The New York Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1871, Page 6

8 RE *Yosterday’s Sermons in the Metropolis and Elsewhere. Exhortations on the Westfield Explosion. THE VERDICT OF THE PARSONS. Calamity, Municipal Corruption im the Puipit. ‘The churenes generally presented yesterday what Might properly be termed ‘a beggariy array of empty benches,” ‘The announcements of sermons on the fearfai fatality of Sunday last had apparently Dut little effect 1a enucing extra hearers, The oc- currence had preached its own sermon with a deadly logic 1 no ininisterial mouthings coula strenguien or improve. Below will be found synopses of the privcinal discourses delivered In this city, and Will afford to all useful interesting reading. FREE AMERICAN CHURCH, Rev. Mr. Smyth on “Liberties of Ameriea”— The Twelfth of July d the Catholics—The Westfield Disaster—How Liberty is to Be Preverveé—Deiamation of Character and Politics. In the American Free Church, University Build- ing, yesterday morning, the Kev. Charles B, Smyth preached on the ‘Liberties of America,’ waking his Vext from James 1., 25. Events of a startling character have recently occurred which shouid receive comment in the pul- pits of the city. The press here at home has dis- cussed them extensively, and when the files of foreign papers reach us 1t will be fonnd no doupt that these occurrences have been criticised all over Europe. Since the 12th of July what have the clergy been doing? A number of them are away from {herr churches, enjoying themselves at the seaside or rusticating In the country, but their pulpits are Milled, and, bestdes, many ministers have not yet Jeit the city. Were there SOME GREAT POLITICAL STRIVE going on it would be found that the pulpits would ring With the subject; but this most serious ques- non of liberty is utterly negiectec, In considering an the abstract the subject of American liberty we see how harmonious are the principles engrafted in the Declaration of Independence and constitution of the United States, and in comparing those princt- ples with the teachings of the New Testament the fame harmony shines out conspicuously. If we have law at all it should be TOE LAW OF LIBERTY, otherwise it could not be perfect. Human law is perfect only im so far as it conforms to divine law, In order to act out the dictates of his conscience Man must have full liberty; he must be able to say to bimseif that he is FREE TO PERFORM WHAT GoD COMMANDS. ‘The man who acts against his own conscience acts the part of a slave. The principles embodied m our national standards correspond with the lberty spoken of in ihe text I have selected. American liverty Goes not consist in licentionsness. It is to De regretted taat licenttousness 1s spread so much apd bus seized so great a part of the nation. Some people imagine that 1. 1s consequent Upon our pros- perity: for Wealth always brings ease and repose, @nd tends 10 make ts possessors Inaiiferent to su- preme law. Amencan hberty is not evidenced tn The uonchalance characteristic of our peuple, nor ut Te Openness o1 vice that prevails mM the large cities. Nor does it consist 1m the privilege, that seems Lo be accorded, by which ONE MAN CAN KILL OR MAIM ANOTHER, though from recent occurrences wis latter idea Might not unreasonably be enieriawed abroad. Nor Goes 1i Consist in the Custom that oue part of the communiy can cry down or write down another part. Politicians always enjoy the greatest freedom in serving the party to which they belong; but it is jameniabie to Ubing what libels and slanders will go forth to serve te passing purposes of a party, and how grossly the character of respectable men will be injured werely to render them obnoxious to the public at Clection time. There has been recently a notable case of his sort. But he shouid remember That the courts of Jaw are open for te trta ub. lic mea, 48 well as for others, and unui the decision of We courts there should be NO DECISION LN THE PULPITS. But afier election ume. when there is no longer meed w malign, the foul sayings ccase, and the courts are seidom appealed to, Every American ciiizen or resident bas # right to his good mame; it is fs right that he shoaid not be exposed to be kilied or maimed in the streets, or that when he goes on board @ ferryboat is life should be in dan ger. These purse-proud heathen owners of ferry- boats and other public conveyances should feel a sByiipathy for their fellow men, and should remem- ber that some time or other their own wives and Gauglivers might be ip danger, It is true that THE CATHOLIC CLERGY admonished their docks betore the recent riot Dot W participate in the anucipated slaughter; we shall | give them credit for that; Wut, at the same time, it Must be aduitted that their acuon was not in ac cord with the Charch of Rome. That Church forces obedience to iis aocirines. Istory attests this in Bt. Batnolomew’s Day, in France: in the Smithicid Massacre, i England; in the massacres in Med- mont, im the uquistuen Of Spain and im tie thou- Bauds of DEATHS FOR REFUSAL TO OBEY. On our side, too—that of the Protestants—it snould not Le torgotten that ia the first days of Protestant- isin persecations were rie enough in England. Times have changed and common sense rules now More than before, and this 1s owing to the civil and religious liberty given to the people in this repub- hie. Here every man is free and equal, free to speak is mind and to publish bis opinion and to worship Goa according to je dictates of his conscience. We should preserve this liberty and guard it from every Insididus ioe, OUR DUTY 1s to see that it is maintained, not by force or oy bivod, but by persuasion and example; by tolerance and respect, by enacting laws that will protect le and property, and by placing such safeguards around our ferries and other public conveyances that disasters like that which oecurred on Sunday last Sali become lpossibilities. This duty Is ob vious aud Incumbent upon all. CHURCH OF The Traow —Sermon hF the Rev. Pere Aubry. ‘The attendance at this cbarch was yesterday quite Tespectabie, iu spite of the close, sultry heat of the y aod the many temptavons which offered to orship God th the fields and among the trees and flowers. Neatness and propriety in the dresses of the daughters of France Tormed a striking contrast to the more brilliant and expensive costumes wien DAZZLE THE BY 1 our more fashionavie cnure The sermon was preached by the Rev. Pore Aubry, Who took for bis text the Transfiguration of Onr Lord Jesus Christ, The reverend gentleman >You have just heard the of a touching part of the Gospel, it 1s worthy of rewark that this is the second time thas Ube gospel of the day calls your attention to tbe sul» Ject of the Transfiguration, ‘1h Inention is made is on the second Sunday of Lent. You can thus percerve the imporvauce which the Churen attaches to Uus greatevent. us then cousider why our Lora caused Hunself to & TRANSFIGCRED BEYORE HIS DEATH. He had oiten spoken to His aposties aud disciples of the death which He would suiler and the persecu tons they would be forced to ungergo for His sake, 1 the aposties and disciples w' ndalized aud eudered sorrowlul. So te condueted iwree of them 1 to the Mount, and Loere became iranstigured t pre them, He vecame resplendent io the lught of other occasion that glory, and shone chro Us warmeats