The New York Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1871, Page 4

RELIGIOUS. eee festerday's Sermons in the Sanctuaries of New York and Elsewhere. Anniversary and Dedicatory Services. The Press, the Pulpit and the Fublic Plunderers, "RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTETH A NATION.” Riv. Messrs, Richardson and Mitchell on Criminal Officials ard Coriuption in High Places, THE PULPIT TO AID THE PRESS. ‘Wholesome, Arousing, Sensational Preach- ing Required at All Times, but More Especially in These Days of Corruption and Frand, BEECHER ASSAILS THE OLD THECLIGY “God Has Nothing Elo to Do but to Attend to the Poor and Needy.” THE BEAUTIES GF THE WORD OF GOD, Sermozs by the Rev. Drs. Boochcr, Andorson, Gallaudet and Mitchell; Rev, Fathors Eean, Lynch and Daly, and the Rev. leasre, Hepworth, Mitchell, Guard, Pull- men, Robinson and { mith. KEW LNGLAND CONGRE ATIONIL CHURCZ. Importance of Prompt Discharge of Duty— Pay waster Hodge and Lis Coafession—Our City Thieves and Their Plunder—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Morrill! Richardson. There was a very large attendance al the services yesverday morping at the New England Congrega- onal churcn, corner of Madison avenue and Forty- Seventh strest, An exquisite voluntary, most ar- Ustically played on the organ, by Mr. McRae, the accomplished organist, introduced the programme and then, sandwicaed between prayer and reading sei¢ctions irom the Scriptures, toliowed some splonuia singing by the admirable choir—Mis3 Mayer, soprano; Miss Masomber, alto; Mr. Alden, tenor, and Mr. Joues, bass. And then came the NEW YORK HERALY, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, ‘1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. are always en rapport with church music, and it is a shame that their efforts and artistic spirit should be nulitiied by an uiterly posaiereet basso, The sooner Signor Bacoli is replaced by a reliable singer the better for the choir. It was a sufficient test of remarkable eMciency of the choir that the mass went from beginning to end without break or hesitation, The most glorious solo ever written in sacred music, “Et Incarnatus,’’ was suns by Signor Tamaro with a fervor, passion and religious feeling that brought the sublime mys- tecy of the Incarnation in a vivid i before congregation, Itiaa solo worthy of a Rubint, Ma- rio or Guigin, At tae offertory Miss Terese Werneke sang ‘Salve Regina,’’ a soprano solo, with great citect. Itisa@ jovely melody, and the accom- paniment sets t of to the utmost advantage. On next Sanday Haydn’ sg Ni willbe sung by the choir. Gounod’s pies ‘le’ 18 ip prepara- tion, as is also Cherubini's Fourth Mass. Al the GospeLhev, kather Daly, S. J., preached an elegant sermon, Cg na text from the Gosvel of the cay:—Matthew ix., 1-8. He recommended strongly the necessity of SUrreapincNE with the graces we receive (rom God. In order to save our sous We must Keep ourselves aloof from the follies 1 the world, and although we may be compelled by our business to mingle in the world, we can lead an inner tite which will separate ourselves entirely from the folly and wickedness which surround us, Graud musical vespers were celebrated in tue afte noon at halt-past four o'clock. CRURCH @F THE MUESSIAN. Sermen by Mr. Hepworta being “Zorn Again”—The Threefold Nature of Mau~Tho Development ef the Moral Sense. The clear, eold weather of yesterday morning brought out the usual crowded congregation that always filis this church during the autumn and Winter months, The service was very impressive, and admirably calculated to solemnize the minds of the hearers to the solemn and evangelical truths on which Mr. Hepworth dilated in his usual clear and efiective style. Mr. Repworth’s text was taken from St. John, ill., 7—“Born again.” Re said a great many people besides Nicodemus have wondered at tue emphasis with which Christ insisted upon the necessity of be- ing born a second time, The first birth Is 80 great a mystery that we flod ourselves hardly prepared to cope with the problem which a second birth in- cludes, Yet desiring to know something about it, led partly by curiosity and partly by an undefined longing after a purer liie, we come, like our great prototype, the phurlsee—who was afratd of the broad dayiight—under cover of the night to ask what the tning means, We have moods tn which we wish we were in the second birth, times of repentance when, regretting the short comings of the past, we heartily Wish that we were more subject to the higher pow- ers. The Church has not cleared matters very much. 1 defy any man of plain, practical common sense to see through the mysiery of regeneration as defined by the Church. What is the use of surrounding re- ligious experiences with tis impenetrable neba- losity? Christ's words are plain enough for a work- ing man to understand, and THE PROCESSES OF HIS DIVINE RELIGION ore perfectly comprehensible by the humblest man who thinks and feels, Man has a threofold nature. First comes the physical nature. This we are perfectly familiar with, Every cone loves his body. Every one enjoys the functions of the body. We onght to enjoy it very inucn as the man eajoys the house that he rents oy the year, with the expectation of moving oat st tne end of that time and liviag in some other apart- ments. Ail te senses of the body give pleasure— we See, hear, smel, taste; We eal and eleep, and these iacullies are enjoyaile. Ludeed it 13 a haud- some an) a well farnished house that God has given us to live tn if we would only use it aright, ‘ ‘Then, in the second piace, we have an intellectual nature. We think our way up above the mountain tops, and dive mto the centre Of the earth, and dig up from beneath and pull down from above halt tue secrets which nature has hidden away. ‘Ths 1s & Wouderful power, and itis a bign fence between us and the brute creation. Mr. Darwiu says tuat brutes think as well as man, aud tells us to note the fact that we are very closely related—more closely than We ia our pride are wililng to achnowl- ot Bermon b’ Rey. Dr. Merrill Richardson, the popular and eloquent pastor. His subject was the PROMPT DISCHARGE OF DUTY, and the text from which it was deduced, Jeremiah, XXL, 12—"0 house of David, thus saith the Lord, Ex- weute judgmontin the morning.” The meaning of this ts as soon a3 you see tt, Ailusion is here made to courts of justice, which were held in the morning. The judges sitting at the gates of the city were to hear the grievances of tne people and adjust their wrongs. It wastobe done 1a the morning; done promptiy and imy Ry. arly in the day the head 1s clear, the judgment sound. In degenerate Uupes the judzes delay their decision in hope of gain or to favor parties, This 1s dapgerdus and olten {fatal to justice. It gives time for sinister in- fluences, Prompt decision is itself a part of Just judgment. It is essent.ai to i's full efect. Ne applied tunis to the necessity of Msteving to God’s Wil and Wisdom has deciared that dang it without deiay. there is a TIME AND SEASON FOR ALL THINGS, The great poet has sata There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, if taken at tis 2094, leads on