The New York Herald Newspaper, December 1, 1871, Page 4

4 THANKSGIVING. Celebration of the Day at the Churches, Charitable Institutions and Tlaces of Amusement. SERMONS ON NATIONAL TOPICS. The Foor Romembored in Thoir Time of Need. Winter’s Stormy Blast Tem- pered by Mercy. Rejoicings at the Howard, Vive Points and ; Water Strevt Missions, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Heme, Home for the Friend- Tess and Bellevae Hospital. DR, NEWMAN ON THE AMERICAN CITIZEN, The Busy Doings of Ministering Hands and Genial Hearts. WHAT WAS DONE AT THE THEATRES. Sermons by Revs. H. W. Beecher, Tal- mage, Chapin, Bellows and Me- Vicker and Father Preston. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. the general enjoyment and worthy celebration of the day. The theaires were crowded, aud with sudienoes of the most appreciative and demonstra- tive character, Wherever there was the tain est opportunity for applause «hey ylelued, wita fraak avandon, to We teinptation, and at the tel inz scenes thev were frizhuully exuverant in their ac- clamations 0: approval, ‘The bills were very good; indeed, (here has sel-iom been a seas. n marked wiih ‘ one briluanc array of the knignts of the sock and skim, Thus passed away tho merry hours of onr latest Thanksgrving Nothing marre.! tts cn.orment, ana It taxes 118 place among Its _predecessors in the treasure bouse.of our most proudly Cherished memo- ries ~1n our hy art ol bears. AT THE CHARITABLE EYSTITU FON: Homp for the Friendless. At the Home for the Frlendless, in East Thirtieth | perect order, street, about five hundred children were treated to an excellent dinner of turkey, chiokens, fratt, ples, &c., yesterday. The little ones louked happy and con- them, their faces fall of smiles and their mnovent chatier significant of the great joy they felt, after the meal was over @ number of the children were summoned to the chapel of the institusion, were @ series of most interesting exercises was gone turough with, Songs, recitauons, diaio,ues and calisinenics were given in admirable styic. Chidren scarcely able to stand —_ atone on tue platform sang solos with all the compusu:e ol greal arusts and vowed themselves irow weir romnlpeak gominans with as much seience as could @ ex . Little girls, too, scolded each other and gave advice in amouat of apprec.alion Of the Tigat surt of -tamy, ‘ine Kev. br. Ormiston and Mr, Bogardus deiivered Adresses BULLAE LO the Occasion, iu tue evenin the exercises were renewe.t, with a diderent crow: ot colidren, and a very peasant time Was fud, A large number of ladies and gentiemen, iriends of Ane institution, were present «during tue day ‘tne Home 1s one of the oldest insututions tn sue city. Lt 13 under coutrol of the Amercau Feuaio Guardian Society. 1t was connected with it eleven scuvuld scaticred over tue city, tie total namder of pupils being avout two thousaud. It being unpossinie to dine ail the children ve.terday several nundreds o/ them were tet over until today, wren ai Kese Cuapel avother dimer, a8 good as yesterday's, will be served, ‘Tne Home has cared ior 755 Women wud chutaren, lor a loager Or shorter time, duriig bist year, Larnisied 912 aaults witu sicuations, and given Wore thaa 61,00 meals to tke poor. 1b tases me its care every poor cinid Lt Buds Who may desire its assistance. 1t depends for is work Ou tae volun. taiy contribuuous 61 the venevolens. Home for Litle Wanderers. At the Howard Mission and Howe for Little Wan- derers, 40 New Bowery, & most luteresting /¢ ¢ Was held. From an early hour in the morning numbers of tittle Walls began to pour into the home of the Another Thanksgiving, with its glorions burden of neartfelt thanks aud naopy reuntous and bright memories, has come and gone. Many a pleasant insutation, and long be.ore the hour auncuaced ior | the dinver the large hall was compteiely filed, Liberal provision had veen made wo provide a tented while disposing of the good things set betore | imiogues With AD Astoulsuag | bitions, much to their delight, of course, | feast it was and right roynily enjoyed by ail the par- Uecipants, There was no tea cent charge, a8 throngi some Inadvertent error it was stated 1m the HERA taere would be, but a free feast. Alter the youthiul | partasers of the unstinted bounly provided tor them had satisfied tneir eager and hearty appetites, taey were all cvllected in the chapel, Where a series Of most Interesting exercises 1ollowed, Our hmited | spice does not permit us to give an extended account of these exercises. George Jennison repeated “Keeping His Word” most alinirably. daran Jane Van Winkle also recited “We'll Do the Best We Can” with most pleasing elect, ‘Ihe most enjovanle part of the periormance was a dialogue in wich Jane O'Mally and kde Slagel appeared—the latter, scarcely # Yard in heigh', speaking up like @ man. Several songs were sung with fine feeling and showing careful musical training, Sever. nt DOYS a.80 Rave evidences of their mathemat: by solving didicalt prosiems on the Liackboard, aud refectlug great credit on Miss Moffat, their teacher, Everything throughout the institution is in the most 3 Tevoaling ihe reatest = pais- taking op the” part of MI Luly, the mairon, What is waned now is somo $70, V0 to complete proposed additions and enabie the introduction of o:her branches of trade for the bors At present moat of taem are employed at shoemaking; bat it is desirable to add cabinet. making, trunk making aud other employ, enabie each boy to have a trade on leaving tue in- Stitutioa, Yo each boy is given the sum he earus; So they have guite @ sum laid up in the bank. The girls work at tailoring and dressmaking, amoug othe’ work, making all the clothes of the bays and themselves, ‘I'wo gitls have receutiy Leen ap- potnted to schoiarships—ons at Vassar ani oue at honesdale, From this institution, it will be remera- dered, President Grant last year selecied a cadet for ‘West Point, and hes said 10 be oue of the most Promising me@.ubers in his class, No charuty com- meads itself Bo higniy to the public, In the evening the puplis sere cutertained by mazic lantcra exut- nd 1m piovemeut, Tie Juvenile ission Srhoo's. An old-fashioned dwelling on St, Mark's place, built some time near the ending of the last century, Qn ailll imposing ani stateiy, 1s now used by the New York Juventie Guardian Society a3 a school houss, The large parlors presented yesterday, at about one o'clock, one of tae many Joytul scenes which formed part ef the expression of the thanks giving and giadacss o the land. OVER SIX HUNDRED OHILDREN were assem pied, dressed warmly and tastefolly, out of the funds of the society, and wearing tho vrightes| and most smiling of faces, The greater nunber were giri, and many of tem were marvels of budding boauty and beaming Intelligeace, Tao'e3 were spread in the back por lon of the scnvol room and 1m the extension, which | in Jormer days was u.doubdtedly @ conservatory, | aroand these were seatol the boys and giris, while im the middie of each table, on a buge platter, was | astarc ingly immense turkey browned (0 the richost | of tints, and look ing luscious abd laviuny enough tv lure the appetite of ano e)icure, On numerous | cold of yesterday, and the fact that in this instita- tion there never were more children tn the house, | All the beus are ful, and they haye been obiged to | put two in a bed. Relying upon @ coulinuance of the flow of benevolence the trustees have decided to ada twenty-iive or thirty veds. House of