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ee A ee RELIGIOUS. The Pith of the Pulpit and the Polemics of the Priests. A Religious Pageant at St. Stephen’s Church. SERMONS ON THE EUCHARIST, The Wondrous Soprano of Dr. Chapin’s Church. MR. BEECHER ON THE BIELE. The Memorial Service of Mr. Alfred Cookman. Sermons by Father Merrick, Drs, Starrs, Chapin and Ewer, and Revs. Hep- worth, Longacre, McTallen, Ray Palmer and Beecher. CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH, Sermon on the Forziveness of Enemies and the Bravery of a Christian Life. Mr. Hepwortn's text was taken from St. Luke Xxiti., 3i—“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”” ‘The text, sala Mr. Hepworth, indicates an act of Supreme heroism, There are different degrees, as there are different kinds ot heroism. The kind and degree which Christ illustrated while on the “top of Calvary has made the cross the symbol of faith throughout the ages. It is not because a good man died thereon for his principles that we value the cross, but because the Vicegerent of God was never more God-like than when su‘fering most that wo press the symbol of His torture so closely to our hearts. In that last consummating moment we geo the nature and quality of Christian heroism. The sufferings of the Lord cefine the word. Some people risk self for self, and yet we admire it. The military hero, for example, rushes into the thick of the fight, exposes his body with utter reckless- ness to builets and wounds in the nope of winning the fight and thus compel an applauding nation to put himon the tnrone. It is in some sense the transaction of a gambler, Me ts playing for A TREMENDOUS STAKE, and he risks heavily. He even throws his life into she chances of the game. He ts willing to risk being nothing in order that he may, if chance favor him, become everything. Ii ts either a grave or @ throne, Ge takes the chances very much in the state of mind in which a gambler throws the dice when he knows that either great wealth or ragged poverty wilt be the resuit, The worid admires even tna, There is something grand abont such towering and ainbittous sciishness. Bui there is auotner kina of herolsm—a lofticr type and far more Inspiring—it ts that which loses sight of self entirely, which hides @ll personal interest and is wililng to sacrifice every- thi for ihe good of vthers, ‘fis 1s ideal. ‘This wonderful. The mariyra possessed it when they suffered for the truth. They could gain nothing for themselves. but because the world would gain & great deal they died, Tuey will nave MONUMENTS IN HEAVEN, though no image of brass shail record for the admi- Fatlou of the ages (beir grandeur and jaith, Now, { am inclined to think that the heroism of which history bears record is of the | gy kind, 1 would not undervalue tt, r i kuow the inspirauon that comes Of tt, Butt cannot help feeling that in the common fanks of lite as lofty deeds are daily achieved as shose which nonor kings and baiid thrones, Poor Maric Antoieite died bravely, and the Who.e worid bas wept at her sal story. But in tnose very days Many a brave daughter o! the people, with unseifish Purpose, went to the guillotine for her country, and many a brave peasant died vebind the barricades whose story will never ve sung unt! the angels sing tin the New Jerusalem. 1 waut to say that thero is a heroism which the world takes note of because It ts seeu 1m high places, and that there is a heroism Which God takes note of, thouxh the hero or heroine may never ve Known to tume. In our ordinary lives there is ample Opportunity to show the highest uativies. A mother wails upon her sick child, fardiy knowing how to buy breaa, and yet wearing herself out by nigit and day without a murmur. Divinely unselfish, she sacrifices everytuing for her child, and WIEN THE DAISIES GROW above the soft bed on which she has laid her only one, she Jecls still God's presence, and through her lonely life she walks without a doubt of her Father’s poccnces, That quatity of soul is regal. 1 have en reading some accounts of the Western ares, Ldon't believe ibe stoutest heart could read the description of those ‘orest fires with dry eyes. The raging element, like a fiend with a crackiing langh, comes along his victorious path, levelling the loresis and sweeping whole villages into one common rum. ‘hen mothers forget everything, ex- Cept their banes, and rush into the burning house determined to die with the cradled bape rather than live without it. Husbands dig holes in she ground for their Jittie tamilies, aud fight the de- vouring element until the very Mesh on their brawny arms 1s crisped by the fire and drops to the ground in hot fakes. The nobiest elements of maubood and womanhood surface. We are proud of ant sisters, we thank that human nacure ie made of such noble material, and we eel like iransicrrinz somethiug of that self-for- Getiul spirit to our own lives. ‘The trouble with most of us is LO Luat we are not capable, but that We are not wil.ing. WE SUCCUMB TO CIRCUMSTANCES, instead of fighting them. We ought to icarn a les- son from the vid rnyme of our chiidhooa, which telis how a very wise man who happened to jump dato a brambie busn and scratch out both his eye: Instead of sitting down and claiming the pity ol the world by having a printed placard hung from his peck, saying 1 am blind, groped about bravely until he fouud another bramble bush, and then, with @ tremendous leap, scratcued lis eyes in again, It 18 cowardly to sit duwn and pine because you do not getou as you expect to. would have you make your own, is the result of faitn. You must believe before you can be prave. Christ trusted umplicitly, and so dared everything. Nothing barmiu! could come to Him so long as He was in the hands of God, aud He ielt Himself to be always there. If you and I can feel that we are God's children, and that His providence is round us by aight and by day, we, too, can be heroic, ST. PATRICKS CATHEDRAL, Necessity of Earnest Preparation—Sermen by the Very Kev. Dr. Starrs, V. G. The Cathedral was crowded yesterday, and the interior of the edifice presented the usual solemn ‘and impressive appearance. Mass was commenced at hall-past ten o'clock, the Rev. Father McNamee ofMiciating as celebraut. The Most Rev. Archbishop McCloskey was present during the services, At the termination of the first gospel the Very Rev. Dr. Starrs, Vicar General, preached a sermon, and took his text trom St, Matthew, xxiv., 15-35, The reve- rend geuticman said that the portion of the scrip. ‘ares