ull lie be- cae BMIGUT A’ THR SUN and white as snow in the heavenly ight, Ana there cate to pay Him Wership Moses, ine greaf Jegistator of the gla jaw, and Eigah, the first great propnet Who described, almost word tor word, tne lile of Jesos Christ on earth. Tuere tie Vid Testament and the New, so Lo aay, took bands, and he who haa re- eclved the law on Mount Sinai rendered witieas to Jesus Christ, to Him who was destined vo give LAWS TO ALL THM PROPLES and to all patons, Aud Biljan, who had written Hi@ile and anvounced iis couang, came to render Withess to Oorist, saying in ils name of al! we Prophets you are tae Son of God. And even as be #poke betiold a vei! of clouds surrounded them aod the voice of God rendered homage to Christ, crying out wid My Divine Son, in whom Jam well pleased.” Ob. it w coBsary thal Lue Jews were LIGIOUS,| rimiual Carelessness Caused the ' Indeed hardened that they did not wisl the apostles Wo give witness to SO GREAT A MIRACLE. But In the middie of so much glory listen to the voice of St, Peter exclaiming, in the fulness of his Joy, “Lord, it is good to be here,” Christ wished to teach His apostles to die for Him in order tuat they might reign with Him in heaven eternally. One day He also shall pe transfigured, the day of the general resurrection, and if we have had the happiness to bave discharged our duty tn thts life we shail be transfigured in heaven aud shail become uke unto Christ. It was by THIS GARAT THOUGNT that Christ always consoled and encouraged His aposties and dtsciptes tn all the trials to which they Were subjected, What are the tittle troubles of thts World tn comparison to ihe glory of heaveu? The mother of bees W pported in her great trial by this ‘hoasht, end wien her youngest chud seemed to falter she bade him LOOK H&AVES WARD, and the little one fetl under tie s of the enemy rather than commit a sin, When you also are in danger of faring into sin look heayenward and wink of the resurrection, resist o the death, trinmph ever ten) That you may rejoice im heave Look 1 unitate your X 3 who L virtue, for ta n viriue to » and will | and give you the holy vt | with happiness, will yd to heaven, turmshed With tue succor of the Church--wil go to the glorious mansion of God. There is where we should strive to , aud Where 1 wish you to dwell with all my ywe and the priest take the divine sacrament cam; and your soul, Hiled PARK AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. How Christ Is To Be Questioued—Childhood ot Heart Better Than Theeloay—Sermen by Kev. Di. Dixon, of Aujusta, Ga, The Rey. James Dixon, D. D., of Aagusta, Ga., of fictated at morning service in Rev. Dr, Anderson church, Park avenue and Thirty-ninth street, and preached from the text Matthew xvul., 3—“Ex- cept ye 6€ converted and become as little children ye stall not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.’’ He gave the following Ulustrations of the manner in which Christ reveaied Himself to the different types of character with which he came in contact. Plac- ing Christ in the centre of various groups, we find Him trst refusing to gratify the curiosity of the scnbes—who asked by what authority He actea— because they were without sincerity; but we tind Him .wmmediately and complacently revealing himseif to the blind man whom he cured, and who sought to know Christ that he might be- lieve nim. When the rich ruler was told by the Saviour to distrioute ail his goods to the poor, and when that young man faltered and turned away, Christ did not modily His terms; He requires com- phance with His conditions, and there is but one narrow way, ONE GATE, FOR HUMANITY TO HEAVEN. ‘They brought to Christ a sinful woman, and saic, “Moses commanded such @ woman to be stoned to death—what sayest tuou ”’ The Saviour assumes ihe obligation of the law, but tells them none but purity can punish, and, writing with his finger on the ground, says, “Let him that ls without sin cast tne first stone,”’ It was enough, and each wan, sell- accused, shrinks ont of the temple to muse on & Wis+ dow it Was impossible to baile, There stood the guilty creature alone before the Good Shepherd, He JOOKS on this daughter of shame not with eyes blaz- ing with anger, but filled with pity, and tells ber Unat He condemns her not, and bids her depart ana sin ho more. How much better to FALL INTO THE HANDS OF GOD than into the hands of men! The Pharisees took counsel how they might entangle Chnst in bis talk, His life defied criticism, bat they sought to fasten on some word or sentence on which w indict him, In modern phrase, THEY INTERVIEWED CHRIST, complimented him in the most sktiful manner, telling him “Master, thon teachest the truth and carest tor ho man."’ They knew human nature and Jaid their plan accordingly, but were signally defeated. When they inquired “Is it lawful to pay tribute to Cesar”? Onrist, taking a coin, asked, “Whose inage 1s this?” and when they said ‘O«sar's,” he answered, “Give to Cesar the things that are Cesar’s and to God the things that are God’s,”? and the purity and loyalty of Christ remained in all their brillancy and integrity. ‘These words of Christ prove that RELIGION 1S NUT SUBVERSIVE OF LOYALTY, political obligations or national order. Christ tells us Himself the kind of questions that will receive diis loving attenuon. We must become as littie children, All the realms of the universe are open to tae child, There ts no sentinel in the paths of the intinite who dares to refuse Him admission. Belore entering the reaims of kuowledge, truth and beauty we must Nave the guileless sptrit of a lithe chud. Pride and curiosity in vain propound ques- tious to evernal wisdom, God forbids MERE SPECULATISTS to build a tabernacie on His holy ground. If we look on all events with the eye of a child we will see traces of the Father's hand everywhere. As littie children we can understand the meaning of Biblical revelations, while the Book remains sealed to the self-satistied hoary critic WOO boasts exactitude to cvid and heartless theology. If you would cail for expounders of THE DIVINE ORACLES listen with the ears of a child and believe with the heart of @ child, and to the angels will be given a mussion to tell you marvelious things, and you will be charmed with the beauty of the revealed Word and transported with its visions of God. Childhood of heart 1s an indfspensavie condition of admission to the Kingdom of heavea, . FRANCIS XAVIER. CHURCH OF ‘The Life ved Virtues ef St. Ignatius—Sermon by the Rev. Faiher Wirsch. ‘There was no sermon at this church yesterday Toorning, but in the evening a discourse upon the life of St, Ignatius was delivered by the Rev, Father Wirsch, of tne Order of Kedempuonists, The text was the first i’salm:— Blessed is the man that waiketb not in the counsel of the wogodly, hor siandeth in the way of winners, nor aitteth in the seat of the scornt: But bis detight is in the law of the | Lord, and on his iaw doth be meditate day and aight. And he shail be like « tree planted by the rivers of water, that cringeth forth his fruit in bis season; his leaf also eal not wither ; whatsoever he docth sail prosper. To all the salnis of the Church these beautiful words may be applied. God gave special graces to the blessed St. Ignatius, whose feast we this day celebrate. God endowed him with special talents and fitted him for