The New York Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1871, Page 8

RELIGIOUS. The Proclamation of the Gospel and the Worship of the Sancta- ary Attendants Yesterday. MR, BEECHER ON EVERYDAY PLEASURE, Mission Services of the Redemptorist Fathers at St. James’ Church. Mr. Pullman on Books and How to Read Them. The New Gospel of Penance by Father McCready. A Place for All and Every Man Destined to His Place. Missionary Meeting at the Church of the Transfiguration. Bermons by Drs. Chapman and Rylance ; Revs. Beecher, Munday and Reen ; Fathers Kearney, Scannell, McCready and Others. WEW ENGLAND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Is Doing and Will beo—Sermon Dr, Merri {ichardson, The New England Congregational cauren, corner ef Madison avenue aud Forty-seventn street, was yesterday morning, a8 usual, well Wied. Alter tue tmiroduciory exercices of singing, prayer aud read- ing the Scriptures, the paswor, Kev Dr, Merrit fuch- ardson, delivered the muruing discuurse, nis sub- Ject being “Why Men Should not ve Ashamed ot the Guepel.”” As the basis of his sermon he aunounced the text, Romans 1, 16:—“lor I um nov ashamed of the Gospel of Christ ; for it 1g Lue power of God @nto salvation to every one that believetn,” Paul was writipg to the Christians at Rome. ile would strengthea their iaith and emboiden them tg sluud firm for the Gospei in that city of iniquity. Tere Christ was Sespised, and few and feevie were tause who pyo- Tessed iim. Power, weaith, learitog, fashion, prestige and the customs of centuries were arrayed again-t . ’ THE NEW CHRISTIANITY. Then the disciple must part with all, His bitterest foes were o.ten those of his own hduschoid. Paul Suew unis, He had teit it; and yet he gloried in the Gospel of Christ. Me had come ander its power, hag tasted the Woid of Life anu knew It was.a God, He knew too that it vould ultimately prevail After Farias! preiatoky bemarks he eusdrced a a first Feason Why we should uot vé astiamed of the Gospel "1 tbat alter eignteeu hundred years, it suil AD Cvel-luccusing power in the world, Any Work Witch can tus survive is not to be despiseu. We have vooks of historv, ry and religion ol even ygreucer anuquiy, and fois 1s ab argulent La thelr lavor. | kor uny Work of ek OF Ou ais, however, the Biuie is pub- Hahed a thousand Unies. itis te P BOUK OF THE C1VIL.ZED WORLD, Tis readers must be reckoued by the milion, An Anteligent man, be he Christan or scepuc, would be ashanied not to Kuuw i. No book hus received Hcriticlsm, Lone veen attacked With such yio- All tue Weight v1 Jogic, Wi, Thtcule, Venom we repeatedly been brought agaist it, yetit is more widely read, mure wideiy studied, more widel; med, more wideiy circuiaied every day. i est century, aud tn rhe jast infidelity, with Gevermined zeal — suugut to __exterminute the —_ bibie. Voltaire, the master mind of Europe one hundred years ago, swore be would crush it His Mouse Dear Geneva, in which he made his threat of eXterminauion, 18 Bow used for a Kibie repository. Aguimst ali the Snginery of talent auu learning sull Orniy stands the citudel Of Chrisuan iain, Does “Us citadel be- Sy bo tobler—veyin to trembie? At — ¢ =. sm trombl Trembies 4 thé Ciauie iremules Waen jasued by the yceaa waves, Not a single outpost has given way, What shall deraid of @ Gospel Wat cau staud such a trial? | This—vo man 6uail ve ashamed oi 1. He gave as @ gsecoud Feasou Why men shouid not be usiumed of tue Gospel of Crist und iis cuects upou tue world, Every tinog uitunately must ¢ judged vy its results. Bucvess is thy ze . te ag Sensi poUCHSTONE oF WkatT. * Meh thay sneer at tne urst engine or steamer or Relegrapy or mountain tunnel; vut let the cugine do Wa work, lel the steaimsnip cross the Oceau, let the Cable tel) We news, fel “he cars rusu turouga Mount Cedis and that argument 1s conciusive. Bring Lhe Gospel 10 Wie Same Lest. Compare It w other regions. Coutiust Lie nations who have Tived under iis sight, aud every where it 18 seen Liat The Gospe: las been tue migliest power to enligoten Bud elevate. He traced ul icuytu Lie Opposite re- | Bulls of Lie Catuvlic ana Protestaut faiths, anu alter | ‘Chas he urged dual We should nut be asbained of tne Gospel it We looked at ity teachings. inu Gospel Deyius w.th the doctriue of repentance. 1t1s hard | Bud HuWuitAling Lo Confess a Wioug, bUTILIS right, wou, manly, aud tie World respects lie Wau lor wing it, A Man cauMot become a Chretien Ul ue is ng to OWa @ Wroug and restore Where ~~ takeu, He next urged tnat dividual tree MOught Is piven HS i Me Gospel, While OLUer AYBLEUIS Vi Lue atu ana conscience, No mau 1s Ot to be wutuority of auotlier’s couscieace. Nu peo- pie can be elevated without ireeuum ov. opinion, In OuUCIUsiVN hE EMiuroved Liat Lue | SCHEME OF MERCY | presented through tie Gospel was omnipotent, It | Swept away the ua Josophiy of the Greek, and brougut at ihe loot of Mercy’s (rove the Puarisee plilosopier, prince and puolican, 1 Was aud is balm ty Lue Wounded Con. nee bealbng ior We suum, peace tu the trouoied spirit aod pardon to the criumual. ‘To come uader tie power We wust part Wilk our most cherisned Bins, We MUSE Make Sacrilives ior 1s sake and We Must cuibrace it with (uli wearts, aud Wheu veath cones we will ve sustained by Its grace, piilowed | Wpon ty proudses wod Lully, Cheeriwiy and Wu. Phauty rest upou K our Lopes sor ecraity, DIPRESSIVE SERVICES AT ST. JAMES’? ROWAN CATHOLIC CHURC Mission he Kedemptovist Lathers, During the past two weeks a series of rei gervices uf more thau ordinary Interest lave veen gowg on in the Roman vatholic Churdh of St James, ou Uliver street. The Kedeniptorist Fathers, ‘Who have gained @ wide reputation in the Catuolio work! ior zeal and usefuluecss, have Leen holaing & mission with maraed success, to crowded ana earnest congregauons, The mission commenced two weeks ago, aud every day since turee or four impressive services have veen held. In tne earuer part of last week the services were solely for Ween, but on Friday tue church was thrown open so wales, With ihc most encouraging results, We fQumvers Who focked w hear the Fathers Leng double as many as the church coud redsonably feat, The congregatious since the commencement have averaged wore Loan tree Luousand, and when Mis remembered that the church seats only 1,700 sowe idea cau be formed of he excitement that pre- ils, Whieu seemed to have culminated on yester- day. ‘The first celebration of Ue mass took piace at haif-past six 10 (ue Morning, and eveu ten there Was a lurge attendance, vut at the second services, at ten, the rush was terrific; jong before te celeora iow commenced every seat Was due, ana even Manon, room could pol be procured, The altar * beautiiuly decorated With vares aud crosses of Howes» wad preseuted a very pleasiuw aspect, add ug vor w little to the interest mauuested by the pe ‘The opening part of the services was con. Gucled by Father Mckeupey, assisted Uy @ very el. eeut chow, wio rendered the music in splendid etyie. Fhe’ sermon was preached vy kev. Fatuer Kassclive, It seemed ave a very beneficial euect upo mgregalion, as It Was listened to Tie said the Object of Whe mis. Jouudauon of a renewed Chri nic Le by