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4 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. = —_---——— ———— j would pelleve, but let the apirit live, for tt 1s life. : 5 ST. THOMAS’ CHURCH. Services and Sermons at the Churches of the City and Suburbs. r ANOTHER SUNDAY RAIN STORM. A Large Attendance of Damp and Devoted Wor- shippers at All the Churehes. Dedication of St. Alphonsus’ Ro- man Catholic Church bY ON FAITH, FATHER KEAR Henry Ward Beecher on Universal Resto- ration and the Church of the Future. Robert Collyer at the Brooklyn Academy »f Music. Mr. Frothingham on the Letter and. the Spirit. Mr. Taylor at the Broadway Tabernacic. Sermon on the Jnstice of God by the Rev. | I. B. Murray, Dr. Vaughan’s Sermon an “Our Colored Citizens.” LYRIC HA Solution of Theological Controversies by Locking at the Spirit of the Bible—Plans for the Improvement aud Amusement of the Poor--sermon by liev. 0. B. Frothing- ham. ‘There was, as usual, a large attendance yester- day morning at Lyric Hall, Sixth avenue, between Forty-tirst and Forty-second streets. Rey. 0. B, Frothingham occupied the pulpit, His subject was “Letter and Spirit,’ but, as has been remarked, he | only haif the time chooses a text, This morning he | chose none. The spirit, he commenced, givetn life | by the letter, By the letter Paul means the letter | divested Uf its meaning—a mere form. The spirit and the ietter hold the reiation of cause and effect. | The spirit is before the ietter; there can be no Calvin Let the form and letter die, Charitable Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Hub. bard—The Waifs fortunate Jail Birds The audience at the elegant Episcopal church of the good and revered St. Thomas yesterday morn- ing was not very large. Like most of bis congrega- tion, the Rev. Dr. Morgan was indisposed because of the disagreeable state of the weather, aud so he aid not preach ; but the pulpit was occupied instead by the Rev. Mr. Hubbard, a missionary curate, who 1s agent for a charitable mission of this city. His sub- ject was the work of the mission to which he be- longs, in the religious instruction and care of the thousands of unfortunate beings wuo are cursed alike by poverty and ignorance, aud his object to awaken sympathy so as to propitiate the tates touching the col- lection, which was afterwards to be taken for their benedt, He dwelt upon the immense number and indescribable misery of the poor waifs who are homeless and almost friendless, their existence ex- posed to the very mercy of chance, but tor the Pro- vidence above, and upon the great need that they had for the help so little of which was given them, Children nad already, 10 the mission which the rev- erend preacuer represented, beea taught THE WAYS OF PEACE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, He described some of the services which took place at the ‘Tombs for the upfortunates there con- mined, He thanked God that ne could say tifat on ‘the jast Sunday the ladies, who had so nobly taken part in the work, had brougnt to ali the prisoners itu the city jails Easter flowers to gladden their hearts aud turn them toward Heaven, At Bellevue Hospital the same holy work was carried on, and throug it comiort, strength and sacred communion were acministered to hundreds of the safferers who went there. The Work of this society was outside all churches, outside all chapels, to raise up those who are forgotten, those who have gotten down to the low places, the gutters and tae ceilars and cells, or are pent up in attics, I. received and carea for over twenty-two hundrea women and children last year and lodged over nineteen thousand persons, ‘The ladies who were interested in it taught the women and girls how to sow. He sald that over seventeen thousand boys had been received dur- tng the year, and to such were given papers and ‘books to read. First they came to the house with the roughness of their cnar- acters very apparent in their appearances and Inan- hers, But the second me this was all changed, ‘They seemed to catch some little 6f the odor ol re- tinement trom contact with GOOD INFLUENCES, ‘Think of the large number of children that might be brought up from the vexy dregs of society, edu- cated and led into manhood with such appliances of Kindness, culture and piety as are here used, liiting 1hein out of darkness and making them worthy and respectable citizens, and taen ask if ib 1s not anoble endeavor It was one of the cheering and beautiful aspects oi the work that 1t creaved irom out of the worst of social situattons future believers in the Gospel, or at leasi men Who would fullll dts teachings, because they nad had a sort of rare, Larsh, but not des- plicable, expericnce oi the possibilities of ite thay made them value afterward glimpses of happiness and consciousness of rectitude with greater earnest- ness than they ever would if they had not tasted the very bitterness of the cup. Some of the noblest of Spirits and truest of hearts were discovered in SQUALOR AND RAGS. Yet somehow, although Jesus Christ came on earth to relieve and comfort the poor, Christian people seem to feel that charity and love 13 not tor » Tus is a feeling of antagonism against Christianity. The reverend preacner continued to speak Volumes upon the various ramifications of his subject unttl the audience became apparently very weary, and gladly welcomed the passing of the contribution plates, which were generously la- den for the sid of the work waich be had at heart. ‘The music of the services was something com- mendabie, despite the fact that the choir 18 com posed almost altogether of amateurs, with