Mercy.” The inmates of the House of Mercy, at the foot of Fighty-sixth street, North River, were yesterday most generously entertained by the triends of the Institution, This 13, a3 18 well known, under the directloa of the various churches of the Episcopatian denomination, and has for its object the reformation of young girls fallen from virtue, There are now fifty-three mmares in the in~ sutation, At eieven A. M. exercises tvok place in the chapel under the divec..on ci Rev. Dr. Seymour. He po:nted out to his young hearere the many causes they had lor & Special thanksgiving on this day, and zealously besought them to remain stead.ast to tbe refurimatory course upon wich they had en- tered. After the services lollowe:l the Taanksgiving dinner, Wich, It 18 neetiess tO say, Cumprised most gratelul feast aod Was partaken of with the most heariy zest, ‘this mspituiion 19 now in the ‘thirteenth year ol {ts existeace. Tne new | pudding, with ita beautiful chapel, spacious ) and admiravle infirmary and euiarged commodations, though greatly exceeding the previves ace ommipaatleas, does not begin to meet Ihe requiremen's Of the istiintion. ita however, dug great wors in the cause of reiuvuing the unjortanaie class for waose uinelloraion and salva- Uon kL. Was specially orgaaized, New York Mazdulen Society. The same noodle spirit of Lenevolevoe that, thirty- ‘eight years ago, gave Lirth to tue New York | magdaten Society still keeps uv a warmly, active vitality, This was most pleasantly Ulustrated im the patos taxen to provide the inmates of the insti. ‘| tution with @ good dinner yesterday, Tue sturp | | blasts ubat swept with keenly cutting Vitterness | ‘ over the hetghts on Elghty-eighih strect, boween | Fourth and Futh uveaues, where tho lstitue | toa 18 located, tound many waruily, thupk- | ful hearis within—thanks for the exteased hands of Christian charity (hat so kindly lead them | up trom the deeper deptns of transgesslou; tnanks for the teuder care takea of thom here; thauxs ior the zeal and caraesiuesd ta their vena, Wici does | ang they sok, 9 fragments that Teimained, several Messe fa, which were af- terwards distributed to the und needy, ne | al was speut in social or ib, ev. Mr. Matonett, Protessor B°ajam ‘The pastor preached aa cloqu sermon, waica was a review of the 0 e3singz3 which the country en- Joys in au eminent degree. He referred to the civil and religious liberty which we ¢.joy. aud to the vindication of the same during the rebellion and on the 12th of Juy and on omer occasivns, aid con- rast our instituions with those of European countries. Special reerence was mae fo the yreat uprising of November 7, aud due praise was given to the moral men of this commnnity for the poll quietus which they then put upon munictyal Docu. liters and (their acis, The entertainment Was a8 novel for @ caurch and congregat.oa as it Was pleas- got and enjoyavie, OBSERVANCE: WY Tas = ¢HURCH Sermon by Father Preston—tiratitude to the ty~Autagenism Between the World and the Catholic Charch=The fublic Scuecl Question. St, Patrick's Cathedral was densely crowded yesterday. A large porion of tie congrevation Was composed o1 the members of the Catuoilc | Unton of New York, an assoc.atioa organized for | ; Praver, vigilance aad mutual encouragement aud edification, and for the defence. of we Church and fice preveated a very impressive appearance, and tne ceremonies were, as us2al, conlucted with great solemutty, At hali-past ten o'clock solemn atgh luass was commenced, the Very Rev. Dr. Starrs oMciauag as celevrant; thre Kev. Fatuce vealy, dea- { con; the Rev, Father McNamee, su deacon, anu the | Rev, Father Kearney musier of ceremonies. ,,1he following clergymen otcupied seats in the sanc- vuary:—Tue Rev, Fatuer O'Re'lly, Rev. Father Mcuvoy, Rev. Father Hea y, Rev. Father Donnelly aad Kev, Father Cassam. At the conciusiou of the “tirst gospel tie Rev. Dr. Preston ascended tac pul- pit und prea hod A LENOTHENED SERMON, taking his text from St. Mauhew X., 16-20—“Be- how Lsend you fortu as shee» in tno midst of | not stop witu Lue pres’nt, but looks Bad stives | lor their permavent oontinuaace in tae patas of | virtue, hour aud usefuluess. 1b Was 4 day C1 geuu- | 1ue Walk givin | Ab ereven O'clock ta the forenoon ihere wero cx- | ereises 12 the peat add tasieuicuape, Kev, lit. Darung, (he Ume-honored che pilin OL the dus! ou, a position he bus held Ury-the yeors, | oleiaied, 4 Wo0st klad anu jabber spiiab peryaded | his discourse. He pouwted cul the abundaut | reasous Utley bad ior Uiaakiaiuess. “dey suould | be bas kill, Ro arsed Upoo teu, HO Ouly ive tue CAvreise Of LUMALY PALALLITYpuy DOW Mauilested | Loward eu in (ue Gare wid COMMOLIs Will Wiici Wey were Surrounded, OUb tab youu aud heaton Were (heirs, What baey had Lecu shavcucd as brauds Wolves; be ye there!ore wise as scrpents and simple as doves.” Toe reverend geutieman weal on tu say tua they had assembled before tao oly altar of Irendation of the state wurhoriiy, aud met with thet ielow Couutrymen to give tasass to Aluughiy God ior the pumerous biessimgs of Hts provi- deoce, ‘The securvy of the ovuuity in al tuat made it nove, tho securty of ther own lives and of tue precious privileges which they had iuaeiited frou ter fathers depended upon that God, who was the amihor of ali good. ‘Tuey Goa, 1ollowing the rues and praisewortiy recem- * | joys—one wholly gladness, the her lastitutions, Tne interior of tho hallowed edt. | OAme. Chomé), the “Cam Sancvo" boing a fusne for fult chorus, ‘The “Credo,” a4 usual, opened W th a chorus, “Et in Carnatus’’ being a teauetfal terzetto, Pror to the sermon the “Veni Creator,” ty Augustus schinitz, was sung without om ee accompaument, At the offertory mme, ‘hom? san; iy Delecta.” But perhas the most impress. ve sefec 101 performed Was the *O datutans,” for male joes, without organ ac- companiunent, also by Mr, Schmitz The “Agnud Det,” by Pansero, Was sang a8 8 #010, by the cui: to, Mrs, Unyer, who dispiaved the very rica qualities of her voice to the best advantage, Altogether, the choir of St. Pat:ick's Cathetral de- serves igh masterly rendition ot the sacred selections so stuit- ably introduce? during tne ceremomies. At tne couclusivn Of the services Professor Scamiiz plaved @ beautiful voluntary with masteriy briillancy, Tae congregation did not leave the church until acter one O'Clock. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Bellows—The Two Companies that Gove Thanks to Gad. Notwithstanding the severity of the weather yes terday Ds Bellows’ church was weli filled with worshippers. The revercud doctor delivered ine sermon, taking hus text from the twelfth chapter of Nehem a 0 stood the two Companies of them that gave thanks im the house of God," &o, The Speaker said there were always two companies t nearly eve.y phase of ufe—one of gladaess, the other of sadness, There were different kinds of ober sorrow, caughter jeuves: home and mother to go away with her husband she goes giaily, but yet sadly, and those Who wish the youn? couple happiuess do so with tears. There are ever two companies in our midst, one of the Ces and blood and the other in ghostiy form. They were avout the family tree always and at the family tavieon Thapasgiving Day, Looking over the head of that futher at the table, whose locks ure aiready whitened by age, there #4 another father, wilh lock po whiter, and the one looks back to the ume when he was @ child, and he looked up to that father who leans over tim in the spirit