selected by the Church for the gospel of the Gay was part of & duwcourse deuvered by our blessed Saviour to his disciples on Mount Olives, Being seated on an elevated spot opposite Wo the city of Jerusalem he delivered to them the fa- Mous prophecy concerning its distraction and the site on which It stood. That prophecy was accom- Plished within the compass of iorty yeara, But, as 4s not unusual in prophetic writings, this propnecy bad a secondary object in view, and in this instance it referred to THR GENERAL JUDGMENT, to which most of the circumstances mentioned in it ‘were particularly applicable, and in that point of view he intended to consider it. The judgment was twoiold, particular and general. The conaemna- tion of the rich glutton at the hour of death and the BAppy exit of poor Lazarus plainly showed that tne soul underwent « pariicuiar judgment at the hour Of death. Dut vesides this particular judgment there ‘Was a day of general judgment appointed for all to Delore | the pF or seat of God. Theolo- assign Va. ious reasons for the necessity of this Jast to mautiest tue power of God and ‘show God’ justice, which often sends to the Wicked .in this lite and adversity ‘jast; secondly, to separate the just irom wicked and to condemn the Oue aud reward the in the face of the wavle world; thirdly, it was necessary that each might receive tne reward of his Works, and, fourtily, 1 was necessary that the body might be judged along with (he suul, inasmuch as it ass Darticipater in We jora aud sorrows of (he ‘Tals Leroisin, which I | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET, world. The lar time. ted for this judgment bad never been to man; it was nown to God alone, However, ihe Scriptures ih- formed us it would oe preceded by VARIOUS WONDERS AND SIGNS, Raving described the surrounding circamstances which would mark the day of yudgment according to the proptet Joel and St. pola ae reverend gea- Ueman pI to comment on the absolute ne cessity of making preparations for the great trial. ‘The books were now open—on the one hand tho book of the Gospel and on the otner the record of the life of each dividual. The examination veing over the Juige would come forward and, addressing those on the righiwould weicome the ies-ed to the sseasion of the Kui of Heaven, and, turning the left, He would bautsh the wicked from His sight and condemn them to everlasting torture. Having laid before the coi ion the circum- Slaaces recorded in the Gospel, hewould Lb | them home to those present. The rial which he hi submitted to their consideration was one in which they all must beara part, and on the issue of it ‘would depend tncir eternal happiness or their eter- nal misery, They were either to be placed on the right hand or the left, The considerations should influence them to walk in work B¢ nat on The last day they would 8 ol tation, of hb the ful words the lips of ames Fath (i possess the om ot er anc fh prepare for vou from the beginning of tho which was throughout both and good h “Credo'' the organ accom: nt deing part Tithe ful, Before the sermon the ‘Veni Creator,” a very pleasing yet solemn composition by Gustavas Schmitz, was sung with excelient effect. During ofertory “Ommi Die,” soto and quartet, propriately rendered. lessor Sohmita, Presided ae the organ. The services shortly after tweive o'clock, CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATERNITY. A Bright Particular Star in the World of Soug—Eloquont Discourse by Rev. Dr. Chapin on Individual Responsibilities. Chronicled, catalogued and chartered as the Church of the Divine Paternity, but popularly known as Dr. Chapta's church, is the edifice of the Qual designations at the corner of Fifth avenue and Forty-fiftn street, To say that thore was a larye at- tendance there yesterday morning ws only to an nounce what is the case every Sunday morping when Rev. Dr. Chapin, its popular and eloquent pastor, occuptes the pulpit. Anothtr, though a late feature of largely attractive interest connected with the services at this church is the intoned brilllancy of the church musio through the accession to the chotr of a new and wunderfal musical star. The name oftnis new singer 18 Miss Emma Abbott, This 1s bardly the place for biographical sketch writing, but tt 18 @ fact of interest worth. telling that her short life history, now budding into most brilliant promise, affords a glowing instance of the successful triumph of genius, Born in Wisconsin, sne early discovered the powers of her voice, but her parents being poor, and no one to ald her, she had to rely wholly on herself. Determined to come to New York to enter upon a course of musical studies ehe began giving parlor concerts, While at foledo Miss Ciara Lou'se ellogg gave ® concert there, She called on Miss Kollogg. “Will you please hear me sing?’’ with childiike simpiicity—ior she was only fourteen years old—she | asked Miss Kellogg. A cordial compilance greeied her request, The rest 1s soon told; and it is a story that more deeply will enshrine in universal loving remembrance America’s great cantratice, Miss Kellogg discovered the undeveloped purity, sweet- ness and power of her voice, took her in charge, brought her to this city and piaced her under the care of our best musical teachers. Her voice is soprano, but tts bird-lixe tones are inexpressibly sweet. Miss Nilsson heard her sing last Sunday. At the close of the services Miss Nilsson, with the entnusiasm of genius greeting kind | rushed up to her, toid her her name, grasped warmly by the hand, and told her among other pleasant things, “You can sing as well as { can; thore are goiden ducats in your voice;” and wounc with pressing her to call upon her at her hotel. ‘9 will not uadertake Lo describe her stoging. She Tust be heard to be appreciated; and itis worth a day's journey to go and hear ner sing. Already she | has been offered opportamities to go to Europe and prepare for the operatic stage. THE SERMON. Rev. Dr. Chapin took for his text Mark tv., 25— “For he that hath to him shall be given, and he that hath not from him shall be taken even that which he hath.’