like a shadow. Nok yot had tlis glorious ascension awakenea euthu- slasin, not yet had the Holy Gaost descended oa the disciples, giving them Ive, light and knowietige. ‘The aposties were still groping In the twilight, Jesus had spoken foreshadowing what Si. Peter desired to know, but He did not forecast the destiny of His Church, which He left the mystery of the 1uture. How full of admonition ts the response of Christ to His disciple—*Follow me,"* Jn this world of fleeting shadows it 1s necessary to know our duty; but to trouble ourselves too much about the future woula be disastrous to our own peace. If we could LOOK INTO THR Porune this world would become unsuitable toa state of probation, or even to human enjoyment. We are tou apt to allow ourselves to be disturbed by doubts; and Christ sets Himself against this, and gives to frivolous aud unneces-ary inquirers the stern lesson of pressing duty, and waraos them of the day whea the Master shall shat the door and demand a strict account from His servants, ‘trouble not yourselves With presumptuous strivinga to know the future. Concentrate your energy to the discharge of your own auties and increase the number of the blessed by saving yourselves. St, Paul stands as the pattern to all Christians, ‘forgetting the things that are bebind,” and tbo d forward to the ac- complisnment of doty. When the disciple: prompted by narrow, national pride, said, a “Lord, wilt thou at thi time restore again the kingdom to Israel: He cut them short with the lesson, “it Is‘not for you to know the tmes anda che seasons,” and while He spoke He wasiifted up and disappeared. He will not disclose secrets, but promises to them a@ nobler triumph. What was the glory of the preparatory Charch compared to the Charch which extends over continents, embracing all nations and all peo- les? So when we seek for gifts the Head of the Jburch does eo ee give what ls asked, but still reveals the wonderful power of the name of Curist. Weak mortals aim to know tie futare but THR URACLE GIVES NO RESPONSE but that of Christ—“Follow me.” Human life 1s surely @ wonderful thing in what ever phase we regard 1t—of business or pleasure— ever pashing Onward, and yet with the presenti- ment of death before it. It ls wonderiul what spirit and vivacity remain. So far as these thoughts make us do well for others they are good, but wnen they weigh us aown too wach we should recail the words of the Lord—‘‘Cast all your care on me," What must Rave been the position of the pnmi- uve Christians when they were obliged to steal into caves to worship, and no saint of God could sce what tne result would be? Orin the Midaie Ages, or even in tne Reformation, when the best must have been filled with doubt? In all these periods faithful souls were groping apout in the dark, asking by what means conid satvation be assured, And to all such times the best way to foilow Christ was by keeping iu the ways of peace and love, and witl be to alltime. If darkness and shadow are cast over the nation and the Church, let us imitate the saints, and put our trust in God, who rules over all, and coming back to THR WORLD WITHIN, read the signs of the times, and settle with ourselves the on? question, whether we walk in that path whore alone 1s safety, overlooking no sin and keep- ing a conscience free frum all stain. May God shed upoa us the glit of His Spirit, and guide us Cea the perplexity of the Spirit to the kingdom of His giory. AMERICAN FREE CHURCH, The Late Riet—Orangeism and Remanism— Sermon by tke Rev. Charles B. Smyth. The Rev. Charles B. Smyth preached yesterday morning, in the New York University, on the late riot, taking for his text the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, which was written A, D. 62, by Paul, when a prisoner at Rome for his attachment to Christ. There was a fear, sald the speaker, that the etfect of Paul's mnprisonment would retard the infant kingdom of tne Lord Jesus Christ, but it only led toa greater spread of the Gospel. When the great apoatic of the Reformation made his appear- ance in opposition to the apostle of the Pope, who was sent to sell Indulgences, the very opposition Which was ralsed to him gave him notoriety, With LION-LIKE STRENGTH and the courage of a warrior he contended with the giantof Romanism, and the seed sown by him sprung up lato Protestantism. J.ittle did the Pope think thatin his opposition to that little monk he was raising @ storm that would take root and spread all over the giove. The recent troubles in our own city, said the reverend gentleman, have furnished an example of the effect of opposition by one party againat another. The cause which the Orangemen undertook to sustain was a good one: the Bible ig their only standard; they