as fondly as his owa cnilaren look up now to him. ‘ihe preacher tien wen? oa in a beautiful way to ampily the idea that OLD FRIENDS AND VACTS of years long gone by; Ues nade sacred in friendsnip in younger da 3s, and the .orms oi those we loved in the loog ago and Who are now LO More, come up to the iud Of Such a day as Lhankoy Ving, Wien ae AWAY LLL BLOUL LLe tole OF ZO LO Lue CAuLcH LO rvturu God thanks for the favors of tne past. He Then Compared collage with youth as uwo ociier compavies, ghd showed how fale was the lea Laat tne old had good reason to ENVY TUS YOUNG; how in fact the old, wao hau lived good lives when young, tooked back Lo Lao world wil a piping fea- deroess aud to the ovuer world with a reverens Whea = the ho; it was true that, to all appearauces, tue youns at ail betore them and tie old had everytung oeumd thea, yet the old had reason ty recurn tanks vo elle tables were pilea large masses of tbe fowl, | Wom tie buruing aid Lise Ue Had ved given tiean | Pe0lCed, tuererore, that, in the midst of mu.tiplicd dd lor their’ age, Jur repeuaucs aud tue ‘The; had ihe young watie aad holiday Intevvenes veiwe-p it And tts successor, but | sumpiuous feast lor the litle ones, eutirely con. | none of them will ve emoyed with the same Jeo? | tunured by the free will offerings of inuivide | Gamesiness, the sane ihorongh smeert's a8 Bat | Hig, me amount of ealabies turuished a Py ar greatest of American festi- more than udicient to jotd the iia. “hes tytn , | Leng vais, The day, ho vever, 13 en iched with the lustre | tab.es, the Abattoir Soctety on Wednesday alone of another peace ui celebration, and ‘ThanksgtviN® | seyqigg in more au five hundred dollars’ worth of Of 1872 wil dawa ou a certain November Thursday | provisious, consisting of turkeys, ples and other Bo much tne dearer to our memories for the pleasant | goolichtn passtue ail pnaduedinelorksscereden precast co eee yesterday that has fled 10.0 | very piainis, but with good taste, the reading de- ‘Among other things that we had to render beiBz Naudsomely decorated wita flowers and trusts, thanks ior was the weather, It would have been | 1} WAS an iferestiag s2bk 10 icok apon #o many ; bright faces und caeeriul looxs as were to be seea impossible fo lave picked out a brighier and more | gatncred togetner on the occasion, ‘The larger part charactenistically American dav, Thanksgiving Eve | oy ene chidten were of the vety poorest c.a 8, Dut Was ushered in with @ we-come cold snap, and the | a1 were clean and ueat and happy looklag. such a | keen wiuter air, fo.cd in its wild endeavors to | day as yesterday occucring only once a year in weir | plerce througn overc pats and shawls, brought a i calendar, they were evidenuy bent oa enjoymg | healthy glow into the eb and alight into the | themselves and maktog the most of tne te-t:ve occa: | eyes, and braced wo the limos and hurried intoa | gion, Such a ceaseless clatter 0/ Jo) ous vuices, such | fasier Low the currents of our life-blood, We may | prignt gindes aud aces were reully reiresmag | hope, too, t it did good service In quickening the ; to see and hear, suileieat «to awply | charitabie eavrgies of those among us who are | repay the generous donors whu had furnished the already slice) and ready wo we piaced upon piates aad set beiore THS HUNGRY UROHTNS, who were waiting with anstoing bit calmness for tue moment when they Would wil ve serve!. they 8:1, Hovever, lor More than Wo hours in chat ww lalizing state of expectancy wine tose who timber the r ChudAvod Cau Well Luagiae, and bore the ordeal well. THR BXERCISES were to precede the ivasting were com- luenced by the siuzing of a chorus. Seaaor Weis- idan, WHO Was present, then deuvercd an address aa Happy, laNerly Way, Aliudias to all tue Concen- tra ed ula loess taatsuoutd marx aa Boar la wich we Were to think ti@aved tor ie Comferis aud tne saicty of year, aba Wo Lhe pleasant sight Witch Was wht | prescated Uy 80 luany children, mide betier and happier by kinduess and lastrachon ani jvokiag Pleased and foyioul vr, Kobertson, ine secr. lary of ue society, who couducted tae ex- ercises, requested Dr, Weismann to ceil ine cu.liren tn German the reasous tor nls not making aiooger stay Win them, Waica tue Doctor did, tue chutes Lsteuing very attzutivel, buey we asked Uf ‘bcy understood what te sail aad an- swered, “Yes.” The study of German, it tay be noted, nas only becn introduced tity bil a lew monins, 80 Laat tus episode stowed schoul ior | pporidalty by iead good WOPAL AVES La CAE Ure, AL LG Cluse Ul 1s ures | Wiica Was lis.caed to Will Lae grodeest aieu: tiua, ihe opeuiug Verse ol tie suag Was | Shai. we gather ai the viver Wihiere uriat ane. foot inves trod, Wit ts Garystt Fiowiag oy tae Lar They sang it net uly Witu tine servor but with de- cided arusidc werl\, and Ure was sumetiing tru | toucilug La Neariag Uae VoIces OF LUG Uity=siX girls, tae pros@ st Ouinver of iudmates In the dastiluliou, | Bing Oui 1oUd and viear Lie Cuoras, | ol Go dows uy We A giri, ove of tue Lamates, wiih beautifully chis- elled iace, played the acconpauuaed, Ou Lue orgua, At une vicluca they uli sat uuwn to aw suupiuas | alluer, roast turkey, of course, icading OW Lie bul | 0; 1are, und Olver savory Viands giving bk most enj0, able cumpicieness. Mis. iran, the mason, | Was absent, out Miss fullertud abu diss Keliy, tue ussistauts, Were uuliriag in (aeir devonious 10 tue Court of the imnmMates. Vuriag the Cue Uiis Insts | tadun las beew 1a eperauion, ibore than two tnou- bulld Mamsies Wave Devu Tegistered, Ui ths over | Jour bunured dave returued to thar retu.ives, over evils and errors witespread ihroughout the iuud, tuere Was tuls ft ackuowiedgmeat of God aud bai Wise providence, Praise and Wuanks to Hin, thon, Wao bad sem down upon Wie laud fruitful rata and Increased the Harvesis, Pruso to Mim Who bad kept tue pestiienve irom the border, Peace and prosperity were sttil tneirs, and wilh Jigs Own Almisuty hand He was repairing the ravages of a devastating civil war, And wiih tue pralss ani thauksgiving let their prayers ascend to God, who ruicd ib heaven, that, while he sit raised aud f:vored the lasd, Hie wouid lead their fellow countrymen Lu eter- nal saivation. They lad aiso thanks io reauer wo tMat Goa wio had redeemed thew, He had seul Lis Apostos missioaricies Ww their shores 10 gather thom io God, hie had, throug Lieia, vveued to ive Word tne treasuces Coat uEIst tue Kee geemer, They hud eveu in tayse days of Lal muck Cause bo thauk God uit wails THE CHORCH HAD SUFFERZD ouvwardiy, that Wiis aaucus and peoules had for- Sakeu Gud, taal WuLe the Caurci nad been wicied With persccuuons, still, #6 Lug same tune, 312 Was slLouger aba characteczed UY more auity 1a lath tuad ior iuaay yeneru tuos past. 1b Was @ (ruta tut thouxgt nos yous; themscives 1a years, Lacy Mutht be so vy re- Hecuen irom (the hves of the youag, Lhere was someting Deter tiga youth, dnd tat Was man hoou: bat Ola age Was Sul better, hevause 1 cour biped both whea Lie oid waa was agood mon. He t ed Ly tue Jaisity OL ths nouon that it was a@ fact Lads LeCause We body Was Gevayed the Wilnd loo Must be decayeu, tur Sue wWlads, be Bald, glowed lige COIs ta UIE ASHES OF BODILY DECAY, and were never origater than whea secinimaty tn the arms Of death. fwo other com auies ‘hero ~tnose Whe Ral duriug tae year gathered stulis Gacvesi und those Who Mad disuse YY lost; but even the latter had reason to be Jul, for ib Was Ouly Whea the neart wo ionser ed to tne rol! call