The New York Herald Newspaper, October 16, 1871, Page 4

4 GHAGO AND GERISTHNITY. Tho Tongue of Fire Eloquent in tho Pulpiis of the Land, PATHETIC TALK A\D The Furnace of Want and the Lamp of Prosperity. The Chicago Conflagration an Anachronism in History, An American Herculaneum or Pompeii. Noble Generosity and the Sympathy of Christian Hearts. THE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE Cod Restraining the Pride and the Covetous- ness of the Nation, PRACTICAL GIVING, INTERPRETED Dr, Bellows on the Moral Ashes of New York and the Burned Ashes of Chicago. “THE HERALD” IN CHRIST CHURCH TULPIT. Practicalness of the Principles of Kingdom Showa ia the Na- tional Contributions. The Conflagration Has Refinea and Purified Humanity, CATHOLIC CAURCH HAS LOST, nun ars WHAT An Appeal for Aid from Two Chicago Catholic Clergymen Organization of the Churches for Retief. The Heart of the World Touched by Thankfulness Unto God and Love for Mankind. UBY FOR MEN AND ANGELS. A The Silver Lining on the Chi- cago Cloud. In the churches yesterday the puipit and the pew were in accord. Une touch of nature made preacher aad peopie akin. Sorrow and affliction that bring ali men to one social level and know no favoritism fn their impartial descent have been brought home to the heart aud the head of the nation by this Chicago disaster, The eloquence of the preachers rose to a height befitting one of the most aw/ul—perhaps the most awful—disaster in human anoals. By stirring rhetoric, into which they breathed the living breath of personal intensity and earnestness of feel- ing, they roused the imaginations of their audiences to adequately realize the ap- palling horrors into whch the stricken clty has been plunged. Iu many of the churches these endeavors produced very perceptible effects, and the congregations, carried away by | natural emotions of ovity and sympa. thy, were unable to restrain themscives from tears and sobs. The preacher woud describe the sea of flame, licking out of existence forever miles of but!dings—the wailing, terror stricken mul- litudes, fleeing wlidly before it; the separation of famiites, tho despair of the bereaved—the throng of women and children on the prairie, chilled with cold, exhausted with fear and excitement, destitute of food, and without even the rudest form of shelter; and as the picture grew more distinct before the minds of his hearers, thelr faces wonld soften in expression the unworthy tears, and @ nervous twitching hoy restiessly about the mouth—the noble nesses of kind and pitifal 3 ©=Harder, Int than the nether millstone must have been the hearts that could resist the contagion of hnman feejing under circumstances of such aggravated temptation to yield to the godlike promptings to snecor ihe home- leas and the famishiny, The pecuniary response, | however, made to their uaiversal appeal shows ihat a comuiunity We are not ungenerous. & THE ERALDY IN YHZ PULPIT. Christ Church=Sermon by Dr. Ewer. At Unis fashionable temple ia Fiith avenue, yester- day moruing, Dr. Ewer delivered an eloquent and stirring sermon upon the Chicago fire, coupled with an appeal for aid to the sudering. He took as bis text the passage “What hath God wrought!” He began by remarking upon the enlarged proportions in modern times of all events and operations in which human genius and will Were engaged. As tame progresses, said he, the scale of disasters and blessings seems alike 10 be wonderfully increased, Such increase, it should be noted, is neither on the side of good or evil alone, og #3 side of both. As it ts” written the Gospel ‘“‘the wheat and the tares shail grow up together,” and while one springs up in fer- Ule profusion the other assumes a rank juxuriance that, in former times, would have been aimost irre sistibie in its influence anc effects, Bui it ts in the New World that this 5 ADDED GRANDEUR OF HISTORY bas been most strikingly displayed, Still an infant aa ation, we were superior im wealth, power aud extent of territory to all the ancient empires— of Assyria, Greece and Rome. In a brief cen- tury we hid grown to be the equal of the proudest and strongest European Power, Yhe city of New York was already only benind two European cities in population and wealth; and It was year by year nearing the dimen- sions of Paris, and, soon out-stripping it,gwould propably at no remote day rival and exceed in im- portance the city of London. During the past week jhis enlargement of the proportions of ali eveuts ad been exemplified and illustrated by THE MOST TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION fn human history, In the fire of Rome four-seveuths was destroyed, and in the fire of London Sorhirds. Chicago had suffered @ much more awiul visitation than elther of these historic confia rations. .Some idea of the havoc wiougnt by tie flamea couid be gathered by magi. m that the scene of the fire were eyes biur over with pot | } a3 the most striking example of enterprise and NEW YURK H We shoutd Rave endured ff all that part of our city Wost of the Bowery, Obatham sireet aud Broauy ay, from fae Battery uo to ‘Twenty-axth street, hed oeon Laid ia ashes; or agaia, a ali the area Dewweon Muto and Lexington aveaues, say from Fiat street to the park, had been wrapped in a resistions Soa of Game and rum, Already tere bad been CX- pressed throug a cerrain portion of the press the KEVGOLTING AND SHOCKING PHBORY that this awiat calamity was a jadgmcat of God ‘apoa the desolated city ior the crimes of ber pro- Pic, Al SUCK @ sugge-Uoa every Man chitowed Wilt the fastinct of amauity starved back 1 hor- ‘ime bare fact of a luman heart being so Cruct aud stern aud pitiless as to irame such a dyctriae Wed exponents of the will of the Alinighty, there Was to iiself very meiancholy, To ali such sell-consti- might be recalled with profit the words of the Sav- sour--"Think you that these Gallicans | were haar beyond all tne other ecg atl iy say unto you, except ye aiso saait surely perso.” The preacicr continued by saying (hat, io bts view, the arcai iesson of the tire had been one of a very dil- fereul tenor, The sudlime expreasion of syimpatay that haa been uttered in every corocr ol the civi- lized worid had showa us (hat uli nations were KNIT TOUKTA KB in the bonds of a commun taterest, and that all men were memvers vf one vast brotherkoos, The ten- dency of the ume was, undoubtedly, to make this unity more ete. Such seemed tO Lo the design of @ benoficeut Providerce, Chi- cago had showa wat marvellous we had = made im that . direction. ; Suoday aad Munday tne desolated chy was the cenire of interest ior ihe moment of the entire globe, and, speeding fast on the t wires, the news spread uke waves of disturbance, 1n ever. widening circles, to the uttermost of the