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Men and Brethren in Praise and Prayer. tad The Beauties of Holiness “and Retigious Thsanity Contrasted. rere, ‘Wap's Free Agency and God’s Grace—Sanctifi- cation a Bevelopment/of Chris- tian Manhood. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, A'yy etter — 94 1" God wa God or mercy, vas v1 sastice al8o, A “Prophet” Who Hatb,No Honor in His Own, Gountry and Geta Little Profit in Dispensing Brimmone-—-A Self-Appointed Messenger from Heaven in » Towering Rage. ‘THE WATTLE CHVROH AROUND THE-CORTER, Rejetcing in Heaven—Sermen by the Rev. Dr. Houghton. ‘The weather yesterday being so picasant there as- sembied a more than usually large congregation at Br. Boughton's “LITTLE CHURCE AROUND THE CORNER.” ‘The services began as usual at half-past ten @olock, and after the singing of psalms and reading @ prayers, Dr. Houghton having taxen the words found in Luke xv., 7, for his text, sald in these words of our blessed Lord, beloved brethren, there are two pots for consideration; the one thoroughly calculated to inspire the utmost fear and trembling and excite to continnel watchfulness, the other, when rightfully understood aud properly applied, designed to impart in many needful cases the fulness of comfort and encouragement. We are told that there is a peculiar rejoicing in heaven among the engelic hosts ever ne more than a single ONE OF OUR RACE, ‘who, having erred and strayed like a lost sheep, has at length returned to the Shepherd and Bishop. Most troe, indeed, is it that angels and archangels qnd ail the Bosts of Heaven rejoice with an unspeak- able joy as they behold those for whose redemption their adorabie Lord was pleased to shed Als most Precious blood, and whom He has called to be par- takers in the ages to come of their eternal happi! working wortny of their vocation and daily endeav- coring with ail love and Jowliness to do the will of God On earth “as it is done in Heaven.’’ ‘There is joy mn the presence of the angels of God when he is worsbipped in spirit and in truth in the which He has chosen to record #18 naine. re is }oy in the presence of the angels of God When, in the Christian household, the ‘same love and order and discipline and beauty of holiness are Wanifest that should characterize and adorn TRE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD. ‘There is joy in the presence of the angels of God ‘when they benoid here on eartn the Christian man ‘and Christian woman aumbie in prosperity, pauent im adversity, sapmissive under whatever heavenly dispensation or discipline may place upon them, falibfally following in the footsteps of the Master, honestly and successiully endeavoring to adorn the doctrine of our God and Saviour in all things. Bat great as this joy may be, nigh and prolonged asthe jubilant anthem may be. which such cause may awaken in heaven, there is a joy incompara- bly greater; there is a cause which elicits an all-sur- ‘hallelujah—It is the return of no more than i ‘the joy over one sinner that repententh, and where- fore tat we may well ask that tie heavenly joy over the returned and ntant 80 vastly exceeds the jey as it wereninety-bime times greater than the over those who, having never so waudered, ve NO NO such cause fur repentance. It is because shere 6.0 deeper depth aud a warmer warmth and amore pn peep persistency in the love and titude of those who having never sinned have Evea after a goodly way and have had aii forgive Ress. That.anew song Which none others can sing and @ thanksgiving unto our God which none others can render are.woni,to be pul into the mouths of those whom grace divine has brought ont of the horrible pit, out on the mire and clay and set their feet upon ‘he rock and ordered their FUTURE DOINGS: for the days to come in the path of penitence, pardon end Weil indeed might such consideration awaken the angelic rejoicing, but it is to a far dil- ferent cause thst the exceeding joy in heaven over repenthnt and returned sinner is «ue. Undoubtediy ivds the unexpectedness and inirequency of the event which makes it the occasion ol such exceed- ing great joy, the repentance and pardon cf a life long and grievous sinuer are so rare, 50 exceptional, so lke the finding of that which seemed to be irre- trievably lost, so jike the living again of the dead as to excite that peculiar joy in the presence of the an- gels of God of which we are told in the text, The return of the prodigal is an eveni so unusual as to be ceiebrated by the killing of the fatied while lifelong service aud obedience are in comparison 80 pDaturnal and to be expected as to demand a merry- makii with not even # kid. The ffndeng of the piece of silver that was ‘ost is a matter of such ex- ceeding difficnity and uncertainty, it invoives such protractea and diligent searching, stich sweeping of the house, such lighting of the candie, as to call the surrounding friends and neighbors for mutual rejoscing, while the nine pieces that are SAFK IN THE TREASURY are the occasion of not a single congratulation. ju the prodigal son we have an illastration of the one sinner that doeth penance, 80 im te cider sun we have an example of une righteous or just person. In the parabie of the Prodigal son, as it i cauied, we bave a standing lilustration of the two souls of rsens of whom our saviour has been speaking just before, that is to gay, the sinner who acgaires vomplete penance and the just person who does not require such juli repentance. Scripture teiis us that the eder son murmured at THE FEASTING of his brother, thus showing he was not perfect; but sui} did not require the same deep repentance gs that of nis brother, who. had been a grievous sinner, MADISON AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH, Sanctification a Development ef Christian Manhooé—Sermon by the Rev. R. Curry. A large congregation of the Thirty-first Street and Madison Avenue Baptist church, yesterday morn- tng, listened to an eloquent sermon upon sanctifica- on, preached by the Rev. Mr. Curry. The preacher took for bis text, ‘And the very God of peace sanc- tiry you wholly, and 1 pray God your whole spirit, and soul and body, be preserved blameless unto she coming of ovr Lord Jesus Christ. Faithfui is be that calleth you, who also wil! do it’—Paul’s Firsi Epistle to the Thessalonians v. 23, 24. Holi- ness 16 a union of believers with our Lord Jesus Chnst Just as habits for evil are formed, eo also are formed habits for good; the power or force of habit is strong tor good af it istor evil, Sanctification is a develop. ment of Chrisuan manhood. The Apostle does not mean that we should retire from the world or go to \he top of some inaccessible mountain, there to Jead the lonely life of @ hermit. No, monasticism is one-sided, itis unnatural, it destroys our natural afecuons. As the strength of @ man’s arm is de- veloped by exercise, so the strength of our soui is apereased by dang god. When Jesus Curist was upon this earth He did not retire from the world, a8 yeu know they said at the lume, “He eateth with publicans and sinners.”” Why, he moved, talked, walked, sympathized with those He atlendedsa iuueral, a weading: He Was jn the house, the city, the town sud te coun- try. gJesus Chrisi grew ib wisdom not by LEADING A SOLITARY LIFE, but by intercourse with the world and Tesistance to temptation and the devil. “>eekt first he kingdom of ‘and, as the Apostle tells us, “Walk im the spirit, shall net fall a prey to Inst.’