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RELIGIOUS. Congregational Christianity in th2 Churehes of the City. Summary of Sermons by Popu- lar Divines. Dr. McGlynn on the Bible in the Common Schools, A Practical Discourse on Temperance. Mr. Beecher on the Pity of God for Men. Nd The [umb-Line in Life Described by Mr. Hepworth. Sermons by Bishop Laughlin, Father McNamee and Father Bjerring, Revs. W. T. Hill, William A. O’Neill, Hinckley, J. M. Pallman and George Hepworth. NEW ENGLAND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, The Sovereign Will of God tn Dealing with Mcn—sermon by Rev. Dr. Merrill Richard. sou. That pretty cosey and unpretendingly, though by /mo means Puritanically, plain church, the New Eng- land Congregational church, at the corner of Madi- * 80 avenue aad Forty-seventh street, was well filled yesterday morning by the usual intelligent and Geeply attentive congregation. The theme of the discussion—“The Sovereign Will of God m Dealing with Men’—was one giving full and fine sway to those preduminant ‘traits as a pulpit orator, clearness of statement, apt . hess of ilistratton and incisive and comprehensive Jorce of argament, that have served to confer such fame aud popularity upon its able and distinguish- ed pastor, Rey. Dr. Merrill Richardson, or, as he is called by many, the Henry Ward Beecher of New York, His text was Romans, 9:18:—“Therefore hath Ho merey on whom He will have mercy, and whom He wil! He hardeneth.” The fact that God does as Ne will does not imply, he insisted as his opening argument, that He will not do what 1s best, and all tnat is food and wise. The text unfoided a most Buvlime and a most PRACTICAL CONCEPTION OF GOD. God wil deal with every moral being and in every age of the worldas He pleases. He has His plan, ‘aud He will exccute it. That pian embraces every human belug. God to-day has mercy and hardens as in cid Pgypt and Assyria. Not one princtple of His government has changed. He 13 absolnttely sovereign. St. Paul ulustrated this sovereignty by the potter's power over the clay, Lt is the same now as it was in the Kast thousands of years ago. th the simple contrivance of wheel and = horizontal disk the potter takes his lump of clay, moistens and moulds it to the right consistency, piaces it on the revolving disk, and with Hts [oot sets it in mo- vion, While with His hand He fashions a jar, a pitcher, a pot or an urn—vessels of beauty for ornament or vesseis Of more atillly. God places maukind, ail the nations and every particular per- Bon, OD Ls WAREL OF PROVIDENCE, to mould them as he will, Now He tashtons Egypt, Als Pharaous and people; now a Chaldcan or a Persian Kingdom; cow a Greck or a Romana empire. In Vater tum as the wheel revolves, He mgkes a France, au England, a Prussia, a United States of Allerica. God's wi provi- uence 18 vast, and the Potter omnicient, After furtner ilustrating (his point pe ded to show that God chooses diferent men and nations for par- Ucular eude; that no such inference as man being doomed by inexorable fate could be deduced trom the text, aud that God accepts those who come to iu, and rejects those who rebel. Goa wants no wickedu' By the act of creation some men and nations have more talents and better conditions than others. God wiil require of each only according to what is given. All can meet the Great end of their creation. Men in the Arotic regions dider from those tn the tropics. In the valley of the Mile the men are not the same as In the Alps and Andes. Nations in temperate zones Mave more mind aud vigor than those in torrid zones, ‘Those living on tho banks of the Indus and Euphrates will vary much from fhose living on the Thames and the Hudson. In the structure of tue earta God ordamed VARIETIES OF DEVELOPMENT tmthe human race; country and climate have & marked cicct upon the natural and social con- dition and character of maukind. Goa raises up (nls or that manor nation for thisor that special purpnee Egypt, Babylon, Greece, Rome, France, jngiaud, Russia, the United States, each does its special his ts God's purpose and provi- dence. So of men, There will be empe- rors, kings, generals, leaders, scholara, Ventors, discoverers—spectal men for special ewds in all departments of the world’s enterprises. When God moulded the earth and made hei Greenland and then an India, here a Dbeautiui Greece and there a tugged Switzerland, be toresaw whut institations would fellow. Varrying Out (his idea at length he enforced the doctrine that evil, sin, ruin come of mews freedom, and that man Is responsible for these; and, further, that hever by direct action does God barien the ‘heart or make man sin. In conclusion he portrayed in eloquent ana forcible language the responsiiilities resting upon those born in the nineteenth ceatury Over Luc nutions of the past. work. CHURCH OF THE MESSIAN. The Plemblive io Life—Sermon by Rev. George H. Hepworth. Mr. Hepworth’s text was taken from Amos, vil., 4—“The Lord stood upon a wall, with a plumbline in His hand.” He commented on tho text. and tuen sala that every tool used by the mechanic represents and ijiustrates a naturallaw. The use of the ham- mer, tae chisel, the square and the screw 1s based Ou some secret of nature Wulch, being universally acknowledged, ts Uiought litle of. Indeed, we are the tools, ignorant of the law which makes their use Possible. I Dave often thought when I have looked at Ube mysteries of acarpeuter’s chest that at has taken the world thousands of years to discover and oppiy the principles which made those tools vaiu- bic. It sometimes happens that a moral as well as a physical signifcance is attached. Thus the word square has been taken out of tne vocabulary of the mechanic and putinuto that of the moralist. We taik of @ square man, meaning thereby a man Whose actions are just and true, The word plumb, Or plumbiine, bas also been confiscated oy the religioulst, and we say that a man’s whole life is plumb, meaning thereby that if measured by the rales of rectitude no fault could be found with tt, The text represents the Lord as standing on the wall of the peopie’s actioas aud dropping the plumbline Anto them to see if they accord with nis previous commandments, He Onds everything pretty crooked—as he would, I tear, if He should do the same thing ip New York—and go threatens the peo- pie With dire mishaps us @ cousequence, 1 remarked in the frat place that there ts some- where a piumbline by Which all private and public actions are to be tested. The individual, and the Whole peopie are to be measured, and he or they are found wanting there will be consequences to be en- dured. To look at life casually it 13 pot always easy to see thi The’ good fail to et on, aud the bad appear to have their rs desire, Oppression 18 strong aud virtue is ‘Weak. Sometimes it even seems ww us that only the reokless aud the selfish succeed, while the timid, the trutnul and the true eat their crust and keep ‘warm by avery small fre, even tp the coldest of weather, Put alook at the outside ts not enough, The jaws of God are not noisy in their action, ‘There 1s no rumble to their wheels; they slip along over the road and