to fortane. There are exigencics in the ilfc of individuals when MIndecision may be as fatal a8 Wrong decision. Delay proves fatal. Aud what anguish over jost opportu- nities—the Jost opportunitles of study, vusiness, marriage, promotion! For wau' of promptness the whole of the future life has been changed. A mo- men’s delay in w bargain has cecided a man’s pov- erty or wealth Jor life. Want of decision, to say no onder (emptation has ruined mauy a young man— has becu the beginuiug of a dow After dwelling npon this pointat con he toucbed upou the subjec the same would destroy ti ny of Ife, and then weat on to sliv at one thing is certain, that tie real life, | THE WIGEST Lire, need not be lost ie aby condition God was good in this—thalviviue, 1 fentnient are found in ali cumst Morat wrong Cc: Us shadow belore, It warus before the decd, The signal of danger is hung out. One ts tuinklng of Wrong indulgence, or. falsehood, or cheating, or perjnry, or fraud, s before the act. dts moral sense revolis at the crime. Le knows the wrong. Ile kuows the yiecions would jead him sate. A strik PAYMAS - the defaulter 0; the gove jie stole halfa | tiilnon of government money. fis Coufession shows how fis conscience conicimned huu at every atep. Where cuty 13 concerned we have sumictent | foresight and insight, We caur ail theresulis of wrong aud crime—the fu horse, the pain of | exposure, the borrors of tue prison or gallows, the whole misery Of a wasted Hie. God's voice within Epcaks 50 tnly that prompt 2 for right can | be made, “Such decision w urunity affords exalupies of the vice and sin. WARNING PXAMPLES OF N° fare abundani to-day. and the resul in poblic are spjareot to evcry one. Th begtunma, ¢ Vi eourse 15 like [he letting out of avater. It leads to acaih. d men Wax worse aud wor: The wicked are ‘4 In their own wuare. Alter (tis brief allusion to Lue picsenat mud- alleged pecutations of pacdes nigh in p die I OUT mopiGpar aiaurs as u ihe juportance of ylel } crepid Ly A generally best, Vie morning of lite ae tnd SHE S6ia0g Jor convictions—promptly to carry thea oi Ahe sin now felt, Take up the duty ne convictions are always true Delay to act upon thei ts to re fo know a duty shouid be to do li. . Of ail sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest ore these, “it migit have becn.” ve. livery com- { ii Consequences of urged \ Pyeay ius: Avahdon | lear. Such | ays of Gor. ist His Will, Once 87. FRANCIS KAVIER'S CHURCH, Slezart’s Twelfth Masse“ermon by Rev. Fatbor Daly, ©. J. Much as the word “hackneyed” has been used 4n reference to the Twelfth Mass of Mozart, when it is given tn its entirety, a8 was the case yesterday, by | & first class cholr, and an organist who 1s tue ac Knowledged head of his profession, it 13 always new, fresh and iuspiring. It is calied hackneyed because even the smallest and huniblest choirs attempt to Bing portions of ft; but even the composer would Not recognize the horriole mutilation his immortai | work recelyés at times at the hands of incompetent singers and worse organisis. Jt is undoubtedly tha wreudest mass ever composea for the Church, and when faithful interpreters are found for it, its gran- deur and simplicity never fail to elevate and piease, Without orchestra many of its best and prightest Qualities are undeveloped, uniess such an organist ns Berge aliempts (ie extremely difcult task of veducing Wilhout marring the iustrumentation to the compass of the organ. Aud here we may vemark that the organ of this church has Hot only becn Improved, but entirely renovated by the skill of Mr. Odell, and several new stops have been added 1oit, ‘The choir yeserday nuin- dered twenty-iour singers, aad, Will the excepuon | of the bass part, everything weut like clockwork. | ‘The leauin, bass singer, Signor Bacelll, made two | notable mistakes whieh had nearly the cilect of producing cliaos metcad of barmony, One Was in tue middie of the great fugue at the eud of the | *Glorna.” at eb Of the most erittcal situath wg! ia asic, Here be commenced a bar too Soon aud was hnable to recover Limes Again, at the commence. went of the “Cruc.tixas’ he z boll oat of tine and tne, Such mistakes in A pass of this kind are | Juexcosable, nnd vo such ringer cbc be permute | eu to mar (he emciency of one gf the best che lis in Ge cily. ‘dhe Misses Wernche and pigaor Tamacg | | secrets, to peuetrate through the veil that hangs ; CANA) | come upon US as @ people, edge—to the horse, who can Hift the gate laich and ret out of the pasture, Or vie ape, wilo munics the acuons of his cousins, the human race, But I have always felt tne higher ranges of that PECULIAR ATTRIBUTE OF MAN known as tatellect were very much a monopoly. What a~vondrous and Godlike power tnis 13 of tae understanding! Hardly any probiem 1s too vast for solution,” ‘Then, in the third place, we have 9 moral nature, To this beloug love and hope, taith and aspiration. Witi themind we take cognizance of God’s pre- sence; itis @ proviem of canse and edect. He is the niechanical force of the universe. With the moral navure, on the other hand, we foel His pre- sence, commune with iim and feel the heat of this great love in our hearts, To know that a tung {is wrong is not always to feel that it is, Knowledge is simply passive, while faith is opera. Ure. Tbo thief knows Well enough that itis pot right to steal a pocketbo He knows, too, that the nounced, exposing wealthy and influential crim!- nals, For months the people have been in a fever Thay are aroused und they cule for pualshineut Od used and the: unishment on the heads of the ‘f - offenders, TRE DUSY OF THB PULPIT, It is just here that the pulpit must step in. We are not afraid of being called sensational preachers. is re Umes, but especially in these days. e want the text, “Righteousness exalteth rete ton,” proclaimed the length and breadth of the land; we want a cleansing, revival, & Pentioostal time in which the Biri God, as’ a DI rushing wind, will bn ‘the preacher then 3) how drunkenness, lechery, abortion and other crimes destroy the po: lation, while, on the other land, healtn and ent, , ‘ule, green old age accom} righteous- payer hie Eh no! created wholesale in a nation, we must vegin br converting the individual, and from the individual goduness Will reach the family and the nation. ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, The Word of God—Sermon by the Rev. Joun ; KeaunTerzian!’ i The catnedial was selena eeita, a3 usual, by an earnest and devout congregation. Nor had the beautiful weather the effect in bringing together Such a large, fasDionable and attentive sasemblage, for, rain or sunshine, the spactovs building is always thronged when the Sunday morning ser- vices commence. Mass was sala by the Rev. Father Kearney, assisied by a number of acolytes, whose appropriate apparel and modest deportment were highly becoming and creditable. At the termina- tion of the first Gospel the Rev. John Kean Preached an exhaustive sermon, taking his text from bt, Luke, chapter xL, 27-28:—‘And’ it came to pass, as he spoke these things, @ certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, sald to him, ‘Blessed ts the womb that bare thee and the paps that gave thee suck.’ But he said, ‘Yea, rather, blessed are they who hear the Word of God and keep it’ The reverend gentleman explained at some length that the woman men- tioned in the Gospel was 80 overjoyed at seeing Christ that she had mado use of the exclamation invoking a blessing on the mother of God. But Jesus remarked to her that they were blessed who heard the Word of God and kept it. Perhaps on the first mentioning of these words they might pe in- clined to find A SPIRIT OF CONTRADICTION existing between the exclamation in praise of the mother of God and those spoken by Christ himself, A little reflection, however, would dispel that idea, Who more faituful than the mother of God had kept the Word of God? She was chosen by the Lord as the mother of his Eternal Son, and was accordingly blessed. In those words of the Lord it would seem that the Church wished to attract their attention to the fact that they must not only be heard, but that all the commands of Christ must be obeyed. By the Word of God they should understand the knowledge of all that was necessary for the attainment of their salvation, By the expression ‘‘blessed” they must undersiand that they should regard tne hearing of the Word of God a5 a great favor trom God, and that in order to be blessed they must keep it. In hearmg the Word it should be the ardent desire of every sincere Chrisuan to ACQUIRE ALL THE KNOWLEDGE requisite for the purpose of carrying out their duties, and in keeping 1t the Word of God should be buried deeply in their hearts. The reverend gentleman chances are against dim, and yet lus lower passions urve him to the deed. Tue good man, or the maa who is ruled by his moral nature, not merely knows bu; jeeis the evil m the act, and fe‘rains, There 1s Knowledge enough in whe world. Men do Noi sin because tiey do not know better. It Is be- cause they do oe Sa er ha a re distortion, the ailections, ¢) all beer Moray ee only aatbala mast uee t boos: nee thir manhood, to be born a second ume, and hen all will be well. We are all bora into a con- gclousness of body and of mind, but how few of us really appreciate the fact that wc have souls! We live as though we were to live forever here in these fosnly houses, New, ten, 18 it not the great need of the times vhat we should in some way develop this moral sense—this whole range oi experiences which comes from the moral nature? In the last analysis everything 13 valuable wien aud only when it con- tributes to pe MAN'S MORAL GROWTH. " Great knowledge, all the marvellous results of science, progr phiaataropy, civilization—these a good only fuel on make = ee Cite) pot sii} er 10} rt him bigger, Tit pare, Ai a meh’ wine God- like part, and it should be dominant. Everythin, ought to be subjected to its decisions Itis well enough to bea Sg man physically; itis well enouzh to be a gifted man mietlectualiy—to know all before ordmary minds, and read the hidden mys- teries of the word. But 13 it not much better— can i describe how much better it is—to be a man Whose ure, Whose triendship, love, fatcn, preme? Is not hozesty better than 5 if you can have only one’ Js not holiness bet- ter than an uitellectual theory if you can’t have both? Indeed, is it not absolutely necessary to you her, clizea, son of God, letr of unmortality, & MART IN THE RIGHT PLACE? It you can have other things betides well and good. Bul this you must bave, or you wili never thor: oughly enjoy this life, and you certatuly wiil never find a welcome in the New Jerusalem. Make, Uerclore, your moral nature prominent. De' pit by every means in your power, cousuit it fo all transactions and trust it in all experiences. It Wiil tell You More than you caa Know in any other way. it will lead yoa to the Son of God, and, there- fore, to God hunsell. You shall experience the joys of the Rew birth, the mystery will be solved, and You Will be all the happier for it. L STREET PRESBYTERIAN OnURCH. “Rirttcousnces Exalteth m Naticn*=Tho Pross, the Pulpit and the Public Plundere ers=Tue Remedy for the Evils of the Day— Scrmona by Rev. David Mitchell. The minister of Canal strect Presbyterian church, Rev. David Mitchell, preached pt the mornipg ser- vioe yesterday. It was in every Fee a wise find Christian discourse, entirely free from party or po- littoal bias, The text was from the fourteenth chapter, Book of Proverbs:—“Righteousness exalteth a pation, but sin 1s a reproach to any people.” The preacher ex- plained that righteousness does not mean any par- ticular good quality, but “the knowledge of God, manifested in virtuous lives.” A man may abstain from drunkenness yet be avaricions and an op- pressor of the poor, A nation may be careful of the rights of its citizens yet grasping and unjust vo other people; its constitution may be the emvodi- ment of the wisdom of generations, while its STATESMEN, WARRIORS, JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES are guilty of the meanest and most corrupt prac- uces, The great oations of antiquity passcd away through iicentiousness, and modern history teaches ihe lesson that the slrengti of a nation 1s Dot in its monarchs and wWell-disciplincd troops, and that What 1t has to fear is Ca ty We have had nis forced upon us Within the past pret year, by the example of @ nation whose genifS, learning, great armiea and contrivances for war mace it be adumarcd and feared by the civilized world, now crumbling into dust. a APPALLING RECORDS. Even this Christian nation 13 far from being riguieous, The newspapers which, generally speak ing, are the trathfut mirror in wh ich Socie! herself, are a history of crime; and thong t eaine 13 true of other greateities In the word. we tuimed an undesirable notoriety by upright. iting tts head in high places. Te record of tue past three months is an appalling catalogue oi; wurders, burglaries, robberies, lecherles and other crimes, so that the uprignt ‘stand aghast oH e Z el Oy ee te ta a and he send the rou of he destroyed Sovom and r to destroy U8, a8 THR PRESENT EXCITEMENT, is intense excitement at this moment discoveries of corrapuon and extoruon nent of (Mis cily, Which the press, al plainness OF gspewh, have de- lua ang Gomer Tarre caused bY in the gove with wonde then elouently exaorted the congregation to re- member the precepts laid down for the guidance of the fatthtul. They must ever bear ia mind that Whoever neglected the words of God through human pride, self-indulgence, or from fears that @ yroper attention to their re- ligious duties would interfere with their worldly advancement, would be eternally punished. How careful man should be then in the observance of bis duties towards Goa and his neighbor! 