? AS Jestis Christ grew in years He grew in wisdom, Jt was jnfmsce 1000 Him. Just a’ @ man atthe bot- tom of 4 large moantain—there he has @ narrow horizou; as be ascends Digoer Be has a larger and Wiuer one, and when tmally he reaches the top a Panorama cf beauty and joveliness spreads out before his delighted gaze. So it was ip the lives of ‘ne saints, in the dife of Jeavs Christ, and £0 it isin the itves of ail goed men. When the woman in the crowd approached Jesus Christ He felt as He has Himself acknowledged sti bh go out from Him when ste wreichee forth is hand. Not oniy atvength, but higher ministrations of grace went ourof Him. SADcliscalion Means a Hife of increased holiness Aix @ greater love of God, Ido mot desire to detain you muck louger, asit te already lave; but f wish you (6 Bbdersians thoroughly What inif means. We seo Men actuated solely hy human ambstion, toiling and working Jor Luiriy er forty years, woth midpignt even. From Jesus Christ we receiwe, ali power of Heing perfect apd of deweiwping for ihe glory of ib be epistie, a4 in the text, the Apostle ie our view towards coolerupiating our Lord as ® God not of wrath, but of charity, mercy and jove. HE DIED YOR US that we Might be saved; ws tue Apostie expresses It, ‘who died for us,” that, Whether We Wake or sicep. id live together with “} beseech You, breibren, to kno among you and are over you in monysh’ you.’ yuna 8 ‘Whe also will do Si." And now, m conctusion, jet me ask you—are you prepared to die? What are youdorna! What tiave 20n dene W MOT salvavgus Mow leit Wiis you him. and again, them which labor tbe Lord and ad. Je that ealleth you, \ yourselves to meet Hum erc it be to late. Abd, sinner, HOW 18 IT wir you? Yf Christians have to be #0 careful, how do you tnink it will be with you when you are summoned before the j{acgment seat of Gody When you fund yourself before that dread tribunal, what excuse will you make for your misspent life’ With what cloak of Tegstoouanese, wilh you clothe yourself? Alas | you will then find that excuses will be of no avail; you will have no deeds to polpt to, no excuse to make. ZON CHURCH. Man’s Free Agency and God’s Grace—Ser- mon by Bishop Southgate. Zion chureh, at the corner of Madison avenne and | Thirty-eighth street, one of the most tasteful and Jegant churches in the city, and whose congrega- aon embraces some of our most wealthy and fasn- Jonable people, was well filled at the service yester- day morning. Most of the attendants, however, were strangers, who in the sweltering solstitial Sab- bata of August make up the majer part of our chureh listeners, Some of these, of course, stroiled in from curlosity, some were avtracted thither to hear that eloquent divine, Bishep Southgate, and a large number whose souls find their most worsbip- ful expression in the “divire concord of sweet sounds” went there to enjoy the KJOM MUSICAL TREAT, so freely snd artistically furnished by Leuis Berge, the famously skilied maestro of the organ, and the magvificent cholr under his leadership, The musical programme yesterday merning ‘was unusually fine, embracing an original Te Deum by the organist, and certainly a composition of most exquisite expression and tenderness, The other selections Included some of the choicest pleces from the répertoire of church music, and the superb style of their rendition gave, if it were possible, in- creased popularity to the cholr—Mme. Morales, so- prano; Mrs. Edwards, alio; Mr. Iisey, tenor, and Mr. Parks, bass. An inconceivable annoyance and drawback to enjoying the fine music was the rat- Ung noise of IB CREAM CARTS hurrying madly through, the street to fill their Sunday orders. Some of the finest passages in the sermon Were aiso Lost by the overwhelming, drown- ing racket of these carts. Asfor the sermon, such as could be heard of it in the intervals of tuese pass- Ing Vehicles, 1t was in the Bishop's vest and most eloquent vetn, though characterized by wnusual brevity, scarcely exceeding filteen minutes in length, His text was Exodus vit, 5—“and I wil harden Pharoan’s heart.’ He started of with me idea that in the text was unfolded SAMPLE OF GOD'S PROVIDENCE the wit of man cannot solve, It was diMcult to reconcile setting @ man’s will agaist ls duty, No principle of rectitude can convine us that God will set a man’s heart agai Teligion and punish him tor not being reil- gious. As well a father might instruct his son to steal and then punish pim tor theit, Tne attributes of God are inviolate. If God 1s infinitely goo, which he certainly is, he will not directly harden the heart of any man. He gives each man a will of his own—the true and exalting and convince emblem of rationahty. He willeth not the DESTRUCTION OF MAN. The fact is Pharoah hardened his own heart. Tne text simply means (hat God left him to his own in- cliuations and desires, ty follow the bent o: his own evil passions. Ged nolds out to all men the great- est mducements to do right, aud yet leaves them free to do aa they choose. ‘He urged, in this con- nection, that man’s free agency isa terrible respon- sibility, and at the same time that it was the highest type of manhood. His exposition of this brauch of his discourse was both singularly felicitous and elo- quent, He expressed, in conclusion, that the GRACE OF GOD will never abandon a suppliant, however humble, and showed that man’s free agency and God’s grace my bis redemption were plainly and easily recoucila- fe. Singing, prayer ana the benediction terminated the exercises, ST. PAUL’S METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Christ, the Restorer of Isrnel, the Light of the Genti aod the Salvation of the Ends of the Earth—Sermon by Rev. Mr. Larkin. There was a very good attendance of wershippers atthe service in this church yesterday morning. ‘The pastor, Rev. Dr. Foss, is absent at the Sing Sing camp meeting, and tae Rev. Mr. Larkin, a stranger sent down from “the wilderness,” occupied the puipit very acceptably, He read the twenty-third Psaim, and commenting upon the fourth verse, re- lated an incident of his war experience with General Hookér's army in the fight at Cnattaneoga, when after the battle they found a young svuliler sitting against a tree dead, with his bloody finger stiff, jaid upon the verse:—**Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.’ He (Larkin) never read this chapter without thinking afresh of the incident. After singing by the congregation ne announced his text, Isaiah xlx,, 6..“And he said, “It 18.@ light thing that thou shouldest be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; 1 will also give thee for a light to the Gen- tiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.’