tne ex- ception of a leading quariet, and that it has not yet been organized and tramed a3 Well as it soon Will be. 11s, in fact, a double choir, composed of about sIXty singers, one section stationed on either side of the chancel at a distance of about twenty paces from sue other, ‘The tesponses at this remove are very good in modulation, the great dome of the chureh being well adapted to fine singing. TUE MUSIC given yesterday was as_ lollows;—Processional picture until there is an idea of beauty. ‘The spirit creates; the letter never. The creed does not create the religion, The letter may be indispensa- ble to the spirit, No letter represenvs ail the spirit. No civiization embodies all the possibilities of so- cial lile; no creed embodies ali belief. Conse quently letters pass away, become obsolete; so obsolete it 1s singular they ever were. There are symbols and embiems of religion that are mucn ad- mired, but periectly unintelligible; so with books tat once tingled with thougut; but the spirit that produced them is just the same. Tae tortoise does not perish when it lays aside 11s hard coat for a Transiormation is the law of nature. ¥ is spirlty Spirit is purpose, mtention. There are many phases of spicit. The spirit of the Bast is im- mobiltty, inaction; of the West, ceaseless acti progression. The spirit of Grecian art was beauty; | of Grecian civilization, liberty, The SPIRIY OP CaTHOLICISM {s authority; of Protestanusim, iberty. of a people or times is its dritt, the letwer often fails to produce the idea, Let us lock, he went on, at the Bivie as a letter, and jet us see if we can leel 11. There 15 a controversy going on, ‘The spirit aod has been going on ior wie jast four hundred years, avout the orgtu of the eart Theology says the earth was imade in six day Science says Its growth was tue Work of ages, ‘ine contlict is growlug more aud more jess. But look ai the ‘spirit oO: the writer oF Gen Science Was emvalmed; tese were dreams, He used his liwaginauon--ail fired with DIVINE INSPIRATION, The same spirit that wrote wat two years ago Wouid have Writven It as Darwin or Pindar to-day. ‘The ietter 1s opposed to science; the spirit “Lot, re is im the Bible @ distinct recognition of slavery, Men couid be sold wih their wives “and miles j could sei themselves. What was te purpose of tue Hebrew iegisiation? No religion was so opposed ed his. maimed a8 the Here re he sutier iu with wl f ihe save Was If tae spirit tua med those codes € y there Would have been 19 Civil Wai iledethe Tne death a aeth muun’s vived, by man ‘here is no qualification. axe, our criminal code more + en the aud every man, woman, , every idiot, Who hes Ehed bi t judgment, death. What w rl pgisluture/ Moses was levisiating for a rade, vine ave race, aud met who jeared death. Death to them was ey, ON tue end—tue last penulty, To-day, wuen violence js the exception, When there is Someining ike Judgmentia (ue opinion of the w r Hk BLOUD CODE 13 useless. It is Ott Of date. The same lawgiver that wrote (Lose lu to-day cross them out. ‘Taere adiferent use of the Savpath than auciently mply @ day of repose, Lhe Jawgiver minst i, the laborer, We prosecution im tim may breaune. 16 WAS 2 Spirit OF On ts day ail were equal, ‘Thus cannot now some one must work. Hut the spirit should be carried out. The Jewish Subouth was not austere; le Was a day of rejoicing. ‘The Curistian Sabbath was never anything else. On otner days burdens Weary, crush down; on this the sow expands, urinks in Gou’s pure spirit. On tis day we are broiners aud sisters on We same earth. ‘dhe Roman Catholic Sunday is a copy of this, There Jaa little activity io the morning, and then the ca- thearal, and thén the rest of tue’ day, in the aun shine of recreation. Nor do the priests disdain to Mingle, it is a delightful ting in EUROPE TO-DAY to go in 2 museum and look at the poor and the rich mingling wogether—poor peopie Who see in | SIX days nothing but squalor, mixing treoly wita the rich, the proud, the gay; to see the rich mer- chant and we peasant, side by side, looking on the Same scene, The best music there Is is given tree to the poor, If the spirit of the Christian Sunday Were alive to-day we would do our best to open ail pubic places for ine papular amusement. The best hbrartes would enrich them with its precious stores; the parks would refresh their ievered signt with nature: music would elevate and refine their uunds. Everything should be done to iif them out of themselves. The letter says, ‘No; shot up ail the = hhbraries parks, ni let no music be heard, stop even the means of travel.’ For ten. years the intelitgent peopie of Boston have been trying to overcome this in vain. Jn New York men go around asking people to sign 4 book for the opening of these public resoris: they do 1tin a creeping, clandestine wanner, Here and there a brave clergyman puts his name down. If Utley understuod the spirit one-lialf as well as they do the letter they Would not recommend it; they Would demand it, Alter six New York days, equal Lo sixty anywhere else, Wey should not be offered to the people =they should be thrust upon vem. Give thei rest from th EVERLASTING THEOLOGICAL DRUMMING. Bulld jour umes as many churches as there are How, that all may attend; but make your sermons Pleasing aud insiructive, You cannot occupy mo Man Uiree urs. Men cannot pray allday, The. Cannot iravel, they cannot read, and, even if they oun, have be books; they Know not how to yathone, They accordingly go ¢ simations draw tlem—to the beer Saloon. You stiut up ttis, wiat ts to becoine of the People withta tucse wo ‘wallsy Amusement taken away, bul nove