theans sermous aud e! Vices, bul, ALOE all, turough Istance of tie grace of God, Which Was ti uual necessity ater ail, Jt was cus ai th mass to Preseh one of tac beavy ser wons, bus on The pres Cul eecusiok We twe Wows be aowloued and 8 shut Ww Tevoted wo feligiyus lus.rucuom 0us Ol the sew ana the plu | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1], 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. which Most important ser- of the oagage in, It we want to de accepted before God and torgi' ven our sins Wwe must act, both priests and peopie, ende: as novming 18 to be gainea without earnest or, ‘The sermons preached by the priests and the eternal truths held lorih by them are essential means, and the people, oa@ their part, must receive these traths with ail meekness, sinceriv and prayer, ‘ihe discourse would be on tne sacrament of pevance, which Is the reat and only means by which we can regain ine jost and for.eited javor of God and be made partak- ers of His grace, ‘There is a vast amount of misun- derstanding and ignorance displayed by most eeey relative to the true nature uf this ceremony, any think that if they go to confession regulariy they have fultilled me great essential of religion; but this 19 a wolul mistake, as Many who attend the confessional are vot by aay means the Irends of God. There are certain things that mast be opserved before our services can be accepted, ani tne first of Uhese ts to examine our consciences and ascertain our hearts are ina dt coudition to observe tie holy ceremony, I we want to be saved and forgiven our transgressions, both venial n Mortsl, tie rules thay the divine Savivur has jald down Jor our guidance and tnstrucuon must be observed, Or the sacrament will not ve ell. cacious, Besides examining tne conscience there must be true contrition; nol merely the con ession of tue lips, but the ackuowledgement of the heart, a hearty sorrow tor our sins, a strong resolunon to lve an amended life in the future, aud a tirm de- vermmation Lo suun the errors which have led to so reat aud maniiold dangers. Without this con- rion, which is the smMpertant requisite, there can be no real conlession which wihil be accepted as sincere by God, ‘The reverend lather continued bis di-course on these poiats for considerable me in a very eloquent manner. The mission will last thrcugh the present week, aud will terminate on Sunuay mext wita # revival of baptismal mass py the cupgregauon, which is expected to be a very in- teresting ceremony, ST. STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Sermen by the Kev. Father Mc(ready—Min- ston of the Precurser—fbe New Gosye! of Penanco—Jant Kcouomy of Ciod in itelati to the Siuner—Juxtico Tempered with Mercy. The pastor of St. Stephen’s church, the Rev. Dr. McGlynn, with characteristic zeal, will to-day tnau- gurate this year’s jair jor the benefit of his church, Those who have attended divine service at St, Ste- phen’s must have recognized the gorgeous propor- tions of the sacred edifice and been struck by tue superb appointmeuts and decorauons of the enure interior, Tue massive marble altars, the paintings, Ue emblems of Cathollc faith wich everywhere abound, have been co.iected at vast expense, and the onject of this fair is to help Myutdate some of the indebtedness which consequently hangs over the churen, and to sustain the many charitable in- sututious which Dr. McGlyan nas established, THE FAIR Promises to be one of the grandest things of the sort ever before attempted by any church congrega- ton in this city, besides the usual attractions there ‘Will be a restaurant and reireshmen: department, a @ billiard department, a shooting gallery, a flower table, a “Jourual of the Fair,” and a promenade con- cert by an orchestra trom the Philharmonic Society every eveoing; while the combimations of beauty and display of fasbion around the tables will, of cuurse, form the greatest atiraction of ail, The usual large congregation attended the Jate service at St. Stepnen’s yesterday morning, The music consisted of various selections from diferent masses, The mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Keeier, and after toc wurst Gospel the Rev, Father Mccready ascended the pul- pit gnu preached from the Gospel of tbe day—Mat- thew XL, 2-11, Joln’s preaching by the Jordan re- called to the minas of the peopie of Jerusalem events which they had weil-nign lost sight of, A Vague belie! had gained ground that the time for the luifiiment of the promise mado long ago to their fathers bad come. O}d men Called t6 mina ana re- Jated how, some thirty vears before, strange signts Were seen, sirunge sounds were heard, and even a remarkable birth Was reported to have taken place m tue ctiy of bethlehem. Lbey even remembered the eXcilement aAlendint Ou the arrivai Of THe KlsGS POM TIK FAR EAST ho had come *o actore Him who was born King of the Jews, ‘hey believed, however, that the child, whoever be was, Jeli a vicum to the jeslousy and reiculiess ciue!ty oi Herod, In that wholesaie Mas- sacre O1 The mnocenis, When the voice o1 Kacnel, Ayan weeping aud wating, Was heard in Ramah; OF, al least, amid the Cares and distractions of the busy, stmtul World, tiey Dad given themselves tie trouve about tue suuject. Now, unexpecicdly, Joun Appears, Wis age exactly coiresponds with tie tune of that reported “birth, wile his sin- guar manner of ue marks fim out for a nore Waa ordiaary man. “What, then,” say th “mu one ve the Christ, or, wt leat, Eas,” whe tadition ana the prophew had made it credipie would come advance Ol the Saviour. “Let us go oul aud see," they said, aud so ‘housunds set out tur the scone 8 preach- ing, some drawn by curiousity, sume atiracied by tue report of bis singular appearance and me novelty of tis doctrine, wnlle many of them who were vaplizeu, confessing Lieir sins, were no doubt arawn vy the grace of God tw commence THAT NEW LIFE UNDER THE PRECURSOR which was to be completed and periected under the Sublime leaching of tue Saviour. But the supreme Counc! of Jerusaiem ts in @ ferment, while we scribes and Pharisees are well aware that the a powucement that the “louy-wished-for of nations had at jengta arrived will be tte deatn Kneil lo their power aud miduence. Lhey \ouk oward the Jordan, With Us veacher aud his adwiriug thousands, in no little auxicty, They deew 2 of e last Import guce lo KDow al once Wao this man reaily is who thus divides their popularity aud bids lai? to lewve them wita empty synagogues. And so We have the secret O1 that deputation which waited ou Jonn, as reported i anoiler portion of the pe tag! In answer lo tueir q. esuon he wils tem that he is DoT THA CHRIST; NOR ELIA! hor ha fifopnet. AS yet he has but told them what he is not; vut when sulemaly charged to vel! thew who he Is, “hat they way give an answer to (Dose who scent tncim,” he hamoly answers, without Jur- ther assertion, forgetful of everything else but ins Tislou—sinking even his Own personality, losing the man In the office entru-ted to bim—"1 am tne voice of one crying im tie wilderness. Prepare ye Uhe way Of the Lord; Make stramht his paths,’ Awong Kastera vations, in the olden time, It was the custom when @ king