1'fle Word of God told them that they haa been redeemed —the Word of God assured them that the Saviour came down from heaven and volunteered to become like one of them,and the Word of God also informed them that Christ suffered on the cross to save them. This Word of God brought HAPPINESS TO ALL SOULS, It pointed out certain duties tobe performed, and the eternal reward attendant thereon. It was the Word of God that ordered the apostles to go forth and preach to all nations, and suifer death if neces- sary in order to carry out their noble mission. In conctusion, the reverend, preacher warned the con- gregation that although tie words of the Gospel set forth that “blessed are they who hear the Word of God,” nevertheless a curse Would attend those who had the opportunity of hearing it and “failed to keep it. At the conclusion of the sermon mass was resumed. Of the musical arrangements at the Cathedral it” 13 almost uanecessary to speak, since their general, excellence 1s so well known to those who can ap- preciate tne proper rendition of sacred selections, Zhere was a full and efiicient choir in attendance yesterday, under the skilful and able directorship Of Professor Gustavus Schmitz, who presided at the grand organ. The mass performed was brought from Rome by Archbishop McCloskey in manu- other, The grandeur of the Savl0ur's character and the perfection of His manhov.4 Were then elo- quently set forth by Mr. Guard, And tn thar bed is character as a man the transitio., he said, from Hove Homo to Evce Deus is but momentary. THE VALUE OF OHRISI’s SACRIPD.”® was next shown in the willingness with y?hich He offered himself and in the freeness and fani0ss of Hs salvation, And, agatn, it was shown im 2.'8 divine character as God, Hence every sigh and tear and word and act hada divine v! , an infl- nite value. The benefits of His death—forgiveness, pene on ‘. resurrection, 7 en ee pot out, and the permanency of those ben were also set forth in such a bold and eloquent manner that hallelujans resounded throughout the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Dedication bocsiaceatiienen by Rev. Dr. Anderson. ‘The new church of the Firat Baptist society of this city, on the corner of Park avenue and Thirty. niati fy wis Telkealot Sala ‘appropriate Services yesterday morning, The society has ex- isted for over a century, ana 1s one over which Rev. Spencer Cone so long presided. The new church has cost the society $250,000, and is constructed of brown atone, is 9934 feet on Park avenue and 66 feet on East Thirty-ninth street, and built in the style of the second Gothic period. An arcade of fron colamns separates the nave and aisles and supports arches of richly moulded Dorchester stone, with a stone clere- story. The arch over the pulpit recess and baptistry, with its jambs and corbels, is also constructed of that stone. The aisles are thirty- six feet in height; the ciere-story walls forty-six feet, and the ridge of the nave seventy-elght feet; the roofs are all open, with handsome trusses ex- osed to view. The baptistry ts arrai different); ‘om the method usually adopted and 13 @ pro nent feature of the interior; the passages leading to it are Rcreened from the chucrh, the pool is an octa- gon, with an internal diameter of elght feet, one halt of which 1s covered by a semi-octagonal niche enclosed by handsomely moulded arcane: with arched ribs On the sofit. The pool is enclosed by statuary marble and in the back is a@ panel of the same material bearing a dove in the act of descend- ing. The pulpit recess ts decorated in polychrome in oil and has several tablets on which are inscribed several suitable selections from the Scriptures, The rest of the building is finished in plain tints; in general the woodwork 1s of black walnut, with chestnut panels, The church can seat about one thousand persons, and it was taxed tothe utmost yomertay morning, to accommosate the large num- er present, extra seats being needed in the aisies. Alter reading of the Scriptures and the singing of several hymns by the congregation, Dr. E. L. Taylor offered @ fervent prayer, aiter which Rev. Dr. Thomas D, Anderson, the pastor of the church, de- livered a sermon and offered up an eloquent dedica- tion prayer. He took for his text—“And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain and your faith also vain.”—I Cormthians xv., 14 Before deiivering the sermon the Doctor stated that on lth June, 109 years ago, tho Soctety dedi- cated a house to God. Of the 408 persons who be- longed in Gold street one mate member and five female members stilt are living, and two men are sull living that worshipped in the tirst house that ‘Was built in 1760, in tae southern part of the city. The hour that celebrates the entrance of a Christian congregation into @ new house ot worship should fil the heart with joy. You have scen days of en- couragement and days of discouragement. Some of the com nunity who were engaged in tne work now singin Heaven. They left before the comple- tion of the work on earth. Now that our work is finished we should feel a spirit of gratitude that turns to God, noi a spirit of joy that turns to men. On tho resurrection of ‘Jesn3 Christ nangs the value of the Gospel’s proclamation, accordin; script, and is the composition of Pietro Terziani, It was played in E fat, and owing to : THE SPLENDID INTERPRETATION it received, both at the hands of the conductor and soloist, proved a most acceptable and appropriate roduction. The leading quartet consisted of ladame Chomé, soprano; Mrs, Unger, contralto; Mar. Corschel, teuor, and Mr. Urehs, baritone, The “Kyrie” opened with a fine cnorus in fugue style, afte ‘which comes the “Zloria’” pomumencing with a chorus pas followed by 4 dificult though extremely pleas- ing duet for soprano ana contralto, aind which was sung with much sweet_ess and artistic finisn by Madame Chomé and Mrs. Unger respectively. The “Qui tollis pecata mundi” was arranged asa solo for the baritone with chorus accompaniment. But the “Cum Sancto Spirita” was decidedly tng most classical portion of the “Gloria” and the most effectively produced. The “Credo’? was likewise worthy of commendation, both for its origmality and the vigorous tone that pervaded MY ag well as for thé manner in which it was suag. Although there was great variety throughout, not unmingled witn a few operatic flourishes, the composition possessed _ te aes tig an eiuck AND SLEMSTTS. At the offertors.Mme. Chomé hig t Professor Schmitz’s beautiful “Ave Maria” with iuch eeljng and expression. There was good opportunity fo tine display of the other voices, both in the ‘‘Sanctus’’ and ‘*Agnus Dei,” especially for that of Mrs. Unger, ‘Whose rich contralto was heard to advantage tn the More subdued and tender passages. In fine, the music was throughout both effective and inspiring. and could not have failed to create a deep and solemn impression on the vast assemblage in at- tendance, Yerdi’s overture to ‘Nebuchadnezzar was played in masterly style by the organist as the congregation siowly leti the churcn, CEXTRAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The EMeacy ef the Death of Christ—Sermen by Rev. Thomas Guarde, of Ircinnd. A large congregation gathered yesterday in the Central Methodist Episcopal church, Seventh ave- bac, near Fourteenth street, to hear the Rey. Thomas Guarde, of the Irish Wesleyan Conference, who is how here on a brief visit, Mr. Guarde has been a missionary to South Africa. Yesterday being the first Sunday in the montu the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper was administered immediately after the morning sermon, which was preached with special reference to that rite, A very small