accomplish their mission, and no trumpeting herald announces the fact, ‘They do no! say to @ wan, to a loud voice, “stand forth and be Judged; but they go on quietly judging nd as sure.y pushing the man all the while In God's court room there is no crier, Whose busi- fess is to call the witnesses ana keep everybody li; nO cross-quesiioning and no badgering of fiiefers ‘or slips rom jnstice through legal quivbles and techuicaiides. Each man is his own accuser and a Witness agains! himself, and be always velis d then utvers his own sentence, ‘That is the ‘way ia. which God works. There's no fuss yf The plumbline is being applied every day, and every ou us et a reward or a of iL ever, ust as (he sculptor chisels bi asier bit oo the ‘biook i marvie, approschipe razed to the go the bad inan tears hinself to pieces bit by bit, until in the end ne is simply & ruin, If both these men every day, and you hold intercourse with them, silent process of reward an is on; but if vou meet them year’s absence you cannot help noting the rad ance, ‘he saintiiness in the face of the one and the grow- ine haraness, roughness and badness 1a the face of the other, Every evening God has been lowering His ptublive into their tives, and they have oven oun Se Nothing unloving or unlovely in this act ol God. We have no right, to blame Him tu He sternty de- mands certain things of us. He 18 not our Father im any over-indulgent sense. It won't do to act basely and then say He’s my father and He won't take notice of tt, neither will it do to say, either thedlouy ‘or practical life, that God 18 80 ver; @00d that, no matter what we do, it will beal Tight. Heis Judge as well as Father, He hag made ceriain ru!es and regulations. He has given to us our constitution and bylaws, and (hey are not simply ornamental works, for in obedience to them ig the whole world to be governed. You must read the consiitution and the bylaws, and you musi understand them, and then you must obey them. They are not arbitrary, but they are made witn al reference to your wants and your navure. lect obedience insures per‘ect manhood and pete happiness. They are the plumbiiue of the rd, and br gd jets tt down into your life and finds you wanting, there will be trouble, you cannot avoid it; and when He lets it down into your life and finds that you have worked not only fatthtully but algo by the right principles, He will bless you ‘with such a sunny benediction that your whole life will be radiant with joy. The Bible may all be Sun up in onc command—make your life ry ‘on do not see the punishment which after & 8T. PATRICKS CATHEDRAL, SIERO The Advont Season—Sermon by the Rev, Father McNamee. ‘There was quite a_large congregation at the high mass services yesterday at St. Patrick's Cathedral, im Privoe strect, The Rev. Father McNamee de- livered the sermon, which was brief and to the point. The reverend gontleman, after reading the Gospel of the day, dilazed at some length on the necessity of everybody's leading a good life. It was @ great mistake, he said, for MEN OF THE WORLD who had every day to battle with the vicissitudes of business and worldly cares to think that they could go on from day to day doing as they pleased and never giving a thought to God, presuming the while that when tho hour of death cume they would then be able safely to make their peace with.tnoir Maker and be acceptable to God in the world to come, This was @ presumption that was encouraged by Satan, and he who became a slave wo it was indeed in danger, Men who could lilt their babni od higher than this worla could easily understand wiat a folly iw \as wo go on leading an indifferent and probably a bad Ife for years, treasuring in their hearts from year to year the hope, or rather the self-imposed conviction, that when the hour came for them to leave all here below that they had set tacir hearts ‘on all Wouid be well, and that the wrongs done in the past could be atoned for on the deathbved by a simple act of sorrow for the sins of their life and the expression of a sincere determination never | more to again commit sin. Yet what a deceit it was, and what @ littic hope a man could have to be pardoned for A BAD LIFE. simply because he made a promise never more to do in the future what he had not the power to do. Now was the acceptable time for all who wished to return to God and abandon tueir evil ways. Though God was terrivie in his vengeance he was infinite tn his meroy, What man could tcil wien he might ve called to GIVE AN ACOOUNT TO Gop of all his words, theughts, deeds and actions? And how the uncertainty should make every guilty one tremble! It was yet in the power ol those who wished to turn their. back on the past mush had been,bad, and Lo escape the vengeance of od. voice calling upon him to repent? He was ready torecetve all with open arms, and we were told how the angels rejoice over the conversion of a stu- ner. Could anybody to tits holy season of Advent reluve to hear tne voice of the Church ¢ Tue Ghurch exhorted us now with A PARENT'S YEARNING, and why should we not —s generously? We should endeavor to show by our every act that we are thankful for faving escaped ven- Geance, and that we are ready to become recon. ciled to God. As Catholtcs, the reverend father satd Catholics should so act as never to disgrace Catholicity. They should ve united for the common good and the glory of God, aud to become so it was Necessary to resort to prayer to Almighty Goa. We were living in dangerous times and breathing an atmosphere of deadly poison, We shouid forsake ot OUR BAD HABITS ang propare for eternity. Tnén at the last day we would not Hud ourselves side by sidé with those who would receive that awiul condemnation “vepart from me, ye cursed, into everiasting fire but who would be welcomed by Christ to a kingdom or everlasting happiness. DR. BELLOWS’ CHURCH. Discourse by Rev. Frederick Hinckley, of Washingtou—The Enthusiasm of Faith. The pulpit of Rev. Dr. Bellows’ church, corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth street, was yesterday occupied by Rev. Frederick Hinckley, of Washing- ton, D. 0., who took for his text Romans v., 1— “Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,” The minister referred to faith and its effects upon the Christian world. Justified by faith was a distinct docérino of the Reformation, and had been for four centuries SINCE MARTIN LUTHER LOOKED FORTH upon the light of day. He spoke of this faith as nothing less than the discernment of God's charac- ter and sympathy with His moral purpose. Paul set fortn the doctrine “the just shall live by faith.” This word faith was not only the utterances of four centuries of Protestantism, but also eighteen cen- turies of Christianity. Tue moment fatth began to expiro in us that moment we ceased to prouress. We walk by faith, amd have confidence in its truth; we walk by faith ana nope, which whispers of light behind we clouds and better days to come— polots to the glory of tne bereafier. -Faith ts com- Seger it spreads itself over the whole sur- face au PERMEATES TAR WHOLE OF OUR BEING: it ls of the spiritual compreneasion. It was the entnusiasm of faitn that led