eauh, and thea came that still more wonderiul reflex wave of substantial help and cheering words and hopeti promises pack iu over lessening circies ww the sirtcKen City. &% Over the record of ungradging and immediate saccor that had been so treely given, we felt the meaning of the grateful respause trom Chicago, “God biess the noble- hearted people of the world!” We might also learn from the fire A LESSON OF THANKFCLN ASS to God for the marvellous way in watcG He 1s thus bringing all nen together. therag them in, as it were, into a single family. Look at Gie immense tue fluences ior goud ia Line Calamity of the Lelegrapa and the locomotive, isut for the power to send out the ery of distress on the wings of the lightning and bus for the moreased speed Of transporcation wnich the railruad gave us what would have become of the hundred and filty (nousaud starving aud wa. sheltered people lying out on the bare prairie? Tae calamity woull have necessarily been marked with tnfinitely darxec horrors; the mortality and sudering and misery vastly greater, Dr. Ewer a!so alluded # the systém ot iusurauce as an alleviation ot the disasier, aud showed that trough it originated in human seliishoess, it had a tendency to bring BS im bonds of mutual interest. ‘tae preacher then made A DIRECT APPRAT, in behalf of the sufferers, fle referred to one con- eregauon in watch, he Knew frum reliable saiorua ton, ali tts members had Leen siripped of every- thlog, Most of them not having even a change of uuderclothing left, He aiso read a tong extract from the account in the HERALD of a heartrendiug scene between # brother anil sister, who bad been separated in the couluaioa, the latter of whom had become a ma from excess of gr ‘dhe colicction was very hberal, and walle 1 taken 8 preacher exciled tie sympat noe by picturing an equal dis r Tikes 01 gmotun were plaints Vis many countenances, and now dnd tren a low, stitted 500 would be distincily heard, Dr. Ewer promised that the collection siould be devoted partly to the Dieago sufferers and partly to the victims, m the Northwest, of tne terrio.e fires witch nave set vast regions aplaze, CHICAGO THE PRIDE OF THE NAPION. Now Eorland Congregational Chucch—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Merrill Gichardson, An unusually large congregation attended we services yesterday moruing at the New England Congregational church, corner of Madison avenue a Forty-seventh street, Wide awake to the stir- ving themes of tho times as Rev. Dr. Merrill Rich- ardgon, the popular pastor, always is, he made the Subject of bis discourse the late terrible conflagra- ton in Chicago—a subject that could not fall to ene st his most eloquent cuergies. His text was Isalah, xi, 6—“They heiped every out hits neighbor, and every one sat to bis brother, ‘Re of gooa cour- age.’ This text, he began, was snggestvd by tue obte responses betug made to the SUFFERINGS OF CHICAGO, (nat city so young, yet so strong and full of ilfe, sitting a8 queen upon the vroad lal the great artery of the food trade of half a continent, sud- denly desolate and asking for bread, Wrapped in a devouring whirlwind of fire massive mercantiie warehouses, bank, insurance, commercial and ex. cuange buildings; blocks of marble and stone and brick, rauroad depots, printing houses, hotels; whole square mules in the very centre of the city built to dety the Mames—these, together with thou- sands of wooden structures and the tenements of mechanics and laborers have been destroyed. Forty blocks of @ great city ONE 8A OF FLAME! What angaish tn such a scene! They had read the jacts and been patned by the dreadial disaster. His object was not to awell upon the suffering side of this calamity, nor the lessons of caution which such disasters teach, for they are plain to all and the daily papers enforce them. He found in the prompt and generous response of the cities of the land to the CALL FOR HELP an tlustration of tne moral power of society. It was clearly God’s desiga to have mankind reach their vest and highest development in the social state, for the greater portion of the Bible was addressed to them as members of society, Herein 18 the sphere of duty and activity. The strongest virtues of character could only be culuvated In this state. Society is the impeilling {93 aie ee jee 4g make the post of his Somes ‘On its Tashiiig tide See Carried forward. Great men ana great achtevements are only found where tne stimulus is found. The educational force of society could not be over estimated, Mind is in con- stant contact witn mio, New ideas rapidly spread. Each pursuit i aided by others, Competition comes into play and every art and labor and trade reach thelr highest perfection. ‘The “guilds” or associations of artisans im the Middle Ages led to wider liberties of the people. Progress in the aris of Jife must have ireedom, and iyecdom in one direct.on will demand freedom in ail, Already the mighty powers of nature are made the servants of man. Prophets saw the coming of a al state wherein these manifold activittes would een Working 1D harmony, eacl a help to ail the id Ue men of every crait saying to each ober, “Be of good courage.” ‘The Cbristian idea 1s that all are members of one body, and 1 oF suffers the rest suffer with til, and if one rejoic gil rejoice With him, After enlarging on this point he showed how it Was illustrated with words of good cheer and DEEDS OF NESS sent from thousands of vil and cities to Chi- cago, This city of the prairie has been held up thrift, In one geueration it took rank with te great commercial centres. In schools and churches aud works of pubile benevolence no le33 than sim mechanical arts and in trade, Chicago was tne prodigy and pride of the navn. Hier lines of business, of soctal life and of Christian enterprise were as wide as the continent—pa: were [eit by the nations of Europe. Did ovhet e envy lier prosperity? There was but a who'esome competition, No sooner did the telegraph send tue news of her suffering to other cities than words of courage and belpfulness went back; trains of cars loaded with provisions were spceding to her reliefs, Profound sorrow and sympathy were feit by her calamities. Substantial help wall be sent irom ail parts of the nation, MILLIONS OF MONEY have been gent to her and mitilions more will be sent. That great calamities will befal cities and na- Uong is No new thing. Five, famine, plague, peati- lence and the ravages of war have often swept o \ue world, But rarely las a single conflagration ae or ante io oh * sean oe this prauch o scours v9 eak of tne prompt, ae Neids ny Sicer or the relief of Child wW feature in connectiom, weit, magi: ein disasters, ‘Be of good courage” has been séui roni every craft and calling, association