Of soci: drid aud parade voice of God, dimme 1 oy the souuds belore, ( heard, ‘There were yet two otner com- {nat enters by tae water al eaters Ly tae dung gaie ny lien weal on to show how Chrisuans sould treat @s lepers those people who glory tu tueir shame, { and wao audress pubic mestnss in pubc pices, aidet and abetied by men draad With couce.t and Vanity, in harangues asiinst the mauinoaial ug and the sacredness Of the relauons that vind .o- geher man aud wife, ‘The preacner denouaced Diessed with abuadanes, ant reminding them of the | meaus ior the happy Occasion, Besives tus ca lace t A FLEASING VBGREE Ov TROGKESS, 1 six hundred have ivuud eiuploymens du private | Shene lapets Ls Bameggered tenuis. Bod calediapon. whlcu they Buvutd geuder God thaoks. Lucy had Deeds ol thew iess happy fellow creauves, | Thesuselves, a targe number O1 visitors were present, After this was sung a Geruan hyu f lamilies, seven hauured have vo'uutartiy leis Ue 4 alt who valued jurity aod good morals to West The poor were certainty not torzottea in the pre. | £2 (Hae the pace Was Completely jaumcd vy tue | boy na ned Alvert pbs iate weet mee asylum, thirty-iour have united wit the evangel- | aso to render thas to God ae Sa is them as frieuds of ihe ustidaon, Yue o'clock was tLe ouur | «raise the Lord, te giver ol wil.” He was iol | al cuarenes, and twenty have been iesaliy uar- | Galuolle Union were beruutted to meet logetiaer 10 UNCLEAN THINGS parations for material reyotetugs ; but there ts luttle | + @ud as the ume approacued the | jowed oy a prety Hitié maiden, who sang iia re. | Ted. 101s Well KOOWL it13 Waody Uader tae man | that Hato ved Cempic, sucted to the meuories of thar wera not to be tolerated, aud at the same me fear that they wili ever be too well remembered, | liguie. up with eager audetpstion | warkably swevt voice, some verses xOoU: the Mean- | dxement Oi ladies, Aud IY hot Al ail sectariau ta | WEA LUD 1a bats Meiropolitan city ot Le wew — cHarged Gpon the “Lexity Of morals” shown and Bide by side with civiizattor goows almost, as it | were, by an inevitavie necessity, the sad army of | the unforcunate aul tne helpless, Despite every | Cndeavor of ministering hunds and kindy hearis | many a tenement house yesterday enclosed in is | Bqualor (ozens Of misery-sinicken families to whom the gayety Of the rest of the worla but added tu the Fense ol their privatious, And it 1s idle to say that poverty aug suderiig are iu this ferule ana pros perous laud merey the appropriate rewards of Vicious inda gence or recaless want of thrift. Even U they are, Wao ai such a season as this could hold bis hand ast ciosod ? Yesterday mvruing broke bright and clear. The Qround, bouad by a severe frost, rang like meial beneatn tue trea J of the pedestrian, aad still louder and more musically beaeacy the rolling car wheels the air was pure wad vraciaz, aad the that disturved it seemed only to be bovsterously active in order to properly celcbrate the occasion, Quite eariy the streeis were alive wiih people, who bauuted the few stores i\bat were cpen for the first two or thres hours of dayl gut to supply mental nourishmeut (in the shape of newspapers) and | Material food to a hungry panic, By ten o'clock, | however, most people were cGressed aud ready for | church, and trooped forti, lke good, pious men ; and women, their smiling clve branches by their | fide, to render thanks for past and present | nuercies. Rarely, indeed, haye Tnanksgiving services been d-tler attended. Perhaps the aasu of misfortune | which has recently tinged oar cap wiih bitter— the great fire at Ch.cago and the widespread ruin ju Michigan aad Wiscousin—bas made our pecple more than evyr sensitive to the kindness and liber- Qiily Of the Hand that has ied us through so many | great troubles into such wonderiul and unex. | f&mpled prosperity. Even the fashionaoie churches | were jairiy 1uil, aud many of the pews held hand- sue MCh Bud lovely women, sparkling with dia- ; mvods and spleniid in rich raiment, wiio had nungied in the briiLaut throug that rallied round , the Prince on the previous evening at the Academy, | 1 ‘ | chidrea gusty winds | ! | be | deen lings tuey Were about to pariake of. ine discipline preserved was must @ (muiaule, for taough Ue eyes Of the children were wisuuuy turued towards the dining roo.n, uo Movement Was made unui everyting had beea proparea tur weir reception, At one O'Cluck the )ro-eedings were commenced vy the Supertuteaa at, wae called We to Order by sousdmy tue bei As the nolse ada talking whica pre.aied = preyivusly mstanuy ceased, lu an instant = there Was Bliewce S80 profound that a pin couid ve beard drop an the | Dauding. Tue admirable manner in wo.ca the chu. \ Geen are iramed Would seem aluost Locredibie to those Who did Dot Witness ie etertalument, aad | gieai credic suould be giveD ty the oilers of tue | seciety Jor bringing such a jacge nuadber ot chibiren. | tosucii a state of good order and vbedience. Alter the ) “#seauutul Bird” ana “Haticiajal Chorus” a short | prayer was offered, and thea the hymn was sung ; entived “uver Ibere” and an auaress made by we I Dr. Banvet, Who sad he would not uewin ' ro per ashe Knew Wwuat it was to be hungry $e maic a wice was then sung, and the chii- j dren Bled aivng im classes to the = almug room, headed by thelr teacners, Wuen they had ali been arraiged at the tabies tus visitors were permiticad Lo enter, aud the Voxvlogy, “rraise God frou waow ail bessings fow,?? Was sung as & grace vefore meat, A vigurous | attack Was (hen commenced upou the eatabiea, the children gomy tor the contents 0) tue loaded tables With @ zest which it Was good to witness. Wlne the more advanced classes ol the scuool were a the inant schoo, under we direction of Miss Lewis, saug a nuumover of se.ecuons suited to their voices, =H the training Of ine olter cuiidren seeted Wonderful Lo tue Visilors that of the Iulapts lust have peew tfiniely more #0, as the precizion and accuracy they displayed in siuging was realy marvelous when it is considered Wat scarcely any of tiem were more than turee years vid. When they bad saog several hymns a tiny chiid was pat upoa the platiorm, aud ander her directions tne ta- laut school weat through # physical exerci e waich Was yreauly enjoyed by themselves and all who Were present. outst Lewis Was hizuly complimented by ive evident admiration Of tue specta ors, who lovked upou such a scepe as a break iu the mo- noWway Of Wwelr lives. As fase 48 one contingeut had easted the Cakes Were Clunged and a iresn paich introduced, unt all Gad got biled. The bili of fare cousisied of roast wurkey, pumpkin pie, cake and tea, and every one Nad enough, sufiicieat having provided to feast a uch larger Mumoer were preseut. When te growa ciul- had concluded their feast, the infants ter pia. and it was curious to the Gedgat of the Itie ones, who than took watch at | Were scarcely s.rong enough in many imstances Tocugh pleasure had kept them ont of their beds | tocarry tue food to tier mouths. ‘ihe, thu W- til alwost dawn, they nevertieless faith. O r, Made a strong evort, — those Who could not ; | lelp’theuiselves were assisted to do so by tie lady fully answered the higher call t© join 1 | aivendanis wile Waited Upon ine tabl bumoly cx ressing ibeir gratitude to the Father Who had biesed Wem with such overflowing abun- davee. dv doubt the Toanksgiving diner was en- joyed with A greatly added zest in the conscious- ess thui they had (has suldiled a clear religtous