have no sec- tarlan test, bat they have an evangelical test. The members must be evangelical velievers in God, end an evangelical man in priociple must be a gooa and honorable citizen. Persecution raises its head Against them, certatn people opposed to them in principie mee! at the hours of midnight in dark. ness und seclusion fo prevent, if possibic, their waiking through the streets, and to prevent 1t by force of arms U necessary. We read that there wero TEN THOUSAND FURNISRED WITH ARMS to go out on a target cxcursion, They did not like to tell beforehand what the target was to be; but their old antagonists were not so simple as not to know wi it was, He was astonished when all was over to hear the efforts of the Grand Master to prevent tre procession. He was astonished at the character of the letier written by him to the police, The opposition to the procession has worked for the furtherance of the Gospel, ag it called the attention of the peopte to the nature of che oppoaition and to the principtes espoused by tuose who mndertook to watk the streets. Their assailants were one ciass Of religionists | no mistake about that. The press asked the clerical leaaers to advise them tO 1orego opposition to the procession, and the Koman Catho- lic clergy did 80. I believe ihe Catholic clergy to be intelligent and Jaw-abiding citizens. They gave good aGvice to their people, which, if acted on, would have prevented bloodshed. ot people be- gan to inquire why the Catholic clergy should be called upon to advise their people when the Protes- tant clergy were not asked to adopt a similar course. ‘The answer is that there must be SOMETAING WRONG IN THAT CHURCH which finds it necessary to call on its people to pre- serve tne perce, The American people have come to the conclusion that there is someting in Roman- ism detrimeatal to civil and religious liverty, The speaker next traced the organization of the Orange Society from Wiliam IIL, rrince of Orange, when tae Protestant Association was formed, which association was reformed at a later pertod of Angio-Irish his tory, When Protestants found it necessary to guard their liverties against the opposite party unaer , James IL, who Was @ Roman Vatholic, Tacy fclt it was necessary to save Protestantism {rom ¢xtermi- nativn and not allow a Catholtc mogarch on the throne of Engisnd. Those were the Orangemen, apd they were represented by the individaaia who walked the streets the other day. It was said that she Orangemen were a persecuting class; that, he Said, Was Lot the fact; they would not injure a Roman Catnolic nor touch a hear of his head. it was aston- isping to bim that they BEHAVED THEMSELVES 80 WELL the otner day, whtle builets were flying about them. Another objection was made against them, that they Were not ciilzens, and were not entitled to protection. How many, asked the reverenu gentie- ynan, of those who walk on St. Patrick’s day are ctuzens? The majority of them come from what they cuil galling tyranny, and these were the men who objected to give ilberty to others. Some of them were citizens, he did not deny that; but that all were citizens ne questioned. But the majority ef the Orangemen he knew to be citizens. But citi- zens OF Hot, they were residents ander the protection of the American flag, The moment 4 stranger puts bis foot on these shores he is entitled to all the pro- tection of a freeman. It was also said that the Orangemen were piedged by oath to support a foreign monarch, aad (hat be could rot be a citizen of the United States, That assertion, to say the Jeast, was a mistake, The oath of ino Orangemen in England was confounded with the oath of we Orangemen in America. They were not the same. It was true that im Great Britain the Orangeman’s oath obliged him to support the present reigning family on the throne; but the Orangeman’s oath in vhts country bound him to UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION of the United States and to uphoia civil and rolig- ious liberty. He knew that to be afact. The effect of the opposition to the Crangemes was that there were one thousand men favorable to them to-day to the one who was favorable to them before. C! religions liberty must and ehaii be mat every cost, and the American flag must not be al- jowed to be trampled in the dost, He was never a poiltical preacher, and never will be one, but he must allude to what was Peat | in the distance he meant a political agitacion of this very question at the polis, They will find that the question will become a great one in {kis Country, It was asserted =othat «New York was a@ Ro. man Cathotte city, but statistics show that there are five Protestants to one Catholic, and, notwithstanding the torrent of Komantsm pourtag tato the country, the Protestants of the United Slates were seven to ove Roman Vathoite. ‘tuis is nota Roman Catholic countey and tt never will be one, Where Roman Catholicism existed it is = wg, and it Was dead at the very seat of ite existence. ROMANISM 15 IN ITS LABT THROES. Like a man on his death bed, it ts makiog tts last kick. They should not be blinded by the more out- | erles of peopie, however numerous. They should ex- | evetae for themacives the rigat of private judginent and resolve to do right under all circumstances, be the consequences What they may, and to accord to oLiee me same tight which they claim for them- SO1V35. 8ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH. God's Dedlings With Nations and Individ- uals—Sermon by the Rev. John C. White. The services yesterday at this church were slimly attended, as the wealthy and fashionable congrega- tion who worship here are out of town. The Rev. Dr. ‘Tyng has also beon taking @ much-needed rest at hs sumrner seat at Irvington, #0 that from both causes the customary large attendance was not to be no- ticed. The choir is a chorus consisting of about twenty boys and six men, under the direction of W. Francis Williams, organist, who is now travelling im Europe, however, and the music for the present is in the good care of Messrs, Jar- dine and Arnold, The music yesterday consisted of the “Ventte”’ in chant form to Hindie in D, Ellott'’s “Te Deum’ in F, ‘Jubtiate," a double chant by Barndy in EB, and psalm and hymn. In tne absence of the rector nia assistant, the Rev, Jobn Crockar White, preached the sermon, a synopsis of which we give below. The text was taken from Malacht ilL, 3—‘He shall sit as A REFINER AND PURIFIER ot silver.” Mr. White said:—There could not bea Tore correct or @ more complete description of God's work in the world than that which the figure of the text affords. Whatever {nstrumentalities He uses, whatever agents He employs— whether haman or divine—God always sits and works, Whatever different processes He may seem to apply, He always “sits as a refiner.” Whatever the results may promise in our view always that work shall prove itself expedient and shall be made glorious; verily, God sits as a refincr of ailver, In getting forth some of tho more obvious considerations that ensue on this thought, note first that this is the way of all God's work. Take creation:—It makes no difference how we interpret that first chapter of Genesis; whether by the old theological theory that. the earth was toade ilterally in six days, or by tne more modern exegesis which make of those days immense and unlimited periods of time, Whether you w.ll read in Seripture only, or in science only, or in both together, as is best, evidentiy the whole process was one of devolop- ment, in watch the Creator went gradually on froin @ coarser toa finer maternal and form. Tne crude character of the earth was cast into the refner's fire, and the rocks bear witness to its ferceness to this day. So with FLAME AND DELUGE AND CONVULSION, the whole rude mass was wrought up and refined, and mace at last fit for the habitation of man—him- self standing as.the cousumimation of a Melons rocess that had been gomg on in the anti kingdom, precisely paralicl to that cxercised upon toe earth itseli. Tako the history of the civilization of mankind from its beginning in barbario times to that stage in its progress which we see tu-day. Is it nota record of continual improvement? God has led the race through struggle, through success sometimes, througn failure o.ten—the vory fre of the refiner. Every triumph has deen won through trial. Each elevation represents Labor, suffering, death. We are the product of ages of pain. The fair and costly vase of our finest society shines in Dbrightnoss out of the midst of black clouds of smoke and stands upon the ashes of bygone fires. Mayhap they must be kindled again. ‘lake single civilized nations, Which one of them worth any- thing that has not come throngh the refiner’s fire? England, ¢0 far, standing at the head tn point of finished and fine results, 13 What she 13 by reason of the flames of her past struggles, Germany 1s strong just on account Of past privations, de.eats ana bitter humihattous, This land of ours, just out of the flame; THIS LAND, DEAR TO vs on account of her suffering; doubly dear to any who have suffered for her—and who of us does not see how her strength and value have appreciated ust in proportion to the flerceness of that fire about er, Witlch, In one form or another, has compassed her irom her very birth? Mr. White further cluci- dated his subject by showing tho record and method of God's deal ngs with His Church. ‘God's way of working is one,” ne said; ‘‘as He deals with