? This declaration, he was in sub- stance several imes in the New Testament. Its meaning is entorcing attention to the divine work, Its lessons are the same, Capacity to improve belongs to all conditions. After @ lengthy and ois ye! prefatory explanation of the great purport of the text te entered upon its } dominant lessons, He’ enforced thoughttui atten- | Won and culdvation as essential to progress in any faculty. ‘There was such a thing as cs SUNDAY HEARING, & mere jourralism of hearing. There might be somcthing in the preacher, but God’s words, no matier the agents who uttered them, never lacked cogency. To & man stung with the thorn of-sin what power in those words, “Tocre is joy in heaven over one soul that repenienteth)” to one in the deep depths of bereave- ment what beauty and hope in those words, ‘i am the resurrection.” They talked about reading the Bible tn schools. 1t was no matter where or when the Bible was read, The great thing was anxious, zealous hearing. He showed how, under all circumstances of life, a proper read- ing Of the Bible brought comsort, hope and life. Showing next that there was no contradiction in the text, he urged as underlying it a divine law. The faculty used strengthen: the faculty disused withers and decays. The sailor using his eye can see farther than any one else; the athlete con accomplish pbysical results the physically untrained cannot. So 1m “he fine arts, the faculty of perception of the beautiful by using it becomes finer ang more subtie. It is the same with the conscience, which may become so Cultivated as to be the SUBTLE DETECTOR OF WRONG. And it is the same with our charities, The more we | give we want to give, Illustrating this further, he entered upon tne practical application of the text, In the first placo every man has a tal talent embodying. power and giving him | @ place, We are respousible for wnat we have, not for what we have not, The danger was not that men of great cipactties would fall in ther duty, but that men of limited capacities would | come short in their duties. Under the shield of ob- scurity such men slip away from the work they should do. All have power, all have capacity, and all are responsible for them. Send out a man of | large capacities with @ Wrong disposition and he works for evil, He knew of nothing so near the devil as @ man of cducated brain only. A scorch ing blast marked his pathway. In the great WORKSHOP OF DUTY the man of right disposivion never falls to find sometuing to do, An ascent to Heaven is by gradual steps of patience, nope and charity. An eloquent il- Instrauion of this he gives in the men stopping at their work on the wretched ship Hero in the aepths of the vessel, and Low much nearer they were to | Heaven than'working on the upper decks. Some, | be went on to say, are troubled avout their | creea. Orced is nothing. Faith in God | and an earnest determination to do right | are what are wanted. Faithfulness in the work of love and duty carry men biguer—carry men to | Heaven. Some think religion a charm—a life pre- | server that will bear them sa’ely over the stormy ocean of jife to the port of Heaven. A felon, con- | demned to death, borrowed a Bible from @ chap- lain, and found great comfort in {ls pages, So good and exemplary he became that the chaplain tnterceded in his behalf and procured hig pardon. Op the Jain announcing to him hig ardon, he grasped him fervently by the bana. «I thank ae very much,” said he, ‘for your interces- sion. thank you especially for this Bible, and hone, sincerely, 1 shail never want it again.” In closing he denounced most scathingly what ne characterized as this sort of spasmodic Chris. tanity, and indicated the Toma to Heaven as a Simple pathway of jove and duty, ST. STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CRURCH. A Splendid Religious Pageant—Celebratiog the Quarant ’Ore—Sermon en the Eacha- Fiat, by the Rev. Dr. McGlyan, At St. Stephen’s church yesterday the ceremonies were unuaually imposing. Solemn high mass was celobraied at half-past ten in the forenoon and sol- emn vespers were chanted in the alternoon. At both services the church was crowded. The three altars were brilliantly illuminated and profusely ornamented with flowers. The excellent choir of the church put forth its best endeavors in honor of the occasion, and Mr. Danforth, the organ- ist, deserves great praise for the success with whicn the very laborious work, Haydn’s Mass No. 2, was rendered. As usual, Miss Emma Howson sang superbly, her splendid voice at times holding in rapture the vast congregation. The occasion of this especial solemnity was the commencement of the devowion known as the QUARANT ‘ORE, or Forty Hours’ Adoration of the blessed sacra- ment. High mass was celebrated by the Kev. Dr. McGlynn, the deacon being the Rev. Father Grimn, and the sub-deacon the Rev. Father McCreaay, with Rev. Fathers Lynch and Keeler as masters of ceremonies, At the conclusion of the mass a pro- cession was formed, consisting of about fifty boys, dressed, some ip white, some in red and some tn Purple cassocks, witn surplices, followed by as many girls arrayed in white, who preceded the cele- brant, deacon and subdcacou. The effect wus very fine, the bie:sed sacrament being carried by the celebrant beneath a gorgeous canopy, the little giris STREWING FLOWERS ALONG THB AISLE and the bovs carrying torches, The geoucat reli ' j fervor was manifested by the iarge acrament was exposed in lis high altar, where It wil Temala 1or the adoration of {ti to-morrow noon. the faithful until to- oy RL EO Mcuiynn delivered & dis- sat gt or course on the -ap| ate sul He said:—! cannot add: You atthe beginning Of this sxema devotion more ap) ely than i the words of St. Paul:—‘Brethren, 1 ceived from the Lord what I have delivered to you; how the Lord Jesus, the night on which He was betraved, took bread and blessed and broxe and gave to His disci; saying, ‘Take and eat, this 18 my body;’ and ta tue same manner the chalice, paying, ‘This chalice 1s tne New Testament in my blood; th. as olten as jou shall drink of it in remembrance of me; tor as often as you shail eat tas bread and drink of the cup you suaill show forth the death of the Lora uatil He come, Whoever, therefore, shall eat of (nis bread or urink of the cup of the Lord unworthtly shali be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord; for ho who eal aud drinketh unworthily eatetn “as often as you do this you shall show forth the death of the Lord until He come.’ The and 4 FAITHFUL MIND AND A LOVING HEART there must they do, in remembrance of all that their Master has aoae and suffered tor them, the sell game thing that He did the night beiore He dicd. And bow long shall the Church ot Christ continue w do thing? Howiong shill the of continue to remember Him who pee chased her with such a price? On whac day of all time shall the faithful chitdren of the mother Uhurch cease to remember their Father, their Suviour and their God? On no days, therefore, till the end of amo shail the children of the Church cease to throng ground these Christian altars and to cherish this holy sacrament—Uhrist’s own remembrancer—till the end of time—“till Be come,” The preacher continued in an eloquent strain to speak of the great love the Saviour mantested toward His creatures in the blessed sacrament, and 10 words of fervent piety spoke of tie memorial left by Christ, in His Indnite love for men, to all tne world and tor all time. The Saviour, when leaving the world, tried to find something by which men would remember Him; but so much did He love us that nothing could meet my that great love bui the idea of leaving us Hinsell. And hence he tustl- tuted the sacrament of the Euchurist, in witch He ever dwells, day and night, on our altars, with only too often no other toxen of a return of affection but the dim lamp that barns tu the sanctuary—a fituog emblem of our feebie piety. NORTH DUICH CHURCH. Free Thought, Without any Form of Re- ligion—The Flood Gates of Rhetoric Opened on the Cengregation—Sermon by Student M. C. Julies. ‘The attendance at the Dutch Reformed church, on the corner or Fulton and William streets, was re- markably slim yesterday, owing, perhaps, to the douhtful aspect of;the weather. The sermon was preached by the Rev. M. C. Julien, who 1s a young man, about twenty-two years of age, and who has not yet completed his collegiate course, He chose the following as his text—Kzekiel xxxiit, 11—“As T live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked tura from his-way and ive; turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die O house of Israel?” and preached in substance as fullows:—Beloved brethren and aisters,. most persons, or, at least, @ great part of the people, have the false idea that the preaching of the Gospel 1s to be nothing more than @ mere didactic state- ment of the Word of God; this idea, 1f examined, will be found to be in every respect wrong. The mimister reads the text and comments upon it, and sometimes does even more—he thinks for his whoie congregation in spiritual mattera, This 1s a iault ‘which brings 2 INNUMERABLE MISERIES mm its train; I mean, allowing other people to think lor you. If every one betore me were to enter seri- ously into himscil and test the trath of what isay he Would find he does very littie thinking for nimself. 1 now register before you my most aclemn protest against any and all forms of region, Tye Bipie 1s ven-to us as the truth, and as such we receive It. also support a free and liberal interpretation of the Bible, aud when this is done, but not until, we will have men thinking for tnem. If the Bible is truth let us stacy to understand It, each one accord- ing to his belief, and if it is not true pat it away in the name of God. ‘Tnis want of thought 1s not con- fined to religion alone, but it extends to every de- partment of science, POLITICS AND SOCIALISM. Every now and then we hear of some giant rind refuting wnat has been for years been considcred ab- solute truth—could nototners have done tuts beiore? Yes; but they did not thmk tor themselves, and ac- cepted in blind confidence the thoughts and con- clusions of overs. Ye men of New York, you have ot to look abroad to see this want of thount, even in your own city; but a short time ago, you broxe the rule of those to whom you had been siaves for long years. But was it you who did it? No; it was the minds of a few thinkers who aroused you from your athy—tuat did the work, In society the world the same; the wie lets the for al huspand do the Suinkmg jor her and vice versa, ‘The child, instead of im Otted for the battle of life by being taugns to reason for himself, is taught to depend upon his father and his mother jor thoughts and ideas and to accept their convictions for Gospel trath. Brothérs and sisters, you can- not fail to be convinced of the truth of this state- meat when you consider it; and J, a3 ap ambas- sador of Christ, exhort you to awake irom the apathy in which you are steeped, think for your- selves and teach others to do the same. I know there are persons among you whom preaching does no good; in fact, 1 know tnat there are persons who go to charch to listen to RARTORICAL FIGURES AND TROPES OF WIT, and when they leave, instead of thinking and medl- tating on the Word of God, they weave cobweb schemes to cram down the throat of conscience as agag. Knowing this } have always endeavored ‘to amuse as well as to instruct you. I opea THE FLOODGATES OF RUBTORIO upon you, and at the same time exhort you to follow cl nse make Him your model and think for your- selves, $T. FRANCIS XAVIZRS CHURCH. Sermon by the Rev. Father Merrick—Is the End of the World at Hand? ‘There was @ large congregation present at tho high mass services in St. Francia Xavier's church yesterday. The sermon was delivered by the Rev, Father Merrick, who took for his text that portion of the Gospel according to St. Mathew which speaka of the last judgment and the signs that are to pre- cede 1t, It is quite possible had the congregation been of a very timid nature they would have eft the church at the close of the services with a mighty dread in their hearts as to whether they were not to be num- bered among those unhappy ones who would be in the land of the living when the final crash of all earthly things would come to hand ana the bugle of the archangel resounding far and near would raise the dead trom the graves and to call mankind to judgment; for the Reverend Father during his sermon endea- vored 10 show that it is very possivbie that the Phar 1 the vere ‘ cane A uso orgs jowevor, the coi altnoug' ly im- Dressed by the sormed, looked in nowise scared, and doubtless enjoyed their dinners as hearty when they went nome as if the purport of the ser- mon bad been to show them that each and every one of them was certain to live a hundred years or ‘ow phat” all the time, The Reverend Father traced the history of u of the Church down to ti when men began to fall from her ved out slep by step from. toage the fe Tess of corruption, ‘and’ argued to show than the Fruie of the Church would be iar preferable to that rule of worldl, then alluded to” thes prophecy, so to Speer, made py Cortez, & descendant of the conqueror Mexico, in 1819, when he called the attention of nis countrymen to the Fiat) gd Pod would make owing to the loose wi honest at and purity of heart a thiug to be dd all because of the fact that men would 100 as nothing and see fit