percent- age of the congregation, however, remained benind to participate in the Supper. Mr. Guarde’s text was Hebrews xil., 2i—‘‘But ye arecome * * * to tho blvod of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel,” and the theme based thereon was the eficacy of the death of Curist. It was not compe- tent for man, he said, to defing ihe gtonemeyy of Christ, Butering upon ‘the exposlion Of the words of the text, the reverend gentetean yeferred to the different oxplanations of the phrase “blood of Abel,’? By some tieologians it 1s supposed to mean the {ood of his aga crying to God ror vengeance against nis brother, while the blood of CHLRIS® CRIES FOR MERCY apon his murderers, Hence the superiority of the later, Others, again, think that the phrase refers to to the werds of the inspired writer. Risen Christ is not synonymous with living Christ; 1t means Christin the human body—one clothed in a budy like ourown. The incarnation did not end in the Resurrection or the Mount of Ascension. He did not assume our nature only Sor earth, or to expiate our sins and then cast it of. It is a beautiful thought that Christ on His throne is as near to us a3 Christ on the cross. We are in sympathy with Jesus Christ when we set apart the Resurrecuon day, for It was on the ae day ‘of the week when He ap- peared to His gre as if to hallow the day. I would dedicate this house as the united contribu. tions of all; we unitedly recognize the day He rose. {would not separate the present from the past. It is haltowed by one hanared and nine years; not an humble offering, not a trembling word of praise on aged lips but has contributed to the place where we stand to-day. It is all for God, and I would not change @ single point; it 1s like the homely features that cause me to recognize a friend prized above at It is @ church representing the taste or faculty o! ST. STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Sermon by the Rev. Father Lynch—The Rosary—The Fashionable Congregation and the Fino Music. At St. Stephen’s church yesterday morning there was @ large congregation in attendance at high mass, and, as usual, the display of wealth and fashion was on a grand scale. Galleries and aisles were full of brilliantly dressed ladies, who, while seemingly engaged in deep devotion, could not have been unconscious of the grace and elegunce of their toilets, Seldom, even in this charch, famed for the Perfection of its choir, has a mass been sang s0 ‘well as was that of yesterday. The choir, composed of leading artists, seemed as if under SOME STRONG IMPETUS to render ita inspiring influence to the worship, and the result was @ grand concert of sacred melody. ‘The choir Is a double quartet, under the leadership of the organist, Mr. H. B. Danforth, and consists of the following named artists:—First soprano, Miss Emma Howgon; nd soprano, a Ne Oe Seek eRe BCU de estit t 2 first contralto, Miss Beiziger: second odntraito, Misa | Hohmann; first tenor, Cari Bernhard; second tenor, ir. Weinerts; first bass, Signor Colettl; second $$, Mr. Fleck. Miss Howson ts the soprano of the Riching’s English opera; Mr. Bernhard a leading tenor of the German opera, and Signor Colett! the |. bass of the Italian opera. Miss Benziger, besides being an excellent singer, is aiso an accomplished violinist. ‘The mass sung was Nini’s, and with such artists a3 those named above it 1s unnecessary to say that the rendering of all the parts was superb. Signor Coletti saug the ‘Veni Creator’’ before the sermon in fine style. Miss Howson’s solos in “Credo” and “Gloria” were most brilliantly exe- cuted. The offertory piece was Rossini’s “Tell,” played by Mr. Danforth with his usual skill. At tne vespers ape aiternoon the singing was also espe- lly good. no rma was celebrated by the Rev. Father McCready. Alter the first gospel the Rev, Father Lynch ascended the pulpit and preached W138 MAIDEN SERMON, pking for his subject the festival of the day, “the ast of the Holy Rosary.” He sata this devotion possessea a peculiar interest, from its historical character and the wonders attributed to it irom its very inception. Herclated how St. Demnick, hav- ing tried in_vain all the powers of argument and eloguence against the sect of the Albigenses, who had arisen in France in the eleventh ceatury, had, in his Jast extremity, recourse to the Bicssed Virgin, She, the legend goes on, presented him with A CHAPLET OF BRADS, instructed him in the manner of saying them, and romised that by associating others with him im the fevotion his labors would be crowned with success, ‘The event proved the truth of the Virgin's promise. In an tocredibly short space those stubborn heretics ‘Were numbered among the faithful children of the Church, Various other advantages to the Church were attributed to the devout recitation of the Rosary. But a still greater victory, and one fraught with signal fe pee ict to Christendom, completed the belief of all good Catholics in the eMcacy of te rayers of the ‘Queen of the Holy Rosary.” This 1 One the celebrated * ~ BATTLE OF LEPANTO, in the year 1571, wherein the defeat of the Tarkish armada by @ comparatively smail Christian feet, the fail of the crescent before the cross and an effec- tual check glven to the Mosiem power in Europe, were attributed by all pious Catholics to the inter- vention of the Holy Virgin, through the prayers of the members of the ‘Holy Rosary.” ‘The preacher then entered into an explanation of the blood o1 Abei's offering, by which he—one man— Was justified, while by the blood of Christ many are ade righteots because thereby God can be just and ftUl be the justijer of those who believe in Jesus. A third class believe that Abel’s lamb being the first of a series of sacrificia: offerings for sin was typical of tiat “Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world.” Abel's lamb was the shadow of Which Christ was the substance, and hence the blood of the latier speaketh better things than that of Avel. Tho value of Christ's blood was next showa in its contrast with ‘ihe biood of bulis and of goats and tue ashes of an heifer,” and to the fact that it Was human Mood, Ail values, he remarked, re- solve themselves at last into THE PRICE OF A MAN, the price of the javor of fis hands, his heart or his brain, We were not aoa fl With corraptible Tuings, such as silver and god, but with the pre- cious blood of Christ, The system of heathen sac- rifices was next traced from the fruits of the earth at first, throngh various animals, of ever increasing Value, until human Iife was deemel the only equiv. alent to satisfy the anger of the gods, And tne value of the latter was suown in contrast with other adimal sacrifices by is physical, moral and spirit. ual superiority, Cnrist was a perfect man. He Was 4 sivicss man, and hence His vaine above every other man. Ati men are not of equal vaiue, all men have not the same place in your memory and } afections as Washington and Webster aud Lincoln lave. Events now wanspiring mm your own midst, sau the preacier, must convince you that ALL MEN ARE NOT OF EQUAL VALUE, There are men in your mist who, should they die suddenty, Would bot draw a tear from your eyes nor a sigh from