oo- Liga@con, The rank aad fie of the churches, also— te temples tat are atiended by the “passably tich,” spriukled with needy, struggling men—were generaily crowded, it is a curious thing that the leas prosperous strata in society always come out, Poin Ab iwBes and east, witn the greatest alacrily d.apiay by the earnestness and sincerity of | their devotions a tar liveier sense of gratitude for the litte they have than do their more fortunate veigh bors, inte whose lap tue Horn of Pleaty itself | hae been euptied. Everywhere, nowever, the ser- Vices were unu-uaily impressive, and, a& will be seen by the report , a great many of the | gacoarans were singularly appropriate aud lorcl- ie, Alter church came the grand ceremony of the day—ue diner, Even fashionable people gene- Taily dine on Thanksgiving Day at the old Puritan hour, tu the mute of we day. Yesterday we de- ferloed by anticipation iis unposing feast and di- lated at lengin upon the turkey and the happy taces Vial would be gathered around i, All that was seid hus been iuldiied, according to the testimony Hl AcloNd OF Witnesses, to the very letter. Never were so inany turkeys more summarily and com- pletely i-posed of with greater relisn aud satisiac- tion, Aud it would be dificult indeed to describe, but that every onc knows what we wish to patat in Words, the gencral joy and gladness that entered {nto the banquet. Every samily upon which some sical sorrow fad not recenuly fallen was happy. nto the circle of dear ones, too, were gathered for Unis special occasion many a chiid and kinsman Whose deily duty i lve stationed him seores, per- baps huudreds, of weary leagues from na early home, Masking again in the warmth Oi the fainiiar hearth, and surrounded by dear and loving faces, {he hours sped by With Wonderful switnesa, But | When ali tad ocen satistied tie seu Ts returned to Wwe lecture roum, Where there Was lore singing and the deuvery of a number Of suitable addresses, { Suved th the compreneusioa of the ciiliren, | by gentlemen interested im the success Of tne tusti: tution. It Was esimated that more tan tweive hundred persona had bea sCred, and on Wie whole the entertalument Was a grand success. If Tiaaks« giving did nutiing more than vriag around such Scenes as tnis 16 Would accomplish a great work. sunsiine and happiness wilusd acnong the litle wauderers aid wallé Of society exercises an amount of good which it 18 impossible (o everrave upon the children themseétyes, and also upon the peope who provide the feasts for such occasions. It would | be well for the lite ones if such Jestivals came ofteuer, as the power of eariy assuciauions and re- unons has much to do tn tnfueacing aiter life. Tue fete closed about four o'clock, When the doors ol the Mission House were closed. ‘ne society ac- sires that 11s thanks be given ty all Wo have con- tributed, particularly to the Abbattoir Asseuciation, tor its nobis offering, Union Home aud School. Atthe Institution of the Unton Home and School, the object of which, as is well known, is the main- tenance and education of the orphans and unpro- vided-for children of sailors and soldiers serving ip the late war, the cilldren yesterday were far from being forgotten. On the contrary, through tne be- Bevolence of kind-hearted donors, whose heurfs burn with sympathy for these most deserving suh- Jects of charity, sent in plentiful supplies of chick+ ens, turkeys and other ‘fixin’s’ indispensable for a Thanksgiving feast. The inatitution, as is well known, is well away in the rural districts of the city, being situated at the corner of 161st street, and Eleventh avenue, or the Boulevard, a8 this avenue is now designated; but notwlin- standing its distance out of town and the bit- though gone v have not deen utterly Jost; the Biemory Oo them will endure for ever, anu ip fancy, Bi leas’, they will be lived over and over again In Q<ishy @ reverie ani day dreain, Hot less happy aud joyous were the dinners at the Various charities aud public mstitutions, Below wil be Jound detailed reports of the ses- tivities, and they seem to have been umformly successiuL Ail bouor to we kind hands tat thax minitered to the fatheriess and wae orphas, the aged and the helpless and the unfor- Vanaie, God glone can tell low much goud t% done by these pleasant gatherings. Bright episodes ta lives iat are steeped iy misery and squalor and frequent temptations, they strengt inany & soul Vial, Wut for ine couscivdsness of sympathy UWus #iforded him, Wouwu saint by tho wayside Irom sheer Wearie-n, tend toe dare proviem of life by FUCKIC, OF SeeK lo emerge irom musery by the yet Te iMiseravie patus ol crime. Some, perhaps, , d drunkards’ orphaus wno y tel the tree bounty that Was provided i mH may tive to tnselves bask In weaitn Sud lewure. “Fey, too, will then carry on the work 01 love by Which they yesterday Bigmory of wash cal never be Would be un » 10, Of The Aucoeda ul provted, aad the “eet, = Tuesplans to omit & eforts they made to add to ter cold, quite @ number of visitors were present, including several of the Offlcers and several of the managers.. Among the former was the wite of the late Admiral Farragut, whose interest in the suc- cess of this institution has increased each year since its organization at the outbreak of the war. Their present building, the oid Field Mansion, but greatly altered from what jt was, ang the first private residence by the way, ag will be remembered, at which Jenny Lind ‘Was receive! alter her arrival in this country, Most admirably answers the required purposes, ex- cepting that itis too small and requires suil further @daivions to lurnish accommodations for the num- ber of applicants now pressing for admission within its wolis. ‘There are at present 257 children in the ution, Of Which Dumber ld are boys and the a girls, new ages varying from three to iieen. P| The day was® General holiday, and ali the boys end gris, dressed up in their Sunday beai—the noys in peat gray military uniforms, with caps to maten, i the girls ta maroon colored dresses. At one $P was served Wo dinner, and @ rMeht royal jus ol Thanksgivias Day. bota oO. tuése e@corts were repeated ut tae request 0: a visitor, Lae game litite girl then ¢ santed the osaliu “Va, give taauks unto the Lora,’ the re pouss, “vor His mercy | €auureh iorever”’ = peiug =maue oye ; School at we ending of eacn verse, Miss Essie Parker sanz “fie Last Kyse of Summer’? | With @ gceat deal of sweeiness, By this ume the | chudren bad yrowa so very impaticus thit taney | evinced thelr ieelings by alinauver oi restiessuess, and wiuspered despatingly LO O20 auO.uer very audibly, SWHEN WILL WE GET SOMR TURKEY?! ‘The big, Kindly Dr. Lovertson, who evidenuy had DO thougat Of milicting Lurture On the xppeinies of tuese juventies, but had doue so nevertholess by 80 | long waiun:, atiengta stre ched out wis .atherly | Arms and called for a blessing On the Lood ca the day, Alter that the kuives, lorss and piates S8iX huudred ‘Smali paiaies Were veins plied by all the good things that a Kiad Providence had gene- rously pruvided, A vuzzZ of voices uccompauted tuis phleaomenon. THE TEACHERS or the school, Mr. Joan M. Clarke, Wis3 Katinja Scnwenseu, Miss Emma Morrew, Miss Kebecca | Tra:mer, 13s Anna V. stewart and ‘Miss Davidso: were very atenuve to the widven, and Mr Keliogg, the motneriy matroa, setting Out tue gvodly feast. TAB LOWERY SCHOOL. From this mission the party oi vis:tora proceeded to the otier one of tae 5 y, situaied at No. 