the old hero of Pro- testautism, Martin Luther, to inaugurate the work Of the Reformation; iaith tn the God of truin thas | ted Tum to combat error; faith that led him to make THE WORD OF GOD AN OPEN BOOK, and faith in bimseif as the chosen instrument of truth, aa the divinely appointed utterer of the truth— and of the enthusiasm of faith he was enabled be- fore crowned beads to cry “Here I stand, I can do no other thing,” and of the enthusiasm of faith was Jesus annointed of God. it was the enthusiasm of faith that led God to interest Himself in man's re- demption from sin. Luther’s faith eaavled nim to be @ leader of THAT GREAT PROTESTANT REVOLUTION of which we are an example. The falth of Jesus Christ enabied him to become the inspirer of truth as he Himself inspired it. It was the enthusiasm of faith that, after he had im a moment of despondency cried “My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” en+ abled nim to exclaim “My Father unto Thee I give my spirit.” So our faith, which Is enthusiastic, shail be justified in the infusion of the idea, in the tri- umph of the principle and the accomplishment of the work, THE FAITH WE HOLD shall be justified in our own case. If it fails to benefit the worid, it shall not fail to be a source of divine benefit io ourselves. We may mourn over disappointed hopes, that our trutu is pot spreading, that our purposes are not realized; but our entnu- siasm Of faith shall prevail at last and faicn win the inal triumph. CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR. Sermon by Rev. J. M. Paliman—Agspiration and [ ration—The Apostic Paul in Para. élse—The Vision of God. Tuis comfortable Lite religious edifice, situated io West Thirty-fifth street, near Sixth avenue, was well filled yesterday morning by the Universalist communicants who gathered together to listen to discourse of the pastor, Mr. Pullman. -The text taken by the reverend gentiemau was that of the Second Corinthians, xil., 1,4. The sermon related chiefly to the life ana labors of the apostle St, Paul. He said that the extent of his labora was proved by his sufferings, and both were ina manner indirect proof of his apostieship. It would seem that St. Paul in reference to the Kevela- tions is not speaking Of Limself, but of another man (verses 1, 5), more espectaily in the fifth verse - “Or such an one will] glory; yet of myseif 1 will not giory, save in mine infirmities.” Nevertheless, the fact of St. Paul's identiiy with the person he speaks of 1s beyond a doubt. There 1s, like in Paul, a double nature 1n us all—au Adam and a Olirist, @ real and an ideal, Our subject is aspiration and inspiration or that’ spiritual union which ts common in all under diferent phasea. The reverend gentleman went on to describe the wondrous power and Jewish strength of Paui's nature. The Jewish type and nature fitted men to be the organs of a revelation. Ita fervor, ita moral senge, its indom- {table will, all adapted tue higher sons of the nation for receiving hidden truths and communicating them to others. Now, all this was in its completo fulness in St. Paui—a@ beart, 4 brain and A soul of Ure; all ais life a auonressed voloano: lis acts “ly. gooa | nantes ves hands and feeu'—bis How could anybody refuse to listen to God's | words “hatt batuns, an, consequently, ef terrible inward conflict; bis soul # batde field for heaven aud hell, 5 example, tho seventh chapter | Of tho Epistle to the — aesoribing his strug. gies under the lav. You wilt find there no duit metaphysics about “pondage of the will,’’ or the diflereuve between the conscience and the will, It ts all inter pursued, St. Paul hunself descends into the argument as if the argument, as if the ex- perience he describes were present then. “Oh, wretched man that [ am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? ver on the brink of another wortd te is to be found. Kren nis trials and coutitets were those of @ high order, Most of us are battling with some mean appetite or gross pean: Ra Be en wae oral 1080 Of the flesh and appetices, ‘spl stragaling with spirit. God dwells in the thick darkness. Silence knows more oj him than specen, There are some things in ppg too low to be spoken of and some things it THE ORTHODOX GREEK CHURCH, As Peter Followed Obrist So Should the Faithiul Ei jw the Oburch—Sermon by fev. Mr. Bjering. A company nearly as targe as when the Grand Duke Alexis was here attended the little Greek church in Second avenue yesterday morning. There wero twenty-five persons present besides the officiating priest. Mr. Bjering's assistant was with- out vestments, and recited the prayers and re: sponses to the Litany in his citizen clothes, The Gospel for the day was the story of the tea lepers who were cleansed, but one of whom only returned to give glory to God, ana he was a stranger. It was announced as being found in Matthew's Gospel; but Luke, we believe, is tho only sacred writer who records this miracle. The announcement of the @uthor was probably an error. ‘This same narrative ‘was read at each of the services at which His Im- perial Highness Alexis attended, At me g°2 of the service, instcad of after the reading the go3- pel, Father Bjezing delivered a sermon on 1E CALL OF PRTER, a8 found in Matthew iv. 18, 19—‘And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter ana Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were tishers; and He eaith un- to them, Follow Me, aad i will make you fisners of men.’ When Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galliee, saw Peter and called him ne followed the Have we the power and the faith, asked the preacher, to do likewise? Do we of the orthodox Church come here cheerful and with glad hearts? He thanked God that so many had come, aud he prayed God that He would re- ward thein, and he assured tem that the reward of the righteous will not be wanting to them, nor to any oi those who are mindiui of the holy ortho. dox Church, our spiritual mother, They shall not be forgotten. ‘The Good Shepherd calls every one unto him, but we come through the Church where His mysuc presence 1s, and with which He has roused to be even to the eud of the world. In the hurch we have His blessed sacraments on the altar, and in the orthodox Church we hear His holy wor and perfect all tue fruits o: prayer which ascend to tne throne of grace FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD; and here, also, we unite wih all the | saints who have witnessed a good confessiva | before many witnesses. In the church we chant the Litany, the most eloquent of sermons, aad regu- lar attendance at churen is tue safe pain ot ive and attention vo the hoty sacrifice of the mass and the sacraments of the aitar the only safe guide through this trying and troublesome world. He theretore invited all present and others beside to come to the worship and service of the orthodox Greek Cuurch. “Fotlow me,” saith the Word of fruth, and Peter folowed the Master cheerfully and with alacrity. Lets follow Jesus in the same way ny let us perform the act of adoration upon entering the sacred presence, and when we go home tet us hold fast to the golden impressions which woe