* Isaiah, he sald, was termed by ancient theologians the evangelical prophet, aud by modern divines he is given the same title. And when we read his pre- dictions of our Saviour we forget that they were written 700 years before, aud rater associate them with the identical events as witnessed by one wno stood belore tue cross. This prophecy looks to gos- Pel days and gospel provision which God has made through His Son, our Saviour. There are two propositions coutained in the text, namely— GOD'S GIFT TO THE WORLD and the object of that gift. First, as to the gift. ‘There are two criterions by which to estimate tne vaiue of every gift, One Is the esteem entertained for the giver, and the other Is the mtrinsic worth of the gut itself, Many gifts there are which are of Utile value in themselves, but we appreciate them above silver or gold or precious stones, because they are the testimonials of some loved one’s regara and aifection. They bring tender and delightful re- membrances (o mind. be cold m death, on the hatte field: Wouid we part With that ring or bibie which he nas left bead? No. God has bestowed on man a gift, and for the giver’s sake we sbhouid appreciate X. Tae Proprictor of che universe, the Creator of the world has be- stowed on man a gift. This thought and idea should invest the atonement with peculiar interest and force. ‘The intrinsic value of the gitt itself men generally give according to their tnteiligenc their standing in society and the resourees at we! command, When God gave His gift 1t was prompted by infinite wisdom andiove, and was worthy t gift of a God. What bas He given’ He has d Scended to the social relation jor an iliustration, and given HI3 ONLY AND WELL-BELOVED SON freely for us ali, And the apostie could hope for nothing greater, Jor he usks, “if God spared not Hisown Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things ? RSs BOL keep back the lesser,” We may estimate the valu of this gift by what it has accomplisied Jor us individually. Jt 1s said in the text tbat God gave Him to bea servant, The Saviour received circumnision when He was eight days old, and the rite of the Passover when He was twelve years of age, and irom that period His life is @ total blank, 80 lar as the sacred recorus bave any- thing to say, unui He began to be about whirty yeai of age, when He was baptized by Jolin in Jord: This baptism was an ordination or invitation Into the ministry. Christ did not enter the priesuy oftice by prerogative; but as the priests at the door of ie temple Were sprinkled wiih water, even so was Obrist baptized at ‘ SHE DOOK OF THE CHRISTIAN CHU by John. And having preached His gu: years He was led away to Calvary, Was cruciied, dead and buried, and Jor thiee days He jay under the power of death apd the grave, tat by death He might destroy him that bad the pow thatis, the aevil. He led captivity captive, and is now glorifying over human nature helore ihe throue of His Heavenly Father, and because He lives w shall hive also, St. John sawin the midst of throne a .amb newly siatn, through whom we access to God and salvauon human heart. He worked out tue great problem and cleared the way from earl! Uo heaven, aa iit not an enemy unconquered behind. Oh! ule chasm is brluged aud men can go to God trough Christ, the Mediator. Me, by His death and passion, Sheathed the sword of justice, disimssed the angel now Invites tne race blessings of paradise. ‘The object of tuis gift 1s stated to be to raise up the tribes of Jacob, who wre josi and wrecked lke a Ship at sea. But the gospel nus power to elev and save them. The condition of ove was the © dition of all, and hence tne twelve tribes are ju- back again to the purity and cluded. And this wretched condition is described by the psalmist, who says that he was taken out of @ horrible pit and out of the miry ciay, and that his feet were set upon ar This ts toe ofice of the gospel—to go down to the spiritual grave of man- ‘ind and raise them up and piant them as stars in heaven at last. And you a He quickenea who | a ‘Were dead in trespasses A SPIRITUAL @ new creation we have in Oh 14 also to restore “the pres served In @ distinct nationahty, so that wherever you And a Jew his blood ts not mingied with other ations. He lives as distinct as ii there were none other pation ov earth, God's hand is over the He- brews to presurve them, and there are certain Hneginests of character aw piainy Wiilien Upon Wem a Mf Wey were there iy py ne, HRECTION, st our Lord, But He ‘The haua of # dear one may | It He dia not withhold the greater He surely will | flows ireely to tie | who stood at Eden's gate with a Sawing sword, and | ‘ved of Israel’’—pre- | many Woras, ava We Dave no neea vo be told that such ani such persons are Jews, Crime and piety do their penctiiings clearly and unmistakably upon the human face. ‘These sous of Abraham are to be gathered, restored, saved—restored to Jesus Christ | in all their mora! power in the favor and image of | God, by whose power toey are kept through faith unto salvation. Jesus said, “And J, if | be hited up, will draw all men uuto me.” There Isa beauty in Christian experience, @ loveliness in Christian 7 character that draws and concentrates in one in Uf | | character of Christ Jesus, our Lord, May our ¢' 4 ] acters so shine that others may see our good * garg, | and glorify our Father which is in Heave 4) \5 | i# the only instrumentality which Wi", Save the | world—Jew and Gentile—even the er yee of Christ, | | By Gentile 1s meant in the text Qi) got portion of | mankind not inctaded in the Jew af pace—the most considerable part of the WOF.G. Hence the eilight- enment of the Gentiles 18 ‘ine “great mission of the Gore ‘They sit in dark'sess aad in the shadow of | death, STREPE 1N BLOODY RITES and cruel supersit*ions, Pheir throat is an open sepulchre and th@ir feet are swift to shed blood, and from their hedvts proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries and. such like, And they not only do such things thenyelves, but have pleasure im iheiu that do them. The joy at their legraaed condition is the worst | feature otic ail—their love of the thing. They sit in the region and shadow of deata, in_ death's coun- ty where he reigns. Simis represented here as a be which has eclipsed the sun and made a yw for death, and the Gentiles are “sitting” ‘tore it May be satisfied, 1€ may be mourning the fate that binds them and holds them there. This | Point was illustrated by personal incidents. Christ is given to be the light of the Gentiles—the true Jight which lightencth every man that cometh into the world; and tis is the condemnation, that ight | Is come into the world and men love darkness | Tather than light, because their deeds are evil, Tue i Holy Spirit warns auc reproves, but men do not re- | pent, have tlus pleasure and that enjoyment | | On hana, they stifle conviction and rum into the darkuess, and bid the Spirit watt for a more con- | venient season, A BANDAGE OF SIN is over their eyes and they go on regardless of God, ‘The Saviour has brought to the Gentiles the light of reveiauion in this book, which, lke a horoscope, Jooks back to the fall and forward to the judgmen He has also brougut life and immortality to lignt. But dnally Christ is to be salvation unto the ends of the earth. The Importance of this deciaration was pointed out, aud upon ti wwength of it an appeal Was made to the impenitent in the congregation to acquaint themeelves now with God and be at peace. AMERICAN FREE CHURCH. Sabbath Observance and Desecration—Catholic and Protestant Doctrine Compared—Sermon by the Rev. Charies B. Smythe. At the morning service in this church the pastor, Rev. Charies Bs Smythe, preached from the text— “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy”— Exodus Xx,, 8 Protestanta and Roman Catholics, he said, differin opmion regarding the observanee of the Sabbath. Protestants also differ among themselves on the same topic—some holding that. under the Christian dispensation, the rule for the observance of the sabbath is constderably relaxed; others, that the Sabbath should still be observed in the same manner in which the Jews were taught to observe ti, Every true Protestant turns to the word of God, and not any mere human standards as his authority. “To the law and to the testimony, if they speak not according to this word it ts becanse there fs no light in them.” Panl com- mended the Bereans above those in Thessalonica