Visited his dowimious that a tmessetver snould precede him, calling ou the sub- Jecis to prepare a Way over which ue ruler might piss in pomp and with ail possible couvenieuce. Aud £0 in the bo aad lustance the Baptist is the accredited herald of VHS KIN UF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS, who ils now coming vo Visit tls people, not indeed tn worldly triumpl and vemporal state to receive the empty ovations and exterual homage of ins suojects, but to confer spiritual biessings and favors on at Who stall Have prepared ior Lis counug, 11s | kingdout is spiritual and meus souls are 1s sub- e is, and Ue Would therefore bave ail obstacles to His Coming Auoug Lis subjects removed. ‘1ae only obstacle 10 our Lord's Visit 1s sin; Lins obstacle must (heretore be takeu away. ‘Ene his must ce lev. | elled, the crooked Ways nade straight’? God and sla CAQNOL nee In Lae Same SOUL Notonly must Siu be banished irom God's Kingdon, but all Its ace comp ices Must be punished. We mast, therefore, waye wat on aad bring ito subjection our own passions and propeasities; We aust saudue to THE SWEET YOKE OF OUR LORD AND KING ail our desires aud luciinations. But ihis cannot be done Wiihout a Very diuicust commict with our own revelious nature, Now, this is what ts eailed oy the general name of penance; this 18 what the pre- “Prepare ye the ways : In the Gospel narrative we scarce ever Hind iim uttering @ word except im commen: davon of the virtue of penance, “Do penance,” He saya, “ior the kingdom of neaven 18 at hand.’? Aun, “The axe ts now laid to the root of the tree; 'y tree, therefore, which bringeth not forth good fruit shail be cut down aud cast into the fire.” Yeu the precursor mM epunciauag tis doctrine pro: Thuigated ling mew. The necessity of penance dat back to th moment of Which we read in Genesis ud she took of the fruit and did eat, and gave to her husband, and he did @au" At that imstanta voice might ve heard proclaiming /rom We highest heavens to tie } now siniui earth that the reign of innucence has low passed, the reigt Ol penance Is Dow beguu; ana the maiedicuon mimediavely pronounced by’ the Creator on tue work His own hands had fast fasn- loued was Wut (be promulgation of the jaw declar- ing the necessity of penance, a4 well to Adam us to ali his race. There are, unfortunately, those who | deny the pe cessity of, or who live as ai they believe hotia, tis virtue, I works Of peuauce ve not hecessary why, then, Was it necessary that ‘he Sun Of Jusiive himaeif, iM Whom there was no stain of sin, but who BORE OUR INIQUITIRG, should spend his whole iiie jn sufferings and privations’ Ifa subject rebel against tue supreme power of the Staie he expiates tis offence eitier by the torfeit of bis life or by coudemnauon to a puu- isiment wherein he drags outa miserabie existence, In @ state of miud aud vody to Which death would be preicrable, Meo irequenty 100k on aud applaud the justice of such seuteuce, Or, At least, by toeir slience, tacitly approve it, And if the soul revel against its Sovereign Master, against the God who created it, t whom consequentiy it owes ali ine homage and allegiance of wuica tt iy capable, 18 1b not just tat tt, too, should suffer the penaity due “its transgression? Or, shall It be said tat we accord to man @ right or privileve wuien we deay to God? Do we aare to vind up tie lrapds of God aud teil Him He must not dewand Irom man —the Creator must not exact from we creature What @ man may io strict justice demand of @leiiow Man—what one creature may require from his fellow creature? It may be said (hat God Is merciful, aad He will not demand (hat we satisiy according to the old law ol retalnition. “His mercy 48 above alt His works.” But like the sktisul plivai cian, iv order thatin His mercy He may restore us to spiritual (realli and vigor tu quires that we urink of THE BITTER POTION lila giace He re. which He in His jastice bas smixed for os, He stretches fort His arm of mercy and draws us back from perdition, bat vot before we hive, in most cases, experieuccd some eigbe Clastisement rom His justice, Hence we have the common expres ston, “Whom God loveih he chastiseth.”” It was at the promptngs ol the flesh that the soul rebelled; hence the Mesh must be punisued, All the agents and abettors, in a word, in that revolt against legitl- mate authority must bear a portion of the chastise- ment, ‘The preacher then went on to prove ue em- cacy of penance from the example of tho Niuevites and the varlous declarations oi God Himself, a3 | found tn Holy Writ, aud conciuded with an eioquent appeal to those tn sin to avall themselves of thissea- | son of Advent to become reconciied to God. ST. MARK’S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, for the Firet Co: Rylance. St, Mark's Protestant Episcopal church, located in Stuyvesant street, has long veea one of tne most | popular east side places of worship, Each Sabbath | it 1s well tilled by @ devout order of worshippers, under the ministrations of the pastor, Rev. Dr. Ry- lance, Yesterday the pastor took for his text Isaiah xL, 8—"The voice of one crying in the wilder- ness, ‘Prepare ye the way ot the Lord; make straight In the desert a hiwhway for our God.’ ” This referred to the advent of Christ upon the earth. The passage left us to conjecture whose Voice was to cry in the wilderness; but it referred to Jonn the Baptist, who came to herald the coming of the Lord among the people of the world. John ‘Was a special messenger for this work, He was the son of Zachariah, and his birth was marked by @ miracle that led the people to exclaim— “WHAT MANNER OF A CHILD 18 THIS?” His early lite was one of preparation for tne holy work to which he had been called; he sought the wilderness and communed with God, and then burst upon the world, and, arousing the Jewislt Peopie, carried light into the darkest minds. John fulfilted hts high mission, directing the faith of the mulutude from bimself to ove greater than he, even the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins o/ the world, Tne minister then pointed out how minite wisdum had prepared the worid tor the ADVENT OF THE LORD during the years that elapsed between the fall of man and the coming of the Saviour. Many imquire Why God leit the human race to live ou for ages in dackuess aud doubt; but the best answer was, “We do nut know,” It is bot for men vo judge the motives of the Almighty, who was working ont His divine will, Men ought to in- | quire their way cautiously through the | Javyrinths of divine mystery. God hud te power to reclaim the wanderer at once and restore lim to nts lost place, but be did not, He knows vest, and we sould not question His motives, There may be reasons for aeierring the redemption of the race of which we know nothing, There are reasons gath- ered by 1uduction, and one of them 1s that we course of events between man’s fail and the comiug Ol Christ proved the necessity for the 1utercession of A DIVINE REDEEMER. Before man can be restored he wust be brought to @ 8chise of his lost state. ‘This may have been we desire of God in His dealings with men, and hence his postponement of the redempuion, Alter sketch | ing the