to Morality or no morality, fact that the nations armies to th to the Intervational Societ; ‘said, all the nations feared, and thd dared not raise @ hand against, All the old Catholic Powers had directly or indirectly sided with the enemies of the Pope, and the Church's ancient enemy, the Suitan, was the only one of all tho monarchs who really sympata with the og A a in his troubles; 16 Was too feeble to of him, After picturing the rumors of wars taat were flying about, and the many that are happen - ing all around us, and ti up each fact one by one to show that. af with Wat bad been predicted in the \ | forerunners of the final destruction of the world, asked 1 thoend nught not be very near alter all, When ali was disos and confusion amoug na- thons, the Pope a prisoner, an corruvtion and tn- Mdelity rampant, the anui-Carist might come as tne Gictator to subject all. and then would come Christ to conquer his enemies, then the end when jusiice made mantiicst, and the good recetvo their Tew and the wicked their punishment for eter- nity, The reverend preacner closed by earnestly exhorting his hearers to so live as to be ready for the ‘dal call,” come when it might THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY LIGHT. | | Sermon by Dr. Ewer—The Efficacy of the Sacramente—A Heavy Silatiug of the Refore mation. In the Charoh of the Holy L1ght, on Seventh ave- Bue, @ pretty large congregation assembied yester- day morning to participate in the opening service by Dr. Ewer, late pastor of Christ church. The little church was completely fille! by those who still adhere to their pastor; but it ts necessary to say that @ very large proportion of the worshippers were ladies. The altar was very tastefully deco- Fated, and the interior of tne church rendered as i comfortable as possible under the ctroumstances, The services of the day commenced witn the reading of the litany, the choir not being as yet suf- ficiently trained to do the chanting. Dr. Ewer had ona white veatment, with scarlet sash, otherwise his get-up was the same as an ordinary Episcopal clergyman, The ritual was rendered in the very High Charoh form, bat it could not be said to be 80 extensive as our State Church friends across the ‘Water sometimes thduige in. THE USUAL GENIFLUXIONS and ceremonies belonging to the Puseyite party were observed, and covery effort was made to render the service as elaborate as possible. In the reading of the creed the Doctor bowed low at the name of Jesus, but still lower when he came to the part “‘In- carnate of the Virgin Mary,” and in the celebration of the holy communion his manner of blessing the elements and elevating them, was an exact imitation of the practice of Rev. Mr. Pinchas, an English clergyman, who has recently been condemned by the privy council for his illegal acts, they hav been considered by the best lawyers of Englan contrary tothe Prayer Book, which Dr. Ewer pro- fesses to take for lus guidance in ali his ceremonies. Previous to the sermun AN UBGENT APPBAL was made for funds to enable the officers of the congrevation to provide many things which are in- dispensable to the Worsnip of the church. It is not pusposed to occupy the Church of the Holy Light ‘of more than a couple of Sundays, it being only a refuge to suit present necessities until a more suitable edifice can le procured better suited to the wanta of the congregation. The legal notice was also Tead for tue incorporation of & congregation, and & meeting culled for the 5tn of December to take the necessary step3 usual in such cases, The sermon, which Was very eloqaent, was based upon the psalm commencing, “Aline eyes look upon thee,’ and in its treatment pr. Ewer made it dear in- directly on the circumstauces in which nets piaced, Midnight darkness, he says, 1s broouing over the world at this present ume. Meu are suak in spiritual ignorance and blindness, while society 18 rotten to its very centre. On every side we lvoK we see political and soclal corruption aboun itn, in our States and cities, while untol mourders both body and soul are being daily committed’ in our midst. The iriends of God and truth are few in numocr; but a minority of one on the side of truth is more than equal to the maishalied hosts in the ranks of error, Though the gathering clouds of midnight are hovering around we must not despair; for throu.:n the gloom faint traces can be perceived of he vpening light. The true Church is standing in the breach, aad ali taitnful 1ollowers must work, aud those who have cast in their lot to the new venture must be zoatous laborers in toe vineyard of Chris', Mf we want to reach @ living faith Jesus must be tie all-prevailing creator of it. Through Him alone we have access to the Father, and only by Him caa we obtain saccor in every tine of need: and What more etfi- cacious means can we employ %0_ approach din than by the Holy fucharist, which He bimse:f insututed lor our com/crt and guidance? {t should be used cvery day, not as some allen churches ob- serve it, nce @ year, once @ quarter, or at least once a month, but continually, that the sacrifice of the cross may be perpetually kept before us. Inthe ony days of the Church, in lis pnmiuve simplicity, the fathers celebrated it unceasingiy, and hence the holy habit observed by them of repeatediy crossing themseives in memory of their Master, So it con- tinued for filteen centaries, and 80 it 1s tu-day ob- served by two hundred aud fity millions of Catho- lic Christians, It was not tll two hundred years since that OUTSIDERS AND INTERLOPERS came in and in a spirit of rash innovation gave us iu exchange ior the medizval sacrament the morn- ing service, which, beautatul as it is, is a poor aub- stitute for the sublime institution of th2 Saviour, They closed our churches on Monday, Tuesday and tve other days of the week, leaving us only one little service on Sunday to supply the deep spiritual cravings of our nature. For the beautiiul cere- monies of the Catholic Church we were treated to the empty and comparatively useless services of the ES meeting and the religious lecture, which can no sense satisfy the immortal wants of the soul, ‘The worship of the Church on earth siould assimi- late to whe worsilp of tue Church in heaven, as they are different branches of tue same tree, separate parts of the same body. What is the worsnip of the Tedeemed in glory? Tarn to the revelations o1 St Jona and peruse his wonderful story of wha; he saw in his visions. Gorgeous roves, burning incense, grand instrumental music and