because they diligently searchea the Scripturés to find whether the words which even the apostles | taught were trae. If, therefore, we find the Calvin- istic (heory to be the correct one we should embrace it, 1f the Roman Catholic, we should embrace it, but if we find the standards of the Westminster Assem- bly to be those founded on the Word of God we | Shoula certainly do wrong to reject them on this point, Sabbath means rest, Sabbath day | means tne day o1 rest—a day to be spent entirely in God's service, 1t is obvious, therefore, that on that day we must not work nor cause any other person or even animal todo so. Neither must we engage in worldly pleasures on that day; for God has cem- manded us to keep 1t holy, by which is meant that It 18 to be spent in Lis worship and service. We shall consider, tirst, 18 this command binding on us Christians? and, second, wa.t 1s the proper manner of observing this duty That this commandment is binding 1s very obvi- ous, Irom, first, the text and context, IF WE DISOBEY ONE COMMANDMENT we disobey all. ‘Whosoever shall keep the whole Jaw and yet offend m one poine he is gulliy of all.” If We are at liberty to break this commandment we are also at liberty to break apy of the others, Second—From that passage in isaiah viii, 13, 14 ‘Third—From Isaian lvi, 2 to 8 wherein the blessing and favor oi God are promised to the Jews if, among oluer duiles, they observe the Sabbath. ‘The Jewish nation being a type of the Chnstian Chgreh, the com- mands and promises which God gave to the former are to be received by the latter. Fourth—The Sab- bath was observed by the early Christians int he times of the Apostles. Kev. ., 10, compared with Psalm cxviill., 24. Secona—What is the manner of observing this duty? The question way be asked, Did Christ retax the observance of tie Sabbah? ‘There are some who hold the opinion that He did, but we find no authority for such beuief; for when the Scribes and Pharisees iound fault wita Him tor His works of | mercy He reproved tem, not by saying that anew | order of things was iniro a, bat by showing thei that the construction uch they placed upon the commandment was wrong. He referred them to the priests in the temple who profaned the Sab- bath ana are blam because they are doing the service of God, and asked whicn of them having an OX or an ass faileu into a pit, would not draw it out on the Sabbath day’ From this we may conclude that WORKS OF NECESSITY, OF MERCY OR OF WORSHIP are proper for the Sabbath, even though they seem to involve @ breach of tne letter of the command- ment. Some one may ask, have we authority for going out tor pleasure on the Sapbath? No, not for pleasure; but if we choose to take a quiet walk for our physical benefit and engage in thoughts and conversauvu suitabie for the Sabbath who can find fault with as? is not the whole world God’s tem- pie? Are nox the birds, the fowers and the trees the works of 113 hands? ‘Jf, then, we desire to re- tresh our minds by contemplating these in our wor- ship of Him, who has the right to prevent us? But here many questions arise, as, does a Chris- tian violate the Sapbath when he rides in tie horse Cars or crosses the river on a ferryboat on that day? Does a physician do wrong when he attends iis | patients, a minister when he writes or studies his sermon, or @ druggist, a baker or restanrant keeper ‘When he opens his store on the Sanbath 7 ‘These questions are among the large category waich must be leit to private judgment. Any of them might under some circumstances be right, whlle | under others they would be wrong. Each ‘person has a right to Judge for himself; out the great point Js to keep our hearts and winds in contemplation of Goud and THIS CAN BEST BE DONE | by frequent prayer and reading of His Word, and especially by assembiug togeiner for His worship, ag the Apostle says:—*Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as the magner of some 1s, but exhorting one another, aud so Much the more as ye | see the day approaching.’ Phe speaker added that although the opinions of scientific men Were not of authority in matters of | rengion, yet they may be of use to contirm us in the belief of traths revealed; and to tnis end he re+ | Jerred to the fact that many o1 the wisest and most | experienced gentlemen of the medical protession | had declared that a rest of one day In seven Was of ihe utmost importance to the heaith and longevity of Doth Man and beast, and thus Wt appears wat the | Jaw of the Sabbath comports with the laws of nature in requiring a Weesly rest, | The contmmation of his discussion of this subject was postponed tu! the evening service, wien ne took up the matter of the © the seventh to the first un | Sation, an are sald, declares i ‘Tradition, b as made IME OF THE APOSTLES, resurrection of Christ, which was er Work tan creation, even as We an honor of the esteemed ag poet Young say j | "Twas great (0 speak @ world from nought, | | { "Twas greater ty reveem, If ibis change was made it accords with the New | Testament or Christian metuod of observing. the Jaw, Which Paul expressly res to be ‘in new- ness of spirit and not ia the oidness oL the jetie’’—Komans vil, 6 The spirt of the fourih commandment is rest, which jasts during one-seventh portion of the une, aud it inat- | ters not whether that seveuth be given on Monday juesday, Sacurday, Sunday, or avy over day. 1b is mpossivle Jor this commandment to be fulfilled literatly in all parts of the globe. How could the Laplanders, Greenlanders or Lsquimaux observe 1b so? ‘There was a betting importance for the primi- live Christians to observe the drst day, because | IMany of the Hebrew converts contnued to attend | (heg synagogue worship on Saturday a8 long as | Jewish intolerance would permit, and they could | hobattend the Christian worship, tue, unless hey had | Separate days. Anu the first day being the one on | Which Christ arese was the mos: appropriate for them to choose. ‘This day was peculiarly honored by Christ dimself in fis supernatural appearanc among iis disciples when they Were met Logetne Asio the objections Which are conuponiy made by | some thevlogians to | THE DOCTRINE OF THE SABRATH, | We do not deem tiem wortiy, he said, of sepa- | rate notice, because Luey are suiiclenuly futile to condemn themseives to every unprejudiced person who may hear aud examine tiem, or. have been suMcientiy met by the argamenis aaduced | iu support of the doctrine in the morn. | Ing discourse, except the objection drawn Hy 16, 17; ‘but he dwelt th Upon the iwo popular obyections— dirst, toat it 1s impossibie, diMcult, ur at least weart | some to keep the mind fixed upon reiigious subjecis } during the entire jength of a day, and secondly, that there ig ® necessity for recreauion to persous | who have been occupied wiin tne cares and fatigue | oF business during the week within the imits of a crowded city. He adinitted the apparent right of hoth of ihese objections, but said that the Hret coult be obviated by varying the parucular subjects of @ religious nature Which might engage te altentieds wid Wie Jailer BY CuMDDInipg plouw medi faron and.” @gtous conversation with te enjoy- av ohtry alr, atter a due to fami’ “TENTION TO PRIVATE DEVOTIONS, anear .4¥.and public worship. He concluded with aest exhortation to his hearers to observe the seth day religiously if they desired to ¢1 or and blessing of , and expressed his ase Amishinent that any minister like the one whose sermou was reported in the Hera.p lately could Justify or excuse pleasure