darkuess, sia and bigotry that prevailed irom Adam to Noah’s Ume, and even alter tie Hood, the seeking of tue heathen alter the unknown God, iag—Sermon by Rev. D the totl:ng 01 the svirit Of man aiter the indnite, he | pr ded to consider the manner in which sought to prepare the way by giving to the tribe of | Levi the ri.at w perpetuate a love of holy things. God had evidentiy chosen THE JEWS AS HIS INSTRUMENTS, and all the impusitg ceremonies ol their worship were symbolical of events in the life of Christ, ‘The high priest was symbolical of the Mediator, Jesus Christ; the sacrifice of the auimais personiiied the dea h of Christ; the saneluit sanciorumn the heaven into which Christ should enter to iptercede for poor los¢ Man. While the world waited the Mediator | came to offer Himsell a sacrifice for sinne ‘rhe pasvor iu Conclasion expressed his ears U Christians weve not preparing for the Lord acivent upon earth, that while they go through the forms of religious devotion ther hearts are not repared. Let us noi depend, he advised, upon the orras ot pare, but pray earnestly trai the love of | God wilt be tue inspiration of our daily itfe and our Joy. Let us cleave to Him daily with a deeper trust, and mere ouild-jike love. Let us 1ook to Him who wil be our strengtN, aud let us stand vy faith look- ing for avother Gti when Curist comes again to receive you lu dlmsell z ‘ST. PATRICKS CATHEDRAL, The Necessity of Being a Practical Member of the Charch—sermoa by the Rev. Father K neye The Cathedral was crowded yesterday, as usnal. Last mass was commenced at half-past ten o'clock, the Rev. Father McNamee oMlciating as celebrant, Archbisnop McCloskey and the Very Rev. Dr, Starrs were present during the ceremonies, At the con- clusion of the first gospel the Rev, Father Kearney preached a sermon, taking his teat from St Matthew xi., 2-10—"‘Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ, sending two of his disci- ples he said to bim, Art Thou He that art to come or look we for another? And Jesus making answer said to them, Go and relate to John what you have heard and secu.” The reverend gentleman sald that the Gospel presented to them, the divine Lord going from city to city preaching His doctrine and working His miracies, John sent to inquire whether He was the one expected. and the Lord, when he was asked the question, still con- unued to teach and to work, and afterwards telling the disciples to go to John and relate | follow the example given by the Blessed Virgin and | course, in the ailir native by @ bright litte girl, who ; Would ve inclined to ivilow bitherto obtained a living by owing the buffalo; nd now that they can no longer do this, owing to approach of civilization to their hooves the Church | to to are civilized. Much ished, bat very much more me of these Indians had abandoned their savage costunes and manners and adopted those of the white man instead. Among the Yanktons, a people who numbered about 2,500 souls, turee churches had been built during the last eighteen months. ‘the Rev, Mr. Cook has charge there, and he has done a great deal in the pict _ opening schools and getting the children to attend Kev. Mr. Morris, the missionary Bishop of Oregon, som ore He had 20,000 Indians in his jurisdic- jon, bu THEY WERE SEMI-CIVILIZED, and they were taken care of by the government, the Methodist Charen, the Presbyterian and Catholic Churches, ‘There were besives the Indians a great many Chinese in Oregon, and these were the People now demanding ution. These peopie, although heathens, haa @ great Many virtues which many Christians would do weil to imitate. ‘They were an exceedingly api people, and he bad no doubt but that God, in His own good ume, woud grant unto them repen'auce. Missiona:y Bishop Tutte related something of his experience among the Mormons of Salt Lake City and the chinese. As for the latter, ‘+ They have,” said he, “two houses of worshin: Houses— Where the Christians have one.” The Mor- mous were not yet converted, nor were they likely to be Very soon. speaker concluded his remarks by stating the great du(tl- culty which lay m the way oi the missionary who went among these people, and remarked that it iy require a long ume to gccompiish much goed ere. A collection was taken up for the benefit of bishop Clarkson's jurisdiction, which comprises the In an reservations in Nevada aud Dakota, afler which the assemblage dispersed, JOSEPH’S CHURCH. The “Children of Mary”-—An_ Interesting Ceremony—Address by the Rev. Fatl Farrell, A very interesting ceremony toox place yesterday afternoon at St. Josepi’s Church in Sixth avenue, corner of West Waverley place, The occasion was the “declaration of vows” to the Blessed Virgin by @ large number of the “children of Mary,” & sodality that seems to be quite @ flourishing one in the parish. The altar of the chureh was orilantly Ughted during the aiternoon, when solemn high vespera were sung. The children of the sodality numbering fully 200, were attired in spotless white dresses, with white lage veils, each little one wear- ing a blue sash or cordon from the right shoulder, and meeting at the left side of the waist. Several carried lighted tapers, They are under the care of THE GOOD SISTERS of the parish, and gave evidence during the exer- cises that the lessons of plety and reverence for their religion whicn they receive from day to day are not in anywise lost on them, The formula of receiving the new members of the Sodality consisted in Father Farreil’s asking aloud Certain questions as ty whether they were ready to lead good and pure lives, which were answered, of acted as a sort of sponsor for all. The members then, one by one, proceeded to the altar rail, where the good father invested them with the insignia of the Sodality, which consisted of a meda: of the Biessed Virgin attached toa narrow pant of satin, The band was placed round each little one’s neck, THE HaveY FACES that beamed from every pew showed how de lighted the young Sodaiity were with tus part of the ceremony. ‘Lhe singing by the culidrea Was ex- cellent, the way the “Ave Maris Steila’’ was ren- dered beimy parucularly worthy of mention, ‘The church was crowded to repletion during the ceremony, aud it required 10 small amount o1 exer. tion on the part oO) the sexton and the usher to preserve order in the galleies, wnere we chilaren who were not members of the Sodaity had managed to secure the best places, and where they struggled witn one another for position and @oulort in @ manner that createu for a time a great deal of contusion, ‘11s was es- pecially the case When Father Farrell came forward near we altar Ww address the ‘“clilidren of Mary;!? but the good Farber succeeded in the eod in moue- rating the zeal Of the youngsters and securing sikence by afew well-timed and rather bumorous Temarks, which pat tne hitle ones in exceeding good humor. The reveread Fatuer’s aduress was short and to the point, and consisied maimiy of ADViCK TO THE CHILDREN as tohow they could best eluate the virtues of their chosen model—the Mother of God. He ex- plameud how necessary it was for chiliren to be Obedient, patient under sickness and triais oO. all kids, and how they cou.d