substitute:, What isto be done? They cannot sleep; ey cannot talk, tor they lave nothing to say. To tiem SUNDAY IS DAMNATION, There ts but one thing to do—go benind the letter to the spirit; make Sunday a aay vl recreation, But bay whe lorm Will be obsolele and perisi. ‘Let it erish; the spirit that made 1 wil make a heuer, e can wustit to make as many us need{ul, A celebrated orthodox minister says he is a Calvinist because he believes the same as Caivin Would ti he So it seems that | i} thousand hymn, “When Morning Gilds,’’ Barnby; ‘Venite,” | Gregorian; anthems by George Willtam Warren, in | D; “Te Deum; “Jubiiat “Introit,”” hymn 104; | Gounod’s beautiful ‘Kyrie,’ hy! | Gloria,” Chapple; otfertory, | Hearts,” from ‘Biljan,” sang by Mr. Nuson, the veuor, with harp and organ accompaniment, ‘Yhe use of the harp in this church adds to the | beauty of the music, and in the finest parts fills tne ear With the full complement oi harmonious deugnt, BROADWAY TABERNACLE, Wise and Foolish THE The Parable of the Virgins—Every Man Kesponsible Individu- | ally to God for Neglected Opportuanities— Discourse by Rev. W. M. Taylor. The Broadway Tabernacle was very largely crowded yesterday by the usual congregation and many strangers, attracted Uither by the fame of the new pastor, Rev. W, M. Taylor, wno selected for the subject of his discourse the parable of the wise | and foolish virgins as described im Matthew, xxv. ‘The pastor, after speaking of what 1s | sought to be conveyed im parables, characterized this One as perfect m all ifs parts, It is such a PERFECT PICTURE OF A WEDDING FEAST, | that Jesus has here given that 1s 1s unnecessary for | us to seek further hight to comprehend it, ts beau- ues stand outin bold retiefin every sense. How vividly he depicts the surprise of the virgins when the midpigut 3, “Behold! the bridegroom | cometh,” and, ord, Lord, open anto us,” rang | out upon the alr. We have here two characters of ; Virgins—five wise and tive foolish, They had the same koowledge and regard for the bridegroom: | but the toolish were unprepared with oll, whic the | wise ones were watcbing with their lamps buraing | prigntiy. “In all outward things the wise and fool- isk virgins were alike. Tue diferencé between them was internal. The foolish virgins were holiow heari ne Wise ones were the true disciples of Je ‘The reserved vessels of of! that the tater | had was sincerity, Tuere was genuineness avout oolish virgins, as lar as they went, for they waitng for the bridegroom to'do Him | boner, but they did not go iar euouga; THELR LIGHT FLICKERED; | they Were acting froun impulse alone; religion had not taken deep root in (helr hearts, and when It | was put to ihe proof it failed. ‘The ‘foolish virgins arelike Ue seed that was sown in stony ground, aad when the sun came up it withered away. You | have suother example iu the Seriptures, where a yan is depicted as bi ing # house upou the sand » foolish Virgins acied like tim, by lmpulse alone, ite the wise virgins waited tor the Lord in faita, | The Scriptures, both in the Uid and New Testament, shows that wherever oli is mentioned it symbolizes ' the Holy Spirit, and it was im bis they were ue- | ficient. The Moly Spirit dweiling in the believer gives him STRENOTA ENOUGH FOR THE DAY, | and the vessels in whtcu tne wise virgins kept their suppiy shows that they imuaintatued unbroken tne artoor of the holy spirit. Instead of butiaing their foundation upon the sand, they had planted it upon | the rock of Jesus Christ, so when the rain descended | ir feli not. “at milanight there was a cry heard, He- | hold, the bridegroom cometh!” ‘Then it was discov- | ered that the wise virgins had thetr iamps trimmed. | The suduen surprise always has its effect upon the mind and shows the cnaracter of the man. He 1 the | sbtess ge oral WhO can Seige coi eke suddeniy pmbuyscaded by r no best | mariner who can quickly put ffi velad? in°8 post: Yon tO save tt and the precious freight, when sud- {deny overtaken by a storm; and he is tue best Christian who, when suddenly confronted with death, can LOOK INTO THE PORTALS OF ETERNITY, knowing that he has made his peace with God_ by having a reserved supply of the Holy Spirit, You | recollect (he anecdote of the woman whose horse away, anc on being asked how sbe felt alter ner deliverance from acatt Providenge until j THE HARN auswered, “I trusted in 33 BNOKR, A } and then [ did Not Know what to do.” ‘This snows that sue did not tus) in Providence at ali, but in te harness all the time. ‘The harness is’ oue of | those eartuly objects in Which too mauy trust to save tem atthe last. We have been required in | some form to prepare to meet thé Bridegroom. — Ke- pair now to the Lord Jesus Christ, that you may nave faith in Him ond be made partakers in His faith, God sends us emergencies in Iie tuat we may | be prepared tor | ‘THE LAST, GREATEST EMERGENCY, | when’ the trampet shai sound, My triends, there ia | yet time to repair to Him; and, though your ngut May be giving out, He will fan i, One man cannot depend upon anotner tor his supply of the Uoly | Spirit, as the foulish virgins depended upon tie Wise for ol) for their jamps. Character must be 1 and manilested by each man jor himself. ‘The teolish said, “Give Us Of Your oll, for our lamps are gone Ol.” The Wise answered, “Not so, lest there be not enough for us and you; put > ye | father to them that seil ana buy for yourselves.” We cannot Hid iv religion that Characier can be trans- ferred in @ moment {rom one % another. Chars is not trausferavle, Eacn one of us must meet nis | Christ for uunseif, and tuat character waich he nas reved