worlds and communities precisely so He deals with indt- vidual soula; them also He brings through the re- fining fre, He treats each one as though it bad the value of @ land, and were a king’s dominion in its single self.” In the second piace, God does not waste His work. He always labors with some well planned purpose and toward some loity end. Every stroxo tells, every 4-chip has its use, the very dross serves its end. Thon, vhough not ipa it ia plainly implied in tne text that im all the processe3 of sanctitication God works as With fire, for with that element only was refining done in the provhet’s days; though in the more modern metallurgy there have been varia- tions and, perbaps, improvements devised, yet the principle is the same, and the process, even now, re- mains materiaily unaltered, and 18 never acco plished except through the totervention of the fire. ‘he text represents not only the method and the matter of the work, but the very manner of the workman, What wonderful significance and mercy there 1s in the word “sit !'’ He will not walk about intent on other business; He will not even stand as though impatient to be done. His very attitude tells of patience, of tenderness, of watchiul care. He brings His eye near to the molten mass in the far nace and marks its every change. He holds in His hand the crucible snd moves it skilfully; He has set His heart upon the doing ot the work and bent every power and attribute to make it a success. In thia way tne figure of the text was made clear, and it was shown how precious in the sight of God As the life, the death, the discipline and the character of His saints, _ SUNDAY AT THE HOUSE OF REFUGE, Firet Sin and the Last Crime—Sermon by Rov. Mr. Nicholas and Address by Judge Wallaco, of Chicago. The same broadly enlightened philanthropy tnat gave birth to tne House of Refuge on Raudall's Isiand made ample provision for the moral and re- ligious teachings of its inmates. There are now in the institution about seven hundred boys and two huv@red = girls. A most Interesting feature are the Sunday morning exercises in the capa- clous and neatly irescoed chapel. The boys occupy the boay of the chapel and, the girls the gallery. As the hour arrives for the services to begin the boys hurry forward in line outside and file into their places, as also the girls into theirs. Itis a pleasing and animated epectacie; the boys looking tidy and well cared for, in their neat uniform of gray jean, and the girls pert and dainty im pink dresses and white aprons. A more orderly or ATTENTIVE CONGREGATION cannot well be tmagined. No rustling silks, no buzz of watspers, no agitations of fans break the Sab- bath stillness or jar upon the proprieties of the place. The mode of worship is Episcopalian. Rev. Dr. Pierce, the chaplain, being temporally absent the exercises were conducted yesterday by Rev. Mr. Nicholas, of Harlem, who preached a most admirable discourse from the text—“Which shall know every man the plague of his own heart.” He described the character of leprosy as untoided in Leviticus, the great plague in London, the visitations of cholera and ygliow fever to the city and how thousands took refuze in flignt to escape the dread pestilence. te then made # practical application of the text by showing sin to be THE GREATEST OF ALL PLAGUES. He portrayed tho evil of sin as pervading all hearts, from the infant reclining on 1ts mother’s bosom to the hoary-headed sire —a sin that is deep-seated and hereditary. He urged that God was holy and could have nowuung in common with sinners, and then pointed out Christ's sacrificed death as the means selected by God as the remedy for sin. He enjoined on his hearers to abjure crim* and to go forth from the institution founded for the REFORMATION OF JUVENILE CRIMINALS with a determination to lead pure and good lives in the future, and promised that by so doing they woula not only be more reg; ind happier here, but secure everlasting appiness hereafter. After he had finished his discourse Mr. Nov! C. Jones, the superimcendent, introdnced to the chile dren Judge M. R, M. Wallace, of Chicago, who adaressed them at some lengtn. He pronounced their institution as far exceeding ot of the kind he had ever visited. They had nothing in Chicago to compare with it, and he meant to go back Nome carrying with him some new ideas and suggestions, which he hoped might be turned to good account in the management of the CHICAGO HOUSE OF REFUGE. Re did not come to preach to them, but he could not refrain {rom telling them plain, practical truths, He told a touching ancodote of the RPPRCT OF THE FIRST SIN, as shown inthe career of man tried for murder. ‘They were all young, and under the bentgn reforma- tory influences surrounding