castiy become tuem- seives models for others if tuey tullowed iu the toe steps of the Virgin. Jo be good children 4 was not necessary lor them to wo great wings, to leave the world and chastise thelr bodies bat even in hue things they could act out yood lives that would satiny themselves and all who oud example. He also explamed bow everybody this life hved, as iv were, IN TWO WORLDS, and that it was necessary lor every one to be trie to each. ‘These worids were the material and the tuatellectual or Moral world. It would not do to give oue’s self up 80 exclusively to one asto neglect the other. There are people who velteved 11 was necessary to go to church every day, week davs as well as Sundays, and negiect their nouseaolu duues, There was no need for this folly, The reverend Father tnen con- cluded by EXHORTING TAB CHILDREN to so live in this life that when death came it would have no terrors for them, but when, on the contrary, to him what they had neard and what they had seen. “The bijmd see, the lame walk, the lepers are cicansed, the deaf hear, tne dead rise Again, the poor have the Gospel preached to them.”” And the Lord added, “Blesset is he that shall not be scandalized in Me."’ He would tmpre: those assembied that He was their God—i which be had proved. THE LESSON TAUGAT FROM THE GOSPEL was bighly important to Chrisuans, a3 it urged the necessity of practising good works earnestly and fatninily throughout Ite, it was not enough to beneve in }@3 miracies, but the teachings of Christ must be obeyed. The preacher commented at Jength on the scandal alluded to in the Gospel. Christ was the great stumbling block to the mcredulons Jews, just as the Chureh was to-day to her enemies, who now waged sucb war against her. He dilated upon the fact that those who did not faithfully fol- low the precents of the Church and practice her | teachings snould not call themselves Catholics, as | by doing so they gave scandal to others, who might be encouraged to sin by their apparent indiderence, Bad example bad the most ruious effects, and scandai was even attended by dangerous resuits, while the scandal given bronght npon himself A TERRIBLE RESPONSIBILITY, Christians must show by their actions and aiso by their principles that they obey the commandments of the Chureh of God and there should be no invit- ference extivited in the manner of praciising any religious duties. Peopie might say tt and say it yt upon act oiten, yet it Was not the truth that they were Catholics, unless they practised what the Catholic Church taught them to practice apd what the Catholic Cautch desirea them con- tunaly to practice, During the season the Churen wished the faituiul to Keep beiore their minds the fact thatthe time was approaching wien they would ve called upon 10 celenraie the anniversary of (he birth of the founder of the Church and the way to celebrate ‘THE INBFFABLE MYSTERY was, by gathefiog around the altar, and with hear's urifed and cleansed jrom sin recetve ft their hearts the Saviour who gave peace to mankind. In conclusion the reverend gentleman urged with much e.oqvence the necessity aud advaniageous resuits of an earnest and appropriate preparauon O1 ihe reat Fesuval of the Nayitity, Dietsch's Mass No. 12, in B fat, was performed, the vest portion being the * in which occurs a@ fine 800, With chords, ferzetto, was Weil rendcred, as was aiso “Et Vitam.” | the Inter} retation of the sacred music was plionably good, Mme. Chomeé sang the beau- ve Maria” by Gustavus Schmitz at the Oier- Aur, Schinitz presided, as usual, at the organ. tory. Extensive preparations are making for an iinpressive musical display on the Feast of te Nativity. CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION, Meeting of ian Missionaries—What the Eptscepal Church is Doing for “Poor Lo.” A meeting of considerable interest was held last evening in the Churen of the Transfiguration, in Kast Twenty-ninth street, at which an unusually large number of persons were in attendance. The objecs of the meeting was to give the people an opportunity of hearing from the missionaries who have been laboring asstdu- ously among the Indians, the Mormons and tne Chinese, The Rev. Dr. Haight prestded and intro- duced the various speakers, with appropriate re- marks. Rev. Mr. William Weish, of Philadelphia, who was announced to be present to address the meeting, Was auable to attend, but sent an excel Ube Virgiu would be ready to welcome them toa Dappy elernity. CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR. Evil Literature-Books To Se Rend and Bo. ks Not Yo Be Kead—Sickly Ideals of Impossible Goodness—Read for Reality— Sermon by Rev. ™ Vallman. At the Universalist church, on Thirty-fith street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, the Rev. Mr. Paliman yesterday evening dejivered a sensi- ble address on the spirit which should guide one in the selection of books, ‘The ; reverend gentleman chose his text from Eccie- | siastes xil., 12—“Uf the making of books there 1s no end.’ He looked imto our national literature and asked himseif the question, what were the worka which not only aman should read, but such as we would take into our homes and give our chuaren toread? The amusement of reading is as rignt as ; it 1s natural, and be would Jay down the rule that / books only should be real which treat of tacts or have some object of couviction in them. There was @n old saying, “Beware of THE MAN WITH ONE BOOK.” Bat he would say select some book, be it the Bible, Shakspeare, Plutarch, Piato or Cicero, ana, whatever It 1s, master it, Almost ail great men have hau one book to wiich they recurred througn- out their lives, Avuld all books witch run into | vague generalizations; they unsettie tue mental faculues, ‘There 18 no class of writers more pernicious than this, which, starting from undeniable prem- isea, runs ito theories where no one can logicaily foliow them. The Sunday school book, wuich does not state Jact or convicuon, is only A TISSUB OF LIB, In so far as regards the chilu Who reads them. When they present us figures of juvenile aud impossibie goodness wit never existed m the heavens above or the earth beneath, they convey no lesson to the child and are merely somebody's sickly idea of What goodness shyulu ve, It conveys the tdea that virtue is always rewarded and evil always punished. Now, the world is not organized on any such snap, spontaneous, percussion princi- ple. Their efiect reminds one of te ute boy who ‘went down to the lake TO SEB TUB OTHER LITTLE BOYS DROWNED, who were going boat sailing on Sunday, It is bot- ter to turn to the Works of anu-Corisian writers than the works wivch, with a fing here and a saeer where, tend to sap belie. The Biule has lived be- cause it 18 a most profound conviction applicable to way lie. 80° Wilh Shakspeare | We | Rom wish that hia transcripts of | lile wi umm out Im comedy or drama, but he | Saya, “No; 1t would pot be true to life,” aud so it | ends in tragedy. ‘Lhe reading of newspapers, from the inatteniiveness with waich we regard the suo: jects, without desiring to remember them, leads to | ‘a loss of memory. Tne evil of reading hes in filing up mind with minature thoughts and hail observations, whereas alone should ve stu. died the Works Of those Who have lound ine secret of ture. ‘The evil Of works of fiction les in that ey excite a feeling Which does not lead tu activ Here Mr. Pullman read an extract trom a Lon newspaper treating of young ladles suffering irom A KIND OF MENTAL DROPSY brought on py reading three volume novels, As the unhealiny appetite for novelsuncreased 1 led to au utter disregard of quality, quantity alone being desired, ft was not uncommon to tind iadies Wu0 Jent letter, detatiing briefly some of his expenence AMONG THE KED MEN, and assaring (hose who heard it read that the spirit of God Was working wonders among the “cntldren of the forest.’ My. Senne! 0. Hintean, who nas labored contin. uoUusly aMuog the savages of the West for the last thirteen years, Was the Oret speaker, Me narrated iu a lucid and concme manner the nature of the Work accompilehed by himself and colaborers, The Dakotas and We Sioux, he said, had been placed by Whe government under the immediate care and Suipervision of Episcopai Churey, | There are about Mity Wousaud pioux, a of whom have had read the wioie of Scott, the whole of ‘Thackeray, the whole of Miss Braddon, and were tast merging into imbecility. Mr. Puliman conunued in waylig that excessive novel reading led to a relaxe Ing of the whole moral tone, Coidren should not be given distastelal books If you cannot get actual biographies, give tiem romances Where they will Gnd A NOBLE AND BRAVE IDEAL, for the child Will ve wWiat he learns io love and agmire, J recommend biograpuies, In the lives of the good atid great of ;ast tines we find the model for ourseves, Be brave in reading Interdicied books, A book ayainst reliunou, written Wilh @ conviction, Will bring 18 reacion, Read those books winch have lived througu ages, because they Bave some inverent trot in We Ww account for thetr preservation. ead for reality. uestion eve il Hoan pve Cae cone at He thie page whether or not LYRIC HALL. A Place for All, and Every Man Destined for His Place—Sermou by Rev. Mr. Munday, of Syracuse. ‘The congregation listening to the religions ceach- ings of Rev 0, B, Frothingham, at Lyric Hail, had a new minister yesterday morning—Rev. Mr. Munday, of Syracuse. For Mr. Frouningham he was @ most fitting representative, His stfie of preaching is about ihe same—slow and deHberate in uwerance, but sentences alternating from the curtly, mot to say effectually sententions, to the long drawn out pe- rlods elaoorated mito the finest touches of beauty, His subject was, to tuduige in his own sententious- ness, “A Place for All,” and he took as its basis the text Acts, 1, 25—That he might go te his own place.” After explaining at some length the circumstances under which the words in the text were uttered, he dwelt upon the causes leading to the betrayal by Judas of Christ, There was un- fitness in him to be au apostle. Two thoughts pre- sented themselves. First, that many people are out of their places, and ali are moving toward thetr places, We see men continually tn places for which they are not fit. They are out of joint witn the unt- verse. Wesee the heart of the king in tae breast of the peasant; the liberality of the prince in the backwoolsman, There are merchants about us no better than bandits, Men have fine esta<es and fine grounds and fine libraries of which they are not worthy. There ts @ great difference between the world as it really is and as 1t seems, Men try to seem what they are not. The rule should be BEST MEN FOR THE BEST LACES, but it is rarely 80, As wito Judas there ix a tendency of all toward the places ttived fur them. The man of taste will compel the things with which ne is surrounded into some sort of elegance. Tne lover of gola will strive to accumulace wealt). Tne scnolar will gather about him dooks, On ube con- trary, low thoughts and low passions eat away the soul. Integrity at the bottom wil command wort, Jn the future we will all reach our own places, ‘Ine expanding ages whisper tna trut., ‘The tendency 13 each to ite own. This iawis written on creation, Water reaches its level. It isa FORCE OF NATURB indomitable. It may take centuri s: but the work goes on, Every man will reach his place, ‘Through all things animate aud inanimate tnis tendency of everytling to its place shows itset, Dwelling at lengih on this point he enforced the duties underly- ing its teachings. A grand -oul, no mutter what its surroundings, 18 by trregigtible gravitv drawn to- ward those of Itke grand work. You can teach a quan If you know his quality. Toey seek that which expresses the.r deepest jite. You sec a man going into beer cellars and you know he has a veer cellar in him. People seek heaven or hell in proportion as heaven ox heil isin them. The quality of the soul that 18 the strongest sways the destin’. Aman changes his destiny from heaven to neil, or from heli to heaven, according to the chanxe in Lis heavenly or HELLISH NATCRE. The use of religion was to give higher develop- ment to the heavenivin us, We are nourishing goo or evil tendencies: we are cnitivating our own Natures. Our tendencies toward guod or evil are as susceptible of cultivation a3 our mind or man- ners. Ourdestiny 13 put into our hands; all chat we do is reiauve to our destiny, Men ure work- ing pot for this world atone, but for tne spiritual world, Religion fe are bound up together, ne save time that we are constructing our eartaly house we are con- structing cur houses in the future world. Duiy ‘well done adds to the ;ower of excellence. Sitting in the place of worship we may be building future homies centralize? into meanness and selfisaness, Acuons are stznificant in sharpening or BLUSTING TH! GoOD thatis in us. God speaks in us words of duty. ‘This concluding sentiment he enforced with marked eloquen-e. Alter sluging the hymn beginning wiih the verse Nearer, my Goa, to Theo, Nearer to Thee. Hien though it be a cross feet Sri services were closed with prayer and benedtec- On. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUrH CHURCH. Sermon by Mr. Beecher—Conscience Not a Deepot—The hight and Wrong of Pleasurc A Man Has m Right to Drink Wine, but He Has Not a Rigat to Injure His Neighbor Thereby. Mr. Beecher preached upon social topics last night, taking for his text First Corin- thiaus, x, 2v—“Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other; for why is my Nberty judged of another man’s conscience?” We are to accord, said he, to other men’s con- sciences just the same liberty that we give to our own. Noman can understand the apostie’s argu. ment unless he takes his stanupoint. All questions are discussed from the standpoint of love by the apostie. In ths case we are wld to treat mankind very much as a mother treats her children, We are to bring a mother’s neart to the weaknesses and mistakes of our fel- lows, Paul asserts first his Individaal hbverty, for &@ man cannot give himself unless he owns himself, ‘Then he says that he becomes the servant of all that he may win some. He taught the duty of making everything conform to moral standards, When men have formed a conscience wey are net to force that upon other men. You have no