207 Bowery, and here found about four handred coil. dren assembied, waitlug Jor their Tuanasgiviag viands, Mr. Wilkiusoa pr sided, Alter several songs and an ad iress by the Kev. Mr. Sterling the more important ceremony of eating the dinner was accomplisued, and Wita a deal of relish and glad- ness, The Five Poi Mission. Atthe Ladies’ Home Missionary Soviety, whose Work 18 conducted in @ capacious dulldiag on the site of the Old Brewery at the “Five Potts,” there was a day of thanksgiving, praise and feasung, About eight bundred children were fed daring the day, neariy five hundred of whom were atforued the opportunity of sitting down in the large dining room, Wiere very aitracitve tables o. creature com- forts, substantial aud lootusome Were set mM avUL- dant array, The Mission, iwougn dle hodistic 1a organization and Risivry, {3 uot luinited 10 its opera. twa to nationality or creek The mata hope of the Mission is to rescue tue children of the poor aml sow (he seeds o: virtue aad goodness im ther young minds. low fi had blossomed | Into Jact amd real ty my ye seen ta the mandreds of happy, ciean and healtny faces that assembled aroand ihe Tuanksziving (ables am) took part in the exercises in the Cuapel, Taese exercises consisted Mainiy of wie sivugiag Of anthems, hymns, gives, daets, calisiienics, recitation 0. dislogues and ad. dresses by the scholars ‘faere Was also read by a young lady resiaiug in fasuioaabie circles up town @ poem eutitied “Waring and Watching for Me,’ Wich was recetved wii Cousideravie f ‘the Rev. Mr. Paulkes, of Jersey pr priate aad attractive ad ir Visions and money are nee of this work, and any guts be gladly received vy the Rev, J. N. Snaier, Five Potuts Missioa, 61 Park street, New York. Five Points Mouse of Indastry. . At this institution, which ts located at 155 Worth street, in a new building, attraccive in tts architec. ture and admiraly adayted for the great and good work that is daily carried on therein, Thanksgiving Day was made tu thousa da a day of happiness ana contentment, The trustees of the institution had early in the mont’ issued an appeal for help, for money and provisions, for this special day, and it had been liberally responded to, They stated tn this appeal that more tnan three hundred and éfty thousand meals had been given during the past year, nearly one hundred thousand lodgings fur- nished, fourteen hundred and thirty-flve pupils haa been taugnt during the year, and two hundred and thirty-six children are living in the house, beg a larger number than has been living at one time in the institution before, The average monthiy ex- penditure 1 nearly three thousand dollars, That there is work for this and the kindred institutions in the netguvorhood may be realized when It 18 remembered that tt ts located in the Sixth ward, which for years has been known as “The Bloody Sixth.” ‘The ward contains about eighty-six acres, aud has # popmation of 22,478, In addition to the thanksgiving dinner to about six hundred children and workers, wiieh was pi taken of about one o'clock, there was given to What the institution terms ‘the outsive poor’ @ good meal to more than one thoasand men, women apd children. These came in crowds, and were put into, “Post Ofice file’ vy the police, and stood snivering =m their scanty clothing, waiting for their turn to enter the dining room and take their places at the well supplied tables, The institution was as freely i gren 68 the #ireet, aba was crowded all day by aitors, Who wandered from the chapel tw the pol a the nurseries, the dining hall and the bedrobms, Jn the nursery were twenty-iive chubby, rosy-faced infants, al) orphaus, but all happy in the Diissful OncoNsciousuess UI their orphantioud. The candies aud the toys Which the visitors presented greatly delighted them, and {ugk Jutanuite de was charming tn the simyput i HhanirestatiShe Many of the indigent iniaviants of the Sixth ward were mate happy yesierday by this seasonavie benevolence of their more jortunate fellow creatures, If out of the abundance of m.ny happy homes in Unis city there can be anything shared, either in money, food, new and second hand clowning, tiere are two appeals for te bes.owal Of a portion of this pleaty Wat are very Ciogueal~-oue Ly tne viting, vierging prot | rated loudly, and th was no loug lume teiore tne | sabered hard in | characier, 1113 unquesiiouably one oi the novlest charities in the city. The Water Strect Missiow for Fallen Women. One of the most impresstve and singular of the Thanksziving feastings Of yesierday was that which took place at the above itssioa. Tuts was founded in 1870 by the Kev. Mr. Looe, of the Beek+ Man Hill Metuodist churca, aud is dependeut whol'y upoa voluntary avd uasolcited ovntribu- {ons Jor its support, having no iuaued aid nor any “great expeciauions.”” Within the two years of its | existence over three hundred anu tity Women have | been received and given @ welvome in te home, | and the majority of these bave secured good piaces atservice and are now liviag virtuous lives, while | mauy have been led by the noble imiueuce of Ar. | hove aud his tellow workers to embrace along with tue repentance the Methodist Jaith, and i Uuts religious relormation 19 secure & strouger reiuge irom «their Ola folly Bnd ousery, Last year one of these girls, who had’ left her’ sin for a lie of virtue, aud wio had a good | sitaation in the service of A fauily, came to alr, Booie aud’ gave him a live aollar treasury avie, to be used in providing a Thanksgiving dimuer for ag aang Of the poor unrelurined sisterhoo. a3 possible. ‘That gut originated the idea of @ Thank-giving diu- her «nd Was mate the uucieus Of & fuad whica Was speediiy angueutea by other contrioutious, Ouly ove day biore tuat o1 Thanksgiving 1a-t year caus Of juvitauion were seat turuugh alt the dace houses | aud brothels in that neighvoruood, and move than one hundred women of the sireet sat down to tne teust, here were vianus enough prepared for four hundred more. ‘Tis year the same preparations were repeated. ‘The tabies were set yesterday in the cuaoel, on tie first door, and were loaded with ail the good things Watch tradition connects with this wholesome oid Puritanie holiday, aud even the ‘oumpkin | pie,” as ti to remind the partakers of tue country homesteads, wuere It is Ove of the ploatiiul products oi honsenold econuiny, formed & part of The least beside the proud array of tat roasted tuckev. It migut be imazined inat the sight pre- senied Was Lot of the myst pleasing to # person of | qualumish delicacy; but no ove couid dud faate with The MOvest, alin St trembling demeagor of the poor creatures Who sat dowa for once to a feast Walch they could not uelp but know was the free oiering of “Christian chariy.” ‘Tne pictures ot ha aanity here preseated were of that Kind witich Would best Tepay our stolid cyoics for study, and are seidom perused by them ata Une: like this, When the terri- bie world-mask 13 dropped, aud a little of the ua- anatatated goodn ss underneath shines up through cyes and smiles upou lips that bave hardy for a | loog weary while Known auy genuine, antramed expression in the gresence ol straugers. ‘The mmates of the Howe, however, with modest, contented faces were yesterday unceasing in Weir vilives Of Kinduess to We guests of the Mission, and were assisted by ie good matron. Mrs. Mercy Wii ter, and by Mrs, Kovie, the Wie of the suaperio dent. The exercises ol prayer and song were very { anecting. ‘The Kev. Mr. Boo.e