may have recetvyed, and on that day when we shall all assemble in that happy place where sickness and sorrow anda part- ing and death are unknown we shall worship THE KING IN HIS BBAUTY, ‘and rejoice that we have been brought out of much tribulation and washed in the b:00d of the Lamb, and made meet for the mbheritance of the saints in light, Aud this he Braved. io the name Of the Father, aud of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen, Alter the sermon another prayer for the orthodox | Smperor Aléxander and his household, and for the President of tne United States was recited, after which the congregation was dismissed. There were no persons Of note present at the service save the Russian Consa, ST. GABRIEL'S CHURCH, Sermon by Rev. William A. Q@Ncill—friend- ship for Curist. ¥ The services in St. Gabriel’s church, in Kast Thirty-seventh street, yesterday, were very solemn and impressive, and were attended by a large nun- ber of devout worshippers. The celebrant, Rev. Father Canary, woo is gifted with a fine voice, sung high mass wit much fervorand effect, and was assisted by @ carelully tratped coir unger the leadership of Mr. E. Weber, an efficient organist. ‘The Second Mass of Haydu was well rendered, and the solos by tue soprano, Airs. Fisher, and Mrs, Anschutz, alto, were sung with taste and appre- clative culture, Messrs, Weber and Blume, tenor and hasso, are good singers, and would be regarded as auch in our most fashionable metropolitan churches, The Rev. Father O'Neill, & young but zealous priest, entered the pulpit shortly aiter the commencement Of mass, and preaches to an ex- ceedingly attentive autleace a sermon of much beauty and eioquence. “In the Gospel of this day,” said the reverend reacher, “St. Jolin, the Apostle, gives testimony of he coming of the Saviour of munkind, and an- nounces that his was only ‘the voice of one crying in the wilderness—make siraignt tae way of the Lord,’ ‘The Son of God came upon earth to offer him. self as a propitiavory sacrifice jor the sins ol men, and with imeffable tenderoess became conceived of Mary, passed tuirty-threo years in life amid poverty and reviling and hardsbip, aud meekly sufered ab fguomiuious deat upon the cross to redeem man- Kind from the penalties of transgression of the laws ofthe Creator, The exceeding love of mankind which led him down from Heaven to earth to un- dergo such a carcer has, ualortunately, not been reciprocated, even with human imperfection, by man, to any appreciable degree, ingratitude to Jesus Christ tor his constant favors cannot fail to be visited by punishment ettaer im thin life or hereafter, aud men, impelied by every motive of action, should cultivate a iriend- ship for the Kedeemer. Christ will shower biessings upon thoge who seek Him in earnestness and in trath, avd His love Jor us can never be exhausted or limited. Our cares and troubles and temptations should never. if we are watchiul over our own hearts, sever br Eh, @ irte; ane ie ed Christ, who became our Redeeinet ai always our Mediator before the Heavenly Father. ‘Tiiose who are in ease-gad allueuce should need no admoni- ‘ Hon to practi.é virtue, a3 they have less excuse for (fansgression, Tne poor are often sorely tempted, but they should never despair of relief. They inust rot give up in the battle of life too early; vut should | struggle through difilculties aua suffer trials atieutly and theirs shalt be the reward of the just. To them with espectal force aad Ielicity may be addressed the words of St, Paul:—‘Be not soliciious about anything; bot m every. thing by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to 7 ‘vo the poor and weary of heart He is ever attentive, and to those who con- flae in Hin He will render consolation and assist- ance in this life and eternal salvation in the next. ‘The (riendships of earth pass away; the most ten- der ties are daily severed, aud men should not place their love too firmly on creatures like them- ea ‘The love of God, if Ouce in our hearts, will mcrease with years and only become more perfect by death, which is the dissolution of all earthly ties aud affection. Place your trust in our Lord Jesus Crist, aud seek Him not only in the hoar of prosperity, out also im that of adversity, aud be sure that in cultivating His friendship you have the only one whica cap avail you augit at the supreme mowent nN you shall be calicd to a solemn ac- count of your iieand ita actions, You may pro: cure It by prayer aud perseverance in tie paths of BRIOKLYN CHURCHES. Diseourses by Bishop Laughiin, Nenry Ward Beecher and W, T, Hill. PLYMOUTH CHURCH, God's Pity for Men—Sin is Moral Undevelop. ment—Moral and Spiritual Growth a Slow Process=We Should Not Blame Men Spiritual Inability —Sermon by H. Beecher. Mr. Beecher preached yesterday upon his favorite topic—the love and pity of God—taking for his text Psalms, clit,, 13, 14—“Like as a fatner pitieth nis children, 30 the Lord pitieth those those that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust,” There never was @ sweeter or more necessary wora than this to the ages which have groaned in pain. Every one likes to near this sald, ag they like to hear music—a present pleasure, but not anything that avices, With many the Lord's pity auides; it broods over them. The con- dition of the race and framework of natural law makes some doubt. They feel that God Is not a God of mercy. Inthe Word of God there are two general tendencies: one, that God governs to produce perfection of characier, the development of @ perfect natural and moral man. On the omer hand, while everything ia used to plead for growth in grace, (here are, ranning parallel with these things, wordg of love and pity. it Wag necessary wo teaqh HiwAL, MONDAY Ofiomiinee 1% tem.—rieetas Sm that God was patient, long suffering, infinite in mercy, We needed this, for we nad nothing to suggest tt. Goa “kpoweth our frame” and alt our circamstances; and on that knowledge ts founded his love and pity, mot only to those who love him, but to those who do not. Ohrist wept over Jerusa- Jom, ths giving proof tnat be cared for those whe forgot him, Centuries have been expended in the study of the human body, and yet it ls not understood. Mon were as ignorant of their physical life as @ ohtid ts of the watch to pel or by pao, Men herbs which might have healed them, but there was no whisper from the root, mo voice trom leaven fo tell them. Men were not told of a road to vomfert or indusiry. it look ages for them to find out that they could cut the stone and hew tim- ber for houses. The elements of luxury tn food were dtsoovered after thousands of ver Oivilt- zation 1s au artificial production. If it 1s desirable that man should have some knowledge of lus body and the world in which he lived it was surety more important that ne should understand own moral nature and how he was to obey the laws by which he found himself surrounded, Where ig there authoritative kuowledge of the work of a tuman soul? We gave a t many infallivie things—churohes, popes and creeds—but who can tell what wan is made off Consider bow much suffering has arisen from the undrilied state of our