right to make your conscienre the despot of others, That 1s a warning that even we aced to taxe. Do you tuink that you are more enligatened than others? Itjs not necessary that you should parade your thoughts before the time is rive, Paul, in Atheds, did what he woul notdotu Rome. He paid a decent regard to the position in which | he found men, Treat men as @ wurse treats the sick, Even conscience shouid be polite. An unheard-of thing. If persons are im the komtsh Church, and 1 tnink they are needlessly bound, I must not persuade them fro ui it $9 jong as they feet bound. If a@ mao thinks it his duty to count twenty rows of pins a day I must respect wis con- science. It is often better for @ man to go wrong in minor matters wita his conscienc thaw lo right without it, In the wide range of busts , hess affairs there is an incessaut demasd for forme Ng Ojudument. The stasdard ol vusiuess t4 too low, Yet Lhere 1s such a complication oF Interests in business that | ain slow to judze men ia business. J have noticed that there are very few men not uchariably treated. Men are ‘low enouzh, Dut 1 twink better of them generally tha their feilows do. Inexpending wealin it 18 to be done as the steward oO: the Lord, bul legis ae for yoursell and notior your neighbor, lou are not your neighbor's master. Wea. know now much a | Man ougnt to give away and Keep, and we are ac- customed to sit in Judgment on men ol wealth. We have a rirht toinsiruci, to persuade, to win, but we , have no right to take the place Of another man's | conscience. In SOCIAL PLEASURES @ hundred questions will be asked, 1 hold that in ! social usages tuere 18 nothing always riglt or! always wrong. A thing ts right) or wroug according to the effect it produces. The ef- Jecc varies under different circuinstauces, =A man may drink wine in Palestine without harm, | but 1 wk not in New York. hunt and | ‘wrong is to be determined in every community, in every family. Cnristianity is favoravle, va the Whole, to reasonable enjoyment, 11 is chveriul, bap. Pluess-producing, Joyful. The language of tue Vid ‘Testament and the New 18 joyons, ‘eligion does not shut men up, If it is necessary ub critical periods to give up the mght hand @ man must do it, but that is au exception, } All pleasures = that = injure. = mea sare. forbidden, because they injurute their happin ss, Any Man who squanders the resources of his body sins agalns! Lhe laws Of heath, aad tuterieres with his true happiness, No man bas a rigit to a pleasure that unfits bim for mis next day's work. ‘That is comuon sense. An imnocent pleasure may be harmiul under certain circumsiuces. A dance 1s no moe than walking. In a seminary ihe young ladies must not dance, but they have cal.stheuie What ts the difference? Both are mouoas in tine witu muse, But 1 woulan’t have danciug waere there was a funeral. 1 would time tue dancing. If you are avle to puta BILLIARD ROOM into your house to keep your boys at home, do it. Bat if there 1s a Wiliiard saloon to Cou,uucuoN wilh liquor in a Village, L would not go there, Lt would cut Of my hand soouer. We ate perpetually to Judge accordiog to circumstances. Do inate which heips you, and makes you grow, and hulits you up. Jf an amusement hurts you jet It alone, You ask me if you may pity cards at home. Ask your father and mother. 1 dou't play; but tdon’t say you shan’t, You kaow what time is to you, What your influence 18 04 nett aud you "must “decide for yoursell. you ask me ubout theatres and operas and circuses, 1 tell you to iorm your judgment with large views a3 Christian men anil womea. ‘there tdeieud you. You must decide unselusniy, and then you Nave @ right to follow your decisions if you don’t think it right to wear leathers, .0 ty pare ties, dance or tuuch cards, chen It isn't right tor you. | But you must nut sitdown aud groan Ver your ‘poor darkened sister over Luc Way Wu wears eavers & foot long and gos to parties ail wiater’” 1 have seen more hamiuty in houses of wealth than in those WHO detract ayainst them. J ayn serey buat there 18 80 large @ division of sentiment tu regard to temperance, some say that tha alconohe liquors shoul be excluded, and vinous liguurs mot; others believe 19 total abstinence: | sorry to say that in $ ———— discuss any of these : It is a great misfortune that 'his division shou! create acrimony and unchariiavieness, Lafirm, Tight of s man to Jorm bis oWo opinion on what ia, tapdexpedient, It a maa thiiks he may drink” diferent, but f afirm his rant to bis own position, Oa the other nand, | wave the right to appeal to all men whether they use thelr liberty ace, o ony munistered under the char.e1 other single source of ao mccn re aR he DANUBR AND DISTRESS lead downward? you not of men who have run the iaeigone into “rat by drinking? Have vou w seen Men worn ni drown sorrow and 80 ge down? c into the harbor with tive on Board intend mite yellow fever the city 1s alive + iti excitement, But fected with the hamt of ani restaurant svstem must stand ‘he blame of maxing @ great many irunkards, Habits are formed there children and make thei drunkards, J am t thero isa great deal more drinking Gabe snoua respectable young me. than ever. befoi 80 dims the honor, so fills hearts witn sorrow as th very habit of drimking. You have a rigat to yon own ioerty, but was there eer u case Where Jour as this? You may be sale, vit will nl example __lead ‘the vounz to destruction? Was there ever @ cae where @ man should is not one? I beg of you, in all puolic places, to for- bear, Do sometning tor the good cause, You don’y know how many men will be -avet by! your 4 T do not propose to of mil difer trom tim. | wish he thought cording to the law of love, ur right ts to be as the drinking havit of society? Does it m ous by cares and disapponiment woo drink to Gre there not thousands of men—good men—ind” that may lead the drinker to rain, or may go to nig There is nothing so takes down the heaitu, liberty oe to be laid on the al’ar of love so plaim ‘use his conscience for tne wel:are of othera, if th! ample, Lask you, a3 in the presence of God, t look at this matter again. The folldays » coming, and I make my ailectionate appeal—main-' tain a conscience void of oitcace. I appeal t every young woman, disovn the temptation o} wine, If there be one tniag that woman shoul stand for it 1s for temperance. \iav I not beg of you now to say by the help o: Gut | wil use allt have be hid Sint shall be led to saiety and not to dee eu ST. JOHN'S METHODIST {EPISCOPAL CHURCH, _ The Model Christian—Sermon by Rev. Dei Chapman, t Yesterday morning Rev. J. A. M. Chapman, paw tor of St Jobm’s Methodist Episcopal chureng preached to a crowded congrez:tion @ practical dise course, fall of raey anu teiling volts, clothed im beautiful ianguage. He tuk tor his text the Fife teenth Psalm, and in his introductory remarks exe ‘ plained the first verse—“Lord, wao snall abide in Thy tabernacle? who shali dwell m Thy holy oul?? The werd “tabernacle might b@ used as representing the Church militant, signifys ing the temporary, preparatory and changeful character of the Church on ea: ti; tue phrase “noly, hth” might be employea to represent the Churca ” tmiunphant, the heaveuly Jurissieu, suggesnng it a8 resultant, permanent aod incisuging; the word “abide? might be more correciiy rendered ''so- Journ,” as imdicating a puri aage tu the Church on earth, While the term ‘iweli’ indicated a per. manent residence, The question proposed in tre Psalm was, “Who ts a pilcrii of the Cnareh om earth, aod trough it who siall become a member of Ube triumphant Church above” ihe answer was given in the other verses, ty an exposition of which he asked their attention, ‘He that Waiketh uprightly.’’ Heulthy ruggeaness and uprighipess of soul consiuued the founda- tou of @ character that was acceptable to God, and tmplied @ radical renewal of man’ moral and spiritual nature, Tue vive represente the heart as unpure aou co ruyt, and If It should be deseribed a3 a Vict Of dissi wlivn the picture would not be overdrawi. fae ocriptares compared the Numa heart to & cage of waciest virds and ta a diseased bouy. A great many replied “impose sive!” \ THE COURTLY POLISH OF MANNERS, } the retined tuste, the cultivated mind, thd « faultiess exterior of beart they said, Fr futed such @ charge; tuose were alk exterior to the mural racer and were not the criteria by wale’ nian should be tested, Like the manue o1 snow tat tue Wiuter threw over the cemetery, 80 /air and be swtiul avove the dead that Jestered and rotted Lencati, so a plausible ex- terior, Wearing the garb ul pucsty, aught conced trom haman eyes tne corru; tiou of tne heart. Lf it. could be Opened it Would ve ound Lo 06 a very CUAKNEL Hosa, a@ painted, putrid sepuicure uo witnstanding the fairness of the exteriur, Wate, un tae other hand, beneath the rudest exterior w.giat be fonad the Durest spirit; eushrined im a crude eucrustation » Tight Lea peari Ol the urst Waier, The speech, migat be broken, but if the deari could be opened it would seem like # heaveuly sauctuary iu Which the angels o1 God had the tesideuc —@ nome redox Jent with the aroma vi tue beaveuly Caauan, ee | a heart ag that Was Mot Lie isuit of cuikare, but the Holy Spirit; was nut natuiai, but gracious; wag not the result of improveuient, vui vs regeneration: by the power of Divine grace. “And workein Tightevusness”—not @ mluipie stale of innocencé aud uprightpess, ® Kind of sicaly reugious sent. Mentalism tbat lounged Wi panois aad OD BO: discussing Moral and resizes proviecius, Dat @ piety + Mat put ite shouier w tue wavel of humag progress and itited tie burdeas itom crushed in: mauity. Jn thts Cundeclon UT. Caapunan criticise in polite but emphatic \erus Lae j.e.y of the Charch ol ine present day, @fd said that we only sphere on earth that was out swept aud sired by entuusiasin Was tu? religious spare, fhe type of religio! which Would save the word was that which wen! fort Lo save men and wit tucu Laie (he likeness the divine, whicu worked, as weil as prayed and sung, aud goi happy. “Aud that sveaketo the truch in his heart;” whose lips uit red the real sents Meuts Of tue soul, That piia-c of oy Writ struck @ fatal biow at the huiluw expressions Oo euquette—~ al the unmeaning cOmpiuucats © suciety and the Soules pro.eoslUNs O. Liigudsliy that Were 3O CUr- Teot in the fashionavie wo i, tutrigue, fine aud trickery in Wwe COumercal, poducm and social world were outiaweu god pro-ciivet by the law of Gou. At the preseat tiue (acre was @ great de mand in AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR DIGIC-TONED HONCSTY. ' If every man and wounn begaa iv speak tne Qonest sentiments vi tueir hearsa—i iney used lasguaga g as the sun used nis Deains, 'Y disc.ose ils nature—if aman's heart Wis Ws Moule aud ols mouth his heart, there would ve a greater RRVOLUTIUN IN AMbKL than that wuich shook ti Tue three elements, a corre, and Tye speech, ¢ cn ry AN SOCIETY. Wallon (en years Ago earl, rigac dee ig tive framework of ‘be remainaer of tue adoraments, a. (ulogue i cu DP. CRapMau procee When he elaborated tie se: biteth woL with Ms Lone: Ke ew @ voucy of gossips, of both sexes, Which must have created wreus 4, consteruauion lu the pews ue spoke of the insidious poisuu oi stander, tat the Jospe. denounced us Uta olcai ia We exirem ‘There were Men aud Wome Wis seemed Lo He sure charged Wit idle gossip aud stauder, Which uls~ tilled rom thei Hys, aod tiose dat truths wee Mavre hyuriods lo the reputation aud Lappiness of others than gpeu laisenovd uy. Anarehed eyebrow, a dropped Hy, a sita nouider, & Si,Miueant Ca, Tessin OL Cou 2 Carphatia sileace would leave the poi pand thud contaminate human society av ihe very fountaia springs o: life, The Cursudau “avetb Bo evil Lo bis neighbor, wor lech ap @ reproae against atm.’ ‘there eo and women Ol Jair reputauon, Who would vlush tw mvent a Slander, euyer enough by read it from house to house, | 1t was because Wat iaisebood tad such re- Spectable “runuers” and agecuis twat it became so dangerous, ‘The worus “li Whose eyes @ vile per- son Is contemued” yave We Deetur an opportu. micy to wimiutster @ Just Casitjauvn to viriuou aud protessedly Christian peypie who petted ana courted corrupt men because they oecupice certain Joity positions in soctety. oun, lanes were pe mitted to form Mmatrinvniat a Mauces with men of notoriously corrupt mora: character, If a poor widowed Motuer took a ivai vi uread to teed her starving children she Was sent tO @ penal institution, whve whe city Oct Woo thrust his hand into the treasury aud stuie wililons lived in a brown sione frout oa Fuile avenue, haveng added perjury to thei. ‘The tue Christian nated iu 1D the paiace as Well us ta the nut, aud “houor- etn them that lear the Lord,” vo mater whethe they were clothed tu razs ov fine linea, He was moteeutn centary there professed followers of Curist Wao would -stuiued banner of ross unless it Waved 10 slikeu fous and floated @silver sta. the trae chrisuan did pot es- timate manhood by the accident of birth or su roundings, but by the grave Of moral character, The preacher closed with au eivyueat peroration. THE TABERNACLE. Sermon by a Princeton ( ollexe Professor on the Crucifixion o) Cirist. “Likewise also the chief priests mocking Hin, With (he scribes and elders, satd.—He saved other: himself he cannot save. Li he be King of Israci let him now come down from the cross aud we will be- Heve nim’—Mattnew xXxvilL, 41, 42 These verses were selected as a text by the Rev. Mr. Reen—a professur at Princeton College—who filled Rey, De Witt Talmages® place yesterday morn- tug at the Brooklyn Tavernacie, Tne discogse, which was upom the crucitixion of Christ and the lessom it taught, was listened to by the large congregauon with marked attention. ‘The enuire Scriptares, he sald, wus the work of God, and yet they sound in it sne' sayiugs aud doings of # wicked men, Why had these julschouds been placet in this book OF truths? ‘Lae wicked deeds of wicked men had been recorded for us ta tuis Holy boOK, and they migit well usk why tey were piaced in the Bivee ‘There was “the eraciixion of our blessed Buviour, iii words vi tenderness (0 Ais SUCKED Mother, AUC as iat emphatic declara Wine upon Hon, “bis Gnisued.?? 088, sult Ing the agonies of death, ue Crowe matuered about and cast comempt upou itim, saying, “ie saved others, wut div cuuuct save Mam >