and pro. fession, and from men of every nationality, Aud with this message ol sympathy go contritutions for ark So, stunned by the sudden biow, Chicago is warding herself for the WORK OF RESUILDING. Pheentx-like Chicago will rise from her ashes. She will start upon @ hew career of prosperity, Her energies are it, her spirit indomitable. How good 1118 im darkness and peril to feel the hand or eevee and to hear the words of cheer: Avery such striking example does much to make men know God's Will im our social and basiness rela- lions, it shows that the deepest prin- ciples of © 8 kingdom are practical. Great occasions stir the general heart. Curistiau help 18 extended to every suffering people. Greece and Ireland felt the aid of this nation, Now Chi+ cago feels that of foreign cities. We see in this how the gospel of charity and true fellowship can be made r He enforced in conclusion that not only can every man say to bis neighbor tn hia trials ‘pe of good cheer; bul city to city, nation to nauion, continent to continent and the whole world be lap- pily bound together by their industries, their inter- dependence, their sympathy and helpfulness, It has taken eighteen centuries to reach the present average cullure of the best parts of Christendom, We are born to the juheritance Of six thousand years of thought an leffort and Into a society of Christian berty and light, Andif great crimes and vices mar the Christan societies of our age, yet we do see evidence of a deeper and broader CARISTIAN CHARITY. No aspect of the Gospel kingdom on earth given in nsferred ‘ew York. The destruction in we bm ap By been about caual in extent to What the [ible 18 80 prominent a8 tia houevoe kence=tinis brotherhood of man, He finished 1 by saving that ober morat cus ERALD, MUNDA Y, aro rerved = by great calamities, Rieres are ever lable to bake wings and dy away. Wheu mail Hons and scores of millions povish in a das, reduc. ing thousands to penury, the Conviction is deep and gcueral that a man’s fife cannot be i these things, Such checks to the rush and often recklessness of business uve Reeaed. Disasters prepare tio mind to receive new Hnpresstons of the end of Ife. If no walls of granite or inarble 18 fireproof, if the mit- Hounaire of to-day may be poor to-morrow, surely | Mammon 1s no god to be served, Make tne character iixeproot aud we can deiy the clement, FEERING AT CMCAGO. TAL St. Patviclh’s Cathedvai—Sermon by the Very iev. Dr. Storra, V. G, There was @ large attendance at the Cathedral yesterday, and the services were, as usual, performed with charaoieristio grandeur and solemnity. Tne Kev, Father MoNamee oilictated as celebrant during mass, and at the conciasion of tho first gospel ihe Very Rev. Dr. Starrs, Vicar General, ascended the pulpit and read tho following olrcutar:— TO THR RevEREND PASTORS OF CATHOLIO CHURONES OF ‘The gy for help which comes to ua f h piercing tones trom the ‘of our follow beige in Uniengo, seated ted without 1001 of ppeais so forcibly to every human heart that there Tam sure, having it in his power to give rellel, be Or bolt Mite that wal not (prom iy donno. with wile haw, An order eater facilities may be offered to all imembera of our flock for the exerci ot @ great act of Christian oharity I bereby recommond thal Collection be made in alt the chtrches of the city on the Siu jy ue an next Sunday, it {i mach ing and gene.ous han: 10 a1 noouenh to be ima: dolay to toe Chancery alllos, usst they caus De resriies w ancery altice, remitie. Cut delay to succor the Cnr id oe a , Arot Op) @! ow Yors. Givon as New York, this 10th day of October, 1871. The Rev, De, starrs then made a forveat and elo- queat appeal on beuall of the distressed, reminding the congregation that winter was rapidly approach: lug and that atd must be sont promptly to the scene. ‘The reverend genticman took hits toxt from the g03- pel of the day, Jonn iv., 45-i.—"He having heard that Jesus was come from Judea ito Galilee, went to Fam and prayed Him to come dowa and heat his son.” The portion of Uke Scviptare selected by the Chareb for the Gospel presented to the view a most interesting and instructive narrative, A ruler in Vapernaum, whose son was in imminent danger cf death, after trying all the meagas which fortune and intuence could command for his recovery, apphed as & last extremity to the Divine Saviour to come down and teat his son, ite having heard that the Divine Saviour was come from Judea iuto Gace went to Him aud prayed him to come down and see his son, for he was on dhe point ol death, Now, tins application of tue ruler was an indication of some Kind of faith in vie power of the Divine Saviour, Tho Divine Saviour told the ruler to ge his way, for that iis son lived, He not only at the same time assuaged the mind of the distressed father, put pointed ous the tuperfes- Mons of lis fash by the influence of fis grace on ls soul; aad immediately tie Servant of the rater met him and said that the fever had left ius son at ihe seventh hour, and when he found that it was ute same hour at whica the Hivine Saviour said, “Thy 80Rn liveti,” i had the cfect Of causing his conver- sion to tie teue faith and also his own family. ‘tie Gospel told them that he himself believed aud his Whole Noase, Sitch was the EPFECT OF AFFLIOVION ON THE MIND of the ruler caused by the allliction of his son, In | this case there Was presented a striking example of tie matence of atliction on the mind of the unbe- ever, There was no doubt he had heard of the miracles performed by the Saviour before, and taat lic dad been awong the eye-witacsses himseif of ta prodigies performed th Capernaum, but, like the people of Laat place, zs heart was nardened, Of tius thero was striking proof in the address of the Divi aviour where He aposiroppizes them in te cleyeuth chapter of St. Matiuew:—‘‘And thou, Cap- crnanm, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven? Thou sbaitge down even unto heil, For if In Sodom had | been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee, pertaps tt had remained unto thisday.” Te etecis of affliction conte also lo be observed on the minds of worldings, like the case of the ruler in Capernaun, Some people bobeved ia tne doc. oleate religion, but thelr minds were taken up wi Pa THE ACQUISITION OF WEALTH, im indulgence of their passions and the possession of jawe, and they thought not oi those riches that awaited the justin the next hie, Like the ruler in the Gospel they applied to the Divine Saviour when death was at hand, and fe heard thelr peiitious, ani if they became penttent He consoled them ana OCTUBER 16, 1871.—TRIPLE SIfET. My Father worketh hitharto, Haid the Savione, aitd iWork, But man suguld nob lavor tor the bread that perisheth, but for thal which endure unto everlasting Life; for man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word tiat proceedetn out of the Mouth of Goud, We should, therclore, seek Lrst the Kingdom of God and his righicousuess and thea all otner things ahall be added anio us Aad because, in response to honest labor, God scnus prosperity aud wealth, shall we thereiore WORSHUP TUIS MATERIALISM? ‘The young mau startiug out iu tie deems it his first daty to make money—God or eevil help hin, It matters ttle which, And the preacher feared tie devit had a great deal to do in the making of for- tunes, But He who atone could do it has within two Gays swept away more than one hundred millions of our boasted wealth, was teacaing us that mul- Nous and matertal wealth are not God, and that He Will be acknowledged in everyiaing. Wxcept ine Lord outid tne house tuey labor in vain that built it, This revelation. §3 for us; for ib amight just as easily have been ours as theirs, Lot us not, thero- fore. sit suptuely by and lend no helping hand; bus rather let us tue Oi it with @ chastoned spirit, as We sit around our tables to-day, aud acknowledge that al! we have 18 from God. Our luterests are one, We must share the calamity and answer the domands of tne sufterers to the utmost of our ability. If we sat amid the ashes, und our hopes and homes jay in rains, how then should we think ee in the same light leo os think of ivnow, and et us ACT NODLY THB NEIGHBOR'S PART. We are taught in tne Gospel that lu such expe- Tlences as this we must took to the Lord Jesus Christ, and multitudes of those who are now suifer- ing, are our Drottiers in Carist, and all are our brothers in the flesh, and at their head stands the Lord Jesus, our elder brovner, The reward of bo- nevolence and brotherly kindness was them beautt- fully depicted, and the Saviour's crowaing manny ‘fuasmucn as ye aid tt mato one of the least ot these ye did tt unto me,” were quoced with beautiful edeck. 4 collection was afterwards taken up in behail of the Chicago suiicrers, ant’ donations or clotaing, &c., were direcied Lo be sent to pter 88 Norto River, or to the residence of ara, Jennings, in Kast Sixtieth street, who will torward them. Yesterday boing the centennial of the re-estaviishment of the Ke. formed Dutch Churon on tats Continent and the list Synod of the Church haying directed all its minis- ters to preach a historical sermon thereon, Dr. Taangeoe's evoning discourse was devoted to tus subject, THE DESTRUCTION OF GHCAG, Fourth Universalist Ghurob-Sermon by Ur. Chapin, Long before tho hour had arrived for the service to commence in Dr, Chapin’s curch yoaterday fore noon every seat was Milled with worshippers, wate the vestibuie and aisles contained quite as many more as could conveniently find sianding réoim, The reverend Doctor preached on ihe all-absorbing question of the hour—the buraing of lair Chicago. Mls text was selected from the First Epistle to the Corinthians, third ehopter and & portion of the thir- ieenth verse—“Aad the fire shall Uy every man's work, of what sort It 13." ‘The theme, he sail, in ne arch throughout the laud will to-day be tue same, And it should be, tor any man Who occupies a pulpit aud remains silent upon AN 06 Z ts false to his duty to Gotand tohamaaty. There | are times of commotion and disorder whea the pul pit shonkd remain stleat regarding it, for in weaving of it little good and a vast deal of injury may vo done; but this ts not one of those occasions, Here we have hundreds upon hundreds of families lett completely destitute, their Lomes gone and they themselves without even ciothes to cover ther | backs. No; the preachor, he sata, cannot escape ! this, Te has wot chosen Ure subject; it has been forced upon him. History, the Doctor said, records fow fires like this one bas been, and ceriataly our contry was never known it: equal. Acity of unbounded ac- Uvity and enterprise, connected commercially with the whole world, and which wus bul yesterday, as it were, in the epjvyment of every blessing ef civil- ization, tlas been reduced tn a few hours to a heap of smouldering ruins. Clicago, more than any other city in the country, was American—was ty- gave them that peace of mind necessary for enjor- mentin this Ife, sat not oniy to worldlings were anlictions bencicial, but also to those who, in this iife, believed in the doctrines of religion und lived up Lo its ordinances, Their minds were sometimes: engrossed With the res of the world, and they might nave for the moment torgotien their God. ‘There the same divine blessings came to their assist- ance, consoling them im ail their troublesx, = It must bo aiso otserve! that ailictions were beneficial even for those who were devoted to their faith and observed all tts rules strictiy, — If aillictions came they could practise those virtues re- commended by ihe Diyine Saviour—humility, pa- tience and resignation. There was also another INCENT(VE FOR BEARING AFFLOTIONS. They had tie examples of their great predecessor s in the faith, They were tried tn the farnaces of autic- tion aud bore thelr saiteriugs with patience and resignation, haying in view the crown that was promised in that world where no amictions exist, ‘They would also imitate the cXample of the Divine Saviour tu the gardon of Gethsemane, who, prostrate on the ind, prayed three times to His Eternal Father, if possible, that tne bitter cup might pass. Suu, “Not my will, but Thine, done.” Tne Very Rev. Dr. Storrs concluded a very appropriate, exhaustive and eloquent discourse, by asking the congregation Lo imitate the example of the Saviour wnder a:Niction, and in the end they would secure the blessings of immoriality. ‘rhe mass performed was by Generalt, in © major; the “Kyrie” opening with a chorus, followed by con- certed music, ‘The ‘Gloria’ begins with a spiendit chorus, with beautitul parts for the organ, which was presided at by Professor Gustavus Scuimitz, the director, The “Qui Tollis,” terzetto for soprano, Mme, Chom‘) tenor (Mr. Groschel) and bass (Mr. Jrcho) wasthe most attractive part of the “Gloria.” The “Et Incarnaws” of the “Credo,” a trio, was well repacred by tne soprano, tenor and bass, tne “Et in Spiriium!’ forming a tine solo. At the offer- vory, the contraito (Mrs. Unger) sang “O Satutaris,”” by Guglielmo, with great expression. The musical frangements were altogether in accordance with the high reputation of this choir, ‘The services aid not terminate until after twelve o'clock. Se a E THE DUTY OF THE HOtR. St. Paul's Reformed Church—Sermon by Rev. Br. A. R. Thompson. Yestertay morning, to a rather siim congrega- tion, the Rey. A. RK. Thompson, DP. D,, discoursed on the lessons to be learned from tne Cnicago conta. gration, His text was Psaim cxxvil., 1— rept the Lord bulld the house they labor’ in vain that butid it; except tue Lord keep the city the watcn- | man wakeii but in vain.’ The Doctor referred in opening to the kinships of the human race and to the many other Interweavings of Goat's providence, which bind us together ein usa real interest in other me: These kinships are especially market in a country politically so constituted as ours, and Where there Is always en opportunity for asserting them. We enjoy great personal freedom, but we must be careful always to keep it within ihe bounds of law, It must be waiched and cared for. This great caiainity which has befallen our sister city forces upon us the fact that we are one great nationality and that none can £0 under the cloud without Its shadow resting upon all, The Doctor offered a brief apology for bringing into the pulpit a subject that might not be constd- ered to legitimately belong there, Ie had no fatth, he said, in the kind Of preaching which snatched at every calamity a8 @ godsend for a sensation; but on the very front of this caiamicy stands out the Divine interposition spoken of in the text. Except the Lord keep the city the wateliman waketi but in vain. The geographical position of Chicago was next described, Bounded by Ure lake and by the prairie, 1) seemed to be ad- mirably situated to Insure safety, yet it has been Swept away in a couple of days.’ Who will ques- tion that Utis is of Go He who has been so long orgotten lifts Wie curlain and Walks the streets of ire Western meiropoits in His cloak of flame, and the people are compelled to pauve in Weir beadiong career A ee ea AN) LOOK AT Gon, We have admired tie wonderful growth of that city, aud, said (he speaker, riding over the prairic recently, tt rel ere tome there was 10 a oe te rosperity and greatness and extension of jucen ty His ne est. Niné Re mae’ from one entire limit to another entire junit, give her abundant room for expansion, Her prosperity has been tn a large degree our [ep oath and her adversity must be ours also. He disabased the mind orhis congregation of the thought that this was a Divine afiiction, caused by the greater sin of Chi- cage. “Think Aaa he asked, tn the words of the Saviour, “that those eigiieen upon whom tie Tower of Stioam fell were sinners alove ail the dwellers In Jerusuem? Not atail, This calamity was not designed for their punishment, but was permitted 4s all admonition (6 us, Who, if we repent not, DYIst likewise safer. It has this jesson for us—we may be calied to pass throngh the furnace next, The great temptation of jife is over-regard for the mate- Titi, 80 (hat @ schuol of thinkers Lave sprung up among us Who have taken to themselves (he name Of positives; and all of us have taken in our blood the taint of this form of infidelity. The things ual ave viable have beeu our admiration, and WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THE INVISIBLE, We have stood in vie tnidst of that great Western city and have asked ourselves, flow can the world gel along Without this city? Sitting here as she does between the prairie and te sea—between the great bread-growing acres of the West and the multitudes who require to be fod in the Hast and iu the old Worid, how can she be spared from the cittes of ihe earth? The Doctor then eulogived labor, and re: marked tat ali (ie work of brain or hand 14 from God, au AL Is ® Liwivley Lo separate God from work, ; And the fi pical of what we are asu nation. It was in no way bound by coionial ties to the “ora country,” bat was cy BUILT SOLELY BY AMERICAN ENTERERISE and American capital, aad for this and many other reasons We took uu Inconsiderable amount of pride mher, It wes bound in ono way or another to nearly every soul in the land, and, therefore, when the fire burned Chicago it was felt almost like a Gre sweeping our Own heartiastones, in speaking of the !cssous taught by the dreadfal caiamily the reverend speaker said that the very text from which he was speaking was suggested bv the burning of the great city of Corinth, ‘his texe meant taat all good taings would survive fre, and from nis fact te judged Chicago wes good, for she will most assuredly survive the dreadial plow that has been aimed at her. Fire, as has been truly said, is Lue best ol ser- vants and the very worst of masters, The sea may spare something—may give up its dead by the washing of the Waves; the tornado will not destroy and mutilate everyint within its reac; but tire, ah, the demon! it anniiulates, destroys, consumes blackens all. Jt spares nothing of human !tte or human weaith, bat alt alike goes; and therefore when perchance anything may abide it—recovers from tl—it ts essentially yood. aes is often heard congratulating pimself upon Lt CONQUEST OF NATURE, Conquests, forsootih! He has never conquered aught of natace, nor will he. He may tuiuk for a tume that he has gaimed the mastery, but only for a time. for soon she asserts herscl{ again, and, in a twinkle of aneye, all is gone, We vattt our solid and, as we think, substantial wharves, docks, warehouses, ships ana the like, and almost ere ‘we kaow it, the mighty Atiantic heaves forth a huge tidal wave, and all, everything is gone. Some hoatd up wealth, They say, An i bave it now; I will invest nly money in real estate, in land— solid iand—and then J Know it wul be safe. Do you? Ask the astropomer about it and he wiil quickly sere that the Sam Sane eteet Basing orh—negds xe aaclett no 1 nst little, Ryaromen, and a aay Ly urd would be bu as a speck of vapor ma red-hot furnace, ‘This calamity teaches us better how to appreciate the value of our means of communication and re- lief—the ratlroads and the telegraph. Why, these hundreds of roads which checker our broad laud, | and, im fact, every other land, are but as tendrils of rove and sympatly, binding us closer togetner in a common brotherkar We see ow Wires flashing messages of reitel and joy, and our ratlways has. | tening with the gilts of charity to the stricken | community, They are madeed IIGHWAYS To GOD, As, (09, brought oat, ob, s rook It has, Loe, brought forth some based clements of humanity; but, tuank God, so great @ degree as one at first fe: But when sod where have we seen such an example of Caristian charity y For one, he felt uke kneelung dowe aud thanking God forso much good ia umauity, Kat witie so much haa been dove there was still much more needed, Let no one think that enough relief has | already been extended, bul let all give, and ihat Ireely. The speaker alluded 1a most pathetic terms to the thousands of destitute familles Who, a few days ago, knew not what iC was to want; to te poor jitve chuaren who are ot patiering with bare feet amid the ruins of their homes. and called upon ie congregation to give bountifaliy, This cafl was, i- | deed, Most Mbheralty responded to, for the four large contribution boxes which were passed wer literally filled to overflowing with the offerings, the greater portion of Which was in large bil4. AN APPEAL FROW A CHICAGO CLERGYMLY, | St. Francis Xavier's Church—Sermon by Rev. Father Martin. Av the Churett of St, Francis Xavier mass was celebrated yesterday by the Rev. Father Conning- ham, after which was read a notice frow Archbishop McCloskey calling for help from the Catholic churches of thts city for the sufferera in Chicago, and jt Was annonnced that a collection for that pur- pose would be taken up the following Sunday, and at veaper service the Rev, Father Martin, of Chr cago, Would deliver an address on the details of the disaster, of which he was an eye witness. This ap- peal to the sympathies of the congregation was fol- lowed by a sermou delivered by the Rev. Father azeau, from this very appropriate text tn Colos~ sians lit, 4—“And above a these ings put on Charity, Which is the hond of partéctneas."* In the afternoon this church was crowded to its utmost capacity to listen to the discourse of tue Rev. Father Martin, from THY CHURCH OF ST. MARY IN CHICAGO, Like thousands of others the reverend father was rendered howeies# by (he appaling vaiamity that re- d@aced a powerful city to ashes. The text of hls atscourse ts to be found in St. Luke, vi, 8% Father Martin com- menced by thauking the people and clergy of New York in the name of the destitute of Chicago for the benefits already received through thoir un paralleled liberality, ‘I was the pastor of a chuyeh now no more, and have come at the instigation of my bishop to lay before your people the lerrine sufferings of the Cathoics in Chicago, The papers have given you a graphic description of the desola- tion and misery of the once famousclty, They say | the dead man and insuls unprotected women. by the fire nead, ‘Tarvagh the kindness GENERAL YH. SHERIDAN L wax furnished with @ pass lo New York, a Eke hundreds nay thousauds, of others, ava myseli of tho priviiege. the Catiohc peopir, in whom you are most par- ticularly mteresied, ave euiforinz Latensely by this great misfortune, The goverument 13 helping us Wath @ rewarkavle chaviiy, aud private clluzcas aro PAID Oh Loanextent tefore unkown, Supplied to clothe the naked, feed Lae hungry and provect them (rom te severity of winter pone in from ‘wo -4 quarier, @ wre now enabled to prevent q dering, but our next step is to erect places of wor. ship for us poor Had this calamity befallen one or two ohurcnes te Arch. bishop would never have appeated to you for att; but on account of the wholesale destruction ot our ghrantes, oun hospitais, our schools aud our op of Chicago sends me here to ovtain that assistance which we so greatly need, Various rumors have been afloat to Pe to the of the fire, but the best autuenticated ts that ® man entered his bara with a keroseno lam Which exploded, and irom that accident reaul! ‘he firo that laid a whole city iu ruina, One of tho frst buildings ‘destroyed on the north side of the clly was the iM of the Holy Jesus, with a of 0 souls. Onur jurch saifeved to a fearful extent, St. Michae?s church, having & parish of 9,000, is levelied to the geound. The (inmaculace Conception, with a pariah of 2,500, and St. Loy with the same numoer of parishioners, were bot desiroyed. St. Paul’s church, of 2,000 people; St. Mary's, the oldest charch in the city, Wih @ parish of and Si. Josoph’s, with 3,000 parishioners, wore ali altke destroyed ‘by the de- vourlng el.ment, Tne Convent of the Mercy House ana House .of Providence, with for mem- @ prey to the flames. The House bebo with twelve members, met w:ta the sal te. The St, Josep Coueze, for boys and the St, Donunick, with eight members; the Si francs Xavier Aste of ilfty boys, and 150 ay scnolars; the Catholic School, with ap attend: ance of 250 boys and 30v girls; the Scitool of the Im- macniate Conception, with $10 sclviars, and the Orphan Asylum wre among the principal Catholic matitutions for learning tut are cotully destroyed, ‘There ure 3,158 Catholic chilurea thrown out of school, und the THE HOMELESS ORPHANS PROM THR ASYLUM Wonld bo without sheiter were is not for the kind- ness of the Jesuit Fatners, wuo ate temporarily car- log for them. ‘Tho Asytum uf the Maguatons, with 100 Magdaiens, 18 now in ruins. ‘fhe Hospital of the Christian Brothers and of tue Alextine Brotuers are destroyed, ‘the new balding in process of reotion designed for tac sisters of Charity was also consumed, What now 1s to becom: of the 6,000 children Left at large withous tie aid of education? THE PUBLIC SCHOUIS ARE CLOSED for the winter, ana Catholic and Provstant are alle Levert of the means of instruction, What will become of: tho orphans left at tne mercy of te Worlat—ot the Stsiers thrown out of shelter, and of the -poor Magdalens who were living repentant lives, but wlio now may be forced to uve again the We of sla from which they had escaped? “All can bee at @ giduce now Wwe have anifered and are kefforing. I will simply say:—Conform — as you pest can to the appeal of the Arch- bishop. Give whutyou can. J am not speaking ina sectarian manuer, What Tsay ts belag said by our Protestant browuers throughout tae counly. Af you come to our relief you can rest assured that those without the pate of our Charen will also pe relieved, We shail not turn our backs upon those Who are not of our faith, You of the Charca of St. Francis Xavier I beseech to respond nob.y to tue Appeal of your Archbishop, Will you sutfer God's people to sink under their burden? Wilt you, like the Goou Shepix leave the ninety-nine and seck the Wandering sheop to bring hint wituin the ih had St Paul sai, ‘Charity covers a multitude of slag, WS DO NOT DREAD DEATH, but the jug@ment; by this charity you have « means of ropbing death of its terrors, a uppeasing God, who, perhaps, ts augered at your many sins We ’ hever forget yoar chavity; and when we are enabled to raise fome temple to God and offer up sacrifices your name shall ris? with our prayers, And our gratitude shall go with us to our graves. blezsings shatl foliow you and your family. in the words of the text, ‘Give and It stall be given to you agam, good measure and runniug over.” In con- ciusion the Father remarked that he should remain mm town for the weck, at the deuce of the Rev, Fathec MeGiyan, aud any persons who wished to make private donations would find nun there, and might be assured that they would be recoived with heartfelt thanks ny the destitute and suffermg peopte, WONDEROL VABERALITY, Chureh of the Messlah=sermon by Kev. Mr. Meopworth, Mr. Bepworth’s text was taten from Acts xi., 20— “Thea the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief mato the brethren which dwelt in Judes.” He expounded the text at considerable teagth, saying that at last Christianity, attera hard fight of eigh cen csnturies, nas so far triumphed over the selfishness of man vnat we have been brought to look upon all men, and especially sufferers, a8 our brethren, The fist part of the story of the Good Samaritan has Acreiofore been too nearly a type of society. We have been so self. absorbed that, like the priest and Levite, we have passed by on the other side of the wounded and dying. We have done this 50 waiversaily that THE GREAT HOBBES wrote a whole book Co prove that men were at lcart naturally selfish, caring everything tor their own comfort and nothtng for the comfort of others. But now the last part of the story, Which depicts the ideal or Christian man, has taken up iis place in our history, aud, like the good Samaritan, we hasten to bind up the wounds ot the ailicted. He sata, further, the great calamity which bas recently befallen a sister city has stirred depths in the common heart that are roused by no common event. Think of it. A whole city goes to sleep quietly and sereucly on Saturday night to get ready for the holy hours of the coming Sabbath, The babes ate nicely tucked away, and the tred father and mother, In cottage and palace, lie down with- outa thought of the impending danger, No noise is heard, except tue tread of the watchman, and no light is seen, except from an oceasional window Where love waits with tireless vigilance at sick or dying beds, The whole city fs stil, Then, suddenty, the alarm ts given, The clanging and dissonant hella, the startied ery of the Wate man announce Vhat some one’s hoase is Duraing. 1 ts nothing un- common, A single houschold will be tnraed into the stre: othing more, Bat as the borrid and turid munwes: 1 PUL TRUTH suns upon th Not one housenoid alone, but all are in danger: only the poor man’s hat, but the rico man’s costly dwelling is on fire. The raging, roleat Tess element has got the upper hand, aud, like Luge giant, as ta the whole city im bis Ost, anu ia a | Jow howrs will sprinkle the ashes, ai hts avarice | willleave of whet Was grand and beantiful. over the whole country round, Lie mist have been a ter. rible sight fae one to make the heart of the | whole continent ache crn ¢ saveus! Who can read the details of the wagedy with untnostened te healthy and the strong fee lor their lives, leaving ail behind them. | The stok are carrted out only to ce in the cal night: + The oll totter-trom their beds: the business nian, the newly are all involved In one common (isaster, Ana then, to make the pic- ture more ltovrid still, we see brazen-hearied | wretches, at once tie proufs aud SYMBOLS OF FOUAL DEVRAVITY, with lighted torches spreating the ames in the hope to rod ana steaj with rmpunity. They pinnae ut in the midst of all that devastation there is wu iron- handed and unflinching justice which rises im its holy jary and sends the wretches to evernily by the nearest’ uuppose — Well, there 18 noting leit now of that proud aud promising city but a heap of asves. Tis history bas been peculiariy character- rstic of Anvern enterprise. Thirty years ago the place Where (he city stood a Week ago Was ap un- fathomable quagmire, Like St. Verersburg, its streets and pataees were built upon a reciaimed meadow. Not more than tventy-live years ago, in the streets which since that time have been ned Will watehouses, theatres, churches and costly resi- dences, posts were pian with signboards contain. ing tnts ommonswarnin Keep clear; no bottom."* In tess than (he iletime of a suugic generation tie few scattered houses have grown into a Village, the village into @ town, and the town into a city hardiy Jess important from a commercial polnt of view than our own. The Old World may well wonder at the energy and enterprise of the New. And these citizens Were our own blood relations. ‘They were largely Easterp people. They went irom our homes and hearts io quest of & furtuae, And now, whatis Jett ta them? Ashes | In forty-eight hours the work of years destroyed ¢ Almost betore the news, witn all ite devatis, could reach us the devouring elemen: aviven vy @ lurious gale, consumed the city. Do say thal NOTHING 18 Leet BUT DETERS? What a mistake | Jiow could 1 make such an a rion? ‘They; have everything let Yhey have ther tnt » Which will be more splendid than their past, and they Lave an undaanied spirit and an en- ergy and enterprise Which nothing can appall. Itis, at Those Justy men are not cine down, What ‘has. been, done can be done again. And they ave bernie aire: aly. Talk ot the days of chivalry: rus + omen times were Voys’ play. by (he side ot these heroic years, Thea mh could Ult for a lady’® etd and laggh av danger. What Was the good of 1tull bid, this county, Out braver KUMgMs are engaged a a beter ’batle—a baitie requinug a loitler type of manhood, This is practical Christianity indeeds Ttnink Heaven must be qlad to look down on those undismayed hosts. The ¢ Mi is rising again on its own ashes, What pluck, what energy! A banking house serapes the hot cmders away. from iS Vauils and then and there begins Its business anew, A hotel keeper stands by his old building Just long enought to sce that not even w foundation sione can be caved aud then hurrics off to hire @ that 20,0000 dwellings are destroyed, 100,000 people de homeless and 2000 acres in the heart of the Garlen city covered with blackened rivims. Ail tits is true, yot the reporters of the Chicago and New York papers auree Uial it is Imipospibie to col. new one, and before ihe cluders of Une oft one are fairly out he has siavted ates. A newspaper editor geraiches among the rupis of tis establisn- ment for a koz of Mk and Afont oF (ype, auc tt twenty-four hours comes out win lic « news. NO NOBILITY IN THE OLD wort! like this or the New, #0d perseverance, Anotier tung wht free aan characteristic of Lhe triu urthe community s the large- why which ‘ mu Bako 2 been extended to tue our tiene money" ey aud their sy! \ will bless such charity as taal Hirer more, | kwaut this church te gil i to say, “Breturen of Uhicago, God What you bave done in the 4 Lo do still gecater things im the Iature."? WHAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH «1 YoY UaRy,gtoawats tdon of the horrible ravage made | ‘hiss a picture of which we may wot! 1 Ve ia tae gece | MW has been Uteraliy “neigt towas, individuals hay s Brethren ve ls mile, bie ast, und oc Hy St. Stephon’s Roman Catholic Cha) mou by Rev. Father Garvin The mass sang at St. Stephen's chi terday was Mozart's No. ig, and tc the ordinary choir was in attendance forth, the orgauist, managea to accor task very successfully, All the sing: however, taxed to Colletti’s absence was Tovlouoa fe such artusts as Miss- Emma Howson ‘+ Benziger no fears might have been enterta the audience would: not. be treated to 5 Singing. Misa Howson was in exceileat terday, and exerted nersclf wonderfally t¢ for the abseace of @ iull choir, No part undertakes but ia Fonderea With, A SWEETNESS AND ig deserving of the highest encomium. — carnatus” of the Credo was sung oy Sign; in admirable style. The “‘Benedictas" at th ‘by the soprano, contralto and tenor, was ¢ rare ability, Howson sang Frasie's “salve Bogina”’ feeling. Perrago's ‘“Tantam Ergo” was als¢ At tne veapera in tho after ah High mass was celebrated by the RB Lyuch, and afier the first Gospel tie McGlynn read TUE AROUBISHOPS CIRCULAR to all the pastors of tho city, calling upo: appeal w their congregations for aid Chicago suderers and appoinung Suz as tho day to take suoscriptions—t Mons at all the masses on that di Gevoted to tus charity. Dr. McGlyan a! feeiingiy aut eloquently of the disaster i and chough lauding the nobie reaerosity ¢ ple of thts chy, yet me felt there was a sy for Catholics tO sudseribe ‘liberally. © principat reasons urged by the Doctor w: every great city Lhore was certain to be & poorer Classes & linge proportion of Catu these invariabiy went to Ukcir pastors in aud troubic. Hence it was only meet tin THe PRIESTS SHOULD PE SUvrLisy Witt TIAL ALD in order to afford reli¢i. br. McGlynn ther ed that the sermon for the day would b by tae Rev. Father Gavin, who had just this city from Chicago, and was autt Bishop Foley, of Chicago, to collect muat distressed. Tne Rev. Father Gavin then ascended and proceeded to explain some of the di the Cativlic Church tm tie Mie erend speaker gave simple fa pre.crring to let these appeal to hi than create sympathy by au oratorica gave the tollowing succinct account of Uy Churca sustained by the fire: CHURCHES DESTROYED. Holy Name, Raving & congregation of to 15,000 soul St Michael's, having Joseph's, having 3,000; Immacuiate ¢ having 2,590; St. Mary's (the oldest cl denomination in the city), daving 4 having 2,600, and St Paul’: 1a CONVEN? The convents destroyed were—Conve and Mouse of Providence, having 4) int vent of the Sisters of Mercy, having 12 ini vent of St, Joseph, having 18 inmates; i Convent, having 23 iamates; Convent ¢ Shepherd, having 24 inmates; Convent milnican Sisters, having 8 tamates, INSTITUTIONS AND SCHOLS. St. Francis Xayier’s Academy aud Cwls, having 190 voarders and day 3 Joseph's Academy, having 20 boarder Brotuery’ College, having 28 boarders, School, having 300 girls and 200 boys; § School, having 600 boys and 609 girls; ; School, with 250 boys and 200 gris; Conception School, having 300 boys at Mary's School, with 200 girls und 300 bo} ASYLUSIs, The following asylums were destroy< Jen Asylum, having 102 inmates; Orpl: uaving 200 inmates. PITALS. HOSPITA! The Alexion Hospital, having 70 tame stroyed: also the Hospital of the Stster: {not completed). The Bishop's house & Coral residences also are among the ruin ‘The preacher tren with earnest wort of his hearers to give liberally to bu noble institutions of which Cllicago v proud, ‘there were THIRTY THOUSAND PRRSONS of the Catholic faith seriously tacomu fire, and it should be remembered tnat t these were Co dengy helpless—tnmates + or r, helpless ittle orphans, who w to the nardest heart for help. Q THANKING GOD FOR THE Fi Broadway Tabcroncicesermon 6} ‘Thompson. An attentive, but not too numerous, ¢ assembled to hear the Rev. Dr. Taomp g@s announced, on Chicago. After a pray and announcements, including ® lec Montgomery, on the Foundling Hospi Caquerel on Parls, the reverend orato froin two texts—Revelations Xvi, 16, «¢ destruction of a great city; Daniel ix., | ingits grand restoration:—Recurring d thickened on us this year; the subjugat its fire, famine in Persia, mining disas' land, raiiway and steamboat horrors w! fires, cutminating to this terrible dr For physical aMictions and moral disgt the globe 1871 would be memoral Prophets of evil morbidly seizin asters forebode worse to come, juterpret Divine judgments, aud alm may repeat the stereotyped form this time expect the ead of the worl wanting in reverence and sympathy % fellow smners, Occaston allowed befe (lus spirit in connection with the aftai! Our Saviour stated that those on whom Siloam fell were not gutlty above all ott narrowing. the visitations of Provident sins does uot commend itself to studen Tue same thing was satd before by pri fire of London. The great moral lessons | are, the government of God, the dutica light of modern ctvtlization ty the nia tury—tre lights and shades, first, shaduws; firstly, looking on the dar disaster shows now far man ts fro nature. Nineteenin ceatary boasting graphs, its railroads, its triumpus of teciure, political economy, farming, art tomen’ of good sense, Despite all th man was impotent, Where is the king nature when men in thousands sud wien they hear of Constantinople \ tat THE TURKS WANT YANKEE SCI or are carciess; that the fire of Lon checked, jor want of water and dizcly mei and marmers came from the feet t the great New York fire there was plen At Chicago they hada lake, steam, #) Teservoirs and water towel Man Ww Nature is no help to man tn such stré 100,000 Chicago sufferers would have nature In their need, Nature's WINDS HOWLED DOWN TRPIR CI An elephant would remove a child ‘yhis fire ruthlessly licked up all vetore of straw; Mexorable, it thought of no ans, or ruined men, jut bere Khlowl ge of nature. As the Bivle v . Man fost power to co OHO eee sinned. Tis not lo be regalw Jesus a second time. Modern civilizatt Secondly. How far man is from secur and satisfying portion of the world’: old aah Wile profiis to gain world and icsé one’s sont! cn emphasis now. Chicago was ine h cominerce, the exponent of Yankee We pointed to Niagara aud the Kock for scenery, to Chicago for our typl energy. 1b 1845 1 preached in Chicago ‘a half story warehouse temporartiy hire small Village; there were LWo or three hotels, two or Uireo second Tate solo growth and substantial magnifivence |) Framkinds that of other cities was star in comparison. Ite great boast was and security of ts burdings, Security not rich, bub ‘content, . had told ume ago he had pay ai his # a little property in Chicago for h on coming of age, Her fortune was Pete i¢ was in ashes, and n fhere is satire in the Word security. every appliance of modern civilizatt ashes, 18 people famishing, destivut- naked on the prairie, in want of ail ought to read Governor Bross’ accoul As Chicago went the glove sha'l go. the resurrection, & new chy, & Story repeats sel In September, don Was consumed, and 1a fer thus deseribed the #osnes, (The papers of We past week are fail te details; The lesson bs reyeated, 1408, ot like Narco Vanity “