upon in the crisis that will make manifest his | spiritual strength or weakness. We nave to meet | death separate, aud no man can depead upoa the faith of his wile or children wo kneel about tie death-couch to save tim, Waten, ye, waren for ery day; go fortn to meet the Bridegroom wials and’ vicissitudes of every day ile; let us prepare day by day for the coming of the Bride- groom. ‘fhe man who has fattnruily watched sor His coming every day in the tast great day will be prepared vo meet Hin, Begin at once; begin to-day to lay the foundation for Mis coming, It lived to-day, Tue svirit of ruta can write w creed has ola been suid tual the = oderiag of j; chosen to jake aud mould in tae past must be | the Gos) is alwi the same. You are oftered it to-day, but releot 18; you go away and { may not have an opportumty to tender it to you again for six years. I may then offer 1t again; but At wil be @ new offer and you wil have SIX YEARS LESS OF HAPPINESS and six years less of usefulness, These are oppor- tunities to do good pressing themselves upon you, aud when you do not take advantage of them the door is shut as it was against the foolish virgins. If we keep up with the opportunities God offers every aay we will not 0e found wanting oll in the end, The munister sald that “too late’ were sad words that would be realized by many on the last day, when theirlamps had gone out; and after re- citing Tennyson’s beautiful lines on this parable. concluded, ** Sinners. it 13 not yet toolate for you; you can enter yet before the door is closed. Enter, 20 that at the last tnts dirge ‘too late’ cannot sound over your lost soul.”’ VERY REV. FATHER BURKE’S LECTURE. The Very Rey. Yather Thomas Burke lectured yes- terday afternoon before the Xavier Alumni Sodality in the Sodality chapel, West Fifteenth street, ‘Though the rain continued to pour down in torrents during the aiternoon, crowds of men came from all Parts of the city and suburbs to hear the eloquent iriar, and nurabers were reiused admittance owing Wo the crowded state of the chapel. The preacher, as usual, kept the audience under a spelt of attrac- tion during the lecture. ‘the lecture embodied Fataer Burke's now weil known views as to the bresent Condition of society, but was noticeable on this occasion for an eloquent burst of adulation for the Society of Jesus. ST. PATRICH’S CATHEDRAL. Father Kearney on Fuith—The Interpreta- tion of the Gospel by tho Church—Why Sunday is Celebrated on the First and Not the Seveuth Day. Yesterday was @ dreary day without, but notwith- standing this the interior of Si, Patrick’s Catne- dral looked as bright and gorgeous as ever. The church was flied, and the music was, as it usually is, flne. The sormon was preacned by Father Kearney and Fatner McNamee celebrated mass, After reading the Gospel, whion was taken from St. John Xx., 19, the reverend gentleman proceeded to explain the nature of St. Thomas’ unbelief, ke said:— ‘Thomas belhteved that Christ had arisen and ap- peared to the Apostles, but he did not believe that he appeared to them im the same body in which he Was nalled to the cross, and it was to ascertain this Uhat he wanted to piace his hand in the wounds of the Saviour. After eight days, when the Lord again appeared to the apostles and said to Thomas, «Reach hither thy fluger and behold my hanas, ana reach hituer thy huad and thrust it ito my ‘side, and be not taltniess, but believing.’ It was to veach us a lesson through Thomas that “Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed.” Alwouzh we have not seen Christ or felt his wounds wo believe that ne arose on the third day, and from the word of Christ himsell we must beileve that all of us who believe in Him are more blessed than the disciples Who Nave seen Him and learned the lan- guage of truth irom His divine ly We believe these truths that are taught us by the Church, tiat divine medium established for the purpose of trans- mMitting to posterity the words of ie. And how 18 it Lhat we at tis day find so many who are not in the pale of the Church, and who are ever and anon dividing among themselves, and each one setting up @ belief for himseif? ‘he answer is simple one, and it is this, that those who are divided from the Church are like Thomas, they will not believe what Is told to them, but rather follow their own reason. Have we not ubundant, proof that viva voce teaching is the most etfective system that has ever been ordained, Why, was it tuat ouc Saviour took for His disciples humbie, literate fishermen, instead of choosing His twelve from the savans of the Jewish nation? tle took them that He might teach them the truths He brought from Heaven with Him with His own tongue. ‘The Church follows His example and interprets the Gospel to her children through the mouths of ber discipies, ana it 1s for this reason that many of the dissenters have left the Church, They tell us that the Word of God is written, and that it 1s sami- cient for & Man to read and meditate on it, and, by meditation, discover its meaning. But all men can- not read, ahd a man who has not ontainea @ good education caunot form an opinioa. This system of every one Making a religion for bimself has given rise to the almost innumerable creeds which at present exist. Kach one forms an opinion for —_ himself, and, by doing this, he becomes a protestant to the opimon of his brother. All the creeds except the Jews celebrate the first day of the week when God has ordained that the seventu should be observed. Can those readers of the Bible who jorm their own opinions tell why the Sunday is the first day of the week, and not the last? ‘The