delivered an address, shown to the visitors assumed @& more intormad character. it 8 not unlikely that the way ot preach. ing reiigiou to ihe falien of Womankind practised yesterday is of ihe kind which will produce the best resuits and is to be Most euovUuraged. House of the Good Shepterd, At this institution, situated at tne foot of Nine treth street, East River, there were yesterday no special observances, All the inmates were given a holiday, but neither the religious exercises hor the dinuver were oul of the ordinary routine ‘Jnere are at present at this institution ninety-five Sisters, Mteeu Magaalens, 233 girls of detention aad 23) penitcnts, ———— The Newsboys’ Lodging Rouse. Thanksgiving Day at this excellent institution Passed off, aa it always does, very pleasantly for the crowds of newsboys who flock hither to partake of the good cheer furnished them under the auspices of Superiniendent O'Connor. Late in the evening about one hundred boys sat down to @ une dinner o1 turkey, bread, butter and coffee and vegetables, ‘Ihe boys, Who had in many insiances come 1h Out of the ‘street, cold and hungry, were much gratitied at the succulent repast, anc the fes- Uvities concluded With songs and a characteristic address v, “Pactdy Bit,” who h een at One time amemoper of the Newsvoys’ Brigade, Bellevue Hospit.). The Commissioners of Charities and Correction are #0 poor just now that they could not afford yes- terday to give the inmates of Bellevue Hospiiaia Thanksgiving dinner, The gloomy halls of the sick fnd suffering were, therefore, not redoient of the Foasuing turkey. Warden Brennan, nowever, gave as g wdiuner to bis large family as, under the Circamsiauces, Was in uis power, No amusements Were provided In tie evening, and the day passed over Without tue slightest cheeriul kign of the re. joing and merry-making going on in the outer A Charch Converted tnte a Dining Hall. A very pleasant Thanksgiving entertainment was given yesterday im the Congregational church in Fiftievh street, near Eighth avenue, ‘The pastor, Rev, Mr. Smyth, and the Sunday school Superin- tendent, Profeasor L. A. Benjamin, and two or threo members of the church, decided to give a Thanks- giving dinuer to the children, The church, hearing of it, sent in supplies 80 abundantly that it was sub. sequently agreed that they should all dine together, ‘yne Sunday school room was tuereivre cleared and tables were set first for the children and alterwards fox We adults, aud they did all eat aud were tiled, | and tually tie dinuer was over aud the kindness | World, aud on tiat day, velore God, to plignt their tru aud swear ther tal in ow ae oleusive aud aeteusive for cnrist wad His reuugiou. — ‘iney camo there that by tueir heaits and by twielr wands Unvy migit give Bupporé ty Miu Who Was tue vicar ol the Eeerual Judge of Maa. Wiile the Holy Fatier ot the itu. ut Was @ caplive around the tod Of the ooly Aposdes, WiLL ue Suileted ah 4Ci 01 1Ujuss.ce suca fs Uuls Worti Nad Lardy beiove sen, iey Were uot tu be sileui; (hey Were outto acywesce in that act OL Injustice; Vey coud Mot Band in tuelr places quieily. Witaout violas avy iaW Ol. tue Land, they must stand fra Wita their stcoag hearts aud eveu with tueir Naqds in defeace of UNIst and Lis Vicar. So let them give Wanks to God dor even Wis Mauiesiation OL its Wordb That he wight place beloie (uci the necessity of true aud mauy activa, and that He might, £ posstole, Lactte the.a ‘to more lervid iaih, but he quoted tie propaecy cL Lae divine Lord ia the Gospel. Luat waica they be- hebt la tals hour was uothing more waa that we Himseli tad toretoid. tie had precicted that autagoaismM wilci had existed, now exisied wad Would CXist between HIS APOSTLES AND THE WORLD, and never at any period of ume was the God [ree irom Une attacks O1 her adversar the Lord to ais aposiles, “Beuoll, L sead ‘chareh of said forua Tapacious generauons. Be prepared ior great sac- Tiices. Remember that 1 was lated and tue world sia late you. Be therefore prepared ior the ia tred of maukiad.” ‘ine reverend gentieman then eloquenuy reviewed the history uf the Churen from the tune Of st. Peter, detailing the continued perse- cutivns it had success.uily Witustovd. ‘That the Words spokea by Christ had been tulfilied they ail Knew, since toat for the jJast nu ni centuries it ‘Was upou the record that there been a Constant condict between Christianity and herenemies, he persecutions which marked tne progress ol the Churca hundreds of years ago were coutiaued to this day and would Cuntiuue unt Auli-Curist, tae Man of sin, ahoukt come. in this nive- ieenth century there was not o nation on the iace of the globe tat stood tori as tue defeuder of the Church of God. For their own country he ieared there was not much to be sald, @s ils statesmen were uuwitungly following in the wake of those of oiler nations, What was religion without Christ? Waere was the Gospel without the kedeemer And i the marks Of Calis tianity could not be recognied there Was reason to fear that (nis dation, great and giorious as It Wits, haq taken tis stand tu iavor of mideiey aud pagan. ism, Having tauoreughly aiscussed te question of governments 11 conuection Win religion, the revere ead geatieman proceeded to show tual nations were bounu py tue jaw of Goud and the priucipies oi mo- raity, lan iwaividuat coud not steal iis nega. bors goods no more could a dation. Li & nation appropriated what did not rightfully pelous to it lat Ration Was a tines, He cailed atteutoa to THE POSIPION OF THE HOLY FATUR, the faith ui head and spiritual sovereign of two hnn- dred millions of Cirisuans, God had given nin a principaiity more sacred than any on eartu; so neighbors, yet large enough to assert wis inde. pendence as pastor of Christ's fuck. Bat in uma age Oo: revuiution an armed mob had robved nim of 1uat principality witnoai @ Christian nauon rising to protest against the outrage. Why was it that not even one Catnelic king had ratsed his voice agaist | lr it was nothing more than the sign oO: the age and its degeneracy. The reveread geatie.nan subse- quently atiuded at some lengia to the question of pubite schools, Tiwit to take the cutld from its parents and educate him without religion. fhe object of the promoters of such @ moventent was simply to divorce religion from education, and 80 to bring Up a race of mtidel children without Knowing any Gow. Another sigo oi the antagonism between the world and the vbureh was tne public press. He would be tie last to restrict the liberty of the press, but it was con- stantly setting forth untrains about their holy tg. Even the facts of history could ngt be written Without a certain coloring, and subjecis were con+ tnuaty eyeseh of concerning whic! knew notving, They aiscusséa di ions Of theylo- gy and facts of history, avd spread out their dis- cussions before the public without having even studied the subjects upon which they spoke so freely. But why was the Charen thus persecuied? He could only say again, as ever, thai it was a repee tuon of the cross— THE INCARNATE SAVIOUR naticd to the ignominions tree by the world, It was the fallen angel against God and His Christ. Tne reverend gentleman having aaverted to the man. Methods adopted to ridicule the Church and invergie concluded his sermon by its children tuto Mone 4 to the members of tue addressiag a few wor Catholic Union, urging them to make no compro. mise with the spirit of their faith, There must be unswerving fealty, Let them train np their