them here their futares might be bright and brilliant, Itdevolvea on each to build a character for himself.Alt was a bt | feicicous address, and was listened to wit! the most earnest ‘attention, After the exercises in the chapel, which were terminated by singing the Doxology,@Mr. John Straiton, the popular Senool ‘Trustees of the Twellth ward, by whose invitation Judge Watlace visited the isiand, showed hin Vhrough THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS on the istand, during which he made another address in an eqnally striking vein with that given. Itisa round of visits exciting a variety ol emotions, What more pleasing sight than the boys going through their muttary evolations? What more toucningly vender spectacte than that of the inmates of ute Founding asylum? What more saddcalog than to Look lu upon the (diots? BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYNOUTH CHURCH, The Crucifixion Demonstrating the Savicur’s Character—Sermoan by tho Rev, Mr. Scho- ville, ‘The Rev, Mr, Schovilie, son-in-law of Rey. Henry Ward Beecher, occupied the pulpit in Plymouth church yesterday morning. Tho church was very Sparsely attended, and presented a different appear ance from what it does when Mr. Beecher is present. ‘The Rev, Mr, Schoville is from Chenango county, New York. He ts about forty years of age, @ little below the average height and is rather thin, He has a good delivery, and during his discourse yesterday was listened to with marked attention. He selected for his text the second verse of the nineteenth chapter Of the Gospel according to John. “HE BOWED HI8 HEAD and gave up the ghost.” His discourse was apon we cruciixton of Christ and the wickedness of the people past and present, and this subject was very aoly bandied. The character of the Saviour, the purposes -of fis coming to tne earth and ine whole obeot of His being was shown by His death, He was craicified by a wicked, sinful class, who would not believe that He was the son of God, out in His death was found the test of His divine character. The reverend gentoninn thought that the people of tne present me are just as wicked as they were in the days of the cruculxion, and are bad enough to TAKE THE LIVE OF JESUS if he was fiving now. If # Pontius Pilate was wanted now be could easily bo found. And in bis — there were many who, if they would not kili Jesus themselves, would, tor a lite gain, sanc- Yon it. The litte of Jesus was perfectiy constatent from His cradlo to His grave, and yet there were men now who doubted that He was a divine veing. They were alt Thomases, always doubung, and would do the same at the preseat me as Was done at the crucifixion. * NEW JERSEY CHURCHES. ST, PETERS CHURCH, JERSEY CITY. Sermon by Father Benudevin, 8. J.—The Danger of Relying on n Denthbed Repentance. In St, Peter's church, Jersey City, a solemn mass was celebrated at half-past ten o'clock by Father McQuade, S. J. The sermon was preacned by Father Beaudevin, who took for his text the Gospel of the bunday, setting forth the lamentation of Christ over Jerusalem. The preacher applied the text to the sinner who defers his conversion from day to day, hoping to have time on his deathbed to make his peace with God. The sinner must of necessity rely ‘upon time, and yet time is not his own. Is it not madness to postpone our conversion tp a day which May never arrive? We read in tne Gospel that the Son of Man will come when we least expect Him. You may say that God has granted time to many to do penance. Iaamit it, Can you build your hopes on any such cases? You know not at wiat moment you may be PRECIPITATED INTO ETERNAL PERDITION. And even if we should obtain time to do penance, I ask what kiod of repentance can that be, or, rather, is 1t a time for repentance at all? What dis Position shall we be in todo penance then? There 13 a time for mercy and there 13 a time for Justice, as there 6 @ time for seed and another for harvest. There is a time when the facuities of the mind will ‘not be in a condition to consider the Mr important matter of true repentance. On, think o} THE WARNING OF CHRIST, when He said, “You shall seek Me and you shall not find Mc, and you shall ale in your sina!’ There are times when God makes demands upon our con- sclence. DO you not feel Us within yourselves many atime? Have there not been times when you felt some inspiration, some inward movement, prompting you to return to God? Our Lord speaks to us in many ways. It may be tn a book or if may bein @eermon. These are graces which are not to be negiected. They are like the winds which blow past us. We know not whence they come or whither they go, but once past they are GONE FOR RVER. Tney are like the lightning which appears in the” east and is seeu even in the west. Why is it that Christ wept over. Jerusa- lem? Was it because He was to suffer cruel tor- ments and an ignominious death? Was tt because He was to suffer there at the haads of an ungrato- ful people? No; but because the day of grace had already passed; because, as Christ Himself said, they knew not the day of their visitation, Do you not INSULT Gon when you put off your conversion? Is it not say- ing to fim as long as this worid fias attractions tor me You need not expect that I will devote my at- tention to Your service, Let the sinn@t remember that even now he will have grace that is just sum- ctent and ao more. And if lie does not ‘profit by that grace then Christ will woop over bim as He did over Jerusalem. What will be the manner of your death? Shall you DIE SUDDENLY or shall you have suficient notice? And remember that people often die in their veds and yet dic sui- denly. And let us also remember that many men find themselves chained down, even at tue hour of death, by their evi! passions. The maa who nas lived in unchastity will find hus old desires return to him, even though le Knew that tn FIVE MINUTES MORE he would find himself beyond the pale of this world. Or he may die tn despair, or, what ts worse, in presumption. He may go through the form of confession with th> priest and may receive sabsolu- Hon; but when he appears be'ore the Eternal Judge he will find that sentence reversed and member, then, that this ts the day of grace, th is the time for conversion, and if you do Tot proms by it the t1me may come, aod scorer than you ima- gine, waen it Will be too late for couversion. SERVICES IN WASHINGTON. NINTH STREET METHODIST CHR CH, Interesting Discourse by Dr. Drinkhouse on the Character Christ, the Duty ef Man and Rownards for the Faithful. WasnIneton, July 20, 1871; Rev. Dr. E, J. Drinkhouse preached this morning at the Ninth streot Methodist Protestant church on the subject, “A Character, Duty and Reward,'’ taking for his text, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved,’’ Acts xvi, 31, This is the sum of the Bible in all its teaching—God for its author and salvation forits end. And the text suggests a natural division, which we accept as including all the thought it contains, &c, Consider, first, a character—the Lord Jesus Christ, He calls Himself ‘the beginning of, the creation of God.” We take it there 1s profound meaning here, Compare John 4, 14, and Genesis {., 1, &c. God alone has been from eternity, and no man may cowpass the thought. Thon, we conceive, camo creation, the work of God. First, creation of the moral universe; second, creation of the physical universe; third, creation of tne vital universe, We understand Christ to mean that He ts the beginning of each and all. these, &c., and this view seems to be established, and wo mean to abate not one jot of its force in our estimate of Carist’s character as thus foreshadowed by Paul's sublime defnition, a3 given to the Coilossians (lL, 15—20)—"Who 13 the image of the invisible God," & The = first revelation our world had of this character we find iu the gar- den promise, “the seed of the woman,” &c,, buta dim conception, then; afterwards the foreshadow- ings of the ceremonial law; then the prophets came with increasing light. Isaiah sang his lofty num- bers, and @ colossal figure of peeriess beauty and strength Mills the vision of the moral world, &c. The elders of past ages, anticipating @ coming birth, the desire of all nations, made struggling efforts to baptize him with a name—the Shilob, the Branch, Messiah, Plant of Renown, &c.; bat {t was not unth after bis birth this supernatural offspring of the Holy Ghost was named, and that name made fuily indicative, after the Hebrew manner, of his personal Character. ‘The speaker then traced the name Lord Jesus Christ in its original application to the Saviour by evangelists and apostics, and pointed out the meaning of tne triple word, THE GREAT AUTHORITATIVE NAME, This name and character, the ocynosure of all ages, the great historical character of tho world, A cation of infidelity, the Son of God and the Son “T of Man, the wine 1a the human, and the human in the divine. Notice, second, a duty. Belteve in the Lord Jesus cnrist, ' Undeulet is deciared in. the to be stu—the ono sin The speaker pI to answer this question, ending with the concinsion that the kind of unbelief which is ain is to bellev not in God and believe nut on the Lord Jesus Christ. We have then opposed to unbeitef two thi which, while they go together, like a balloongand atmo- sphere tn which it Moats, are just as aistinct as either, The one is simple faith, tho other ts trust. ye speaker claborated this distinction, and went on farther vo show