glorious hat before the high altar of heaven, chant. ing forth glaa hymns of praise to Him who sat the throne and who redeemed them with blood. No indication of the prayer meeting here, nor any relt; lectures, which some of the sects of the present day look upon as indispensable. Everything was appropriate and beautiful, given to us for oar imitation; for as they have an altar i_ heaven, 80 must we have one on earth; @ music and the vestments the ritual and the ceremonies must be the exact copy among us of thore which those who have gone before use in the better land, We celebrate to-day the mystery ofthe sacrament, and, in conclusion, said the Doctor:—“‘1 charge all of you, as good Cathe olics, to participate inthe holy ceremony. if there 4s a brother wuo wishes to pray for a sister, a sister for @ brether, a mother for her wayward boy, a husband for his wite, lying on the bed of sickness, now is the opportunity to present your petitions in an efiicacious manner, through the medium of the Buoharist, and you may be certain that you shall obiain all that you require to make you happy.” In other Charclies and im other branches of our own Church the Sacrament ts a cold and unmean- ing ceremony, lacking the spiritual unselfisnness and holy zeai which we alin to enjoy. Tuey substi- tute @ barren and soulless form for the most sublime part of pubiic worship; an empty cere- monial for the grandest privilege we enjoy upon earth. If any of you have this leeiing of seldshness 1 beseech you to Cast it aside and come and partake of the ey | and biood of Christ, that eating of His flesh and drinkiog of Lis blood, you may cast tne cares of the world benind you and come from the al'ar with pure and unselfish hearts, all your oe one and your necessities abundantly sal TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Memorial Service ‘or the Late Alfred Cooke man—Sermos by Rev. Andrew Longacre. A memorial service was held last evening in the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, Thirty-fourth street, near Eighth avenue, for the late Rev. Alfred Cookman, @ former pastor of the church. The Rey, Andrew Longacre, of the Central church, preached the discourse from Revelations Xii,, aud part of 11th verse—“‘And they overcame him by the blood ot the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” These words, said the preacher, are the summing up of the triumphal history of God’s saints. If angels sing and chant thanksgivings over the grace of the children of God, they must, it seemed to him, take up some such strain as this. THAT 18 THE VICTORY, the faith in the blood that cleanseth and confi- dence in the work of salvation. And full faith and full confidence will make always full victory. But he would not preach irom this text save to make it @ basis for some remarks ou the life and character of his translated brother, Alfred Cook- man. He hoped his hearers would remem- ber the man and what Christ did for bim; snd remember also that this mighty Saviour can save us too. If ever & man was well born tt was Alfred Cookman. He had more reason to thank God have. Born in Co- ts than most men lembia’ Pa tn 1828, he was converted in his tenth ear im Carlisi beew through young Alfred's jnstru: —the first fruits of that great harvest oF oul wi has attended all his subsequent 3 ith of his father Alfred be- came a or- a ar ey » He etry 1m 1846 ‘and in be was ad- charel near Phy Ly 1848 es lever remembered to have had & all bis life, and, until within a year spent no Sunday of tis ministerial HE POSSESSED AN HEREDITARY BLOQUENCH, & voice of peculiar melody, impassioned oratory i & pecutiar degree of what may be termed es sonal magnetism, which bound every man to him Who had once known him, His soui seemed on fire whenever he preached, fle was a man of fine tastes and had the gift of fn an eminent degree, and was excessively simple and earnest in prayer. He owed much of his success to his great personal power, and 1t is hard to teil What was nature und what was grace in niin. His Was the sweetest sou that ever looked |! homan eyes. Ie was wntmous in every In- stinct of his nature, He was incapable of a thought of detraction, He moved on that plane where all men nave brogd-views, and he could not judge men Jess than he was himself. bis de Cauy Moot Mr. Longacre then referred juent ack teanhings aad several of his short a tid ant ‘words Of faith and affection uttered during pestcs of his last illness were called to m! Sass cts Et aetna iat e alow apd consecrate their lives and their all to God, so that at last they may overcome, bv the blood. of the Lamb and by the word of this testimony. _ CHORCH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST. Sermea by Rev. Father Damen, &. J., of Chicage—The Frecrastination ef Hepente ance. During the past week @ mission, attended with edifying scenes and solemn ceremonials, bas been held in the Church of St, John the Evangelist, in Fiftieth street, near Madison avenue, by the Rev. Fathers Damea, Coghlan, Van Goch, Koop- mans, Driessen and Swagers, of the Socicty of Jesus, who have lately arrived in New Yorx from Chicago. Vast numbers have tbronved to hear their sermons every evening, and yesterday, at fast mass, St. John's church, which is @ spacious edifice, was filled to repletion, Not onty wore tho pews fully occupied, but stand- Ing Space Was not available in any of tne aisles shortly after the services commenced. Rev. Thomas A, McCabe officiated in the usual cere: Montes of a solemn mass, No musical services were held, as the grand organ, which will be a vory fine iustrument im every respect, has not yet been completed. The Rev. Father Damen, 8. J., who is well known throughout the country as a missionary preacher, delivered the sermon from the steps of the altar, after the reading of the first Gospel. He 1s master of the fervid style of eloquence peculiar to Catholic missions, and at times his audieoce were visibly and deeply moved. Aiter announc- tog the text, “It is appointed once for men to die, and after this the judg- ment” (Hebrews 1x., 27), he sald:—‘Ia the midst of the enjoyments, the cares ard affections of life, the angel of death, obcving the inscrutable com- mands of the Almighty God, sweeps down upon us and calis us away from earth to theawiul reckoving ot eternity. Death separates us trum allour dear- est possessions and leaves usin the presence of the Creator to account to Him for atl the thoughts and actious of our existence. Woe be vo us if we should not be prepared, through repentance