eniidren in honor of Gou and in obedience to the govern. ent, Let the principles of truth be dissemioated, nd they could contend against error. They must go forward to ine trout of the baitle. The tempests 4nd stortas of nineteen cen uries had not shaken a Stoue of the rock upon which Christ founded His Church, Tae let them raise their sacred banner for Carist, for faith, lor thew country and Jor the salvation of mankind. ‘The musical arrangements, under the direction of Protessor Gnatavus Schutz, were most crediwabdly carried out und coutrivuted jargely to the grund solemnity of the religious cerenonigg, ‘The mass lected Was by Man:ianict, in GQ major. Lhe choir Was augmented for this oceasion, admission to the charch having been by tckets distrivuted by t Catholic Union. A double quariet of string instira- meats and a well-trained chorus of forty volces added considerably to te ordinary torce, More appro- priate seiections could not havo Leon made, and tue weneial RENDITION OF THE MUSIC throughout was characierized by great harmony aud precision, ine solos by the princtpal artists Veing also well interpreied. Toe principal parts of the mass were tue ‘Kyrie,’ consisting Of LerZetlo and choras, The “Gloria” opened with @ cuorus, the “Laudamus Te forming # grind duet for tenor (Mr. Groachel) ons), While tue *“Domme Deus? mado @ fine soo for the soprapo the writers | + he said, We had reson | and ballot box as sheep in the mid-t of woives to be the victins of | , year is ended. Binall that it woud nob excite tie envy of ls | covtending tuat the State had no | the diswustiug disptays of indecency that were beg made tu even caurcnes by those UNCieau Ones be thanstua to God these ie pers had even aiready caused such a feeling o1 true purty to spring up from every famliy im Opposiion to thsit vile Lucories, Unat lu tie ead the cause 0: imorality Would be the gaiuer. The speaker concluded by referring to the Ia.e elecnon and ite Kuportance to ue people wad repuplican inste'u- tivus generatly, Lhe day after the Glectiva, de said, Was really Taaaksziving Day ior the peopie of this city, wud tae Lact of their assembling 1a tae churen Yesieruay Only seemet to him a3 though they bad Simply met to audit the thanks of that day aster u victory of honesty over disnonesty and wrong. Lie compared te POLITICAL JORDERIRS auieriereaces und thefts of tho to & great mass vf dung that haa vee allowed 'o acctunulate, aod be drawn into tne city tarougn ‘ne “dung gate,” and whieh grew greatar and greater every day, simply because the honest n oid wot, Lhrouga the water gate inrouze witch everythiag pure and Clean for the city was broasat, cieau 1C 00 with water, It grew so great in tue end, however, tat tt became intolerable, an] then only ‘Was it tiat the Hood was tet on and the whole thing was sweptaway, Thanks, too, were due to the young mea, to the patriots of all parties, woo bad gone hand im hand to overthrow the powers of wrong. The speaker closed by exhordug every good man to go on with the gool work, and keop gelng on wutil there Would be left no remaant of he past tyranpy and no chance lor the recurrence Of another, . Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Chapin—The Av thetics of Thakszivin The Churcn of the Divine Paternity, on Fifth ave nue, was largely attended during tbe morning ser- vice yesterday. Despite the vitter, cutting wind, that wantoned with their tresses and loose gar- meuts and tinged their features with colors ranging from ruby red to purple, @ majority ol tne congiesa+ von was compose. of ladies, The music in this church can scarcely be excelled In th’s city. The pastor, Rev, Mr. E. A. Chapin, always logical and justructive 10 his discourses, preached most ubly and eloquentiy on the causes for thanksgiving, basing his remarks on the seventh verse of the fourth Psaim—"ihou hast put giaduess im my heart, more than In the time chat their corn and their wine mereased.” He said;—* vo have met bere to express our wWankfuiness for the ingatherea fruit of the earth. The husbandman’s ‘The order of nature bas Kept lis course, ‘Summer and winter, seed-time and hur, Vest’ have not ceased, and the old buuaty has been renewed, It has been more than an ordinary year, an which the humau world has veea aeeply moved, But swadily the great processes of the natural world have fulfilled thete work. The secret wom of the earth has been quickenod with its my aterious Iyre, and step by step unfolded its per pecuat miras cles, ‘rirst Lie bade, then the ear, #iter that the dui Cora ta the ear.’ Ours ig @& land of Wonueriul diversity, crowned by opposite chmaces, framing all varices of sot, In one portion the laovper snatcnes M18 harvest [rom tue Very skirts Of winter, in another & Spontancoas luxuriance {aps te tue touch 01 a tropical sun, Here ti@ jiood drowns the hope of the year, and there the ire consumes it, ‘Lue (tempest Uproots 1 tu tins dagrict, Me frost kills i in that. But tne resourees of tie west Whole balance the vic s3itides ol the parts, ‘lo-day, with A. dance a! over the land, in cues slages, Lhe heavy load Of labor stops, the brow ot care 1s lighted and Lifted up, aad, God ne thanked, one great, uniied nation assemoles to pro- claim tue joy Of the narvest. Tuts gladness 13 @ legitiiuate source of thanksgivi All true Worship inust spring from a real and intelligent conviction, Thanksgiving for the harvest is directed to an Object, ANd Implies a conviction of the providence and the goodaess of God, It 1s an expression Of Our tain (nat the universe—material os welt as moral—is governed by thac Divine Provie dence. If there are any who prefer to assert that thé world is governed by law, Lhave no controversy with them, {also oelleve that a things are sub- Ject to a fixed order; moreover, 1 poveve that tne processes of humo action are inciudeu in a regular and harmonious sysiem. But if tne proposiion concerning law 18 intended to affirm, not merel @ verbal equivalent, but the fuel truth of tnen, as indicating only @ method and pot # purpose—us enthrouim mechanism im the place of mind—! canuol accept 1, Then who are satisied with M they are disposed to be grateiul at may, ta this law of ingataering, erect altars to such celesttal or terrestrial aspects or render thanks to such chemical or magnetic lorces us the} will, On the other hand—ana | desire you to marl that this ts the only aiternative—as the necessary truth, chvorced from wich, this observance of Thanksgiving is obsolete and absurd. 1 assuue that the ultimate fact to which all things iust ve reierred is an tatelligent will—a Divine Proviteuce, In tis faith—througi however many links we may trace the actual process—we aim ala God as tne spring and origin of ail that we gather ta tie hares vest. Our Thanksgiving conlesses God as the hide den source of that mysterious Iie in the sved and the belug of man.’ _ ‘dhe speaker here compared the unconcern wita Which present geucrations await the appearance of the crops with What must have been the fvar ar uncertaimty Of bun who first placed seed in t bosom oi the brown earth, He had no surety a t successful iruition OL his hopes, while we rely upe the assurances waich the previoas years have given us of the vid Of Providence. I: When the gram appeared the first husbaniman had cause ior thanksziving, does not every year deepen tne ocva- sion writ by us? Farther skecominye the causes for thanksgiving, he said one of tae most potent was the restoration OF Confidence ta the stabilily of our