excursions on the Sabbath, t (QURCH OF THE UNHOLY HOWLER. A First Class Sensation and Ite Result—Blas whemy and Abusive Languaye oy the Self- styled Prophet Snow—A Painfully Suggese tive scene, That highly t-favored trreligious lunatic who calls himself “Bishop” Snow, “the man of God” and other equally setf-authorized and blaspnemious ap- pellations, held forth yesterday afternoon, at the usual hour, in the little chapel or the University, Washington square, to an audience of about forty lean imbeciles hike himself, Tne HERALD reporter bemg the only person present whose hair stood not on end “like quills upon the fretful porcupine,” who bore no striking personal resemblance to the portrait of THE UGLIEST APOCALYPTICAL BRAST on the “Bisbop’s” diagram, and who did not look remarkably like a deserter from recent straight- Jacket discipline, was promply recognized by the most reverend blaspbemer; whereupon the latter screwed his ferocious features into @ wrathful scow!, which he meant to be mightly malignant and severe indeed. He then drew forth from his coat tail pocket a greasy copy of last Monday’s HERALD, and read from its religious columns the report of bis previous day's exhibition of religion run mad, at every sentence of which his unique audience atered A SERIES OF HORRIBLE HOW which they intended ior laughter. When he had read the report through he turned to his hearers and said he would put it to them whetner that reporter's statements were true or faise, in answer to which every unievel and deformed head in front of him—that 18, every ead but one in the whole crowd—gave a& puzziing nod that was meant to be affirmative or negative, just as the preacher nught be pleased to interpret it. The “Bishop” construed the action into an expression of assent and readiness to agree with him in any case, whereupon a lively negro girl rignt in front of him snook her woolly head. This showed “the Angel of the Covenant” that the audience were not entirely unanimous on the point at issue, and he, therefore, telt himself bound to “prove,” for the benefit of the | doubtful and dissentient, that every word in that report was “A BLASTED LIB.'? “This ruMfanly fellow, this dirty reporter of the dirty HERALD” (said the “Bishop”), says in his dirty report that you are very ‘gaunt and decrepid aiscl- ples’ Are you gaunt and decrepid? Ob, no, 1 Suess not; therefore, that’s lie mumber one.” (Gen- eral applause and snickering froma dozen most unlovely oid maids.) Lie number two (continued the “AngeP’) says that I have a rolling eye that takes in everything in the room, including the stamps, Have I a@ rolling eye? (General upturning of eyebalis.) Did I ever take in stump with my eye? Do you see any green stamps in my eyey It cannot be done; therefore the HERALD reporter is @ liar ana a scoundrel, I never J0ok at the plate when it goes round, and never look at what you put upon i. (Wink.) Lie number three says that filthy rufilan put a ten cent Stamp on the plate, 1am sure he is sorry he did it. He would not have given it only he was BLIND DRUNK AT THF TIME, and the recollection that be might have bought another drink made him regret having parted with it. Indeed, I am sorry to say that too many peo- ple would rather buy whiskey than pay the price of Ut to hear me preach. (Ihe nods of assen: general and very emphatic.) “if I knew,” said the “Prophet,” ‘that that scoundrel bad offered a ten cent stamp | would not have accepted it from bis draonken hands,” Here somebody loudly pered, end it back"’—an abominable ani spiteral suggestion which so alarmed the “Messenger of Jehovah” that he dropped the subject. “Lie num- ber Ave,” he continued, “states that L ‘pitched in- to the Christian religion. Do you know what tne meaning of that elegant phrase ‘pitched in’ isy (Nods of assent rapidly repeated.) You do, eh? Weil, then, I now ask you if I did PITCH INTO THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION; aid I? (The blank stare from tne audience in reply piainiy said “We give that up.) 1 say that if to denounce and condemn that mdiculous doctrine of the immortality of the soul, taught by Plato and the other old pagan Ugeey g be to pitch into the Christan religion, then 1 did most undoubtedly ptten into it. But} deny that I pitched into Christianity as it was taught In its purity by Christ Himscif, whose special servant, messenger and prophet now addresses you. Lie number six seis forth that the poor old jadies sang hymns of my own make and selection. Did nobody sing but the poor old ladies ¥ Have we nobody here but old ladies? (Here all the spare-ribbed_spinsters leaned forward in their seats defiantly.) Have we not some good-looking young men here? (All the women’s heads shook vivlentiy.) ‘To be sure that drunken réporter did not say that nobody besides “the poor old ladies” sang, but he meant ft all the same; therefore HE IS A LIAR. I will now pass to lie number seven. (Yawns.) Having quoted and nailed number seven as satis- factorily as he had all their predecessors, he went on to number eight and nine, aud up to seventeen, each of which he demolished with the same unmer- ciful logic of general denial. He ended by angrily dashing the HERALD on the floor and stamping upon it, caying at the same time, “the dirty, fithy 7m tie rotten, dirty paper! the abominabie sheet of ell” When the ‘‘Bishop” recovered a little from his fit of holy anger, he turned to the hnge Bibie that lay on his desk, from which he read a lew verses from his favorite Apocalypse, and upon the text he founded a long, rambiing, incoherent and crazy dis- course, so blasphemous and indecent in its nature as to be entirely unfit to appear in the decurous cok umns of the HERALD. THE SECOND ADVENTI: Neptune Hall, Grand street, was occupied last evening for two weary hours by a very thin and somewhat melancholy looking audience, many of Whom listened with the most exemplary patience to a somewhat melancholy preacher, who expounded his views on the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Whatever his views were, he supported them with quotations of chapter and verse from the Sacred Text, though one of the unorthodoxjwho was. lstening attentively coula notfor the life of him see always their relevancy to THE POINT SOUGHT TO BE ESTABLISHED. Be that as it may, the effect of the logic and the text combined was sometimes very great, and the audi« ence from time to time marked their approval of the melancholy gentleman’s efforts by @ loud amen—an exclamation whose novel use sug- gested =the note of admiration, “Bravo, Hicks,” which was wont to greet a popa- Jar favorite on another scene, However, the exertion of ing “Amen,” fortunately, was too much for the congregation, and after each effort complete silence reigned, broken only by the sad sounds of the speaker's voice. The phitosophic part of the brothers then relapsed into that tight and pleasing slumber which is the very quintessence of juxury when enjoyed during a sermon. It 1s to be Jeared that something of envy entered into the deep religious enthusiasm of the people who from time to ume SHOUTED “AMEN,” to the great disturbance of th slam bering breth- ren. The last, however, took everything in good part, and when disvurbed by ejaculation or hymn joined piously in the chorus with a look of sincere penitence that was truly edilying. Service was cons ducted by Rey. Mr. Hymes, the chief apostle of the congregation, a melancholy person with a weak voice, but an earnest manner. He addressed the congregation at great length on the