and the vivify- ing and eficacious graces of the sacraments, to ap- proac! THE HEAVENLY TRIBUNAL OF WRATH and justice! Our earthly goods, our costiy man- sions cannot be removed from earth, and could not avail us anything in the awful presence of God, Beware ! brethren, lest it be your irreparable mis- fortune to anpear pelore your Maker with the sins of your lifetime unrepented and unforgiven; for then you will hear the irrevocable malediction of your Sovereign Judge, ‘Depart, ye cursed, into everlastng fre.” Oh! it ts, Indeed, o dreadful thing to fail into the hands of the tlving God, and now Is the hour and this the day for tne repentance which-shoutd fill your hearts and cause you to ap- proach immediately to the eartnly tribunal ap- pointed by Pivine authority for the sanctification of souls. Do not procrastinate the hour of your conversion; for you know not the hour of your death, Next week—aye, to-mor- row—may be too late, and this should be the aay of deliverance from your sins. Take advantage of the presonce in your midst of 80 many confessors of the iaith who will devole themselves ardently and without to your spiritual needs, This mission may have n specially ordained in the Divine wisdom for the sanctification of some among you who have been for A LONG TIMR ESTRANGRD from your Creator; make haste then to repent and approach the sacraments. Remember, my beloved brethren, as holy Job has said:—*God 8 once and repeateth not the self same thlo; ond time.” "Goa may never vourhsare to you another opportunity like the present ono, and beware lest you be called away ia the midst of ‘your sins, Deceive not yourselves by saying th: in_a@ short time you will repent and do penance for your sins, for yours is not the time or the aisposition. God Almighty. may ny Moment simmon you to your final account, what then will ell your unfulfilled good ago, during the progreas of a similar mission in @ distant city, a good woman endeavored to procure the conversion of her husband, who had led an immoral and —— life. outraging the most sacred laws of God. Her efforts were not, apparently, at first unavailing, for he seemed at last to be touched by her appeals, and resolved to lead @ better iife, He seemed repentant, and promised to seek the spiritnai aid the missionaries, but procrastinating his conversion, he relapsed into his gins and was struck dead yy the avenging of an out ere, in all probability, 1s his soul? In hell. It 1s con- demned for ail eternity to suffer the torments of the damned and no sorrow nor suffermg can ever Telease it nor assuage its torments. Beware, brethren, that your lives nor your judgments be not like unto his. God 1s merciful to you as to him, and presents to you the means of sanctification. Reject not Lis yey during ife, so that your end may be a i] avail you intentions, Years 8 your hfe, yor [+ one, and acceptable to God, for then shail the ngdom of Heaven, promised to you from the be- ginning, be yours for ever. Father Damen announced at the conclusion of his sermon that he would deliver a controve lec- ture to-night, in which he would prove the sacra- ments to ne the means of salvation and the Roman Catholic to be the only Bible religion and that all others are opposed to its letter aud spirit, BROOKLYN CHURCHES. Sérmons by Dr. Porter, Henry Ward Beecher, Ray Palmer and Elder Miles. PLYMOUTH CHURCH. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher of the Bible Idolatry ‘of Protestantism—The Interpreia- tion of tho Bible Must Give Way to Science. So ae Mr. Beecher preached yesterday morning upon the Bible as a practical guide in life, showing that the scientific questions of the age do not invalidate even the history of the Bible and do not even touch its spiritual trutns, He said:—The thing of value in the Bible is what it does. If it does nothing it is worth nothing, as the gold in the mountains is worth nothing. The text says, “All Soripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in mghteousness.” Vrobably the proper rendering of this conveys the idea that all Scripture which is of inspiration 1s profitable, The position which the Bile holds among Protestant Christians im our day 1s equivalent to the position which the Charch holds with Romanists, 1 see in the Roman- ist view the germ of something of transcendent importance. If I were shut up to a worship of the Church or the Bible 4 should choose the former. ‘The adoration of the Church and the adoration of the Bible are both idolatry. If @ book, though the record of God, and a Church of ihiving men are to be compared I choose the in- spiration in men. If anything cam be made of this make 1% ‘The ultra Protestant way Of holding the Bible and the ultra hierarchical way ofholding the Church both stumble on the same rock—the idolatry of the means, In our day there is more serious danger attending the Bible than at any previous time, The assaults are more vital; they are in alliance with scientific inquiry and they are in accordance with the thoughts of the age. I believe that the preponderance of evidence rests with the Bible, Lut the campaign is a vast one—it is ANOTHRR WATERLOO, ‘The ground seems to some liable to fall away from the mining of natural science. There are many Who will not attend to an argument thut is based Upon intuition of moral consciousness or the s0- Called miraculous. This atmosphere of doubt acts in @ great many ways, He is little conversant with the world who does not know that there is @ great deal of doubt and uncertainty & religion. ais ‘used to be taught we know are ‘We Know Whai to believe? Outside doub! tained by the confictsin the Charch. When the Py conflict of ages ts thi rd question is ast et ne y” they that veuleve are poorest elements That belong to the husks of religion. are caat ous and taken in on the lear, and Phare Page We eee NO RA EN ees EM Se ge ene he ee ee Re mE eT a ee i$ was made Its 'man should try to put ms on bis leet he ‘would soon be dt: a ry ‘Word of God clatr ne just a, o1 rules that benevolently and agamst who wants to know how to can fing Z Att . B 2 4 & i zx ef } = S = f H i Ht except a8 you recei Boh ternal vou can know, and it 1s yuur faalt tt you Know it, Opposite to the tic is the dev refuses to investigate an: ing. Now, ‘won't be led. py ine. nose won't take the way. The Bil was never made to 50. nature. God made the outward world as well Bible, and if anything conflicts some! mast ‘way—facta won't. aatron ed ous who reaa Hi tai 3 Re the letter must be in by the outside Then came geologists, Who sald the Pepe mane MORE aio vans, % a The whole Church thundered agai: the geote» There + cid Tock Peco, an ine bey the “U5 18 dangerous to read.” = W. Everything that 1 know of is di dying. I ay) young men, “Don't make haste, Don’t read, butstady. Let the t of science shine, but don’t abandon the Bible for the sake of science; that onty touches the outside of i, In this world there must be chaff around the wheat, A trath must have busks that will of. The spiritual elements of the Bible are understood in every generation. Itis FATALLY UNWISE in our day to refuse thougnt to men. There is @ great feild of thought opening, and I thank God for It. Ldo not believe that anything will ever perma- nently disturb the hold ot the Bible on men’s minds. T believe that when we rise to the other life this whole world will be but a punctuation point on tae scheme of the universe. ul, that Intense believer and intense sceptic, said, “1 know in patie. but there are three that abide.” And what they t— FAITH, HOPS, LOVE, and they are not equal—the greatest of these fs love, ‘This he knew. Ifthe Bible won't stand science tt Won't stand anything. I invoke sotence; I invoke philosophy; I know what tne Bibie is, for I have tasted the fruit that grows on that tree. Nobody knows anything about ‘the Bible until ne uses tt as @ chart in @ storm, as medicine in sickness. BEDFORD AVENUE REFORMED CHURCH. Sermon by Rev. Dr. Porter on the Works Miesion and Death ef Christ. In the Reformea church, Bedford avenue, Rev, De. Porter, the pastor, preached an excellent dis- course yesterday {rom Matthew xi, 6—‘‘And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me,” The preacher commenced by quoting what John Robinson said to the Pilgrim Fathers as they were leaving Delthaven, “Begure that more lugnt Is yet to break forth from the Bible,’’ His am- ticipations had been realized, for more light had come out irom the Bible to show us the nature of Christianity and the character and work of Christ than was visible im Robinson’s day. Though an eminent critie had asserted that theology was a non-progressive science, yet there was no science in the world capa- ble of so much actual progression as the science of theology; for its text book was the written words the commentary upon it was the universe, and whover would prosecute theology as it ought to be prosecuted would find that cycles of infinity would expand before bim whether he searched the word or the works of God. If THE BIBLE BE A GREAT OCEAN, which can never be drained dry, then must ite study bring us into a larger and better acquaintance with the mind of God, with lis ways aud pur. poses. The Charch of to-day 1s not the one that existed in the time of the Reformers, or that whic& came in the Mayflower to these shores, but it is. a broader, better and more glorious Church, having many imperfections, but still growing on toward completeness. The question whicu divided men ia this age was not a question of CALVANISM OR ARMINIANISM, of Protestantism or Romanism so much as the query, “Whois Christ? Art thou He that should come, or do we look for another?” The Church had actually come to siand where its Lord and Master stood when in the flesh he uttered these words:—‘Come unto me ail ye that lavor and are heavy laden, and 1 you rest. He that _ believeth =n hath everlasting life, and sball not come into condemnation, 1 give myself for my sheep,” o his Dody a8 a sacrifice on the cross for their redemp> tion, Our faith and trust, everything tbat enters into our personal religion must be tested by our | ads Telations to Christ. Every one was oonnd yy self-examination to find out whether there be anything in Jesus Christ whicn offends pr oes be antagonisin ween mien and the Lord Jesus Christ, that very ceriified to their judament and conscience thas they had no share in His nature; bat, if on the con- trary, He was the delight of the heart, then the bliss found i Jesus was the inward witness of the Holy Ghost that such individuals were new creatures im Christ Jesus. Those who saw no comliness in Him Were in danger of eternal loss; those who did not delight in His life must share in everlasting com- dempation. OLD IZAAK WALTON, THE PAMOUS ENGLISH ANGLER, who was a pious man and a poet and author of cele- brity, gave utterance to (his maxim:—‘‘Many of fences are taken which we never give.” Those wae sometimes tore their hair and in! physical in- juries upon themselves were counted im bane and put .in restraint; but, de; bie ag was the manifestation such frenzy, it might safely be asserted that the harm done the b in times of over-excited feelli the case of such persons was not of 60 grave & nature as the sin, of which 80 a were guiity, im taking offence without cause against those wi instead of naving given offence, on the contra had merited coniidence, gratitude and love. A philosopher once “To secure wa enemy you must do @ favor,” which akin to the proverb that, “They who have done injury never forgive,” for although the imijui part might forget the wrongs, the other one would remember the injury he had committed. ywag poisoned in Athens and Elijah in Israel because they had reproved the popular vices of: ther countrymen. There were those that condemned the men who drove Jesus to the cross and were HORRIFIED AT THE TREMENDOUS CRIMS OF THB JEWS in condematng the “Holy. Just and True;” yet was it not an invention of self-conceit tnatiead men to believe that they had no part in the crime Oi the Jews? Every man, woman and child old enouga the teachings of the Bible, who were living Without faith in the Lamb of God, who taketh ‘Sway the sin of the world, was as guilty before and would be considered so in tne final jud; as the men who cried out, “Cracify mim; not this man, but Barrabas.” Br wena ad aaNet eloquen’ Fenewed men Ley a Be omenees Om tion on the part of those believed The inner acknowledge his sing and seek the Saviour? snali the proud mam bow in numtuty? shall the depraved man confess te the defllement of his mature and lilt up the tion, in me 8 clean heart, on God Whether be shall get out of the emptiness of his own nature, enric by all the fale ness of divine love, The did not want Christ; but the blind sna lame wanted Him. distress wanted Fim. sed Ft Bs Ef ‘The Rev. Ray Palmer filled the pulpit or the Churoh of the Pilgrims (Rev. Dr. Storrs’), corner of his text the toilowing: unto him, what ido thou knowest not now; bat thou shalt know hereafter."—Jonn, XiiL, 7 question which Peter asked of Jeaus, “Dost thow