faculties. alen commit sin that ought vo be pun- ished, but we call sin what the Bible often catis in- firmities, We don’t whip a child because he can’t walk, We wait and have patience, OANNOT YOU WAIT until man’s faculties are developed and ne kaows how to use them? A man’s ignorance ts sometimes unished. if 1 dou’t know how to m wage my pluip suifer shipwreck, and in that way am punis! If a child 18 ignorant of arithmetic and history we. expect he will and we wait till he bas had a chance todo so, Weare apt to that temper and scltishucss are evidences of total depravity, but we must wait unt n pur Saat Ne walt have beet rane ull longer mu for r fighee Soletud Totes." We Gale Mkt a man has learned @ trade mueh work from him, It i @ pene of rawness, as that of the appjes indJune. If we have the truth of God four-fifths of the human race have no reve- lation of such truth. If we think of God as one who has no pity or forbe: ice toward men We de stroy liappiness ef faith, ‘he man who believes it would go crazy unless he became sceptical tor re- lief, Empires grow, develop and fall; but here 1s Alrica, which for three thousand years has lain uke & Vast lagoon, with mullons of men without light or culture or Caristian training. Goodness in churches bas been like greenhouse blossoms in January; out- aide it has b2en allirost. This is the state of B0o- ciety. Jt is a fact, According to the Gospel men are brothers and God is Consider the suttering of this world which knowi- edge would have prevented, Think of the cruelty and injustice of governments. O! all monstrous m- enuiticy and iniernal torments the greatest are those which have sprung from conscience. 1s there any eXaggeration in (he apostie’s statement that “the whole creation groaneth and travalleth in pain?’ ‘The more you look at it the worse it is. We cannot beiteve that over such a world a God pre- sides who has no pity or mercy. A view of the coudition of men forces us to believe that else that He ts loving and mercifal. noting of this world and its designs but what human tite reveats what an abortion this worid has been. Wiere is there a father’ Itf had neglected my children one tithe as much I should not dare to have them call me father. Human lite is the most terrific fact in existence, and If you examine tt you are forced back into the beltef that GOD IS MERCIFUL; that “fle knowetn our frame aud remembereth that we are dust.” ‘There are ways in which men can evade these thoughta. ‘They who are bora into good circumstances and virtuous families are generaily the most fault dnd- ing, but it is nv credis to them to be what they are. Circumstances have favored them, Go with our missionaries and see the exploded lives of men. Study them by the light of Christ, and you will see the necessity whica exists ror a God of mercy and compas:ton. We cannot explain untversal sin by our own limited experionces, There ts no danger of making God too lenient. God’s laws were pro- clatmed irom Sinal, but were written more plainly iu my body and the worla in which I live. iknow there is law and I must obey it, but the world has suffered enough, Every man bas a Mount Sinai in his own experience. What we want to know now is 1f there is an administrator of law who has heart and pity, if we think God gits to listen to sweet moans aod that He never suffers, but is crowned with EVERLASTING JOY, we have a wrong idea of God, Could I stt amid teasing up stairs and shut out the sounds from “4 children? Can God look on this suifering worl and not suffer? No, He sent His own Son to itsrelief, Hie gave that life to rescue and save the sufferer, The physictap’s pity does not lead men into de. bauch any more tian God's pity leads men tato sin, Do you think that because parents deal tenderly with the erring children the children are by the tenderness encouraged to persevere iu wrong doing? dlen are encouraged by the Knowledge that God loves and cares forthem. They need this knowledge to keep them from transgression. We know that the gorrowiul have aspring coming to their wiuter. There will still be = : wa | cart discipline; but there ig im the God an’ imfinte love and pity. I can. not apply this doctrine to all the questions waich arise regarding the future. I stop just here, and believe that this world ts governed by loving kindness and mercy. I wander in this sin-smitten world, but { know that hereafter I shali see it, under @ hand of tove, blossoming into beauty. I believe that God is love, that LOVE 19 THE HIGHEST expression of good, and, come weal or woe, joy or sudering, | cling to one belief, that God is love; and Isay to my brother, “Trust,” and [ tell him tosay to his brotner, “Trust,” and I know that the day will come when ‘aul shall know Goa, from the least unto the greatest.” 8T. JAMES? CATHEDRAL. Who Art Thout—A Quaostioa for the Christ. ian to Ask Himseli—Heirs of Heaven—Ser- mon by Kight Rev. Bishop Laughlin. Right Rev. Bishop Laughlin preached at the Ca- thedral, Jay street, yesterday forenoon, taking for his text the words of the Gospel of St. John, L., 15 to 29, inclusive. He spoke in substance as follows:— “Who art thou?” These words, which were ad- dressed by the Jewish priests and Levites to the Apostie St. John might well be applited to each of his hearers, ‘Who ars thou?’ We are Christians, wereply. We were born children of wrath through the sins of our first parents, but have beeu regen- erated and cleansed from original sin tirough toe purifying waters of baptism. We are, therefore, Christians, members of the Churca of God and heirs and joint heirs of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. It 13 impossible, with our weak and limited understanding, for us to comprehend the great magaitule of this fact = of, our heritage, In order understand what ts really ours through the Diviue arrangement we should have a knowledge of the grandeur, beauty and endles3 majesty of God and the eternal Joys of heaven, We should a's) know of the terri+ bie punishments which awatt those who violate tne Jaws of so loving and justa God. When we learn of one who has been poor in the things of this world, of one who has beeu perhaps an outcast and has suffered the misery of absolute waui, comug suddenly into oe ee pa of a fortune, or being adopied as the heir of @ person who is possessed of large estates, do we not at once say, ‘4 fore tunate he is! What pleasure he must feel at this univoked-for accession of wealth! How grateiul he must feel to bis benefactor!” Now, if one so benefited should turn upon his benefactor and act 1n such @ manner as to incur his anger and imperil the prospects of a continuance of further patrouage, aud risk the loss Of the estates willed to him, would we not say that such conduct on the part of the heir was the height of folly, that he must be insane to jeopardize his position inthe eyes of his good friend? Certaimly we should denounce such con- duct thus broadly, and do so legitimately, too. Now, if the action of an earthly heir cails forth such Condemnation, what are we to say of THR RECKLESS AND DEFIANT CONDUCT OF SINNERS, who, baving been made ueirs of God for the enjoy- ment of an ciernity of happiness, fall from grace and forfeit the inestimable joys and happiness in store for all those who love Him aud serve Him in thls world? The Cnurch 1s the body, of which Christ i8 tho head and we are the members As such members we become great, being made alter the image and likeness of God. Our divine Lord came upon earth, was boro in humility and suffered that He might enrich the members of toe Church which He established. All that ia essential for strengthening His children Ho has stored for us tn the sacrginents of the Church. He strengthens us with His~ body and blood, and tells us, “He that eateth my body and drinketh my blood abideth in Me and [in him.’’ Thug we see who we are. We are members of the Cnurch of Christ and heirs and joint heirs of heaven; and the Church contains all the graces and biessings which are requtsite for our salvation and the enjoyment of uur hg i this is according to the Divine rangement, Du ATrAnEOCTTAT ARK Wil OF OURSRLVES? Have you considered, indeed, that you were to tn- herit ‘the treasures of Jesus Cnrist, and labored accordingly, that you might be worthy of so great @ gift as that of Mis hoir? He who makes the will, as well as he who inherits in this world, shall die, and ailke return vo dust; but tho Eternal Fath who wills our redemption can never die, and ther fore our heritage wiil be eternal, Have you con- sidered that you were @ member of the body of which Christ is the nead, or can It be that you have forgotten your dignityr Havo you sinned Cee God and pandered to the evil one—succumbed to the temptations of the devil? Have you fled from the path of rectitude and rushed blindly away from the light of trata, purity and devotion, which alone can procure for you the enjoyment of your heaventy heritage? How can you so forget the dignity for which you ate created? © Obristlan, how thou art fallen! fallen {rom the right to whioh you arc entitied by being @ practical member into sin, You have degraded yourself by OPPOSING THR DIVINR ARRANGEMENT, by the bad treatment aud disrespect which you ag bik cand BAS by Mi tn » ~— have shown your rt the man who isc ogee atin Now reed tae invests one wilh poset nad lory would 6 con. | &ni 5 ‘witnessing how ‘ma’ sidered as something adverse to reason and com. | Can “and ignore the princi mon sense. We would ask of such a person, ‘Had | We had supposed to be most essential to ine Amer> he no one to advise him? So we may ask of the stem ANd most dear and sacred vo the Amer- . Christian when he turns his face on God and loses | can heart, What can be more essential to the true Ria tnetance, hy making: youl snd mull Sie | wa tion of Amorican liberty and ji and ‘will which was ve mace him heir and oo-heir | what is more prominent and conspicuous in the of Jesus Onrist. Ali the honors which h can | Constitution of the United States, and of each indie possibly. bestow are not worth being omy en peer Geet Onunde an eeaeee es ‘inctple of the separa- God bestows u fai ‘and ‘cardinal doctrine tan who observes His cpiumanamehts, “Make | that not merely do ving on straight the way of the Lord.’ Now that the holy | THE NATION AND STATS TE ALL FORMS OF period in which the Churok celebrates the Nativity is RELIGIOUS BELIEF, Tapidly approaching, ask Ahi ONES, “Who | ae if this x @ concession or a boon Om! am I? thatyou may prepare your habitation for | the part of the State that no person shall the tion of tho bread of eternal Ife and | be compelled to attend, ercet or support “make straizit the way of the Lord,’ wnat tn the | place of worship or maintain any form - in the good fight." you may in- | Worship agalnat his consent; that no prete herit the Ktogdom of Heaven, which isin store for | shall be given by law to aby religious 1 all who love wad God. that no interference with a Peg Of consotent Vv SOUTH THIRD STREET METHODIST CHURCH. The Law of Ubristian Love Applicd to Tem- prrance—Sermon by»Rev. W. T. Hill. Yesterday morning the pastor of the South Third Street Methodist Episcopal church preached an ex- cellent discourse upon temperance, taking for his text II, Corinthians, vi., 11, 18—‘Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and 1 will receive you and will bea Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” He said that Christian separation was & thing of great exactness and rigianess, and yet a sub- Ject about which there had been great controveray. Ic was a theme exceedingly distasteful to many who called themselves Obristians because the re- quirements of Christianity collided with their prac- tices, There was @ certain atate of society in the time of Christ which was. different from ours, and therefore it was that the Scriptures did not contain Specific ruies of life or prohibitions ot specific prac- tices; but sin was forbidden, and general principles were laid down from which it was not difficult to deduce what was the duty of man under all ciroum- stances. It could not be successfully controverted that Jesus Christ made wine at the wedaing in Cana, and there was every reason to believe that he drank it, from the fact that he was cailed a wine bibber; but were we to infer from that that it was proper for his disciples to manufacture and sell intoxicating Iiquorat No unprejudiced man would hesitate to believe that Jesus Christ if He had lived in our day would have been a temperance man, @ total abstainer from all that could harm the body and soul. The question respecting the use of intox- icating beverages by well meaning people in the Onuzch turned up tee Droprety: of using fer- mented drinks, and the apostle furnished the Onris- tian solution of the question of pretended liberty, which many gooa peopie claimed for themselves, The speaker then relerred to the difference of opinion, which existed in the time of the apostle respecting the use of meat offered in worship to idols, and quoted Paul's aftirmation that he would neither eat flesh nor drink wie while the world stood if his brother were offended or made weak by it. The temperance reform was based upon we principle of love to our fellow men, and whatever measure of success that had been already achieved resulted from the enforcement of the principle of total abstinence, not only from dis Ulled but trom fermented liquors, ‘The law of ex- Pediency, a3 applicable to this subject, was ably dis- Cussed, and the speaker argued that in the case in hand expediency resolved itself into a right. Society had a right to demand protection from the destroying angel of intemperance, but pubitc senti- Ment in large cities did not maintain this view, and therefore the Church and the votaries of temperance would have to labor upon anotuer basis. They must persuade men not to indulge in this hurtful thing, and especially must they wacn tho children to abstain from alconolic ilquors en- trely, in order that they might not grow up victims ofthe evit habit. The pernicious effect of tntoxi- cating drinks upon the human system was pointed out, and he said that in order to be sons and daugn- ters of une Lord Almighty they must separate them- selves trom every unclean thing. UnNstians were temples of God, and those wio were united to Christ by living faith must not touch, taste or handle any sin, but live purely. The spirit and genius of Christianity demanded a life of self-sac. Tilice and sell-denial lor the service of mankind and thelr salvation. The recent Methodist Convention at Syracuse passed a resolution recommend: yas tors to organize churches and Sunday schoo! to temperance organizations, There was no danger of bemg too scrupulous in respect to our duty to our neighbor, and nothing would more surprise us in eternity than the license we have dared to take re- spect the requirements of the Holy Scriptures, In conclusion Mr. Hill made some well-timed stric- tures upon the so-called “liberality” -of thought ol the present day, wich he claimed was a CARICATURE OF CHARITY, There seemed to be a rushing stream of opinion away from scrupulousness, ceif-dental and entire consecration to that which was noble and waich duty required. From the liberality which said every! aud everything is right, he prayed, “Good Lord, deliver us’? DR. M'GLYNN ON COMMON SCHOOLS, - The Ciuncil of Baltimore Condemns the Read- ing of the Bible and the Singing of Hymns by the Catholie Pupils. The Argument Why the Protestant Bible Should Not Bo Read by Catholic Children—The Injus- tice of the Seats Towards Catholics and Jews—The Constitution of the United States Entirely Unsectarian—Reli- gious Liberty Tampered With by the Present System in the Schools—A Liberal and Patriotic View of the Whole Question, The Rey. Dr. Mcwlynn lectured in St, Mary's church, Kunter's Point, last evening, on “The Bible io the Common Schools.” Owing to the recent trouvles im the public school of that section great interest was manifested by the parents of children to learn what were the views of so eminent a divine as Dr, McGlynn on the subject in dispute, Tne result was that the church was crowded to its utmost capacity, many persons from New York being also present. The reverend lectarer satd:— Laesire, first of all, in approaching the subject of this evening's lecture, to say that nothing can be further from my intention tian to say even @ single wora to wound the feelings of any of my fellow clcl- zens, no matter of what creed or Church, or to in- crease or revive the unpleasant feelings which have recently been aroused tn this community. Iam not here to make myself responsible in any degree for THE UNFORTUNATE AND UNSEBMLY OCCURRENOES of the last few weeks, It would be ungracious and impertinent for me to come here to award either praise or censure to elther of the parties im the recent unseemly contests, which right-minded men of all creeas and parties cannot but regret and de- plore, I come here simply, with some reluc- tance, to discuss a question that has hearings far more extensive than the limits of this very smali and very young community and the respective rights and duties of ite taxpayers and Its school officers, and I hope to treat the subject in such a manner that if I may not convince those who differ with me of the truth of my views, at least tney may be satisfled of the honesty and benevolence of my incentions, And [also hope, at least, to impress them with the thought that there are many and weighty considerations of justice, liberality and public policy in favor of the views that I shall pre- sent, and that those who hold them need be none the less good and faithful citizens and enthusiastic lovers of their Country and its institutions, Nay, more; I should hope to convince them that in advo- cating these views I show myself a truer American and a better friend of the cardinal PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN LIBERTY AND JUSTIOB and of those institutions and principles of govern. ment through which these great blessings of our country find expression and by which they are to be consolidated and perpetuated. Ido not, therefore, stand here to-night as a clergyman of the Catholic Church asking favors for my co-religionists or de- manding their rights, but as an American citizen ana one who is proud to have been born such, arguing in behalf of views that I pelleve to be of paramount importance to tne welfare of my beloved country, and pleading equally for tho rights of all the peopie of the land, whether thoy be Christians or pagans, Protestants or Catholics, Jows or Deists. 2 would if I could take the miserahio theological hatred and bickerings which have boon so plentiful @ source of evil to other nations out of the fleld of American politics at once and forever, and I maintain thata necessary and & {real slop toward so desirable a consiimatiod would ve achieved by making all tne common #¢hoola of the land entirely unsectarian tn fact as tiey are chained to be but too often in theory. Pread a4 tain of my country, and hopeful for it of “a future without example th the worla’s history, Yt A must confess that at times [am SADDENED BEYO™.S MEASURE at witnessing how utterly ",9-American are many of those Who boast of thet American priacipies and shall be permitted; but thi ana bet States and State constitutions ‘all men h “i @ nataral- and indefeasibie right to wo dinigaty God according to the dictates of thoir o1 lence," and that neither the nation or the State or et under m inspired charters of 111 4nd justice petty school boards throughout the that exist only by their autiority, in utter ceflan of their letter and thelr spur adop! end pega yn the ohildren of and ces Of & sect and erting every common school house ta. fhe land Into a temple of sectarian hip, mata wors! \- taining in thom @ constant reminder and ot what should have been long since an abuse and powers, and in deference to the sectarian bi ‘which unfortunately ts yet far from dead, and by appeals to Lhe honest and laudable id mistaken minds of the s ards are permitted, and in too many required, to wound the religious feelings and the rights of conscie! nee and the equal rights and. liberties of a large or the pie, Wherever they require that the soli should open with “the the Bibie without nove. = or comment” they are simply adopting a1 tablishing @ rel for all the mu es wn frequent tt, and, what is espe. olay sive and unjust to hua.'~ dreds thousands of children in those schools, they are adopting verbatim an old scctarian war cry that was adopted expressly from the beginning of those religious feuds a8 @ condemnation of the Seacbing sa! ractice of the Catholic Church, which teaches that the Bible ia not to be read ‘without Cpl or Saale and that lot acti at an incom. plete and fragmentary, an uently obec record of the word of Ged, and i nA! LIABLE TO BE GROSSLY ABUSED and misunderstood unless readin the light and connection of her living practices, traditions and foateayens., nd interpreted authoritatively by ner judicial ‘nority, iu, it 18 contrary to the eachings and practice of the Catholic Churoh for ber children to join in public worship with those who ace not of her communion; and this is not the time or place for ine to state the grave and solid reasons of tiis teaching ana practice. And now no one will pretend that the opening of the school with the reading of the Bible, and, a8 1s frejuently the case, the recitation, ol prayer aud the singing of hymns, is, and is in- tended to be, an act of religion and worship. Ther again, a large number of Christians, Catholics an Others, regard ag in many places a false and corrupt version the one In common use, and as designedty insinuating errors contrary to the teaching of their Oburch. Moreover, he what PERVERSION OF LOGIO AND REASON Gan these school boards defend the forcing of a Qhristian Testament and Christian worship upon the Israelites who have here, in common with Ohristians, equal rights and livertes—civil, social shor and religious, Why should a Jewish chtia be compelled to listen to the readi of the Word: of God, and be presen' en an acto: worship to the reading of @ Testa. ment that proclaims the Messiahship and diviat of one whom they refuse to accept as their Moasiag and their Saviour, and that is replete witn passaged abusive of them and their religion, and to take part as in an act of worship In the recitation of @ Lord’s prayer whom they do not admit to be vheir Lord. THE ONLY JUSTIFICATION for the permission or requirement by a school board of any such practices woud be tn the unanimoua consent or request of the parents of chudrea, without a single exception. And thia was evidently the intention of the framera ot the law of the state of N concerning public cuucation, where, so far from prescriping the pending: of the Bible, they leave it undetermtncd whether it shall be read at all, and they leave it to tne peopie of the respective neighborhoods to determise, through their local school boards,, whether the Bible shall be read, and to determine which, if any, version shall be used in the schools, Every sentiment of justice and libe- Tality should impel such ofticers to torbid all such practices, if the parents of but one single child of 6 neighborhood should object. But we are told that thore are comparatively few who desire or de- mand the exciusion of these acts of lous Wor. ship from the schools. Now, | assert that all the Jews throughout the land who are not tndilferent tq their rights ana itberties mast object, and that THE CATHOLICS OF THE LAND, a8 represented by their highest authority im the United States, do empuatically object to the reading of Protestant Lib:es or the singing of theic hymns or the reading of their prayers in tné~publio schools, And if apy Catholic, whether layman oc ecclestastic, should assert & contrary opinion, it charitably to be presumed that he has cither hever read or has forgotten THE SOLEMN UITERANCE OF THE COUNCIL on this subject. It 1s as follows, belug the 429th graph of the volume of transactions of the Coun. Cll:—“tAs it 1s evident that public education is gO conducted in most of the States as to pe made toserve the cause of heretical sects, and the minds of Catholic children are thus gradually imbued with the principles of these sects, we admonish the Pas: tora that they should use all diligence in providing for the Christian and Catholic education of Catho- lo children, and they should spare no pains to pre. vent their using the Protestant version of the Bivie, singing the hymns or reciting the rayers of the sects, Theretore should they be vigilant in preventing the introduction {nto the public schools of such books or practices to the detriment of the Taith and religion of the obil- dron. They should everywhere resist witn con- astancy and moderation these efforts of the sects and endeavor to obtain from the proper authories the necessary remedy. Dr. McUlyna continued to support his views on the school question by quotations from hign author- tues, who held similar opinions to his. Amoi! others, he mentioned the late Bishop Fitzpatrick, Boston, and read a letier written by that prelate to the local authorities at Boston, in whioh the reading of the Protestant Bible in the common schools was atrongly conaemned, and declared most unjust and unlair to Catholic culidren. JERSEY CHURCHES, Interesting Religious Servicce ta Newark and East Newark. In Grace churoh (Episcopal), Newark, last even- Ing, @ large congregation assembled to witness the ever interesting ceremony of confirmation, About twenty-two persons, mostly children of tender years, received the rite at the hands of tho Kight Reverend Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey, W. H. Odenhelmer, He was assisted by Rev. Robert K. Dennison, rector, and Rev. Mr. Webb, assistant rec- tor. Previous to the ceremony the Bishop preached @ sermon suited to the occasion. Yesterday morning the miasion which has been held for the past week in the Catholic church of St. Pius, at East Newark, was brought to a couclusion with very interesting services, Tho imission, a8 Rev, Father Glackmeyer stated iu a closing address, ‘was productive of great religious good. Many con- versions were made, and a revival stirred up in the hearts of the entire Catholic community. In the holding of the mission Father Giaokmeyer was as- sisted by Revs. Father Hackapiel and Busan, alb of the Jesuit order, 8T, STEPHEN'S CHUROH FAIR. The fair at St. Stephen’s church is now in fui display fu all its departments, There is not a stand out of the twenty divisions which comprise tho entire fair that bas not in itself atiractions sumelent to repay @ visit. Some very choice articles are to be seen in each department. The wealthiest mem- bevs of the congregation have been generous in thei aid to Dr. McUlynn tu the present dificulty, and the result ts that some RARR SPECIMENS OF ART AND SKILL @tace the tables. But, apart trom these choice selections, one might ag well visit the falr for ordinary purchases as go to a fancy dry goods store. As Serene, in the fair has been vuluntarily con- tributed, and as there is no limit to the stock, the jadies in charge of the tables have agreed to undersell oven the millionnatre mer- chants, and hence, even in the ordinary nveful arti- cles, bargains are plenty and ‘the goods are relia- ble.” At each of the masses in St, Stephen's church yesterday the Rev, Dr. McGlynn briciy addressed the congregation tn regard to the fair, He urged upon his parishioners to come and see THE BRILLIANT ARRAY OF BEAUTIFUL THINGS which beautiful ladies of his parish had collected, prranged and set before the multitude with such loving care and kindly sympathy. for the poor, in whose behalf all this was done. He did not ask those who could not rd it to spend money; but he did ask for their presence and encouragement. He did not caro about gorgoos, display from those ‘Who migat be inconvenienced to make it; but there ‘Was no one who could come to tne fair and leave tt without feoling oer and better, and hence he wanted to see familiar faces around and to foel him. aelt that the great family of the pariso participated in this common good. As this was @ season for holiday gtfts he requested that tn this particulan, also, the lair would be remembered, VIEWS OF THE PAST. DECRMGER 18, 1670—Battlo at Nuits; the French defeated and the town occupied by the Germans, 1793—Toulon taken by the French and a number of it Inhabitants massacred, 1621—The House ol Commana protested agaiwt certatn usurpations uf Kung Jaded ke

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