that faith 1 not a mere submission of the Intellect to authority, but we believe upon evidence, wnd tras: from a conviction that CHRIST 18 WORTHY OF OUR TRUST, A difference was shown to extst between belleving in a fact and belleving on a person. Belief respects facts and relations: trust alwava rests Of # Person. tion, a sinner Can Change it, and damning because tt involves einen a a hatred of Obrist, for as long as Gnd hates he sins against his own tout nee make erring man understand this duty, commandd, ‘Believe on the Lord Josus Christ,’ difference ‘ween believing in and ou Christ was illustrated by the infe buoy Kept on ships as a protection accidental drowning. A passenger avoard believes in the buoy; one adrift believes on it # and clinging to tt, ‘There 18 a great deal of ering ie Snd about Christ; but to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ demands intellect, affection and will, &, With the Neart man believeth.” An acceptance of Christ for all that for which he offers himself to us,, &. These aa were varioualy iliustrated. Notice third, a reward—‘Beheve on the Lort Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.” The signifi. cance of some words can only be estimated under the pressure of circumstances. Lost and saved—~tt may be a purse of money, or it may be a child or & human life, and the words are intensive'as the vala-- ation rises, A shipwreck. and the crew lost or saved. Butitisasoul. ‘What shatiir profit a mi ifthe gain the whole world and lose his own soatrit Again the significance of words is estimated by con« trasts, “Cost and saved!’ Lost—alienation from God; earthly, sensual, devilisn, spiritual death? banishment from God; no retarn way. Evory urpose of existence thwaried; lost. ‘Saved I" afiiated with God; heaventy, spiritual, saintly; = vine life in the soul begun; fellowship with God & ‘Saved .” These reflections wero elaborated and applied by the speaker beyond our space to re,.ort. e have found that belief includes Oo and Will among ita essential elements as @ saving exer- cise of the soul, What deeper, stronger, nobler MO tive Js there so to believe on ihe Lord Jesus Christ making its appeal to the affections and wilt We goswer, Christ's disinterested love. “we love Him because He first loved us.” ‘nts thought wad strongly urged upon the min) and cunsctence in aD- lication o! the truih of the text, ‘Believe on the Lora Jesus Christ aad thou shait be saved," SERVICES AT ELLENVILLE, N.. Y. Christ the Light ef tho World—Sermon by Rev. 8S. W. Stronz. ELLENVILLE, July 30, 1871, This charming village presents an unusually lovely aspect just nuw, a number of families from New York and Brookiyn having made it their som: mer abode. The pulpit of the Reformed church was filled to-day by Rev. S. W. Strong, of West Troy, who preached with great acceptability from the text, 11, Timothy, L, 10—‘Jesus Christ hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.” In this Scripture Christ is said to have brought something to light. The preacher fllustrated the necessity and importance of natural light for an accurate knowledge of material things. Jesus Christ is the great hght for spiritual things. Vart- ous inquiries in regard to tno soul, its nature, rela- tions to God, immortality, &., are correctly an- awered oaly by Jesus. CUR!IST AS GOD'S GREAT REVEALER. He distinctly professes “{ am the light of the world.” The speaker showed the state of the world in the absence of and before this revelation In tty ignorance and guesses at spiritual truth, and then proceeded to enlarge bricfy upon our erroneous views of life as popular errors of the day, ond as tending to show by contrast the proper notion as educed by Christ, First— “It 1s not all of lile to live.” Merely to epcad the alloted time—vur thiee score years sod ten—such 13 meie existence, almost a blank, Your lite 18 not mere stoicism, as the hfe of a ma- chine that takes ali that comes by it, good or 10, and performs its work regularly and systematically, Some live with just such coolness and iudiderence, They have NO SYMPATHY, NO MBART. Again, is iife Ppleasure-seeking, tue life the mere r’’? queation?’ Some have no higher object as the uussion of this Itfe, and when a sufficient competency 18 obtained rest with as much Ssatisfacttoa as the peace- tal brute toat in the rich pasture chews nls cud. In this connection the preacher enlarged upon the passion for money making, and showed its small- bess in contrast to the powers, destiny and reapon- sibiumty of the immortal sout. But trac iifo can never be dissociated with immortality and the ideas of happiness. The modei of Christ's periect lite was get before the hearers as one worthy of their imita- tuon, and the life that was led not only after but ip turn by a principte of faith was shown to be the very HIGHEST STYLE Or LIPR, even though a mau may not bea great man in the world's eslimation, Yet i dod's hight hews answer- ing the purposes of his creauioa. The tratn of this and the happiness of such 4 life was proven by testimony from the experience of those who had tried it, especially the enthustastic utterances of Scripture writers. In conciusion, he said that Christians were also called tne light of the world. Their busimess 13 to show men how tolive. Whats calling! what a responsibility! Tae unregenerate were reminded of the consequence of not tm. proving the light they have. This ts the condemna. tion that light is come into the worid and men pave chosen darknoss rather than light because taeir deeds were THE COSMOPOLITAN COXFCRENCE. Perfect and Imporfect Sy:‘ems of G v rnmeat Projects for an Univeisal Linzuaze—A Meta. physical Conundrum-Lecture by Dr. E. G. Holland and “Remarks” Thereon by Several Other Communists. If any reader of the H®xsuy wants to spend an hour ortwoln the condition of one who ts being somewhat bored, slightiy disguated, considerably amused, and, perhaps, a little tastracted ina nega. tive sort of way, let him attend the meetings of the Cosmopolitan Conference of tuis city at their hall, on the corncr of SBicecker street and the Bowery, every Sunday, Yesterday, at three o'clock P. M., there assembled there about oue hundred and atty Of the oddest fishes that Peter or his sable opponent and rival ever spread a net for. The audience waa matniy composed of men, but the eye was relicved by a slight sprinkting of LIVELY LADIES OF UNCERTALY AGRS, ‘The chair was occupied by a Mr. Beony, who woutd not be taken for a fool amdhg an ordinary crowd, He introduced Dr. EB. G. Holland, the orator of the day, Who read un essay on the general principtes of government in the abstract and the formation and use of language. He would maintain that the very idea of ali government sprang from nature, Gov- ernment, he sald, implies that nature has provided governing powers, ond in nature's own system ot government no mutiny or rebellion is possible, The primary root of government ts in the individual, and the best example of a perfect government fs ta the solar system. THE SUPREMACY OF TRUTIC AND RIGHT isthe sun and centre of every good governmental system. Christianity taught that one passion shoula be controlled by a higher passion—the physical by tho spiritual passion—just as Emerson said that he made poetry cut of other things, but tne mora law made poctrys out or nim. The lower we descend In the scale of creation the more we find that the human systems of government aro the least perfect of all, The lower unimals have a perfect system. The stronger protects the weaker, aad the former la spontaneously chosen and obeyed by the latter, The bulls of the budalo herd, when danger draws near, Piece theniselves in the front rank and flercely Nght forthe safety of the young and the weak of their community, Man alone has corrupt governments, Vecause man alone departs from the dictates of ature in the selection of lis rulers; but the states- manship that 18 worth anything must be taken from the natural system. Ability always governs in nature by an unerriug law; butia the human sya tems there are obstructions, such a3 hereditary rights and customs or the passions and prejudices arising from political partizanshtp, which prevent the triumphant reign of pure apility. It Is said that in the carliost a; mankind was ruled by brute force sine, but ae could scarcely have been so in every age, because someumes mere streagth was accompanted by ability and parity of motive and rpose. eid THE pat GOVERNMENT met of India and. of Egypt was a government by its. The latter were soon formalty supplanted y kings and princes, pue for all that, they con: tinued .o rule in reality by influencing the minds of those who nominally held tne sceptre. The priest- hood in our own ef Still rale tm one Way or ansther. A priesthood will always rule; but in the hoped-for future they must be the high ‘priesthood of scieuce and indostry, (Appiause) 43 for the connection between Onurch and Siate, there was no more neceasity that the State should take religion on ita hands than that it should jook after inusic and oy . Centralized goveroment is the result Of UNO fact thal the people cannot ruje themselves without intelligence. When the masges becume educated there will be very little or ng necessity or use for centralized forms of rule; audit was the knowledge Of this fact that framed for the despots of the Ole Worid the policy of keeping tne people in ignorance. The cducawon of the Masses! 1s at oacO the BoUTCe CONTINUED ON MIFTH PAGE. / ¢ a?