your hearts, nelther would you put up your shatters nor wear @ symbol of mourn. ing for them. But there are others whose death We should g ly feel, because of the nobleness of charac od the purity of their lives, Their sper should be law tous, and tn their death we 10u.d fee agreat man and a good citizen was taken away. Thos Whe voto are men, the Value of (he one ts winch wreater thau Uist OL tue that the devotion, meeting the objections of those who call the devotion Bi A ‘TUMMERY. We could hardly apply such an epithet to a form of prayers composed uf the “Our Father,” of the salutation of the angel to the Virgin, the Inspired words of the Mother of the Baptist, the Apostics’ Creed and the Doxology. Yesterday was the tnree hundredth anniversary of the battie of Lepanto, and this fact invested the subject with more than ordi- nary interest. The preacher next showed how, from the days of St. Dominick, this had been a privt- leged devolton in the Church, pointed out the beauty of the prayers and meditations of which tt 1s composed, and finally exhorted ali who wished to be numbered among the devout enildren of the Church to the practice of a devotion at once so sim- ple and so sublime. Nineteenth Anniversary Services=Whot Has Been Done and Is Doing for Deaf Mutes, This church, which has veen closed for the last three months, undergoing renovation, was reopencd yesterday—the ninetecnth anniversary of tne found. ing of a Protestant Episcopal Mission among deaf mutes, This, indeed, is the centre of all the mis- sions of a similar kind in the United States. Ser- vices were held at 73, ANd 1035 Ae M.; 2/5 P. M. for deaf mutes, 4 P. M. for the Sunday School children, and 73g for preaching. The Rector, Rev, Dr. Gal- laudet, officiated at every service. In the evening the Right Rev, Bishop Quintard, of Tonneszee, From the statistics given the follov peer er aie recelved dur he sum of $13,449 for current thts amount being the annual Enters sires for side of the patish the sum of $769 was given, There were fifty-six ba ineli ig four deaf mutes; thirty-Gve persons were confirmed, one deaf mute; Jor’ three being deaf mutes; thirty-four Sothiathay bi sauaiila ot vies a jas whom are deaf muted. ~. THE IMPROV)? AND ALTERATIONS was in ti been trausierred to a niche in the. andicuce 3% bear marble Jackson, one of the friends of the church and its entel On either side of the window the eden texts relating to deaf mutes ve jandsom: ted :—“'The eof the dumb sh: ” and * ears of the di unst et @ circalar window in the doers of the word.’ ceilings woodwork have been washed and painted and the edifice now “looks as good assnew,” at a cost of bout six thousand dollars. fhe rector has now set his mind on the establishment of s home for aged @nd infirm deaf mutes, and wants about five thou- sand dollars to set {t going. §T. MARH’S CHURCH. ‘The services in St. Mark’s church, corner of Sec ond avenue and Tenth street, yesterday, were of an impressive order. They were conducted by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Rylance, and consisted of the usual Service of the Episcopal Church and the administra- tion of the Holy Sacrament to the communicants. As yesterday was Communion Sabbath no sermon was f aearcon by the pastor, who confined himself to a few brief remarks upon the responsibilities of the participants in the ordinance of the Loard’s Sup- per. Hereafter the services on the first Sabbath of each month will be merely of this character; but on other Sabbaths sermons will be delivered by the pastor, The attendance yesterday was quite large and the music was of a very meritorious order. MORNING STAR SUNDAY SCHOOL. Celebration ef the Third Anniversary—Ad- dresses by the Revs. J. M. Pullman, C. &. Robinson aud Hyrtt Smith. There is @ small brick building, of very unpre- tentious exterior, in Twenty-fourth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. A large sign emanat- ing from it, with the inscription, “Morning Star Sunday School,” informs the passer-by ofits use. A morning star, as every one knows, signifies some- thing bright and cheerful, and as it is the special mission of Sunday schools to diffuse light and com- bat darkness the name is not inappropriate. On the first floor of that brick building there is a good sized hall, and yesterday afternoon it was filled to its utmost capacity by a bevy of children and ® numerous assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, who had come to take partin the celebration of the third anniversary of the Sunday school. It was avery cheerful affair and satisfactory to all concerned. The programme embraced singing, piano solos, recitations and ad- Gresses, The secretary of the Sunday school read a reporvs howing that during the three years ot its ex- istence 1,045 children have been educated, and that pe aren are now under the care of the Sunday 001 After a plano solo ana singing tne Rev. J. M. Pull- man delivered a telling and sensible address, He said there ts a lack of method in the way many of the Sunday schools are conducted. A Sunday Scnool he defined to be a machine to bring the heart of an consecrated teacher to bear upon the plastic hearts of chilaren. 4 EVIL DOERS ARE NOT SAVED BY SQUADS and platoons, but one by one. He recorded with Joy the success of the Sunday school. In the course of his remarks he censured the apathy of many re- ligious people. He know of merchants anxious to find nonest boys, and yet these very men who are asking for honest boys prevent honest boys from growing up. Tne Rey. C, 8. Robinson said that these little Points of Christian efforts—meaning the Sunday Schools—can not be barren of results, for they are doing good by giving church-workers encourage- ment from each other's zeal and each other’s pray- ers, During his discourse the reverend gentleman took it upon himself to say that MOSES WAS NOT A POLITICIAN. Having been picked up by Pharaoh's daughter, he ‘Was educated in all the aris and sciences, and when he had grown up had all the court patronage to get @ place under the government, it he wanted it, But Moses gave a wide verth to politics, Tuen the preacher addressed the cnildren:—“soys, when you grow up, don’t you be politicians; have nothing to do with politics.”’ The Rev. J. Hyatt Smith made also a few remarks bearing upon the occasion. An old Jady with blue spectacles—Fannle Crosby by name—read a poem, written for the occasion, entitled “Three Years Ago.’ The second part of the programme was con- tinued in the evening, when the Rey, Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., the Rey, Alfred Taylor aod othe.s de- livered addresses, BROOKLYN CHURCHES. Sermons by the Rev. Drs. Duryea and Ormis. ton—The Safety of the Godly—God’s Wateh- fulness the Security of the Christian, PLYMOUTH CHURCH, Mr. Beecher at Home—The Oid Theology ~Assalied—A Characteristic Sermons ->-— The tirat Sunday Of October bas been anticipatea by & good many people as a red-letter day, for on that favored Sabbaththe Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was expected to resume his relations to his longing church and congregation. In accordance with this expectation crowds flocked to Plymouth church with joy in their Hearts, and before the time of service arrived every pew was full and every inch of space was covered by the sitting accessories pro- viaed in the shape of aisle chairs, camp chairs and setiees, When all were fairly seated it was a sight worth seeing, and a stranger might have been ex- cused if he had felt a good deal of curiosity to see the man for whom all these people were waiting. ‘The platform was decorated with briluant autumn flowers, and sprays of glowing leaves and ciustered berries trailed from the carved vases. On the little book stand, at the right of the chair of olivewood and velvet that Mr. Beecher occupies, stood a bas- ket of mignonette and tuberoses, giving a sweet welcome to the flower-loving pasior. The choir took their places one by one; the organ- ist seated himself at his keyboard; there was a little hush of expectation, and in walked Mr, Beecher, very much as if he had not been away at all. A ripple of joy ran over the great congregation, and there was a subdued rust- ling, as if everybody gave a lit:le involuntary move- ment at the pleasant sight of thelr friend so well and happy. On his familiar platform Mr. Beecher himself looked very much as if he would like to un- vend and exchange # hearty ‘Row are you f with his hearers, buthe reserved the expression of this feeling till after the sermon, and turned his atten- tion to the beautiful voluntary with which the ser. vice was opened. The full quartette and chorus were present, and the opening anthem and the hymns, in which all the people joined, were finely rendered, The sermon was from Philippians, iv., 19—“But my God shali supply all your need according to his riches tu giory by Cnrist Jesus.’ This, said the preacher, 18 the voice from the prison, for Paul at this time in Rome was lying under guard, He had already been years there, at first with no meonsid- erabie liberty. But things went worse from day to day, and at last he seems to be wearing chains, The whole tone of this letter is of cue who had nearly given up liberty. So itis FULL OF TENDERNESS and sadness, great courage, great faith. You will go far to flud the dignity of love so displayed as in this love-letter of Paul’s—-Therefore, my brethren, dearly veloved and longed for, iat joy and crown, 80 stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.’ Lying thus im bonds, the church. at Phinppt had sent succor to him, to which he affectionately alludes: Ye have done weil that ye have comima- uicated with my aiitction.”’ “But my God shall sup- piy all your need according to His riches.’ To us his May seein a small recompense; but to one who lived as Paul did, in the very presence of God, who held the keys of God's gifts, this was a great return; for Paul tn prison was greater than any king on the throne. I wish you to consider Paul’s concep- ton of God. What power, what attractiveness there is in this impassioned tenderness that Paul ascribes to God! it has been the habit to pre- sent the character of God In a manner so abstract that it came to be litte more than @ bundle of intel- lectual propositions, To a large extent the charac. ter of God has been analyzed and thea left separated. This analysis should always merge In a conception of God that is like ourselves, In all that 1s highest and noblest. Sucit a conception 1s aways able to mistakes; yet it 1s the only conception that we cau form that will touch our hearts. We like to analyze one irieuds and speak of their qualities, but when we love them we think of them as a8 living, reathing, thinking — wilty, preached, The morning discourse, by Dr. Galian dot, Was a review of the progress of MISSIONS AMONG DEAP MUTAS, gna particuiarly of this lis own special charge, 1 was brought up under a propositional God; I said my prayers lo proyositions, but when we need God as our Sout food we must Jearn Him only as a living person. ‘te piety of the world I think bas como irom thoag WhO are too ignorant to follow tieo- ‘Sine eropastmons, ‘Dut knew enough to read thels as shown tp Christa’ tenga a iv have deen taught that God a Bung ito takes > of the universe, especially the lawa of, the’ ums", Wie man fell He tried to fina a Way »Y ich He onrist the loss. wnt Fer uf between man God. There orer the ult betwee eit if taught that. Goda first thought ig to maintain the 3¥ “ that the second thought 2. to gave a3 Many as te A" Under the itis atrocious. Don’t you Suppose hed God knew'that thieves Would be ‘born pr thieving Mothers—that drankara.” clildren would be bora tare orn ae ee Daaetice aad Bye. te n in Himself a ore soe he world? uod ongtve ist mare ct Dossible. Tt is down tq stg unt: Bo God must use Inw 10 ducting ns eee yy kane Us; bul ink the babe han iney do of © machine: to good of the children. God looks out for the machinery, but all laws are God's slaves, and tha master feeling of the divine mind is love to sentient bein Sull 13 the diffusive Gud of lence—a that expresges himself only th: natural law. ‘Ths notion of God is about as sattsl: nebule wuuld be in the heavens instead of the sun. God is rooted up and an unknowable power ts put in His stead. “None of all these conceptions can have in them that GRAND POWER OF SMYPATHY. that is the characteristic idea of the New Testament. In the old dispensation it was taught that God is just and pure re hg ae inthe ti iby is elping ai crude, vat The God adapted to such @race must be full of health, of power and glory, ving himselt in love to the world. Now Pau sets forth his ideal of such a one in this patveree “Let this mind be in you that was in Christ Jesua’? What was that mindy He made Himself of no repu- tation, and took upon Himself the form of a servant Here is a God of ong suffering, of patience, of INFINITR TENDERNESS, This was Paul’s God. Notice, also, the personal appropriation of all this conceptiou—‘‘My God shalt Supply all your needs.” 1¢ 18 no small thing to have @ conception of God as a belug of wisdom and power; but no conception will be of use to us ull we cam Appropriate God to ourselves and call iim “mine,’? When we sce God’s forbearance to us, as showm through Jesus Christ, aud measuring our own weak- ness by His perfection, are able to say ‘‘My Father,’? we have a conception that is fruit No man has @ God who cannot say “My God.” We know thas God upholds the universe, yet alall He care more for the universe than for the children who are in tt? Aien think of God as one would of an astronomer, Who sits watching the phenomena of the heavens, He hears the cry of aclitid, and lets go of the tele scope, and is Willing to lend a little attention to something that does not concern Him. I tell you God has got nothing else to do but attend tothe poor and the needy. That is His business, God sits regal in royal parentage, and there 18 nothing that touches His heart s0 soon as need. Ot this great orphan world goes staggering on alone, but it will at least be made plain that God NEVER FORGO? the world. Saul says, “My God shall supply all your need according to His riches,”? God’s nature is tropical—nay, tue production of the tropics, a8 compared with a starveling greenhouse in the North, gives a taint idea of the nature of God as compared with the love of the human soul. How little love we see awong men, but oh! the ocean depths, the at- mospheric spannings in God's heart! Gather up all the love of a mother’s soul, take all the Spree | oule actings of a lover's heart, take all the sacre fire of heroic natures, and it 13 but a hint of God’a love. What do we need but wbat we find m vod? He suMceth for all our needs, Are you not worthy to come? No; netther is apy man. Ji is not worthi- ness that Is required. God Only asks that you need Him and teel your need. ast yourself upon God, How can He save? That is His lookout. Do you need something more than you have? Docs your heart call for something better? It is God’s call. Are you weary? Are you disappointed? is your burden too heavy for you? Then accept that God who, when we kuow Him, will exceed all that wa ever were able to concetve, We snail now celebrate the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. 1 invite all—not oa ecclesiastical, Dot on doctrinal grounds, If you feel that Jesns ia the Saviour that you need, I ask you on the grounds Of your need and of Curist’s love, LEE AVENUE REFORMED CHURCH. Tho Safety of the Godly—Sermou by the Rev. Dr. Ormiston. The pulpit of the Lee avenue Reformed church ‘wag occupied yesterday morning by the Rev. Dr. Ormiston, of the Filth avenue Reformed church; and the fame of the orator drew @ large congrega ton, Inthe introductory devotional exorcises the preacher read a domestic scene from Uld Testament history, some of the running comments upon which were gems of original thought. Dr. Ormiston took for his text the 12ist psalm. After enumerating various speculations respecting tnis aud Kindred psalms, he proceeded to say that the psalm quoted for a text was adapted to be sung by the as cending hosta ot Israel on those grand ’re- ligious gala days when a blending of national en- thusiasm and patriotic fervor with loftiest and purest piety rang out the gratitude, the joy and the hope of the nation. Tho psalm which ne was about (o consider was a song of real, earnest confl- dence in God—coniidence in His preseace, in His protection, in Gis Providence and in Lis promises, He showed, by narrating the leading events in the history of God’s ancleat people—their passage through the Red Sea, the miraculous supply of food in the wilderness, the fail of Jericho ana the over: throw oan latte Wee ae —y keéper of His peopie, thus ae ite aay ofthe first clause of bis text, “Tne Lord 1s thy keeper.’ Tiesame God Vives stil, and, being Christ's, the people of God now were Abraham’s seed and heirs of the promises, God's presence was their glory, hie Providence their shield and his promise their hope just as decidedly as of old, First, God's almightiness was seen as-the keeper of his people, He who made the heavens and the earth, whose power was reststiess, whose resources were indnite, and whose provisions were boundless, was able to take care of His creatures. There was not an idea in tae whole range of tospiration or in human con- ception that came with such wondrous power to strengthen the soul as the thought that Gow ts our Keeper—He who counts the stars, bindeth up the broken in heart and healetn their wounds, ‘Phou art poor and needy, but the Lord thinketh on thee.” That one thougit wreathes a diadem of glo- ry around the lowliest of Goa’s cadren, It the vaat and almost incomprehensible suggesied His mighty power, notless did the minaie, He who fed tha sparrow and the young ravens when they cried, who clothed the grass and adorned the lly, would care for and teed His loving children. Weak, wayward and helpless as they might be, they could lean thelr heads on the everlasting arm that was underneath them, The next idea suggested by the psalm was that of watcafalness, ‘Jie that keepeth Israel shall neitner siumber nor sleep.” No doubt the allusion wag to those idols that had eyes aud could not see and hands but conld not help. ‘The speaker here re- ferred to the withering sarcasm of the solitary old prophet, who, wrapped in his mantle, nis gray hair blowing in the breeze, sald to the eight thousand bedizened priests, as they howied and yelled ther wretched homage, ‘Call now, doubtiess he has gone on a journey, or he has gone hunting, or he may be asleep.’ Ent oar God, continued ‘the speaker, slumbereth not. His eye never closes, His watch- fulness never fails, and Ue will watch every step. Tho faitnful sentinel, the skiiiul pllot, the ex: rienced nurse, the fond mother—tnese ‘might sink from sheer exhaustion; but the eye of the Et that watched’ over those who loved Him, never stumbered. A poor woman was said to have made her complaint to the Sultan that when she siept she awoke to find that everything was lost. “Wherefore did asleep?” — inquired the Sultan, ‘sure, was the response, I siept be- cause I thougit you were awake.” The monarch restored unto ner what she had lost. The Caris' might, with equat confidence, He quiely down, kuowing that God's watchtulness Was nis security, comfort and joy, The fact that God would take care of each individual in particular wag further elabo- rated, and then the Doctor spoke of the tenderncas of God, suggested in the phrase, ‘The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by nignt’’ Te no- ticed a feeble Wiustration of this truth tn the the other day, when a fond mother Lostantly tif her fan to protect the face of her child from the burning rays. of the sun, Would @ mother guard her Iitue one and our Father ever forget us? the luxuriant foliage of the palm trees shaded the Eastern traveller trom the tempest and the heat, 80 would the providence of God stretch in ita great beneficence over our exposed and helpless heads. He believed id ene souls were Ca: worldly prosperity where one was seriousi Mt by novelty. Christians needed to be sheliered Jrom the sun of prosperity, for it too often hardened and wilted @ great many Christian graces. 1e word “moon” might be taken a3 an. allusion to other circumstances meaning any kind of amiiction and sorrow. It mattered little what befel Goda children, ror the Eternal God would neither allow the sun to smite them by day nor the moon by night. The next thought dwelt upon was the thoughtrul- hess of God indicated in these words of the psalm— “The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; heshait eserve thy soul—that is, that God will deliver rom all natural, moral and spiritual evil, from every want and every woe that could affect or distress the human heart. have no patience, sail the speaker, With those people who beileved hat = Goa woula Rave thelr souls and not their bodies He redeemed both, aud both were tu jive in giory, The Coristian Migut be persecuted, but not cast down; suffering, but not in despair, becatise conscious that the Lveriasting Arm was bearig himup. But the real sweetness of the promise was in the words, “The Lord shall reserve thy going Out aud thy coming in from this ime forth, and even tor evermore.” ‘The beltever tm Jesus hud the assurance, aot only When he went out « from home in the morn aud biessing, but when he went out ito the valley of Whe shadow OC deals wud py bla “coming 10" am if, Of the divine protection ©