reason 18 tifls, that it was on the iirst day of the week that the Saviour rose from the dead, that the aposties came from their hiding paces, and that the Church was born; that the first day of the week was substituted for the last asthe one on whici to glority God. Those 1oiks who tell us that the Word of God is written, and that every one can Interpret tt for himsell, seem. to lorget that the gospels Were mot written until years alter the Saviour had left the wortd, and oat in the. meantime ail Who were converted to Christianity were converted by the preaching of the aposties, to whom Christ sala:—"As My father hath sent Me so also I send you,” Cnrist preached and interpreted the Word of God to the disciples, ‘They done likewise to men, even as we, their suc- cessor, do now. Why is it that we find men who are successful 1n their business undertakings, leaving the Ohurch and joming some other creed, Jtis thus that they become proud, and consider it more manly to have their own opinion than to believe those set down by the Church, To these the words in to-day’s gos- el are most applicable: essed are ihey that lave Not seed yel Lave belleved,”” NEW ENGLAND CHURCH. The Love and Power of Christ—Sermon by Rev. H. Moore, of Cincinnati. In the absence of the pastor, Dr. Merril Richard. son, the services were Conducted in this church by Rev. H. D. Moore, of Cincinnati, who preached an eloquent and highly instructuve sermon (rom the eleventh chapter of the gospel of St. Matihew and the twenty-eighth verse—“Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”? Himself to the people He came to save. The world of mankind regard Jesus as an ideal personification of power and greatness, but have no real perception of his true character, ment oi prophecy, to be worshipped for the control, ‘olute as destiny, Which he exercises over the a The Voice of the many Christian ages, Me inquiries and criticisms of piilosophers, and the simple faith of the humole have stamped Him beyond the Christ and Saviour, No other deliverer is looked for or expected; to him the eyes of wie needy, the helpless and the siniul ere turned. JESUS, a8 the object of Worshipful contemplation, 4s IneXhausuble. Aiter ‘the most searching inves: gation by world’s great and learned, amid all the sheers of the Sscepuc, the doubts or science and the scofs of the ungodly, He still appears as the wonder and splendor of earth, the hope and trust of mankind; and yet He was lowly in birth and unassuming in His hie. He was ttfe personification of all virtue and all grace. Goodness clung to Him as naturally as perfume does to the ower, His whole career is one grand batue for tratn in behalf of His fellow men. The Impenitent Jewish world cracifed Him because He came not surrounded with the tokens of external pomp and splendor; bat the learts of the sviritual leaped for exaltation, and. th sang thelr joyful anthems, recognizing K je child born in the manger the promised HAR Aged Simon and the propheiess Anna re 0 FDL BS Heae BR Ane youthful Re. deemer was brougil Tato + ple, fie former exclaiming, “Lord, now let Thou ‘thy servant de- part 1n peace, tor mine eyes have seen Thy salva- ton”? These were the historic representutives oF faith, and faith in Him who was to he the iriend of misery, ailicuion and woe. It is to the iowly Saviour the poor can look for sympathy and ‘succour; +o Him the poor and persecuted sus for help, Look the - HOLY CALM OF MIS APPEARANCE, the quict serenity of His manner us He cailed to the Ditltiwudes gathered togetner from ali parts of Judea to hea? Hii Come fir Me alt ye that labor and nd are heavy lave! wil give you rest.” In His invitation to bufdened dinnérg and in his denuncia- Uon of the cities which had négsected His teaching there 13 equally displayed the digntiy and the power of the God, He came to give His people rest, to un- rivec their fetters and cast away fl err bonds. | Yet how much misconception is there OF His Téa patute even among those who profesd vo believe I His name. chei faith tn Mim is a principle, but He {8 the fountain of all principle, the reauzatfon of all tove. He loves nis fattniul ones as @ mother lovetn her cuildreu, but he must be loved as a brotier in return. ‘The cold, abstract Joris of wuth wiluout this deep affection are val- veless and dead, Jt 18 @ sad fact that at the present day some of ine str vst adherents to known Wath are those Churches whien are the wost Iifeless in their acon. We waut ite and Curis: in our Churehes. They must no longer clasp a form as Li it Were a dead ing, but must wake up to the reality of what Christ Is and wiat He has suffered and done. If this were done the miserable and insig- nificant diferences which separate « frou sect woud return to tae background and te folly uf sec tarianisi be forever abolished, Jesus is Saviour of the world. He 4s the personal friend of ail WhO trast in Him. He is the stay of the fartifal be- r HIS REFUGE IN soRROW, lis companion in hope and his stay on earth, For- ivevess Is a real and enduring Lact. Our bridges, is and Our bunks ure not facts. They wil perisi, aud we will die and pass away from tem, but the immortal and spiritual part of man shail never die, Let the impenivent and the care less pause in their mad career, and come to Him Who daa never DrgkGn 4 ProwWe. aud He Will give He said;—It is strange how numerous and how | varied ore the aspects in which Jesus presents | ‘To them He Is the realization of history—the tultil- | bower of contradiction as we | upon Jesus a3 he stands by the Sea of Gaiiee, mark | shen rest from their labors and forgiveness of their ns, THE CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. The Justice of God—Sermou by the Kev. H. B. Murray. The Rev. H. B, Murray, of Boston, preached yes- terday morning in Steinway Hall before the congze- gation of Mr. Hepworth’s as yet undomiciled Church of the Disciples. There was a very large attend- ance and the services were marked with unusual fervor and auimation. Mr. Murray took for his text Psalms Ixxxix., 14—‘Justice and judgment are the habitation of his throne.” He began by remark- ing that the justice of God was, perhaps, not a0 frequently linpressed upon the minds of Uhristians as was desirable, for no one could adequately com. prehend the greatness of God’s love, as manifested in the gospel scheme of redemption, who did not hold With all the forces of nis heart and mind to the state- ment of te text that justice and judgment are the habitation of His throne. He would consider this subject from two aspects, viewing the justice of God, first as an evidence of His government, and secondly a3 a rule of His conduct. And in regard to the government of Goa, it should be remembered that it had for its Subjects two classes of beings, the just and the unjust, the loyal and the rebellious. So tar back as human an- nals exiended or the Inspired narrative gave us any record, evil had contended with God, and numer- ous proofs might be given of the activity of the agencies of ill. We knew that once there was: war evel in Heaven, that the tranquillity of the skies had been disturbed, and that the Almighty Himself nad been compelled to deiend His throne against the revolt of Satan and nis disloyal hosts, And how the conquered were treated was famuttar to usall. Thus, the very first gilmpse of His nature, tne first exhibi- tion of His government waa found to be an example Of Lis imparual and Jaheeinis [0apiet Then, again, look at the tall of Adam. Lf it were possible that God could be merciful at the expense of justice, He would dave spared our ancesters from the dreadml punishment they had rightiully incurred. ‘The newly created race of mankind Were His favorite work; He had made them even in His own Image; ana 1b might naturally be supposed thal if it had been possible to have decided otherwise, He would not have consigned them to de tn. But, again, we saw that the majesty of justice had been inflextbly sustained, And, as a last example, the story of tie incarnation showed that God's is- finite 1ove towards men could only show itself fuily when the demands of justice had been sitistied by the voluntary sacrifice of atonement made by the Saviour, Men who taiked so giibly about the iniinite mercy of the Almighty should woigh these prools Ol the statement in the text. Nor was it a strange | or unaccountabie atiribute of Gou’s cnaracter that His government shoulu be thus sternly inflexible tn its avherance to justice. His laws were made tor a universe, nor would it be surprising to a thougutiul man if, rather than tulerate sin and disloyaity, He should coasign the whole race to which we beionged toruin, Mr, Murray then proceeded to impress upon his hearers tae sanctity of the demands of right.” Having eloquently apostropnised the ab- straction of justice, he sald that its influence was sadly Weak at present in every phase of our society, 1h our courts and governments—aye, even in our churches, ‘This was, perhaps, one result of our not sufficiently realizing that justice and judgment are the habitation o: His ‘Throne, and it was well, there- fore, that, as Christians, we should occasionally re- flect upon Unis attribute of the Deity. ST. STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Sermon by the Rev. Father McCready— Faith and Its Teaching—St. Thomas and His Infidelity—What the Church Thinks of Faith. Notwithstanding the wretched state of the weather, yesterday morning a large congregation attended at the high mass, though it was notice- able that many pews were without their usual full numbers, The music of the mass was excellent, Mr. Danforth, the organist, being in an especially happy mood, Miss Emma lowson, the soprano, sang with her usual good taste, and Mme. Bowler with an accomplished grace and purity of voice that were alike devotionai and artistic. Signor Coletti, who has been absent for some weeks with the Nilsson troupe, was again in his place, and sang superbly, as he always does, High mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Lynch, and afler the first gospel the Rey. Father McCready vreached, taking his text from the twen- teth chapter of St. John. His resurrection trom the dead in virtue of His own divine power was always appealed to by Christ as lune great test of His mission and His divinity. He was humbly bora, He suffered unheard of priva- tions, ‘‘He was mocked and He reviled not,” for in all He iookel forward to the glory of Easter morn. ing. When men asked signs of Him He reterred them to a sign similar to tiat of Jonas, the prophet, He is threatened with violence, and He boldly tells His enemies to destroy THE TEMPLE OF HIS BODY, and in three days He will raise it up again, Finally He is tortured, and dies as the malefactor on the ignominious tree, and while men mock and reviie and call Him a sacrilegious one, He answers nota word, Well Knowing that the jour shall yet come when He will make good all that He has promised, His resurrection, thei, wus to be the convincing proof ot His divinity, On that he nad ail alon rested H1s claim either to be acknowledged as th Messiah or to be rejected as a mover of sed:tions, Henge she Repost of estaolishing beyond perad- venturé this Important fact it was to this end that He nad permitied