second coming of our Lord, and gave a whole string of reasons why he desired that he should come again and quickly, He explained that he was A MAN WHO DID NOT WANT TO DIE and as the only salvation from corruption was to be ound, according ‘to his behel, m the advent of Christ, Mr. Hymes explained that he was rather apxious that the work should be fulfiiiea in his time. Mr. Hymes, who 1s rather delicate, has, as he expresses it, “more than once advanced’ into the threshold of the enem ‘country and peeped in through the bars of death,” and does not at ail relish tie lanseape that presents itself to his mentat vision, He therefore signs tor the coming of the Divine reconstruction that will render him immor- tal and aliew him to enjoy lite without being iroubled by the presence of a skull and cross bones atevery corner of the road, Mr. Hymes does not believe in GOING TO HEAVEN, becanse that necessitates dying aud sinking into corruption and become food for nasty little worms, all of which is repettant to the tine sensibilities of Hymes, who, like a modern Jona the Bapt out from the desert of modern indifference to the coming of the Lord. But the new apostie or at least with the preac! desires to dispense with heaven present heaven, to his mind — the genial suushine = and tenders shadow — of our mother earth could supply heaven enongh if only things were reconstructed, and Mr. Hymes and ms iriends are ready to offer any advice and assistance to the Divine Power for the construction of a new heaven here below, were men will ve all saints and the ladies, abandoning gaiters and Grecian bends, wil ve turned into wingiess angels, And thus ‘here shall come an end to that pleasing, haughty coquetry which 1s at once THE CHARM AND BANE OF LIFR. However, Mr. Hyimes complains that men are not what they seem, and by Implication a similar charge 1s made against the ladies, and in the new state or reconstructed life every fellow 18 to be known at a glanoe for just What be is worth, which will ve in convenient, {0 pul it Wildly, Jor aggod part ol we UST 21 187L, community, Mr, Hymes then tola the that he was anxious woget ‘over the fire (to avoid 1?) and feel bimselt comfortable, but God didn’t get ine hi , and #0 things might not march just as quickly as Mr. Hymes wanted tem, ave as that gentleman pertinently remarked, A THOUSAND AGES BENCE We shall be able to realize that to God a thousand years is as a day. Bvery one was struck with the Profandity of tha remark, ant the reverena gentie- Diam proceeded to expliin that he wanted lo get into glory; he confessed he did not know exactiy what glory was, but felt it sould be petty goo, He want any sunshine or MOONSHINE, but wanted the glory of Jesus and the crown that had been promised fo ali who lovea Him, Didn't Want an earthly crown—rather thought be wouid oF take one if offered 10 him—but Wanted to be made inoorruptible, so that he would be assured that the crown would not {ast longer than himself. Was the great enemy of man, and show therefore be conquered. The time Would come when each one would be manifested according to his value, Christ would soon come; already in the ‘stream of time we have passed Babylon, and are ow on the Roman shore, near the point where the uatene into the ocean of eternity, and it was Plain Obrist was coming soon. Mr. King then rose in his place and sald he desired to say @ word to the children of God, and comment- ed on the feeting, momentary joys of tits ile, in a voice and tone that would have done honor to the ‘umoleness” of Uriah Heep, and wound up by giving way for some other brother to relate his ex- perience, After a slight deiay an OLD LADY IN BLACK rose and in an almost inamlible voice expr desire for the advent of ihe Lord, and coming of those who sieep in the tomb, and then, overcome by painful memories, sat down. A Dutch brother in mediately rose and gave lls experience, and related his conversion in the wilds of Califorma, and how ne had wrestled with the Lora until he heard @ voice that directed him into the right path and abandoned all the vanities of Itfe, giving up winn! gold claims and smoking, and things that at one time “he didn’t thought vas no harm.” After the Dutchman had tinixied Mr. Gibbs, @ venerabie gray-headed old genite- man, declared that he was ready to hat! God’s king- dom; and was eded by Mr. Davis, an enthusits- te deat apostle, who leit home ms ear trumpet, and earnestly invitea the people, espeeially the un- believers, to take the Bible in their bands for ten minutes every day. It was not necessary 1 reat it, but only to hold it in the nand, and the worst sinner would meet Mr, Davis in his kingdom of heaven, And, as @ last appeal, ne asked the con- arg if they were not willing to do this mach ‘or their salvation to be good enough to do it to accommodate him (Mr, Davis), that he might take some with him to his kingdom of heaven. During the proceedings some unbeileving parrot whistled Inost persistently aud profauciy, \o the evident an- hoyanice of the speakers, BROOKLYA CHURCHES. JOHNSON STREET METHODIST EPISCOP. CHURCH, A Reconstructed “Eel Pot ”’—Moeonsbine Christianity—The Lord Avked To Deal with Government Offcialx—Sermon by the Kev. T. W. Ware. The Johnson Street Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, furnishes an excelient example of what persistent effort for reform may, In time, accomplish, Jt 1s bus @ very few years siuce this now thriving church establishment was popularly known as the Pot,” in which many of the vagabonds of tne surrounding neighborhood were accustomed to gatuer, male and female, during the Sunday evening service, and, Instead of listening attentively to the preaching, as they ought, would outrage the church by the most vulgar and profane remarks, audibly made, upon the Persons present, without regard to sex, This gave great cause of trouble to the respectable portion of ‘he congregation, and, at one time, there was a strong impression that the building would have to be abandoned as a place of worship and some other lolation obtained. Better councils, however, ob- tained, and the police having been called to the maintenance of order, the services were continued untl now there 1s not a more ORDERLY AND DEVOTIONAL CONGREGATION in the City of Churches, Yesierday was the occasion of the commencement of regular services after the summer vacation and the church was crowded. Alter prayer, in which, among others, the hand of the Lord was asked to be laid for reform upon our government officials, there was singing and the accustomed preliminary services, and then the Rev. fT. W. Ware, the pastor, took as the basis of his discourse, Of the Songs of Solomon chapter vi., 10, as toliows:— Who ie she that looketh forth us the morning, fair asthe moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? The text he viewed as referring entirely and ex- clusively to the Church of Christ. It portrayed its — and foreshadowed its vlemishes and terrors, vhere THE TEXT ASKS THE QUESTION as to the looking forth In the morning ue viewed as indicating that the Uhristian Church Was, as yet, in only the morning of its usefulness in driving sin from the world and reaching the millennial period 80 devoutly to be desired. it expressed the fact that the Chareh is not yet fally developed; that it ts still only in the morning, as it were, budding into its sphere of destined usefuiness, And he drew from that conclusion the comforting and enconraging de tion that those now of the Chureh should not be die- raged, but labor on in the sweet simittude of their Saviour, fulfiiling the part assigned them. In USING THE MOON as an illustration of the condition of the Church, he held that it was intended to siguify that the Church Was spining ouly in borrowed light, and that all the genia, softening, stivery rays it shed upon the path of mépentant simners were simply borrow from the Redeemer'’s grace to benefit mankind. And in referrmg to the well-known spots and blemishes upon the moon he likened the errors of the Churen to them, claiming them to be human failings to accomplish the mission ol the Church, | notwithstanding which, however, 1t was fair to look upon, and genial and useful in its effects, Then m relation to the evangelical Church being gaid Lo ve LBAK AS THE SUN, be claimed that the reference was to the funda- mental doctrines of the evangelical Church, hold- ing that whatever tbe differences of opinion mignt be im regard to the minor detaiis of creeds und dis- cipline all the Christian Churches were as one on the fundamental doctrine of Christian belief. Th were clear as the sun—so clear that they were not demed by any embracing @ Christian belief, ‘Youch- ang the declaration that the Church 1s ai TERRIBLE AS AN ARMY WITH BANNERS, he claimed that the saying was sunply indicative of 4s mission for the destruction of evil, and that not with its banners trailing in the «lust, but a8 an army marching to conquest, with its banners fung to the breeze, and which, though only as yet in the morn- ing ot the fight, had God’s own assurance of fnal success, The above is but a bare outiine of an interesting and somewhat lengthy discourse, Which Was listened to With marked attention and pieasure by the auui- ence there convened, CATHOLIC CONFIRMATION IN WILLIAMSBURG, Over two hundred children of the Sunday school of the French Catholic Church of St. Lous, in McKibben street, Willlamspurg, were confirmed yesterday, alter mass, by the Right Rev. Bishop Loughlin. Jt was the first time of the admunistra- on of this sacrament in the chureh, Kev, F. Joquin, pastor, Sang high mass, Rev. F. Leleivre, director of the order of the Little Sisters of the Poor, ofici- ated 48 master of ceremonies, After the reading of the Gospel the Bishop nded the altar and preached, “What shall we do to be saved This qnestion, sald he, was asked and answered by we lawyer who spoke to Christ. What, oh Lord, shull we do to be saved? LOVE THE LORD, THY GOD, with thy whole soul, with thy whole mind. There 18 a great deal implied im the word love. We are io do it with our whole heart and mind, the whole being 18 to be devoted exclusively to the service of God, ‘The reason of all this is very plain. To Him we owe everything. Forus He suffered, Every day, every moment He shows His love for us. ‘In the heart oi man He has placed love, and made it his life, Wituout love in the heart’ man would not exist; he seeks to love that which is noble and per- fect. Aller showing the necessity of lovin: who is all perfect, he spoke oi the means He given—the different sacraments, Concluding bis sermon, he sald:—*l am pieased to kee so large an attendance, 1 have hoped and still hupe that much good will spring trom this French church. You have done a great deal already, and God has biessea an’? will bless your work and those who contribute to its support,” i inner only afew years since this church was palit by od, has THE REY. FATHER JOQUIN, it 1s in @ thriving condition, the poor ‘who form its congregation being assisted nobly by the neighbor: oa German and Eoglish churches, Its decorations are plain, the only thing that attracts the visitors being the statye of 8 ows. 118 simplicity, how- ever, I8 tls greatest charm. HOMICIDE AT BERKELEY SPRINGS. Affray Between Railroad Hands—One Shot and Killed. BERKELEY SpRines, West Angust 20, 1871. About two o'clock P.M, to-day an affray took Place about eight miles from this point that resulted in the death of aman named % Bassford, a watch- man on the Baltimore ana Ohio Railroad. Bassford and two other rafiroad hands had been drinking, and 4 fight took place, in which one of the number, named John Gatther, was badly bruised, He ran from the other two, and sought refuge In his house, Kassford and the other man songht him there and broke the door in, when Gaither shot Baxsford dead, Conther was jugediately ar a ate tee. en eta nl NG SING CAMP MEETING. Large Accessions from the City—A Sister’s perience Among the Breakers at Ocean Grove—An Yndian Speaks in Me.t- ing--Rev. Dr. Crawford Upon Making Home Happy. SING SING, Angust 19, 1871.] There have been large accessions to-day, exp ciutly from New York, to the worshippers int Woods, so that the mother of American Metnodi camp meetings seems to have renewed her you! and looks as buoyant and fair as her numerous pr geny. It must be confessed that the establishment « the Long Island and Ovean Grove meetings hi seriously affected the Sing Sing meeting. A host-( leading ministers and laymen, who have achieve: great spiritual victories upon the “old batuenteld,. are now fighting the vaties of the Lord in othe Jatitndes, But now that tne meetings referred 10 1 other places have terminated, such old campaigner as General Inskip and tus staff may turn up ner next week and rally the forees in such a skilful manner as to rout the enemy and produce a shout 1 Ube camp. . One of the many vesting “experience” meet mgs held each day 15 conducted by Mr. Applegate Vice Presiaent of the New York Sunday Schoo Society, who 1s an iuieltigent and earnest layman’ Among the speakers this morning was the wite of ¢ well-known minister, Who is particuiarly happy seizing upon material things and common oveur rences to impart spiritual instruction, She spoke of her bathing experience at Ocean Grove; how being timid, she hung on to the rope, and by re maiming in shallow water she was ser: became very ured. A friend who was in deep water invited her to “come out,” assuring ner that it was “splendid.” She accepted the invitation, be promis: Ing to take care of her. When the big waves came all she bad to do was to let go her feet and trust im her friend, and it was “perfectly splendid.” Afte wards Jesus talked with her and said, ‘That's just What I want to do with you; I want to take you e+ yond the breakers,” Sell-abandonment aid trust im pane Wa the secret of w peaceful and happy Cbris« tan life. ‘This unique talk was the keynote of the services ‘The other feature of interest was the tai of hit conversion by an Indian, who appeared to be an intelligent and cultivated gentleman. While he wa ignorant and wild in the Woods Jesus (bless his prett name !) stooped so low as to save him; he converted hun inside and out, through ana through. Some< times the Spirit of God ied him to weep, then iq laugh, and occasionally to give glory to God m & regular Indian yell, The Presiding Elder, Rev, Dr. Brown, announced from the stavd that the commuttee resolved ig closa vhe grounds on the Sabbath, so that they woufd not be responsible for any Sabbath breaking. in aE | jmorning the sacrament of tne Lord’s Supper wouid be administered, and throughout the day Iigious services would be held in the tents, P} The preacher of the morning was Rev. Dr. Craw- ford, Who gave the audience a sensible and pra cal discourse, taking for his text the words, * thy house in order, for thou shalt die and not li In his exordium the speaker said that olten me iF drop off and leave their affairs in confusion, 80 thal families frequently found themsetves in poverty wha supposed they were rich. They nad nothing to da with the conduct of affairs, never having bee informed in regara to them, No man had a right ta leave his business involved. Even the commone: affairs of life ought to be conducted in view ot tha truth that any day our connection with them wil cease. He called upon a broker the other day, and after Waiting a while he emerged from his privat office and observed, “1 was waiting to make soma memoranduins. | never depart Irom my office without leaving my affairs in such @ condition and if 1 never came back anybody could tnderstan them.” Arrange your temporal affairs, said th Doctor, and make your will, Set thy house in order, that the members of your house= hold may have ali possible happiness and comiort. Make everybody iu your home happy. Ke 80 kind, 80 tender, 80 loving, so confidenuai, th; everybody shall feel tree in your presence. Labo for ana surrender rights for harmony. Do anyth but sin that your home may be happy. Count rice dear, NO sacrifice great, no money squandered 0 make your house a Bethel where peace pre’ Do everything that shall tend to the developmer and elevation of every member of the housenoid. ‘was painful to think of the number of children wha Went out irom Christian homes and were immedi, ately ruined. They had not been taught how to liva and ne’ had confidential relations with their pac rents, ‘The great DRY GOODS KING in New York presents a wonderful exampie of ars ministration, yet there was 3 detect in ts policy. He will never raise up a man able to conduct bi business—never have @ successor, He trams uj Machines, hot men, ‘the household ought not to ba managed on that theory. It is a crime Ww send a child out into the world not know- ing what to «do. He heartily endorsed tn prevalent idea among Christians that our Gaughte: ought to look forward to the time when they wouk be the happy wives of noble and faithful nusvands. that they should be trained in all those accomplisit ments that will lead them to beautity life; bat it wad a terrible fact that a few miles from’ New York thera were hundreds of men aud women Who went irou, Christian homes, hoping to do well, to He sbip: wrecked and ruined, because in emergencies ind came upon them they did not know what todo, Ha Was conversing with @ gentleman interested in the Midmght Mission, who called nis (the preacher's) attention to a Woman about fomty-five years oid, stil beautiful In her wretchedness, hen eighteen years ol age she Was marned toa \d young man. Het father was wealthy and a@ prominent citizen of St. Lawrence county. When she inherited her tather’4 wealth she cheerfully entrusted the adinmistra« tion of her estate to her husband. He invested her money in what appeared wo be a profitable business: but in 1857 the property was all swept away and they were reduced to pove erty. The husband was 30 mortified that he soom jadied. She was’ left @ widow at thirty, with five children—a proud-spirited woman, devoted .o her children; but such devotion would not feed her family. In her resentment she turned away from friends, and, descending step by step, she became @ drunkerd and a vagrant. She reels through the streets of New York now and speads hall her ume in the Penitentiary. 1t is a great mistake, continued, Dr. Crawford, to suppose that a woman is less "worthy the love of a high minded man, less likeig to adorn domestic life, less likely to be a imthiik we and mother, because she knows how to sup- port herself, No house = set in order in which every one born into it is not as early as possivie taught some useful pursuit. The Doctor enumerated. other ways of setting one’s house in order, and dweit with emphasis upon the importance of recognizin, Gods law in the conduct of the householt and o the blessed effect of consecrating the home to God. If the houses of Christendom were sev in order, the Chureh, the State and the world would soon be repu- lated. In conclusion he spoke of the brevity of iia and ils uncertainty as a inotive to his hearers to seq their houses in order without delay. 7 Kev. Dr. ‘True, who, a quarter of a century since,’ Was considered a shining jight of the Methodist pul- pit, addressed the assemblage. The shipwreck of Paul, recorded in the tweuty-seventh chapter o! Acts, was bis theme. The great change in Pani’s hfe was accounted tor by himself when he said that. he had seen Jesus. [1 the religion of the Bivie this blasphemer such an humble, loving, earnest, believing, heroic toliower of the Lord, it must be divine, If it saved Paul and mi hing superior to the awful tempest by wi he was surrounded, this religion would make all wha embraced it calm, happy and triumphant througiy iife, and in the hour when the roar of the eternal breakers was heard it would give consolation and. peace. The venerabie Doctor then entered the r: gion of metaphysics, and evolved in his own chara: teristic style several theories respecting the care of God over the righteous, The first was that the Creator In contriving the universe 80 managed that the forces of nature acted harmony with the snoral world. ‘The second was that certain morat aspects of our character and moral efforts are wheels within wheels, Which Work together tor the good of the righteous, The third was that put forun Dr. Chaimers when the cholera was prevalent in rope. Aninfidel “quarterly” ridicuied the idea ot setting apart # day for fasting and prayer, and said that i} would be more wise to make proper sanitary regulalions, The great Scotch theologian replied that he believed in sanitary —reguiattons, but he also believed im prayer; that while not doing violence to nature God could use it duferentiy to accomplish his designs. The fourth theory, Which he preferred to any of the preceding ones, Was that God, who knew the laws of nature perfectiy, could use them in every case and teach his people to use them to effect beneficient resuits, No miracle, in the historic sense of the word, was performed to save Paul and his companions from shipwreck: but an angel appeared to him in a vision, and after its departure the passengers ang crew proceeded tu do their duty, and were saved, So every believer who trusted in Jesus and observed nis directions would be saved. In the voyage of life appearances would be often against goor people, bat they should remember that they were in the hands of God while the storm raged. He exhorted his hearers to trast in God, do their duty, and they would all reach tne shore of Paradise salely at last, A warm exhortation was delivered by Rev. Mr. Knapp, A_children's meeting held ally tn the Kigiteenth street tent, under the,leadership of Mr. Maclariand. Spirited ones are sung by the iittie pilgrins, and the singing is interspersed with brief and appropriate adresses by gentlemen and ladies ‘who are actively engaged in bath schov! work, Amovement has recently been maugurated by the dente howd Square churet, which promises sucoess, to lead the members of fashionable Metho- dist churches in New York and Brooklyn to patron- ize this “peculiar institution” of Methouism—to Worship God in his own great temple. A ca meeting association was formed tn ihe Washington Square church, and a sufMiciont amount was readily obtained to purchase a capactous tent, large enough to hold religions meetings and furntsned with neat cots for the use of the members of the Church who may feel inclined to run up from the city for a day or two.” The tent was dedicated on Thursday with appropriate exercises, conducted by the pastor, Key, Air, Wyatt, and other leading minisvera® suclal 1e4 |