his work, He never inclined to the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, hor satin the chair of pestilence. The re- flection of his virtues catls as together. By co- operating with the grace of God he succeeded in perpetuating the frnit of his labors, St. Ignatius Was bora in Spain in the year 1491, HE WAS A SOLDIER and was wounded at Pampclona. At the hospital by reading ihe lives of the saints and meditating upon them he became converted, Cured in body he made @ pligrimage to Montserrat, the only strine in his country. Here he secluded himseit, and by meditation and prayer prepaied for his future labor, He then undertook a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, not with ap ides of converting, bat merely to visit the sacred city, in 1624 he returned. At Venice he pre- pared for tis missionary labors in the West, After studying at various places ne Onaily reached Paris, where ne met St. Francis Xavier and others of his associates. While in Paris be and his companions made @ vow Ww offer their services to tue Hoiy Father and obtain permission to fight as suidiers of the faith with THE WRAPON OP TRUTH, ‘elr spectal mission being to exterminate the | beresies toen springing tp on all sides, But it was net uot loo that Pope Paul Lil, approved ther order, To show how tndomitavie was the spicit’ of this saint, he, who had been a seldier, atthe age of thirty voluntarily en- tered a school, and studied Latin with ttle’ ehil- dren. In this school be suffered persecutions of ail kinds. His fellow stadents ridiculed him; the pt ors aiso suspected him of heresy, His faith i tim ander all trials, and in Paris inspired his 8 and associates. He eaw no opportanity own Country and he turned bis eyes toward f, DuULit was in Germany that the greatest efforts of himself and followers became manifest, THK SO-CALLED REPORMATION by Luther was the worst attack ever made upon the Catholic Church, In this heresy was combined ail the heresies that had ever existed. Luther taugat that all Ubat Was necessary for salvation was faith in Jesus Christ, which justified ali tuings. Faith by good Works wus denonaced and the very foundation of the Church Was assailed. In this time ot ber trouble Si, Ignatius and his followers aid more than all others to refute this heresy, At the Council of Trent it was these inspired by the teachings of At. Ignatius who &0oldiy stood forth to defend the Charch, That is the reason why the enemies of the | Charch hate THE SOCIETY OF JESUS | with greater batred Wan they do the Church itself. Since the time of St Ignatios his lollowers have been the champions and soldiers of the faith all over the world. ‘Trained like soldiers to obedience, pauient, carnest and brave, Wey have, armed only With (be (ruth, fought we enemies of the Church. ‘vhey are her truest sone and defenders, and the enemies of the Charen know fuli well their value, It is true that there has been @ time im Which their ardor led them to display what was corsidered by the Chureh to be too great zeal, and ine order Was fora time suppresved. Batafter a little wulle it Wad re-estabilshed and the spirit breathed wto it by ios founder gave it, as of oid, that real ile Which bas made it always go im- portant an order and the great bulwark of our Char The Order of St. Ignatius may at times be onder @ cloud, but it will last asiong as this world is inhaby and will shine with renewed briiianey tn heavy, It was the Order of Jeaus tat waved to Wie Chu @ portion of Germany and Austria and kept the Khige provinces firm im the fun. ‘To thts society also are we indebted for the fiyst introduction of Ohristiauity bite this continent. HUMAN INSTITUTIONS endorse oniy @ iitte while, diviue institntions for ever, St. iggatiue foupded an order which wil! adapt itself to the wants of all ages, It suits the Mincteenth as Weil a8 it did the sixteenth century. ‘The enemies of the Church say that the society 18 not progressive, ‘That 1s not so, ‘There 1s no order which has progressed so much as this. Little by Jitue, st a8 God instructed St, Ignatius, so has he Instructed the order, The Rev. Father concluded by entreating his hearers {0 assist the order in every way, 2nd by so ones they would share in its glory here and here- atier, After the sermon, which was listened to with benedichion and exposition of the Blessed Sacra- meat. CANAL STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Crimtant Carelessness Cansed the Great Calamity on the West@eld—Quiet Resting Places—Discourse by David Mitehell. At the Canal Street Presbyterian church yesterday the Rey. David Mitchel took for his text the words, “Aad my people siall dwell in quiet resting places.” He the Rev. said:—There is sometuing of the year that calis almost imperatively for change. When the dust and heat ‘of the city become, so to say, unbearable, one nata- rally taras to tie conntry for reuef and rest. To my Mind the bean ideal of happiness at this time ts to Possess a farm; bat if you can’t goon a farm of your own the next best thing 18 THE FARM OF A FRIEND, and if taatis not practicable some farm is betier than none at all. The reverend geutieman then Went on to describe the beautics of a truly rustic life, The earth’s green mantie beneath one's icet for a carpet, the glorious summer sky, the songs of the birds, the waters winding Wrough the velvet valleys and the wild flowers bursting forth sponta- neously from nature’s bosom, ‘These, be sald, Were the attractions of a couatry life, ana they were nowhere to be found out of God’s broad domain, As the husbandman goes out to reap whathe has sown, 80 does the hearty worker in the turmoil of the world gather in the frait of the seed he bas seat- tered. In the quiet of a country Ife great thoughts are born, which men of mind afterward apply to the general weil bemg of the world. Many people rusn to the seaside and to great cities, where all is bustie and sur, and life itself 1s little better than a hollow mockery; otners with alpine stock climb up the side of the mpuntain; some lounge im cralt thai glide upon THS SURFACE OF THE SEA; and others wildly ratue from place to place—never content, never comfortable and never finding a quiet resting place, The Doctor satd he was happy to say the time had come when he could enjoy his vacation and indulge his passion for farming. Ministers, he said, are but men, and they require to rest in some quiet nook at this time of year as well as others. In fact, they m this season require it more than very many of those who are du- constantly enjoying themselves, for their ties are more = arduous and —_ ine in tneir demands. The reverend gentien then eniarzed upon the duties of the mimstry ana pointed out the necessity and effect of clange upon all brain workers, Something more than sleep, he said, i8 necessary for this Class of worker, and to Keep ap the brilliancy of thought, the pungency of expression and the enthusiasm of the writer he must now and then slip away to some quiet resting piace. From there he will come back refreshed and invigorated for his work, and all the world wilt progt by his rest. Compare the lives and labor of these men with the putterflies of fashion and you will ind a reality and intensity in the one that the other is incapable of. The Neated ball room of the fashionable waterimg place and the thousand other excesses have worn natare out, and instead of having gone to some quiet resung place where naiure would be buoyed up and strengthened they come back to their city lie, worn and ured and unequal to the struggie. When they nave dis- pelled the false hair and the padaing there is no fesn and blood left to battie with the culd, Men are wrong Who think ¥E I$ NOTHING BUT A PAINTED SHOW, Let them sift itto the bottom, and they wil find @ giowlng, healthy current, a brilliant, glittering streaia of purest Water, upon which the sun shines down with bright retuigence, But a week ago, and shortly alter the morning service, the community was startled to its very depths by one of those disas- ters, terrible horrors 1 call them, that make men stop in their wild career and wonder whither they are drilting. A wealthy company invites the peopie to patronize their accommodation, and hundreds of tue poor, worn out arudges of the city hasten to take advantage of the opportunity to breathe the fresh air and take some brief respite from their daily cares upon our noble waters. ‘With all assurance of safety they go upon the boat and all is langater and preparation for enjoyment, wien suddeniy @ worn-out boiler rends its sides and THE HISSING STEAM drives ont, tearing al! before it, and tossing men, women and children, botied and roasted, into the ar! I fear me mueh in this. affair there 1s terrible blame attaching to those would- be purveyors of the people’s wauts, for, mind you, this was not an excursion — boat, but @ regular ferry. On! the desolation of that fearful scene of death! Human beings of every axe struggling in the last agontes of a frighttul death— tumbling, roaring, plunging in the water 1p the wid desire to escape a little from the aw/ul tortures they are suffering. Child sinking further in its efforts to ald itseif, and wife dragging husband down to the dark bottom where eternity begins. Which of you would come to me and say, as 1 hoked upon these poor wretches creeping ashore, burned and maimed, that they had met with their deserts in breaking the Sabbatay What would you have said to me if, when | had gone to Bellevue, | went avout Srom bed to bed and said to unfortunate sufferers, as they lay groaning on the pallet, it served you right for goimg out on Sunday? You would bave said I WAS A MONSTER, and sol should be. The preacher then went on to paint the homes of the poor working classes, and showed the necessity tnere was in the lives that they shouid be able to spend a Sunday by the river’s side or upon the bay, and when an opportunity came that they shonid get as much of the country air and life as their circumstances would permit. He did not blame them that they could pot always come to church; if they could arrange it that one could come atatime all the better, but if not ne was certainly of the opinion they did quite mght in taking ali the advantage of great attention by @ crowded andience, there was the sunshine, the open air and the water they could. Life with ai of us, be said, was 80 uncertam. In the morning we are as grass that groweth up, 10 the evening we withereth, PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH. Sermon by Rev. Dr. Isanc Wescott on the Wesificld Disaster—Nobedy to Blame Eur the Company and Those Who Went Out in Violation of the Sabbath. There was a large congregation present last even- ing at the Plymouth Baptist church, in West Fifty- first street, to hear Dr. Wescott lecture on the West- field disaster. In the course of the prayer he alluded to it, and begged Goud to so direct the actions of those investigating the matter that tne blame might tall where it belonged, and this horrid thirst for gold give place to some regard for human life. The text was taken from I. Samuel, xx., $— ‘There 1s but a step between me and death.” These words, my friends, were used by David when pursued by the followers of Saul. Death is uncer- tain and sudden; seldom do we bave any warning of its approach; fully is this illustrated by what toox Place here @ week ago. Let us go back a week and visit the gutes of the Staten Island Ferry Company, See the eagerness displayed by the crowd to enter and to secure good positions on board the boat, and thus get a chance to breathe the freshening air from the bay. The jovial, merry song and jest, the coarse remark or hoarse laugh 18 heard on ail sides. In such @ place one always sees some one Unat parti- cujarly attracts our attention, Over here stand a lady and gentleman, seemingly from Rogiand. Upon inquiry appears that they are upon ther wedding vour and arrived at New York put three days beture. ‘They surely had plenty of time to spare, and MIGHT HAVE TAKEN SOME OTHER DAY than God’s day for a pleasure tmp, Mer group of seven children sitting around then She cautious them to stay near her, bot OY stray away, fortunately. The ume for comes, ana there is heard a rumoling and a hissing; the upheaved deck precipitates scores into the Waler. Not oue knows what has happened or has any judgment to think. Some are scruggling in the Water, some are on the 4 while dowu ta the hoid i a seething, struggling mas# of haman beings. tf 1 possessed the vest deseriptive powers im the world | could not describe tunis horrible scene to you; an angef Would fatter did he aitempt tt. What caused this? Not God’s providence, [ believe in a God that surveys all things, and fle had uo more to do with it than ourselves, It was the cursed thirst for gold. Ministers stand ap before te congregations and say It was due to a Inysterious Providence, GOD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH It, It was an incident of life, the penaity of God for sin is the death of the soul after the death of the body; sufferings are incidents of life, God forbid that I should excuipate railroad and sieamtout companies; | at a@ director In none of them. It was. caused by @ defective boller, or a deiective engineer, or voth; in either case the com; owned one and red the other, and they wii find it lard to con- vince an intelligent puolic that they were tree from blame. Ihave read the testimony gver very care- fully, and in the sight of God T thin THE COMPANY RESPONSIBIA. The engineer is not to blame; tt rests with the company. They have stated that but 200 were oo she boat, but there were 193 killed and jounded, many ran away nohart, and the tide setting out at night probably carried off many bodies, There are severgl Wessons Lo learn from Wis; we must ere wa ther | our rights, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1871. template sadly and feelingly the great want of re- spec! bath, You may say, “But, sir, you don’t want’ Puritan Sabbath here?” Better by tar than loss of life; better even with the old blue law that fined a man for KISSING HIS WIFE ON THE SABBATH than the present state of affairs; thousands of lives und millions of treasure would be annually saved. tis claimed that they were poor people, living in crowded tenements, who were golng to get some ai. Itismotso. Many were from brooklyn, Mas- suchusetts, Syracuse, New Hampshire. Even if they were was It not MEAN TO STEAL GOD'S DAY When they had six others. 1 read in the HeraLp Monday ‘moraing eighteen columns, I think, de- scribing the scene, yet Dol one idea suggested te Violation of the Sabbain, | ask secular papers to be neutral, not to publish accounts of pleasure parties travelling around on the Sabbath. On the boat were some officials from Syracase. What an exampie for ofilcials to give! I suppose our retigicut papers will wake up iu afew weeks and rel! us about the accident. [ read the Aeansiner, but it had nota word on the subject. if you cannot sleep read one of the heavy aruicles, avd af you do not sink to rest then you are in a bad way. No workingman can take ls family to Staten Islana without spending from two dollars anda half to tiree dollars, and that money muisl- plied by fifty-two wonid enable tun to hire several rooms Where he could have fresh alr and have no excuse 10 desecrate toe Lord's Day. Another lesson to be derived 1s that of so living that we may be pre- pared to die should we suddeuly be summoned, and remeinhgr that we are not prepared to live until we are prepared to die. BEEKMAN WILL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Moanicipal Cerruption the and Christians in Relation TherctoSermon by the Kev. William H. Beale. ‘This churen, in Filtieth street, near Second ave- nue, was well fliled last evening, tt having been an- nounced that the pastor, Rev. W. H. Boole, would Duty of preach a discourse on municipal corrapuon, He did so, basing his remarks upon te text, Proverbs Xxix.,2—“When the righteous are in authority the peopie rejoice, but when the wicked besareth role the people mourn.” The present condition of city affairs, he said, farnishes a parttal illustration of this text, Our righteous ralers have been few and short-lived. He designed to speak honestly on the duty of Cnristian citizens in our present necessity, the origin and design of governments and the re- sponsibility of citizens in relatioa to our elty gov- erpment, We have now reached a crisis in our city and State, and we must decide whether A SMALL GANG OF SMALL MEN, not up even to the average capacity of men, shall continue to rule our city and State as they are doing by corrupt boards and heads of departments, or whether tne respectanle citl- zens and voters shall break their power and make the city a praise among the cities of the earth. In one of our daily papers accusatioas of common frands have been laid to the charge of the highest officials, and it has been publicly declared that ten millions of dollars have been taken from us by those whom we have trusted, The reputation of that journal and all persons connected with it are at stake in the proof or disproof of these, charges, and he (Boole) believed they had common sense enough to stop before they had given them broadcast to ‘she world, had they not good proof of their truthfuiness, And the charges nave been partially sustained by the accused jailing to make any satlsfactory reply to or refutation of them. Their only answer has been one impugning the motives of thelr accusers, which 1s none of our concern, Whether he be an honest man or @ pro- fessed rogne who had these figures it was his duty to show them to the,public, and he (Boole) praised the man who had done this, We have seen, too, in the late past that our public officials are unable or are unwilling to defend citizens against A PALTRY FACTION, A RELIGIOUS MOB, but were ready to lay down and did lay down their authority at the feet of this mob. They were not able to defend a few honorable men—honorable not because they were millionnaires, but becanse they were working men and citizens of this metropolis. Nurseries of crime are winked at by our city officials, and though their where- abouts have been exposed by another jour- nal the police force which should prevent are paid for hiding and shielding those nurseries of crime. The Sapbath Liquor law ts aiso openly vio- lated in our midst, Next to a prohibitory liquor law was the old Excise law, which called down many a blessing from wives, mothers, daughters and Sisters upon our city for it. But under the rule of the “ring” ail this has been abrogated, and we have endured it patiently, not, indeed, as Christians, but Wwe have endured it, being too much absorved in our own business, The consequence 1s that you cannot find another similar government on the face of Ged’s tootstool, Have we, then, as Christians, nothing to do with this? Have we no interest init? Is there no responsibility resting upon us—or only one which we can throw off at our option and clear our own skirts? HUMAN GOVERNMENTS ARE OF Gop. The powers tnat be are ordained Of God- the powers, not the men. The power is tn the office, notin the man; and if we eject him from ottice the power still remains. Wuhile the man fills the office the power with which he is clothed ts of God. Let iim see to it, thereiore, that he uses itrightiy, TheJewish nigh priests were often corrupt mea, and the ofiice was sometimes bought and sold as are our public offices; buat nevertheless God honored the oilice, and com. muned even with the bad men who filled it. The ofices are to be filled with good men, aud the pow- ers thereof wielded for God. Christ, in His earthly ministry, acknowleaged the power and the divine origin of temporal governments, Ruiers shonla be just, ruling m the fear of the Lord, and tey should feel a double respon. siulity on ther —consclences—one — toward God ‘and another toward their constituents, Tiis not a trifling trust, but @ sacred one, which rests upon the man who lls @ public plac And if tue Lord has ordained offices Jor the good of men Chrisnans should realize the power of office, aud should nola it as a religious duty to til them only with good men. It is not enough for us to hoid back, and say, “It 18 naught, It is naught; tMis ts not for me.” fe (Boole) believed that the present corrupt condition of our city government and the troubie and results of the laie riot have come upon us as jodgments for the neglect of duty by good men, It may be that UNDERNBATH US SLUMBERS A VOLCANO, whose fires shall break through und envelop our cily, and od 1s secking lo awaken us [0 a reailza- tion of our danger. If We are not yet awake 11s time we were, and these things should make an im- pression apon us, A burned child dreads te fire, and we should be warned by these things, The de- sign of governments 1s to secure the greatest good of ali citizens and snbjecis, and not thar kings may wear crowns | and sit upon thrones. Parliaments were not formed that (raitors might make laws to restrict liberty, OWiciais are not our rwers; they are our servants, Tae people are the rulers—especially in this country. And yet men in ofice walk abroad dominceringly and retuse to settle Accounts with their constituents and close their books against those who have a rignt to know what they coniain, They hoard up tieir ill- goiten weaith that they may be able to ride Tough shod over those who have made them kings, and the people meekly bend their necks to the yoke when they shouid long ago have put their foot down firmly and said, ‘thos far shait thou #0, but no farther.” Officials are nothing more than head servants in @ large establishment, and the people should look upon and ‘reat them only as such, and dictate to them instead of being dictated toby then, All men have malienable rignts, three of which are named in our Declaration of Independence—life, hberty and the pursuit of happiness—and jor the attainment protection of Mese nights governments are formed, offices ted and men elected to iil fi Men have w right to worship God as tbey please, and no religious faction have a right to op- pox or interiere With tus right. If heatheatsm comes ainoug as and erects its temples it faa a right oO do so, provided it does not iaterfere with If Chrisianity can’t stand neatnenism in its midst, men CURISTIANITY 1S A VERY PLIMSY THING, He he lool npon heathenism in Saa Fran- and saw the Chinese worship and offer sacri. Hoos to their gods, and heard peopie regret that 16 HN me among us, he was glad that ove Churcn ai least was bold enough to take hold and grappie with ty ff the Ohnstian Chureh cannot take eapuve heuthensm im its midst then Jet Clristanity go down. Rulers should he honorabie men, and ruler makers should hoid thomseives Tesponsitne for electing men to office aud muke them bonoravle. Let the mgit- cous and good exert tuelr Dower to Make righteous rulers. The voice and mfuence of good mea among us have not been heard or felt on these things. heading from @ printed sheet before him, Mr. Boole Bald (hat Cese men had not been sauisied With Six days’ Work and pay, but bad run in their bills for work on the Saboath. The honor of tne city 1s al stake, and we don’t know how deep these irauds are nor how far wey extend. Who can tell If over issues of stock have not been made? If we can’t trast them in one thing we can’t in another. ‘There 1s no declension of character in these men. ‘They are now what they were six, seven, ten years ago. There is nouning out of proportion in their Referring to some of thom giving money build churches, he said he would reject suin from $1 to $10,000 coming from such men. He had nov so much interest in the cause of Carist as (0 be willing to ACCRPT AID FROM THE DEVIT to carry it forward, Mr. Boole then read @ list of Koman Cathylic. vity officials, and then pointed out some of the auties of Christian men in this emergency—aamely, to take their polit. {rights and use them religiously in the fear God: to whore all party linea and work cheer- fully and harinoniousiy with stood men of any and every party vo elect en to office Whose character 18 stainless and pure. I! our enemies are active in po- how aCuirs we should be so too, HM they are cule character, w a i solidatea so snouia we be. tiooa men must also mantlest @ and active interest in reform and give thetr money and time to it Prayer and work were algo recommended; ana with some excellent Personal advice Mr. Boole closed his discourse on Tuunicipal corruption. FORT WASHINGTON (8. €.) CHURCH. Sermon by the tev. Dr. A. Bravdt. Notwithstanding the great heat or yesterday & Goodly number assembled at Dr, Brandt's Roman Catholic church, temporarily situated in the Fort Washtngton scuool nouse. Owing to the absence of anorgap high mass was not sung cr celebrated. Dr. Brandt, after reading the Gospel, which was taken from Matthew xvil., 1-9, remarked:—Our na- ture is a combination of the human and the divine, As our Lord transfigured htmseif upon the mouhtain to his disciples so also can we transfigure ourselves: from sin and damnation to virtue and glory. But nen, {rom the millionuaire to the penniless, seem to forget this important fact; they are so fuuch ¢} grossed with the material things of this transitory lve that they Cannot give tt due considerauon, ine poor man who tous and labors ail day loug cannot, When he goes home, afford to give himseil A MOMENI’S REST, but puzzles and racks his bratu in devising means wherewith he may become wealthy. The poor man’s jife upon this earth may be considered as a hell, He has everyung to discourage him—poverty, sica- ness, filth, and perhaps disobedient chiidren. nt not satistied with one hell he tunks of making to himself two; one which may last for ten, twenty or thirty years, and another which will last for mli- lions of endless years, My dearly beloved brewiren, the devil has much HARDER ROCKS TO WORK than those on the boulevards, and his bosses are much more exacting. ‘ihe men of these days go on building factories, boulevards and palaces, just as though they had a thousand years to live and enjoy them. They fail to remember, tat in ten or twenty years thelr bones will be mingled with the dust aad their names will live no longer. A few relations may perpetuate thor Memory, but after afew years even these will uot ‘Unink of them, and if their names happen to be men- toned kinsloiks will say, ‘Kor God sake do not speak of him.” Let Christ crucified be your model; bear with the same humility as He did the cross ‘wid upon your shoukters. He for thirty-three years lived the lle of Lhe poor and was always coa- lent vo do the will of HIS FATHER, who sent tim, Te was crucifled, died and was buvied, but “the third day He arose again,” 1ininor- tai aud impassiple, to live a life of eternal happiness, @ Diesstug Which I Wish you all. FIFTH UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. The Westfield Disaster—sermon by lev. Charles F. Lee. AD unusually large congregation was present at Chickering Hall yesterday, owing to the fact that the late catastrophe formed the meme of the pas- tor’s discourse. The collection taken up is to be de- voted to the relief of the poorer sufferers by the ex- plosion, It was noticeable that in the opening prayer the pastor prayed tor the President and State oificials, but did not say a word in beval of our city functionaries, He took bis text from Jeremiah XxXXL—“A volce Was heard in Rama oi lamenta- tion, of mourning and of weeping, Rachel bewailing her children, and refusing to be comforted because they are not.’? Many centuries have passe! away since these words fell {rom the prophet’s lips, and yet how ap- Plicable they are to the meiancholy events of to-day! It seems as if we hear ihe solemn tones of the pro- phet sounding down through the ages and prociaiming the afflictions of the wvereaved mother. It is but meet at a time when Death has reaped such feariul harvests in our midst, when 80 many hearts are sad, to aa. dress to the public words of cousolation, One short Week since, on as bright and as beautiful a Saboath as ever the country beueld, aome hundreds of per- sons had congrega:ed on one of our pleasure boacs to oreaih the fresh and balmy alr and to view the matchiess beauties of our nopie larbor, ‘Ine rich man and the poor man were there; all ages, from the babe to ulm grown gray with years—imale and temale—one and all unconscious of THE HORRIBLE FATB that was to befall them so soon. Care sat on the cheeks of some, while the countenances of others beamed witi joy, The picture they beheld was al- Tost sufficient to baaisi sorrow irom their bur- deved hearts, The cain, bine sky, ihe fragrant breeze Usa fanned their scorching brows, the uny, dazzling Waves rippling merrily before their eyes} on their right te Jersey shore, on their left the gay coast of Long isiand, While m the distance rose the romaatic hills o1 Staten Island, crowned with follage. Who wonld have thought that tnese de- lights should in a few moments be exchanged for jnexpressime ruin aud horrox? Yet such was tie effect of nature's laws+-a SUDDEN AND MUFFLED ROAR was heard, as if a demon had broken his chains, and the mass of humanity was huried pigh into the we and as quickly dashed into the waters beneath, The scene that followed it would be useless to attempt to descrine; saifice it to Say that the pale moon and slient stars usherea ina night of woe. One by one the souls of loved ones were relieved from their bitter ayonies, Mothers were luokmg tor babes and husbands for wives; lamentations were heard; the city was stricken as it had not been s pnior & Jong time, What shoulu be our considerauons after ‘Witnessing ity In tne first place I see NO VISITATION OF GOD init, We do not claim tuat in vengeance either for their Own sins or for the sins of others tae Almighty ‘Was pleased Uins to punish tose poor victuns. I say this because It has been proclaimed that “the hand of God was visibic in it. They were breaking the Lord day,” These blasphemous. 14 God so wicked as to torture those poor people in such a imanuery H such were to ve the doctrine I would rainer believe in no Cod, I believe that Goa pantshes his people, but only m the seuse of correcuon, not oi revenge, He acts ac- cording to the general iaws of nature, and in these, laws alone are We to look for the cause of this disaster. How could those victims thus be punisied, when there are teas of thousands of people in our city more wicked than they “but they were break- ing the Sabbath.” Indeed! All the week, toey had Worked in «dirty shops or smoky rooms. They were sick of lupure air, theit puny chiidre: dying a slow death! i Was far better they SHOULD GO ovr. 1 believe In keeping the Lord's day by doing that Whica can benefit ooth body and soul. I wish and pray that we ali may be Observers of the Sabbath. But, if worn out by cares and labora, respect the day, and you can promote your bodily weliare at te same time, the more we investigate it, the suore blasphemous dues the charge against them ap- pert, ‘The cause, then, 18 to be laid at the door of juman careiessness, If there was a bad piece of Ineial on the bowler a fearfat responsibility resis on some one’s hea, and ne should pray to God that Le may Know and undersiaud his duty. Another sug- gestion aforded by Uits disaster is the insecurity of ite, There are A THOUSAND ROADS TO DEATH. It may visit us at any time and in any form, but nevertheless we can reconcile ourseives io it in Whatever shape it may come by turning to Christ. He has said:—“Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.” And so itis now with those who Daina by tne Westtieid horror—they are come forted in the palace of heaven. “I am the resucrec- tion and the life,” he moreover says; and these words will remai new and sublime forever. 1 believe that an age shail come when man will be- come complete imaster oi +those material forces which often bring ruinin their train, This seems te more probabie when we contemplate what grand strides he has made in progress ina short tine, He has chained the lightning and continea tne steam to avast exient. The tragedy of one hour can thus double the security of ine next. All hail to that gloricas When the terrors of the present shall have passed and a voice irom heaven wiil proclaim that the day of tie miliennium has come. The speaker concluded by contrasting the miseries of earth with the joys of Paradise, expatiaung over tue latter in a fervent manner. BROOKLYN CHURCHE). CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH. were Sermon by Rev. S. Anilifie—The Li the Gospel Expounded and Urged Old-Fashioned Way. A large cougregation attended the Contra Bap. tist church, Bridge sivect, last evening. This house had been lent to the Primitive Methodist cougrega- tion, worshipping im the same street, for the purpose of affording accommodation to a larger audience to listen to the Rev. 8 Ante, from London, Eug- land, who returns this week, after having completed his mission as the represeutative of the Primitive Methodist Society in Bagiand, ‘The text selected was the tenth verse of the tenth chapter of the Gospel of St, Jona am come that they might have life, and wnat they might have it more abandantiy.” Mr. Antitffe detined the character of the life spoken of by Jesus in the text as spiritual and moral life, and supported the assertion by anamber of Sceriptaral quotations, and urged the converse that spiritual death ts de- ascribed a8 a “man dead im trespassea aud sin.’ ‘This was THE COMMON CONDITION OF OUR RACH, A change was therefore necessary, for we couid never render the service that God requires from man unless there had been @ change of the heart. “or the carnat mind is enmity against God, and ia not subject to the law of God; neither, indeed, can be.’ No man could sacceed in developing per- manently the better part of His nature anti ne fad passed irom specifical Geatl unto lie, Meu, by their educational and moral appllances, can make fo of ja the words are | wondertul changes # Inan, auc tev can take t savage wna make hun look like aserapa, buy th cannot make him love God. Now, this change c| be given to man = dim who came as the Saviour mankind. Christ had giveu proot thai He can QUICKEN DEAE SOULS. He was ‘the resurrection and the life,” and Antiiffe told the story of the family at Bethany proof of the power of Christ over physical deat He who did this could do easily a3 well in ty mora! condition of mankind, Mr. Anvliive then mac a practical appeal to Mis congregation that if tne Delieved tnis ihen they must be conscious of a chany of heart. There were some people who sneeriug! asked, ‘flow do you know you have passed fro. death ‘unto life?” it. was very much easier to ue the question than (o answer it, Why, the maan iec it, and he said so—-"We kaow that we have passe from death unto life.” But Jesus cared not only thi we might have life, but that we mighc have more abundantly. Lite admitted of degrees, Ther, was iifem the babe, but very mach tess than tr strong man, It was so with Bpiritual life; the ma who had been growing in grace gamed this bigie soul-life, Cluidren do not become sirong men by AT FLOWERS. ¢ did not strengthen like th siucere muk of ihe word. The reason wiy so man our Puriiad Methodisis were such sialwart spirit al ginats was because they added to thy milk of the word plenty of work,” We may pass or) from one spiritual excellence to another unti we} ave filled with alithe tulness of God. It was wel tu remember that a stckly spiritual condition lak tie possessor open to the deadly assault.) of temptation, It was bot only desirad) | for the safety of the Christian, buy for his piness, that he should be spiritually attong. he: reachmg aud joyed. Tit was good for the individnal Was good Jor all others. ‘There were many babe: e prayer meeting would be ep. nthe Chureh who did require very muci looking | alter. Now, these little souls might be very Mu but Jesus died for them. A nuimber of practices earn exhortations closed @ useful an discourse, NEW JsRSEY CHUSCHES. SY. PETER’S CHURCH, JERSEY CITY. Sermon by Father Glackmeyer, S. J., on the Lite of St. Ignatius—Vhe Life ard Mis:ion of a Jesuit. A solemn high mass was celebrated In St. Peter's church, Jersey City, at half-past ten o’clock, Father Beaudevin being celebrant, with Father Renaud, deacon, and Mr. Jerge, sub-deacon, The sermon was preached by Father Glackmeyer, who an- nounced that the festival of St. Ignatius, of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, was celebrated on that day, The festival proper fell on last Monday, but to add greater solemnity to the celebration the Fathers had tixed on tie Sunday foliowing. The text of the sermon was from the First Bpisue to Timothy, sixth chapter and twelfth verse— “FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT of faith, lay hold of eternal life, whereunto tnou art calied.’? ‘fhe preacher then proceeded to give an epitome of the life of Ignauus. When he resolved to abandon the world and devote himself to the ser- vice of nis Great Master he rematued for days in communion with the Holy Ghost, and he WROTE THAT MEMORABLE BOOK known as the “Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatins,? which book, as St. Francis de Sales says, couverted More souls than there are letters in it. He saw EUKOPE OVERRUN WITH HERESY, He went forth from village to village, tis words fell upon (he hearts of those who heard him like the coollig breeze und the welcome shower to those whose hearts are parched witi tairst and heat. He had not received a classical education, which would enable him to receive the order of priestnood, but no obstacle will stop tin, TE PERSEVERES AND PUSHES ON ; in his determmation to found the order of the Society of Jesus. In carrying out this purpose he Was not onlv @ saint buta genius. He threw his eagie eye around him even wile studying his the- ology. Do you not see in the career of Uils great man how God prepares His children for the great work Which he destgas to accompush? In the en- deayors of Ignatius to establisa the order there were many obstacies, but he pushed along and over- came them all, It was about the middie of the six- teenth century. Abouteight years before was born Martin Luther. Europe was convulsed; ALTARS WERE TORN DOW and to confront and bate with this state of things Was the mission which Ignatius charged upon him- sel( and his followers. ‘Liat mission has been nobly and persistently carried out. You will find the Fathers everywhere—in England, in America, in Germany, in Japan, in Chtua. Everywhere you find them giving batuie to the enemy and staying the bitiows of heresy. The whole lie of the Jesuits 1s comprised in the meditations of thele Fatner Igna- tius. He keeps them for years in meditation. He does not allow them to perform many exterlor acts, but he prepares them iu the CRUCIBLE OF MEDITATION, that they may be stroag and healthy. He has ts object in View meanwhile. and it ts only alter sev- enteen years of obscure labors that they are clothed With the fali prerogatives of priesthood. Then and thea ouly are tuey told that they are to go abroad to PREACH AND WORK AND TOLL, and, In fine, to live for nothing else than Christ cru- culed. While others are traveiling ine world over for gain and commerce and wordly enterprises these men are jeaving their homes, surrender- heir own will and going abroad in ent of their mission to the utter- most ends of the earth. They are to be found in every clime. Travel from Canada to the most southerly point of Soath America and you will find them pursuing their work with undagging energy. You Wil find them perhaps PERISHING IN THE ARID FORESTS Of Brazil. And now what is the lesson we are ta Jearn irom the life of St. Ignatius? Remember that You who are entrusted to our care nave a duty ta eriorm. You must correspond to the instructions imparted to you irom ths adar you must pursue steadily the path marked out for You; you must, in fine, practise good works while adhering to your faith, so that at last you may arrive at the goal of eternal happiness. YESTERDAY'S EXCURSIONS. Up tie Rivers, Down ihe Bay, Around the Isi ) Into the W. is Eifect o: the Dine nster on the Staten Esland Ferry. ‘The unusually {ne weather yesterday tempted hundreds of hard worked citizens abroad, The ciear, light atmosphere of the morning giving surety of @ continyauce of sunshine for the entire day, people early prepared themseives and rushed out in every direction to flnd comiort and refreshing change. From an early hour all the landings where the SUNDAY EXCURSION BOATS start from were crowded with families eager to get outon the river or up into the green fields whera nature sings in all her rustic beauty. The exodue of the middie population was so great that during, the day some of the side streets looked almost de~ serted. The Central Park, too, had an abundant sbare of the outdoor population. Every lane and avenue was crowded and some of the open spaces were literally alive with little ones, whol seem to look upon the park as their proper property. ‘The explosion of @ week ago nas Irightened a large: Proportion of the Staten Island excursionists front their usual holiday ground, and other places on the skirts of the city are benefiting by the losses of; Staten Island. If" this sort of thing contnnesy nd tt is not likely to stop svon, the company will find that it Would have veen much cheaper to hav put in a new botler than to wait until THE OLD ONE HAD BURST ; and destroyed the busiaess—pernaps ending by bursting up tbe company. Hoboken is profung largely by the misfortunes of Staten Isiand. The Streets of the city and all the gartveoning, places of resort were thronged daring the day and evening. Harlem, too, apa We different stations on te route, came tn for a large share of the pupitc patronage, and many of the families who sougu' tis side remained on tae — boats all day enjoying the sights and the — breezed on the East River, The steamers that went up the North River were aiso well filed, and masic ang Joyousness seemed started from every tandiny round the island with the one exception, and toe carefui~ ness With Which the people seemed to avoid that was saddening in ihe extreme. The wid we unconsciously back to THE AWFUL SCENR ) that waa witnessed at this place a week ago, and! the few peovle who were compelled to use the ferry almost shudfered as they looked over the side of the boat aut thought of the water studded with haman beings, dead, dying and strugguag for existence. A remarkable feature in every, steamer that yesterday sougat tae public favor was the attention paid by ine offictals to the Wants aud com« fort of the travetiers, ‘There was a very disunct dew sire maniiested to show tie people that every care was being taken to insure safely and fil trem with, confidence, Tue Staten Islanders were permitied wo enjoy the breezes of their waters yesterday in severe Joneliness, aud (he suareholders Im ihe ferry company Will find When i618 perhaps too lave that an ouuce of prevention js worth @ Whole ocean o! cure, The Odd Club, @ social organization of respect« able Gothamites, wok thetr annual clam bake ex~ cursion yesterday. ihey started from the foot it Christopher street, on board the J. ©. Undernil steamer, atten o'clock A. M., aad steamed roan Staten isiand. At Princs’s Bay the party went ashore and enjoyed tie clam bake and etceveras pre- pared for them by Mr. Reynolds, re Sident of the club, after Which they Te-ombarkedl and returned to the ctyy in high oe Jand- ing at pier 4 at cight o'clock P.M. On their way down the bay they appeared to be stricken with @ spiritual thirst, to appeave which they elected on@ ol their body chaplain pro tem, Bx-Aldermam Walsh, who received the “vail,’? preached an elo quent sermon, without text, on the advantages ol oocasionuily reveving the duil monotony of cnarct piety with the rational enjovineat of admiring th easence oF Creation a8 COnCeniralAd im New York’ unequailpa Diye would get more of this life then the | Christian it earnes! 4 '