the reallty of His resurrection to be cullea into doubt by one of Als own chosen ones, in order the more fully to establish its truta, Toe other discipies as well a8 THE HOLZ WOMEN who were aasociated with these in the infant Church had already given their adhesion to the great mar- vel of the resurrection, ‘Thomas, however, was not tw be imposed upon by any specious appearance, He had 4 mind of hts owa, and he was determined wesauisty his senses beiore yielding his consent to We miracle, and Christ was’ pleased to give him | tue opportunity, as weil out of compassion for nis apostie ay to further HIS OWN WISE DESIGNS. He foresaw that ip after times others would wish to test the miracle without having the opportunity of doing so, and Without the honesty, peraps, to express tucir beltef ta it without tnls test, even atier other sufficient motives of credipiiity were presented to them. “Blessed are they who have not seen and have believed.” St. ‘rhomas | was ho doubt blessed too, as he gave a most un- | qualified assent to the jact wuen he had satisfied himself beyond a doubt that 1% was Jesus, the crucified, Who stood before tim. He no longer | hesitated, put made a profession ot saith in the | atvimity of fis divine Lord waen he used those tew | but subinme and expressive words y Lord and | Iy God.” Yet his omef scepticism deprived him | of the most abunaant blessing promised the humble, Unquestioning believer. ‘This blessing embraces all faithtul souls,as well those In the pasias In the future, The benediction was shared by the patriarcas and prophets, “abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw itand was glad.’? yet Apraham saw it only in the future, througn the medium of faith, Of thas same biessing we Wo are the recipients. Though we lave nos touched with our hands, nor SKEN WITH OUR EYES those blessed wounds of the man-dod, we yet be- Heve with @ faith no less strong than their coi ed faith all that the Apostles believed. Nor must the blessing be restricted to a benediction of the believer in this one solitary article of His divinity through the resurrectiou. It extends to all the truths which are the object of divine faith—all that body of dogmas which are proposea to us by the competent authority as the revealed word of God. What then are we to do in order, on the one band, to avoid the imputation of incredulity, and, on the other, to become partakers of the blessings reserved br Hore who believe without seeing? ‘The answer Is &6ftSned in our cateciusm at the definition of taith, which We are there told is a divine virtue whereby W¢ believe everything which God has revealed and declaggg unto us through His Chareh, ‘i'his divine faith, liké Most other virtues, May be sinned against in two ways<giiber BY DEFECT OR BY EXCESS; ~** by defect, by detracting trom faith and gifitig too much to reason; by excess, by exaggerating the virtue, by laying greater stress upon H than it can well bear, or by atirivuting to it a power which God never intended that it should singly exert, Those sin by defect who aifect to find @ repugnace or a kad between revelatién and reason, be- tween God’s revealed word and their own notions of what fa trae or what Is lalse, of what is possible | and what {s not possivie. They set up their intellect | a8 the standard and measure of trath, Whatever | in faith seems to them @improbable must be re- Jee and they eéven carry this assurance so | far as to demand that the Church—which is the divinely appointed expositor of the infal- lible trath—showa come down from tae mount on which, like another Moses, she 1s recetving the jaw from the Holy Spirit, and prostrate herself with them before the golden call which they have set uy | of their own unaided and. til-directed humal 1 ij aso. Those who sin by exgess entertain Ge at amounts almost to a presumption in God's mercy. We have che testimony of the Saviour, say- mg, “Not éVery ue Who saith to me, Lord, Lord, ball enter the of Heaven, but ne who doth the will of my Fathey Who 1s In heaven.” And again Ho says, ‘Not the nedrers Of the law, but rhe doers s¥All pe justified’? We gre told, too, urat good Works are as necessary to faith as the soul ts to the body, Tne Catholic Chureh py no means demes the necessity and eMcacy of faith, but she 13 very far indeed trom attributing to it those grand ettects wh HER RNEMIES, claim tor it, She bas eld vnat without faith it is impossible Lo please le OWS SUDMISSIVely to those words 0: the whon He says, “He that believes and is bapuzed shall be saved; but he that believeth not shail be condemned,” while sue re- marks ut the same tine that te does not say simply that he Who believes shail be saved; thus showing that sometiing more 1s required for salvation than faith merely. The Churen gives to ith its due merit, but she will not overrate I} She imcuicates the necessity Of faith in the matter Of suivation, and requires 1148 a foundation on wiiicn vo rear the spir- itual ecuifice, ‘Taking her stand on the solid basis of Jaiyha he agul. asqistgd by the sister viFiWes, Love and charity, raises around her a firm struotare or Good and meritorious works, CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH. Unitariavism the Exponent of Liberal Chris- tianity—Sermon by Professor Young, of Cambridge, Mass, Notwithstanding the untoward weather there was @ large attendance at the morning services yester- day at the Church of the Messiah, corner of Thirty- fourth street and Park avenue, to hear the continua- tion of the series of sermons by various leading clergymen of the Unitarian faith upon their special doctrinal views, Professor Young, of Cambridge, occupled the pulpit. He is a young man, but unlike most young clergymen, he preached a brief sermon, but 16 was characterised by sententious aptness of thought and force of utterance. His subject was, “Unitarianism, the Exponent of Liberal Christianity,” and the text upon whieh it was based, Colossans 1, 25:—‘Uootinue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away trom the hope ol the Gospel Whicn ye have afirmed.’? Christianity marks the condition of a people, Con- trast the difference between Papal and Christian nauions, Where religion is overthrown there is an- archy. Belief rules the world. According to our ideas of God we worship Him as children or as slaves, ‘Truth 1s not always found with the majority. Number 13 not always the ( PROOF OF TRUTH. Luther stood almost alone at Guttenburg. In this country we are free from many things Which control in the Old World, Even the Church of Rome ts nog the same here as in Kurope. It would not dare here to insist on the healing power oi relics. How unWUling are Protestants (0 Listen to What 18 op posed to their sect, The old creeds were formed wheh science was tn its infancy. Curistianity should keep up with the day. Science has extended its realm through the whole fleldof thought. Should theology stand still? The world has moved on, theology has stood still, The Church should lead the world. We prefer tuat branch of the churcn with which we are connected because it 18 broad and liberal. We mean to be true to the great prin- ciples of Protestanusin, We will have fellowship with all who will have fellowsaip with us, We recognize that ail the sects are embraced 1y the Christian Church and thatin each tere 1s some Tuth. Religion must be with each a personal conviction, We hold that all truth ts one We desire to keep pace with the advancement of Knowledge, The religious body with which we are connecied comments itseli to the reason. In rr ind must not be perfect. The idea of Goa viearly defined. There can be ONLY ONE GOD, only one head of tne universe, The idea of two heads is ridiculous, We cannot serve two masters. God cannot be composite; Hels God supreme, A trinne God implies three ‘individualiuies, We can- Not pray to them in the Godhead without contustoi 80 Christ stands torth an individual, Lf Christ were lay God and my tau he must have two conscious- nesses, His praying was lo himself, His death was hot the crucihxion of the Supreme Bemg. lt was not the Creator of the universe who hung on the cross, Aller enlarging on tas point of the individ. uality of Curisi, he showed that LIBERAL CHRISTIANITY offered itself, not only to the intellect, but to the heart, God’s love fo¢ us was infinitely greater tor us than any mother for her child, Salvauion 1s ta- Ward, nol outward; spiriiual, nop mechanical. ‘The idea of an eternity of punishment to the majority of mankind was so absurb that a priest of Siam toid a@ missionary that they would have no Christianity whose God was §2 cruel, as their God punished the worst men only & thoisand years. Some may disparage good works, but, alter all, they were the only criterion of excellence. God requires conse- crated men and women, and not consecrated forms. AU Christianity can unite on the platform Ol character. We want A RELIGION THAT IS PRACTICAL, that enters into the concernsjof every day. Think- ing men will not accept a system opposea to their highest convictions, They had a glorious faith, They should be inspired by it; they should carry its banner everywhere; they should be eager to spread @ knowledge of the truth; they shouid not be weary of weil abing, for in due season they snould reap thew reward if they faint not, CHURCH OF ALPHONSUS. Dedicatory Services Yesterday by Arch. bishop McUloskey—The First Mass in the Church=Two Sermons and Fine Music—The Processions. The new church of the Redemptorist Fathers in South Fifth avenue, near Canal street, was dedi- cated by Archbishop McCloskey yesterday morning, after which mass was celebrated in \t for the first tUme. The edifice is the most prominent building in South Fiith avenue, and is one of the finest churches in the city. Iu is built in the Romanesque style of the thirteenth cen- tury, of brick laced with Onto stone, and cost altogether about $275,000, The interior 1s very beautiful, particularly the altar and the dats above it, which has been {mported from Munich and cost $12,000. The organ cost $15,000 and 13 of Boston make and a very powerful instrument. The stations of ‘the cross around the Church are re- markabie, and were also brought irom Munich, The interior contains seven hundred gas jets, THE PREPARATIONS for the dedication yesterday had been made upon a grand scale, Two civic processions had been arranged in honor of the event, one jn the morning by the societies appertaining tthe German Cathoc lie churches in the city, and the other by the Irish Vemperance societies in the alternoon. The latter ‘was postponed until the fourth Sunday after Laster in consequence of the weather, THE GERMAN PROCESSION, consisting of tha St. Alphonsus, St. Michael’s Young Men’s and St. Aloysius societies, met, and started from the church at eight o’ctock, and marched down Canal street, up Broadway to Eighth street, thence to Astor place, where they met the invited societies, consisting of the Independent Rifle Com- any, the societies of the Church of the Most Holy ectgouner Se hir{ street, and of the Church of ar Lady bf Soirdws, of Pitt street; the societies of the Church of St. Joun the Bapttst, of West Tnir- tieth street; the societies of the Church o1 St Francis De Assise, of West Thirty-tirst street. ