The New York Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1872, Page 4

1 CANNOT THENK HE WAS A DEMON, had no bright streak in his character made him a dem 1 am too on, what I have heard in bis favor, It Saerbere. bestowed charity, although ve stolen the meaus to do it, It 1s some- ofa ues oe know that he divided with his juea, 1am glad he nad them, ior if hjs- Rory shall write him down as legitimate company of ‘these Characters it will be some slight solace to in. Ww HEN LT STAND3 MOURNING AT HIS GRAVE, ‘he ai least was not without the exceliencies of Igay he tvas not amuser. For the sake of tnose who are leit behind 1t might be wished that he had for although bis prodigality was less objec- able in himself, yet it was more peraictous in its 8 upon others. Tne exaimple of @ miser be- mes repugnant to the mina of youth, but the xample Oi a fashionable aud plausible spenutaritt, Ven If Ms fortune be the fruit of dishonesty, has in takin of enchantment. At tuis point the man gas one of the worst samples of the time. He ad lis gaudy spleadors before the puvile eye, mi HE SREMED TO LIVE IN A PERPETUAL DREAM. You kuow his studs were the finest, his veiicles | “the rici es:, Dis jewels the rarest, his wardrobe the most Clavorate, his feast the grandest, his retinue Abe most numerous of any tn the land. ‘HE AAD A WHOLE REGIMENT TO DO HIS BIDDING, ES a servants ta splendid livery who watted tis nod, He rivalied the briliancy of Eastern | rinoes; le recalled the stories of the fabled ages; @ bewildered the ignorant and poor; he wounded | the pride o! tue ostentatious; he evoked ihe envy of ‘he rich, 4d awakened in the mind of the young a jaise cmtuation, How natural was tt fora youth to | Dehoid ali this pageantry of weath and reason thus:——‘?ney say the man isa vilNaD, Dut he has a 00d tim He seems to posses: hings, Hebas fluence, he controls courts, he deties authority, | jwnd 1 don’t see but that he vas as much respect as Buy of tue rich or great ones around me, There Must be something in this man, [il seek an intro. dxetion, VU make his acquaintaace, Becret, and VLL TRAVDL THA SAME ROAD, for it seems g000 and right unto me,” I say this ts tural, and I doubt not that lis baletul example as poisoucd hearts and perverted lives that had | DOiherwise loved on safer and Letter paths. God grant that the drama of its taking off may | time wasted in such simply desired to bring hia c' ! delusion from these misguided youths, 80 that | Young people as something dangerous, reak the spell ot that example, tear away the vel hey MAY sce Liat a “Way may scém right unto a | pan, ald yet the end thereol may be the ways of | cath!’ When speak of tits purpose to be rich aid it evil Luflucnce Lam striking ove of the lead- Ing evils of the age. This man stood not alone in | this respe:t; be was but one of a great numoer; | ore successful than the most, Lore apt in the ex | WDIMON OL Uis Success, DUS OUly One Of A great con- wourse, You neva not be referred to YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT FOR EXAMPLES, (. The community 1s to-day in a turmoil of reaction | nil readjustment from gigantic wrong. Guilty | niilionnaires Sit in high places. Lhe spoils of shame Wecorate the seats of justice, lanocence 18 Op- reszed, Honest labor 13 defrauded by wealthy onclayes. Respectable citizens are robbed and | Qendered powerless by preconcerted villany, under ‘the sanctions of oflice. ‘The vilest men are exaited jand the wicked walk unvlushing on every side. i And what ‘logs all this lead to? Surely there 13 & @arker sie to the picture, False gains are not ‘without their recompense, There is a retribution Bomewiliere iu this world or the text, or both, for the deception and the violence of these things. There 1s, at least, the loss of the consciousness of z int, that more than humap assurance of the hind which, when a man hath it, he is RIO AMONG RAG3 AND HAPPY BEHIND DUNGEON BARS. 4, Thon, more than this, there are heart aches and Yorebodiugs, tat disturb with dreams the hightly Blumber, Anil often there Is falsity and bitterness | of disappoiniment. Aud then, too, there 1s satiety ‘Bod @ Geriaia barrenness waich !s akin to despair Bnd 1s the hell of tie soul. And sometimes regret Btrikes lis yenomet sung through the heart. And | disease and vivicnce and strife and death end a @ark beyond, whence the travellers come not to tell ‘he sorrows there. Ali these and more than these enter into | THAT PANDORA BOX OF PLAGUES | Which lies in wattlng for the day of visitation to | aii (hose who think a man's Ife consisteth La the | ers of his riches; Who swaliow up the needy; ho make tho ephai stall aud the shekel great, faisifylug the balances by deceit; for all who, In se. curing their own seldsn ends, lift the hand of Meflance agaiuss the right; yel the light will fall at last, and tue sun go down io cioud, and the night thereos shall be tue ways of death, fi. And wow tes me ask why 1s all this wicked- mess? Why do these heroes of wrong ply thelr enormous crait? Why have we so many to go crusning through ali the delicate rediraints of yir- , tue aad train to secure the paltry venelits of for+ fune and ofshow? Why was tragedy ot blood, and MeiO-draiuatc career that preceded it? Why did It it met the desire of bis | geomed rigut woto him, mind, and because he met it, it for the time satis- | fied Ui and seemed right. ht, however, in the euse of convenient, He never sought to test It by Ne principles of higher rigit. Le never sought to Bdjust it to | THK GOOD OF MAN NOR THE APPROVAL OF Gop. | Qt seemed right in the mists of illusion which rose from sordid purpose, and he dashed on turough tts ynaze of uorroers, dreaming all the whi! Ginages of beauty. It seemed rigni Us beries assuied the form of feats of mnocent aud profitable smartoess, : MIS STOLEN RAILROADS ona tu him by inattenable right. His d theatres loomed va bis vision uke hteousness. iis devauched com- autons wei oudesses in lis eyes. Tie way wemed enchanted, It Was masked all along with | BPlendors Uiat hid its guilt, aud successes thal con- Cesled its devin, and never unt THK BLAM OF THE FATAL Vi3TOL BROKB ON HIS DKEAM @id inever occur to him that bis soul was deceived and bis life rtal. Oh, What a delusion 13 that which turns wrong foto right and right imo wrong; which Invesia a Btone by the roadside with the proportions of a mountaii, and makes tle mountain a3 a wolehill; ‘wiuleh eathrones crime and invests i HUT WITH GARMENTS SO COMELY | as to make it seem Uke mnocence; Which gilds vice und puis it in the place of virtuc; which wilte- , washes tie sepuichre until you forget that rotten- ness and death ave within! Jt ts this delusion that has leit so many hopeful youtis to die in prisons; 80 many to pine ui poverty and di so many to wall in hopeiess moral shipwreck when they had Jost sight of laud and the holiow ) BURRiCANES OF WRATH WEGE SINGING THBIR RE- | QUIEMS, It isan awful thing'to beat sea without a com- | ass, but Worse, peruaps, to have a compass Which | u@ poluting ina wrong divectton, I Sailor wio, to avenge time | t @ piece of fron in the binna- Je pointed west, instead of ne ship through storm and {| y weil, Ro one dreamiag of they were on the right way, ie roeky (nd) ~ . aa howled a one en | bky ledge, anc 0d slip struck belore Could turn her, aud al Was lost.” sr Look to tt, young men; look to It, that TURRK 18 NO IRON IN THE WINNACLE. | See that the com iS Sound aud the ship uns tramuiciled and Wie Tizhi, and all 1s safe. See Bose St tot! ne Gena way that seemeth | right woto a man, but the ends thereof! axe 1 | ordoath.”" e the ways Second —But this man pursued his way, moreover, ‘Decause of (ae presumption oF Als heart. seemed right unto him, ie was wise in hisowa concett, His judgment had rendered tts verdict, i he cared not Yo go beyond its decisions. Luis principle of self. assurance was at once his Weakness and his Btreagth, | iT GAVE FORCE TO Hi8 CHARACTER, Dut tt acuieved bis ruim “Away that seemeth ight untoa man.” Mun bas ever been wont to lew his own cisteras. If they have been imperiect and broken even, still he fas persisted until the Divine (ong aad was exhausted and the day of grace fled, ‘he luinan mind needs teaching irom above, and he only is Wisc who pauses to listen for those oracies by which aione be may be ied unto salvation, ‘This quality of presumption was probably TUB DISTINGUISHING TRAIT OF THE DECEASED, One public journal, in descriving him, says he | came in 1864 to this ctty with a stiver watch and | brass enough to starta respeciable foundry. This | that the world calis brass is oiten the ally of genius, | and wile it contributes marveliously to success, 1b 18 yet lamentable tnat too frequent ly 1t becomes the gateway of overthrow, The history of statesman: | alitp, of literature, of war, furnisies endiess exam- ples of this fact, Rooespierre, Danton and Marat ‘witness the fact. Voltaire was an instauce of it. And the First Napoicon, wuose genius dazzled the world, at last ilustrated his fatuity in his march to Moscow. Beemed to be! opera houses temples ot i puce Bolf on tie cap gle, 50 tum Ui Porth, and on went ead of ‘Whom the gods would destroy ‘They orst make mad. FISK'S LIFE WAS ONE OF MADNESS, It had the impeiuosity of a mountain torreat and the force of 4 cataract, but Itlacked the steadiness and utinty of the beutgiunt river, which never over- flows its vanks but TO WATER AND BLBS3 THE DRY LANDS that skit tiem,-and that bears on its broad boson oe iruits Of honest toil and the traillc of happy 03. ’ ‘There tg Something sublime in @ man’s carving his owa success, Taking the insignificant ‘wunings of fortune and character, and elaborating, adding, puritying—throwing the fire of his hammer and the sound of his toil all around as so many uals of encouragement to others—culliding with no man’s interes\—disvurbing no man’s rest—Alling the measure of his days, as the stars traverse their orbits, swittly and brilliantly and yet with upjarring barmouy—until the fortune is ample aud THE CHARACTER 13 SAINTLY. I say thore is something grand in this, It interests the world without ching It; it agitates without Giatracting. It dis] je stimulus Of an example which exttlarates and vitalizes—leaving no scar from 1s contact, bia Sw no d in its train, It challenges the admiration of Heaven'and elicits the applause of angels; for to such tney are all minister- dag spirits, ans THEY RUSK OUT FROM THE DOORWAYS OF RTERNITY to provoke intenser effort in @il these virtuous deem mysolf cailed upon wo be hls biegrapher, May | functions of the putpli would be abused and your | 1s too mysterious for my finite capacity. | has fecently said that our society was defective. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1872.—TRIPLE SHE human evolutions and mortal skill, betokens a pre- sumption which would be unwarraniablo even in angelic beings. There is a deepor philosophy in life than appears on the garish surface ol success, There dre lives unobtrusive and obscure which outshine tn true power all the parade of grandeur, simple ways there are, travelled by simple hearts— ungarnisied with the allurements of fashion and therefore seemingly uninyiting—but which are solid | and saie and deligutiul, and which glitter ft the end, as THR PATHWAY OF THR JUST, “that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." There 1s an undercurrent of heroism, untouched by the surface miners of the world, uniess by accident, whici dignifies and enriches beyond all couception of earihly recompense. But they who will share it must be not voluptuaries, ease-loving debauciees, unscrupulous chariatans—men of violence, seiiisn- ness and fraud—but self-denytng and generous, | gentle and forgiving, peaceful and upright, lovers or their kind, lovers of God aud rignt. They must recognize an obligation to work for others a8 well as for thenselves. THEY MUST DETHRONE THR BLIND IDOLS of personal interest and tnvite to the temple of their souls the Jesus who commandeth to love one aootner, to be peacemakers, to do good unlo the bodies and souls of men, to build around the shrine of noly trust the hmages of virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness and charity, It 13 to these that comes tne promise | and insures tne blessing of that higuer, herote Life which is ever more safc as well as blessed. Ii 1s tosuch a career 1 would invite you, young men, and when you accept tie chalienge ant pursue the way I apprehend you vastly diverge from THY MAN WHO SLEEPS TO-DAY IN AN UNMOURNED GRAVE. Thia Ife he might have lived If he wonld; but he suifored the god cf (his worid to Did is eyes, 80 as to believe a le and pursue & way that only seemed right, without am solia ; assurance that the end thereof would not dcath, He was endowed with powers which might bave adorned a better cause, sven thouga he had worked tn an humbler sphere; yet under the guide ot mht principies his stroag nature would have acizeved blessing for himsel! and benefit for othocs: Hia record would have been at least respectavie, PU learn his ; and MEMORY WOULD WAVE LINGERED AT AIS TOMB with flowera aud virtuous tcurs lastead of execra- uons. I have not minutely traced his htatory; I Cons he entertainment, aracter belore the wil BEUAUSE OF THR HALO OF ENCHANTMENT about it, and something to be avoided because of the darkness beyond it. 1 linger with mounful musings on a well endowed maniood so recklessly wasted. 1 trace withtou pity the short carcer Of his abominations and vanity until they lay the sable drapery over his pallid form, and 1 romember that he has passedthat bourne whence no traveller returns. Here I cease to follow him. re I leave him to the future and to God. Wheth Rome tender arm more Meretful than man discoverod tn him A WNGR ON WHICH TO HANG A BRAM OF BLESSED NEMS The mus- ter roll of the judgment must make that rovelation, and | must pause and draw tho veil over the scene | and extend the charity of silence to thai which I cau neither comprekena nor alver. APFLY THE REMIDHS, Sermon by tho Rev. Dr. Merrill Richardson in the New Ensgzlaad Congregational Church. A large congregation ratnered in the gental house of worship corner of Madison avenue and Forty- seventh street, yesterday morning, to listen to their pastor, Rev, Merrill Richardson, D. D.. on the “Power of Pablic Sentiment to Restrata from Crime,” the late assassination of Mr, Fisk being the grouudwork of the alscourse, although the names of the actors m the tragedy were not used by the reverend gentlcoman, He selected bis text from Hebrews, stxth chapter, por- ttons of the seventh and cighth verses—‘'And bringeth forth nerbs meer for them by whom tt 1s dressed) Teceiveth biesstng from God; but that which beare*’ them and briers is rejocted, and 1s nigh unto carsing.” It is with humana society as with the earth, What is cuillvated 1s always o blessing and what neglected a curse. The fact is obvious that wuen # country becomes cultivated it 13 a biessmg of God, and, on the contrary, in @ state of - ignorance @ blot and stain, Look upon society—and nations when unaer right cratnimg-—they are proveriy Dlessed, God does not finish the earth, but nas left it to cail forth man’s power of development. All its resources have becn left in an embryo state, which HUMAN AGENCIKS must finish, Facis were then given by the pastor, coutrasting tho several countries—Ireland, Scot- land and China—to show that gust 1a that propor- tion in the eiforts used to cultivate the people so they prosper, Cultivation one year does not auswer for another; nor does one generation for the next. Continued effort must bo made in tie way of im- provement or else there will be deterioration, Na- tions must reproduce thelr wealth every year, The. heath of the body must be cared for aud cultivated every day; as with invlviduals so with a couutry, there must be reproduciug ail the time. C exertion is God’s plan with mau I! were then given to sli Q execute) and make their power of pudiic oplnion—the latter 13 omnipoteat, and decides laws aud customs, peace and war, and the vreat majority of a community vecomes good or bad according ‘TO ITS PUNLIO OPINION, They wiil not go beyond this, and m free societies vhe uiterance on moral questions of every man and woman, every paper, every judge, court or jury, directly tead to form that pubd- lie opinion, for which they, in part, are responsible, Humboldr in ascending the Andes jound the atmosphere so rare that blood was forced Ubrough the skin, and so wit the moralatmosphere | in which we train—tt is made rare so all vicious induences force tuemsclves to the surface, Ampittying this point at eloquent iength the pastor used many illustrations of the power of soclety, Take children m their cradies and change them with children born in China, jo one «generation their whole destiny Would undergo a revolu- tion, 80 great 18 ihe power of @ community to mould all 'iving within it. Kvery member of so- Clety 1s responsivie for he muvee, strength of public sentiment. The ricit a3 weil a& \he sour are inter. ested inthis. Dr. itenardsoa thes forcibly spoxe of educating Ue masses more than ts belng done. It is demanded by the age, and Christianity requires it. The moral power he press—the greatest work of the age—is more and more extending tts infiu- ence for theright. Phe pulpit ts doing tts work and | showing how much the inculeatioa of Christian principles 1s doing forthe public good, society must be founded on Christiaa principles, = ‘The London Tiines, in view of the late assassination, it is only 80 becaus2 we do not APPLY THR REMEDIES the case demanis. This and osher crimes grow out of loose public sentiment. The people wor- shipped tue goiden calf Aaron made; but every man and woman that brought jewels and money to mitke it bore part of the gulit. The application of the sermon was then maae, Every one must stand at his post and meet hts or her responsibility. must lave a better moral sentiment among us, and ail shouid endeavor to vring avout that result. FISK A SCORPION AND A BLOATED TOAD. Sermon by Rev. Mr. Brackett in the First Baptist Church, Yesterday morning the First Baptist church, cor- her of Fiftn and South Fifth streets, in the Eastern District, was welt filed, and the pastor, Rev. J. D. Brackett, preached abie discourse, taking for his tex Mark, x., 17—22, which glvesa descrip- Uon of the interview the young ruler nad with Christ when he came to avk, “What good thing shall Ido that f may inuertt eternal Mife?” In his imtro- ductory remarks the preacher said the passage furnished an example of the Saviour’s wis- dom and kindness m dealing with the erring. Admonition 1s never wise if it is mot kind, and it is never kind if it ts not wise, Christians were repeatedly exhorted to admonish one another, but there were some who never performed that duty without doing more harm than good. They did not know how to rebuke A BROTHER WITHOUT Rasrina HI and making him angry. Tuetr solemn admonition was sure to endina duel with sharp tongues, and when they had finished they did not gain but lost their brother, Jesus gave the young ruler nooc. caston to be angry, but be quietly put the young man in the way of finding out his error for himseti; and yet Jesus was faltitul, and did not fatl to lay his hand upon the sore spot, but he did it so kindly and gently that though the patient winced he was not angry. He went Q@way sorrow/ul, not augry. Jesus was aiw careful to vary nis teatiment, adapting ‘it to the character and condition of the persoa wiih whow He had todeal. Christ never made any man apgry, never denounced or stigmatized anybody; He never raised Caden combativeness, and yet He was always faithfui and true, In this matter of personal admonition, as tv a thousagd other thing Wwe Would all do weil to go to school to Jesus, The Orst fact which was noticeable tn the narrative was te power of Jesus in testing human charac ‘which was ably discussed. There never was such & revealer of hearts as Jesus of Nazareth; His very presence seemed to have @ magic power to make Inauifest the essential characters of men, The re- gpectable Scribes and formal Pharisees locked bideous when they came within the circio of His iniluence, because all the malignity and meanness which lay cotled penimd the heroes ty the ever loying “God speed you, m, broyier! Well done! Wel done? ‘Bot tn butlaing up fortune ii is sheer folly to assume that our Knowileuge needs no supplement, and that the first ai we chance to strike, because, forsooth, 1b p some charms, is therefore the right one, TO yiak all upon the acciaéntal forces of our own jud; ment, w trust al) gf Ufe and destiny 10 ety thick veil of their seif-righteousness was made manifest. The reason was because Jesus Christ was the central light. When the mornin; sun rises the Owls ana the bats hoot and hide, bu the Jarks and the roving greet his comlug wih me- {oon joy. So Jesus said, “I am come a light into he world, and men love darkuess rather than ight because the decds are evil.” Kyery good man We | pessenned this revealing power tn proportion to his Vhristiiness, Christ 1s the touchstone of Lumanity— the true test of character. So that if men would know thetr true character and condition they ought not to rest contest with the partial judgmeut of friends, nor be gatigfea with the approval of their consciences, but should go directly to the Lord Jesus Ohrist. In che text Jesus was seen to be condemning the highest posstbic de- veiopment of uuregenerated = human ture, it nov possible to paint a ‘a8 more attrac tive picture of human life and charac- ter than was furnished in the passage uuder con- sideration, There was notin ali literature a por- tralt of any man more beauttful and attractive than | the Gospel pomare of the young ruler. Every con- ceivanle gift and grace, short of Divine erace, was ascribed to him, Youth, Hohe, rank—eartu’s | choicest gi'ts—he had them all. Having one our of the three thousands would think they bad enough. JIM FISK PORTRAYED. Have I millions at my disposal? What is there, then, that I cannot do? TI can own a railroad, opera houses and magnificent steamboat, Wo can touch me? Have I not power tu put up and put down at my pleasure? Can I not spread disaster and distress through all the length ; and breadth of the. lana tn one ‘Black Friday” uf I willy If any man injures me, can [ not avenge myself? May 1 not own Judges and Courts and control Legisiatures? The scorpion cannot sting quicker or more fatal than I. Soin this degenerate day &man may roil 1n Wealth and corruption and have not che remotest idea but it Is all right, Victorious gverywhere on the earth he gives himself no possible concern about the iuture; but suddenly, a8 when the ox browsing, utterly uncouscious, putse@his foot upon a vioated toad crushes 1, moves on and Kuows not, 80 death one day smites hin ¢ and he 13 dostroyed. And yet such men walk in respect ability, and young men look upon them with envious eyes and 8.1y. “Oh, that Leeenid he such a ove as ho!’ Young men stfive to like him and stretch out eager, grasping, nervous, clutching hands for wealth; they plot and plan by day and night to make their fortuues, Young men, be not — envious Qt the prosperity of tne wicked; thelr fect shall slide tu due time, Taoy are liited up only that they may be crushed the more effectually; they have prosperity for @ moment that they may have de- struclion and misery for ever aud ever and ever, ‘The preacher, having pulled Fisk and Lis numerocs unitators over the coals, proceeded to spoak of tae adinirable moral churacier possessed by the young Tuler, Who never embezzied anybody's goods, who ever enriched himself by de:rauding others, WO never slandered tis neighbor or accused him falsely, Ho could icok full into every man’s eye with no fear of stumbling into some dark pit which his own hands bad digged or oF WAXING UP THE GHOSTS OF BURIGD CRIMES. Avery little virtue In @ man of great worldly eiinence goosagreat way in this world; in the eyes ol his fellow men itt makes almost @ satut of him. Flatterers and sycophants talk about it everywhere, “So aud so is ® good man; people gay he is bad, but Lkuow he gave $5 to that poor widow who was sturving to-day.” But the young ruler was not onulya man of great worldly emi- nence, but ol great virsue, and it was greatly to his credit that he passed through life sweet, pure and unstained, [8 not that alt that will or can be required of him? At the world’s judgment bar, “Yes; but at God’s judgment bar, ‘No, Was Pope's aphorism that, “An honest man ts the noblest work of Go,” trua? Has human nature reached its utmost stretch when a man knows how to respect tie rights of propery? is aman all that be can be when he kuows how to Keep his fingers off his neighbor's chat- tels? ‘The young ruler had a sound creed, and hts orthodoxy was greatly to his credit, He was amiaole, sincere, frank and ingen- tous, and seemed to be a Whole man; but ie was re- jected by Christ, not because tuese qualities were not good, but because they were not enough, Ifa wan went to the tax collector’s office and ollered a $20 bill to pay taxes amounting to $100 the | money would not be accepted; not that the United States currency was wortiiless, but because it was not enough to meet the claim. Jesus did not despise morality, for he loved the young ruler. The third thought deduced from the text, and aptly tlus- trated, was that Christ demanded tho dethrone- ment of self aud the enthronement of God in the human heart. There must be self-cracifxion, then & “new departure” on the part of those who would be the disciples of Christ, “Seti all that thou hast and ie and foliow me,” was the demand of Christ; “for oxcept a mau be bora again he cannot See the kindom of God.” MORPHINE, BUT NO MINISTER, Ufscourso by Rev. A. H. Partridse ta Christ's Episcopal Ciurch, Willinmsburg. Christ's Episcopal churcn, Bedford avenue, Wiiliamsburg, was crowded yesterday morning by an aristocratic and devout congregation. Rev. A. H, Partridge, the pastor, was Lie sole oMciating minister, and read the lengthened services in his usual off-hand, business-like and earnest manner. Tils sermon was based on the words from Isalah xxv., ‘And it shail be said in that day, Lo, this ts our God, we Rave waited for Him and He wit save us,” £0, He first directed attention to the inestimable bene- fits bestowed on the world by the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, by whom alone saivation from linpending destruction could be pro- cured. This great saivation, however, must be worked for; it must be sought for by man himself, Their calimg and election can only be made sure by continued diligence, perseveratice and self-sacri- fictng devotion tn Christian effort. The tralz faith- ful believer in the Saviour will always follow Hts divine dictates, and by doing so escape the destruc- tioa which will overtake the wicked, God's judg- ment is severely discriminating. Of two men ploughing tn the same fictd one was taken and the other left, The preacher tien went on to describe THE TERRIBLE PANIC which Christ’s second coming would produce among the ungodly, and earnestly besougit nis hearers to make due preparations for that dread event. ‘The votaries of pleasure, he continued, and the devo'ees to the feeting vanities and delusive honors of the world either entirely forget that a day of judgment 18 approaching or that some striking warning will herald its approach, While enlarging on this point the speaker drew a telling lllustration rom THE LATE FISK-STOKES TRAGEDY, to wiich he reierred ia the following words:—“Are We sure that we shall have any warning at all more than was given lo Fisk, who dtea on Sanday last by the hand of an_ assassin? What preparations had he made for death? After the bloody deed was done what time had he for re- entance and tears, Amid the general consterna- jon the would-be wise iiought it more important for him to call in a counsellor of the law and make his will than to secure his peace with God and His everlasting favor, Aud when iis temporal aifairs were all setlod WHERE WERE HIS SPIRITUAL ADVISERS? We hear Of none of thein approaching him in nis hour of supreme peril. ‘The physician, however, applied the stupefying draught, aud ne sunk into a state of unconsciousness, from which he never awoke, His soul was leit to take care of itself and fo Into the presence of God, as too many go, alas! in these dark days of assassination and murder, Justice in this and every other simiiar instance should be meted out, The strong arm of tac law should protect the lives of citizens, and no man should be allowed to kill lus prother without suf. fering the severest penalty the law can inflict upon him, We enter not into the merits of this sad and awiul case one way or the other, but simply say “PH WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR 13 HARD." And as we live in days of infamy and biood, does it not become each of us to prepare tor death, judg- ment and eternity by building our hopes of mmmor- tality upon Christ—the Rock of Ages? FiK MANGLED, An Elizabethan Divine Hangs, Draws and Quarters His Memory. Etizapera, N. J., Jan, 14, 1872, A sensational sermon was preached in the First Presbyterian church in tits city this morning by the Rev. Everhard R. Kempsball, pastor of the church, His text was taken from the Psalms, @ portion of which was:—“The wicked shall Nourish like a green bay tree, &c.” The sermon created a great sensation jn this usually quiet city, The gist of the address was tnat James Fisk, Jr., was & man utterly devoid of any noble trait of cha- racter; a man who had set a most pernicious exampie to the youth of our land ana one whom the Almighty cut off in His wrath. It was one of the most un- charitable discourses that I have listened to in a long time. He pronounced Mr. Fisk @ robber, a sensualist and @ man Whom tie Almiglty feared aud despised, ST. PATRICKS CATHEDRAL, The Influence and Power of the Blessed Vir- gin—ermon by the Rev. Father Kearney. A large congregation crowded the Cathedral yes terday, the services as usual being very solemn and Impressive, The effect produced by the recent ap- | propriate decorations of the nigh altar and tts sur- rounding is exceedingly beautiful, and adds con- siderably to the tmposing character of the ceremo- nies. Mass was commenced at baif-past ten o'clock, tne Rev. Father McNamee officiating as celebrant. At th conclusion of the first gospel the Rev. Father Kearney preacued @ very eloquent sermon, taking bis text from the Gospel according to St. Jou, iL, 1-12—"'And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galllee; and the mother of Jesus Was there.” The reverend gentieman went on to describe = the miracle of turning water into wine, performed py the Savi and Alluded tw the influence possessed ay i divine mipasyy at Whose request the transformation Was effected, She it was who taught the Gospel or the Lord, giving to the shepherds a succinct nistory of the incarnation, and aiso to the wise men of the east. At her suggestion the Saviour manifested His power at the marriage feast, aud by that manifesta- lion the aposties, who were with Him, were con- firmed tn thelr faith. ‘Tne reveread gentieman, alter dweiing at some icuxta upoa the principal events inthe life of the mother of God while on earth, showed that those who undertook to discard | ner failed to realizo the beuefits conferred by the Saviour Himself, The words of the Sospat clearly showed that our Lord was accompanied by His holy mother in ail His trials and tribulations, Uon- | fidence in her powers waa established at the marriage feast. Tue favor had been conferred by her on that occasion without any request having been made by the persons present. Now, if she could obtuin so much and was willing to ascord such favors, without betng asked, wnat could she not accomplish when her intercession was fervently pleas for? The reverend gentle- man concluded by dilating upon the virtues of the Mother of God, the influence which she exercised, and the necessity of el for her help and as sistance through the 1.01 The mass sung was by L, Rosst, in D minor, and received, a8 usual, a correct and creditable inter- pretation by the leading artists in the choir, At the offertory, “Bone Pastor,” a duet for tenor and bass, by Mr. Gustavus Schinitz, was rendered by Mr. H. Schmitz and Mr. Urchs. The composition is very melodious and sympathetic, and, ther with being Well sung, proved an exceedingly ap- As the congres: ‘@ voluntary on ropriate selection. ‘athedral Professor Schmitz played the grand organ in his own masterly style. HEPWORTHS ORTHODOXY. A Large Assemblage at Stelnway Hall to Witness the “New Departure.” HR. HEPWORTH DECLARES 1s PAITH Roy. Dr. Bellows Defines the Principle of Unitarianism and Takes a Fling at the Pope. Mr. Hepworth’s “Reasons” Considered by Rev. W. T. Clarke. Christ’s Passion a Theatrical Performance. Rev. H.R. Nye Charges Mr. Hepworth with Wanting to Create a Sensation, THE NEW CHURCH. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Hepworth=“Ono Lord, Que Faith, One Eaptism.” To a congregation tnat filled every available space of Steinway Hall, and which, indeed, overflowed into the aisies and entrances to both galleries, Mr. Hepworth yqsterday morning delivered his first ser- mor as an orthodox, or “Congregational,” minister. The service, which was very simple, but Metho- istic in Its earnestness, Was opened by Professor Martin, who led the vast congregation in a short, simple and reverent prayer, The hymn com- mencing All hall the power of Jesus’ name was hext sung, witi heart and voice, by the con- gregation, to the tune of “Coronation,” supported by tne organ of the hall. This was followed by the reading, by Professor Martin, of the second chapter of the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, Mr. Hepworth then implored THE DIVINE BLESSING, in phraseology so simple and so Saxon and with such a child-like trustfulness, that it seemed as though it could scarcely be possible that God was very far from any of those who were privileged to unite with him in that prayer. After tnis the congregation sung, with a greater earnestness than ever before, Sarah #. Adama’ well-kuowu byma, Nearer, my God, to Thee, tothe tune ol “Bethany.” During the singing of this hymn the new arrivals had so inconventently crowded the hail that 1: was needful to open tho anteroom, adjoluing the entrance, and sitting ac- commodation having been canta it was Bpeedily filled, also. Seldom has Steinway Mall presented {to any Ole Speaker 60 Vast A SRA OF FACRS. Seen from the platiorm the effect was very strike ing; tor the congrezation was wade up ol mteill- Kent, thoughttul, emoiuonal countenances, divided pretty equally eer} doth sexes. Several hundreds had to stand during the entire service, but there was no sign of weariness traceable ou any face. The dress, manner and bebavior of Mr. Hepworth’s hearers indicated a familiarity with tne decorum and usages of the best society, though there was noi wanting a large representation of those whom Mr. Hepworth says he delighia in welcoming, the Bons and daughters of daily toll, Throughout the sermon, from the frst sentence to the last, Mr. Hepworth sustained that conversational aud con- fidential tone that is one of the attractions of his style of address. He spoke throughout as one who believed what he said, aud tierefore did he speak, It was a loving human soul, with all its conflicts, its faith and tts love, denoting its presence with @ power ihat seemed to shake his audience like a passion, TRARS AND SMILES strangely alternating on many a face, Karly in the sermon there was the faintest kind of murmur, scarcely percentibie, lixe the faint, electric roll that precedes a summer siorm. Later on Mr. Hepworth Warmed Wita his subject in sketching THE DEAL CHURCH of the future, and the need of all Christians stand- ing shoulder to shouider in the coming conflict, and the pent up feclings of his hearers passed the kupt- con, they left their propricties behind and ap- Dlauged with feet and hands, Mr. Hepworth moved his arm, as if to say “Peace! be sulil;” and then sald, “It is not your feet | want, but your hearts,’”’ ‘The sermon, a report of which 18 given below, was short and adimiraoly appropriate for the occasion. Priated programmes, with the hymns for the ser- vice, and ai address from the minister, were given to each person as ihey came in, and [rom this it ap- pears a society will shortly be organized by Mr, Hepworth, to be known as ‘THE CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.” Mr. Hepworth invited his congregayon to assist in the distribution of this address, Dut was very distinct in stating that he did not ‘wish for any to unite with them who were already “churched,” ‘Those Who were not “churched,"’ those who did not go to any churca—and in a city where only one- quarter Of its population attended church there was, he thonght, large room for canvasing-—he shouid be glad to we'come cor:tially and fraternally. The singing of the Doxology and a benediction by Professor Martin brought this, the first service of Mr. Hepworth’s under bis “new departure,” to a close shortly alter twelve o'clock, Mr. Hepworth’s text was taken from Ephesians, 1v., 5—*One Lord, one faith, one baptism.” If you Will read the context, he said, you will find that there were schisms in the Church even in those early ames, St, Paul, wno always met an issue bravely, loid the people that every man must act according to the gilt which God has , iven him, and in doing 80 must accord to every otner man tne same privilege. In another place we are told that the foot ought not to worry pecause it is not the head, nor the band because it ts not the foot, Every limb should remember that {t ts a necessary art of the whole, and receives its life trom the earl which feeds all alike, ‘This was SOUND DOCTRINE In those old aays, and it has Hot grown to be so oid- fashtoned as to be useless to-day. One would think on reading the New Testament that there ts very little opportunity for disagreement, And so there is; Wf you take the New Tesiament for what it is, and not for what it never pretends tobe, Ifyou make it @ treatise of systematic theology I think you wiil have trouble in getting. on, because the theology in it is incidental to something far more important. Jf, on the other hand, you regard the Book as the revelation of the Holy Spirit which is to bring a biessing upon every labor and every word, thea not one so jowly but he sees the whole plan of God. Who can fall to under- stand Christ's spirit? No man whose heart does not go, out towards Him when le preaches about the loving father in the story of the Prodigal son, and about you and me when he describes the oor boy sitting among the swine and eating husks, Tne poorest Hebrew to whom the Son of Man spoke felt the ommnipoteut force of that beautiful, that gente spirit which governed Christin all things, it only when we talk about dogmatics and about methods that we get apart. ‘The object of life, and ia this we all agree, is to get toheayen. But we differ avout the best way in which this important result is to be accomplished, Aud, curiously enough, it often happeus that two men will get lerrivly heated about a question of logic, when they run together in matters o1 the heart like two drops of water, Weare naturally pagnacious and very opinionated, After wo have made up our midds upon @ given subject, either in social or moral science, we find ii difficult to believe that a Man 1s honest who aoes not see it justas we do, What hard names we call each other in hot political ume: HOW IMPATIENT WE ARB with any one who differs trom us and how easy it is for us to tmpute to iim wrong motives! With in+ finitely greater force this applies to religious con. cerns. if we read the Bible as @ Baptist it is bard how one can be anything but a Ba} If we read it a8 an orthodox Congregationalist or in = Episcopalian =the same result follows. Charity ig the best lesson which human nature learns, But we are learning 1, under the tuition of God's providence, very rapidly, Barriers which onoce were very high are graduaily melting away. In all these years one or another division or army corps or regiment im we Grand Army of t dha been fight sione, It has done brave the aimigavs, But now te iy ai?has sounded, aud ali these ts and aitvisio ns and army are of providential origin, at any grave sul in the same way, But they can all cy the Holy Spirit and appropriate It to their several purposes, ‘The dew fails upon the pon whole face of the earth, it grows it 19 lite My Ce SO everything that ana looks, how varied in its operatio: bel blade, another to 1t 8 one thing to the the apple blossom, and still Suother to the rosebud. Now, denominaw im seems to me to embody ‘these differences of nature. The Spirit of God takes possession of @ man of large imagination, and it It enters the Heart of another, wht is thorougi r, Ww! 01 practteat in all bis tendencies, and it makes cic lethodist. Now, then, if we are charitable towards different methods and' work togeuber for the salva- tion of souls, then all is well. Sut if we cease our Work tor the sake of a heated controversy then everything 1s lost. ‘Lhe architect, the mason and a dozen others build the house, But it 48 all in vain unless there is a man to live in it, The house ts for the man, and thouzh it 13 of very great importance that the house should be well fitted in ail its parts, we must never believe that the house 13 Of more importance than the man. Well, the mem- bers of ali sects construct a theology, and though I cannot exaggerate the importance ol right Views on in any scien ology. And I, ir Lhave learned to aero ial faith by more Jesus Christ, muss show my larger earnest preaching and work, and not by the pro- fessions of my lips oniy, It is one thing to nave @ creed which 13 to ut into a box or drawer on Sunday night and taken~out the next Sunday morning, and quite another thing to have @ creed whose truths have found thetr way deep down into your heart and stirred that cenire of all emotion and actioa. I don’t care for a man’s lips when contesses his faith, for lips can say anything; shéw me his temper, his resignation, his endurance, the spirit in which ne lives, and mae Vii tei you whetber he is rigut or wrong. The ere: < WORK TO BR DONB 1s to save our souls and the souls arougd us, Let usforget all minor differences and work together for that single end. Upon great fundamental truths we are all agreed; any difierences of opinion upon Other matters which shall stand in the way of our work 13 Wholly uaworthy. You and Land all of us are in the mire, We are selfish, ambitious and un- regenerate, We need help; we must have it, or we shail be ruined, Where will it come from? From Christ, the Lord; from the Living God. Give put your heart to Him and all will be well. Consecrate yourselves throuzh His revealed 1ove and nothing can harm you; lean upon Him and you shall not fall; trast in Him and He will not desert you, ce man, here 13 your best friend. In these bright days you need @ guide. You who are in middle life, your burdens are not easily borne ox- cept by a heart that has learned to trust, And you, Who are walking aiong the down hill, you need a rod and a staff. Here it isat hand. Christ 1s all in ali to a man's soul, GLAD THAT His GONE. Sermon by the Rev. W. Ff. Clarke in Unity Chapel. Unity Chapel, the cosey iittle church in 128th street, between Fourth and Filth avenues, was weli filled at the services yesterday moruing. It was ap occasion of unusual interest, Rev. William T. Clarke, the pastor, had announced asthe subject of the discourse, ‘The New Departure’’—a subject, a3 Was well Known, referring to the late apostasy of Rey. G. H. Hepworth, and engrossing just now the special attention of those of the Unitarlan faith, ‘His text was Mark, vill,, 13—“He was parted to the other side.” The reverend speaker plunged at once tn medias res, Naturally enough, he began, you ask the reason or the renunciation of A FAITH LOUDLY PROFBSSED, Ono of the reasons Mr. Hepworth adduces for his departure is the loose, unorganized condition of our body. He is tired of living out of doors, The prairie is too large for him, and he would get into camp. The objection has been often raised before. lt 1s that we are not @ sect, with a corpo- rate unity and drilled in a set uniform and making a great show on parade as they keep step to the drum beat of a leader’s idea. But freedom has advantages that more ‘than counterbalance its drawbacks, and whoever takes reason for his guide and conscience for his chart has no need of applauding majorities to make him happy. The speaker said that for himself he would sooner take the prairie where he could build his own house, however humble, on the soled earth and the boundless landscapes of nature and beneath the infinite roof of God's own heaven than have a room in the largest hotel or asylum im the universe. Mr, Hepworth’s next reason for bis departure is the NEGATIONS OF UNITARTANS. But behind allour negations there isa greater faith, Woe deny the less because we believe the more. Our Bible includes all the trath in science, history and philosophy, as well as the He- brew and Christian Scriptures, Mr. Hepworth conveys the idea that we deny the divinity of Christ, On the other hand, we hoid to the divinity of ai! good men, Wherever found, He holds to the incarnation of Christ. We go further, and, with a larger aud more comprehensive fatth, believe that every soul is an incarnation of the Iu- finite love, whose glory glows in every star and radiates along the track of every constellation, and ripples in waves of the ocean, and rolls in the billowy harvest, and roars in the river's cataract. The negation 13 On the other side; the faith ts on our side, who beiteve in an omnipresent God, In whom we live and move and have our being. But Ar. Hepworth holds tbat Christ is the THIRD PART OF THE GODHEAD, and that he has consented to put his arms about Mr. Hepworth and hold him up and keep him respecta- bie. If he ieans this im any personal sense itis absurd and impious; but if be means it i an impersonal way he says ouly what we aul hold. ‘The ideas, principles and spirit of Cnristanity make men stronger and better. ‘the more they are be- Neved the better for the belief, But Christ comes to those who believe and love, irrespective of their opinions, and we can give Him all the reverence and love we have as men if we call Him God. There is no ground 1n the New Testament for deifying Him. If He was God His prayers, temptation, agony and death were MERELY THEATRIO PERFORMANC! The Trinity is thought to bring God downto hu- man needs. But representing Christ as Deity only Uits Him out of the reach of humanity, and how are we to bridge the chasm between the struggling human heart and the infinite sereulty of a Deilic Redeemer? The Catholic Chureh 1s logical. It gives the virgin Mary to the aaorations of its worshippers, and as she is lifted up 1s becomes more necessary to fill the intervening spaces with inter- ceding saicts, It does not make God more Mey 4 ful to put all His lovable and adorable qualities in one person and calling tt “GOD THE SON.” It is not any adopted deity that the soul wants any more than the sunshine strained through an awning of red or blue, but the clear white light of trath, ‘ fae viscose the TO ORBATE A SENSATION inthe Church. We cannot decide, he gives for leaving the reasonable were Unitarian body might seems it not for the record he has hich he cannot now he says, for ten years he id nee bass, and Bceptics In the body; a the National rio ambiguous resoluti body to noil resolution had very much more than happy to last doubt concerning the body hi taken away, and if one of our body dare hereafter to say that the Unitarian ‘denomination is not Curistian denomination in iis best sease I characterize that man’s action as a it would be dificult to torget ry planted everlastingly on the eternal rock,’ es IF HE TOLD THE TRUTH when he uttered those words what reason has he for renouncing them now and declaring that the Unitarian body does not stand on the eternal rock S Mr. Hepworth atfirms a change in his personal brought up in the Unitarian faite; Ne has beon a scepiio in many things. Now, habe as been Heves in the divinity of Christ. te earecig means the word Trinity in tits renunciation of nis course. Nor does he speak of the Deity of Carist in very ¢x- Dlicit terms. “A partof God was in vuhrist” he says. “The power of God was in Christ, ang christ tg the love of God put into human form, Now to this, stating it diterently, Unitarian Onis tlans (not radicals) will agree, But tus ts Ros ‘Trinitarianism, which undertakes to de‘ine God, ang says We must believe that He exists in three sons equal in power and eternity. We are Unie tarians. Christian Unitariapism affirms that God is one—one mind, one will, one boing and that Jesus Christ isthe Son of God, the Mediator be tween God and man God manilests Himself tm Christ forthe redemption and training of mem The reverend gentleman concluded with three poinsa:—First, TRINITARIANS ARE WRONG whon they charge Unitartans with cenying Chrisve divinity, The Idvter mainvain that Christ had ame pernatural wisdom ana autnority, whereby be saves the world. Second—Tke present attitude of the Unitarians 1s @ warning to the Untversaliss Church, We must not pel ony hrist-Jesus, If men among ua are led to deny this essential truth they should go out from ai us and follow whom they please; Bucour motto mi be, not Paul men nor tollowers of Peter even, but of Christ. Third—If the Unitarian body (with which. in many things we cordially agree) 1s to live and be @ iorce in the worlu, while loving freedom, it muss hold fast ir3 allegiance to Christ, and send forth ne man to preach Who does not believe in the Claims which Christ made for Himself, and who does not preach Christ as the Mediator betweon God aug man, who gave Himself a rausom tor all, to be tes fled in due time, STICKS 70 THE OLD DOCTRINE. Sermon by Dr. Bellows in All Souls? Churches Dr. Beltows’ church was yesterday more than usually crowded, owing to the general expectation that he would in some way pointedly allude to the recent defection Gf Mr. Hepworth trom the Unt tarian denomination. This anticipation was par ally fulfilied. The Doctor took for bis text, “Waas Think Ye of Christ?’ He began by saying thas any eveat was apublic beneft that called marked attention to the characteristic opinions of the age. It had become specially important at the present time for tae Unitarian Church to answer with no uncertain votce the imquiry proposed in his text. And perhaps this might best be done by first saying wat they did not thinkof Christ, Tnoy did not believe that Jesus was Very God of Very God—God Himseif, This was a doctrine which was never taught by Christ Himself, nor could it pe found in the four Gospels, Such autnority as it had from the Scriptures was derived trom the Epistles, and here Oriental figures had to be literally com strued i order to make out a case. Notiing could have been more foreign to the Jewish mind than the idea of a triune God, They hal cherisned the conception of the unity of the Deity tor ages, and it wag Dut reasonable to suppose w uw Christ had ever taught that He was God Limself the announcement would have been received with marked astonisnment. Ne account of any such crisis in His carcer as a teaches ‘Was contained in the Gospels, The doctrine of the Trinity probably first sprang up in Asia Miner, among the Greek philosophers, wno, while they em- braced Christianity and recognized the veauty and truth of its fundamental doctrines, were unable to rid themseives of their national prejudice and Com. tempt for the Jews, and, above ali, for untearned men. Tie theory was, however, carried to its ultle mate consequences in Alexandria, where the fathers of the Church first distinctly announced that the the brightness of the Eternal Father’s countenance, ‘Two-thirds of the Unitarian ministers were REJOICING OVER THE DEPARTURB For one he rejoiced in ihe fact that Mr. Hep- worth had found his proper sphere and haply be- taken himself toit, He has contributed nothing to our creed—no sermon of marked ability, no new ideas, He has stolen other men’s thoug! ts, Yaking care, however, to change the language and dilute them very well. He has fatied in theatres because he had nothing to say which men wished to hear. He has now departea to a@ religion whose forms ot worship are all nicely iaia down, whose beliefs are formed by some leader, Let him, if he wisn, follow this religion, but give him (the [ atent ail the inspiration and maniiness of an unbiasse conscicnce. Give him the right to reject what his reason telis him is wrong., Mr. Hepworth's ome laiot was that he did not understand God. Is it, nen, necessary, in order to be religious, to under- stand God? Is it not enough that we know how he is? Is Goda mere mathematical problem, & philo- sophical question which must be solved before we au worship him? THEN AND NOW. Sermon by the Rev. H. R. Nye tn Charch of Our Father, At the above named edifice last evening a dis- course wasdelivered by the pastor, in which the conduct of Mr, Hepworth was criticised in a mas- terly manner. Mr. Nye was engaged in apostolic labor in Brooklyn from the year 1850 to 1857, since which time he hag been on the mussions in various places, and is now permanently stationed in this church, whither he recently came from Springtleld, Mass, He seems to be a gifted speaker and a zealous pastor, His text he took from I. Timothy, tL, 6, 6— “For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus ‘who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” In this unsettied time the change of a man from one Church to another ordinarily would excite little surprise or public comment. His best friends will not claim that Mr, Hepworth 1s a man whose opinions as a SCHOLAR OR A THINKER are likely to influence sober and intelligent minds or disturb any persons well settled in their religious views, But his popular gifts have given him some- thing of a national reputation, and after ftteen years of active service in the Unitarian body his renun- ciation will naturally provoke discussion ia ail Circles where he is kuown, Of HIS VIEWS It is not our province to judge people would pronounce him sincere and sick of he radicalism and negations of the Unitarian Cuurgl. Many Unitarians wil sharply opitigue lua Most orthodox Christ was indeed Jehovah, and that the poor Nag arene was in human form God himsell, Thus the simple, rational religion of Christ was converted into a Inystertous and inexplicable fuiin, Which de. Manded the voluntary abnegation of reason and which founded a splendid hierarchy, headed moh bejewelled king under the style of a Pope. Dr. lows concluded by saying that Unitarians had toe tender a senae of the love of the Saviour to accept any such doctrines as these. They worshiped and prayed to their heavenly Fathor; but tucy also had an elder brother, even Christ Jesus. For while t denied that He was God, they did not say that was simplyaman. In himself He was merely human, but His mission as the Christ marked bim out as something more, But between the man hime self and h13 office there was the same distinction ag that between Queen Victoria as an individual and the authority and dignity wuich were conierred upon her by her position. A NEW CATHULIC CHURCH. Impressive Ceremouvies at Fort Washington Dedication of St. Elizabetw’s Church BY Archbishop McCloskey=Eloquent Discourse By Bishop McQuude, of Rochester—A Welle Merited Tribute to a Worthy Pastor. Another handsome church has been added to the list of temples for Catholic worship In New York, No longer ago than the carly part of last summex the foundation stone of a new church to be dedicated to St. Elizabeth was laid at Fort Washington, and yesterday the ceremony of dedivation wae performed by the Most Reverend Archolshop McUloskey, assisted by Bishop McQuade, of Rochester, and several clergymen, The very short period which has elapsed since the . butiding was commenced is something extraordinary, but #® is characteristic of the pasior, Rev. Dr. Brann, tham whom there is no more talented and energetic, yet Youthful priest in the archdiocese, During Dis career in New Jersey, he obtained the title of “church buiider,” and his appointment to the pariah of Fort Washington was indeed a fortunate day for the Catholic population in that section, The church is @ massive brick oblong structure, resting on @ smooth-faced stone foundation, 125 feet in length by 62 feet mm width, The roof reste on ornamental triangular wooden columns spring- ing from the side walls. The sanctuary forms @ rectangular wing at one end of the building. The great leature that strikes an observer is the ab sence of pillars in the body of the church, and this very feature is a decided, pal pable improvement, All the windows are of stained glass, that in the sanctuary preseuting the Crucifixion, with the penitent Mary wiplug the blood from the gaping wounas in the Saviour’s feet. The architect is Mr. N, Le Brun, who was highly complimented by both clergy and laity. The ceremonies commenced at half-past tem o'clock. Catholic societies from Yonkers, Fordham, Manhattanville and contiguous districts marched in procession with banners, and headed by brass bands, to the church. The clergy moved from the sacristy, followed by Bishop McQuade ana the Archbishop, through the centre oO the aisie, and walked around the butiding on ¢ outside, Tue litany of the saints was then rect before the altar, after which tne procession moved around the interior of the church. When the dedf- catory services were concluded solemn high mass was commenced, kev, Fatacr McNeirney being cel. oy Rey. Father Woods, deacon; Kev. Favher wyer, sub-deacon, and Rev. Father Brennan, mas- ter Of oeremontes, The deacons of honor attending the Archbishop were Rev. Father Fransciol, of Brooke ayn, and Rev. Dr. Burtsell, Egg | the other cler- Gin preseat were Rev, Father Hecker, Rev. Dr. eGlynn, Rey. Dr. Corrigan, Seton Hall College; Rev. Fatier Malone, Very Rev. Father Shea, 8. 5.5 Rey. Father Donnelly, Rey. Father Breen. and Rev. Father Sabungi. Among the laity the ponderous poiesh THE BIG JUDGE wos visible, There was aiso@ large ‘delegation of n from Jersey City. eorerge's mass No. Pf was given by the choir, the composer tumself pi The merits of this ng. fully set forth in the H@RALD and it only remains to be added that his choir sustained its reputauon. It is im the “Cred that the composer exhibits loftiest and most thrilling “Et Incarnatus,” in which rendered @ magnificent solo, The solo auates, comprising Miss Teresa Wernecke, Miss send, ‘er> necke, Signor Tamaro and Signor Baccelll, fol- composition have been lowed, iat ue BS vin Et Sepuitus My hed = owerful an thiul passage. Pray for the great volume of his voice in the “Im Femissionem peccatorum.” THE SERMON, After the first Bospel Bishop McQuade ascended the altar and took his text from the Acts ot jes—"He it known to you all, and to f the A all the people, that by the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Nagareth whom ye crucified, whom God hath Taiged trom the dead,” &c, ‘This is the stone which is to be the corner stone. Neither ts there salvation in any other, for there 1s no other name by which we can be saved. On this Sunday, the festival of the holy paue of deaua tals beautiius,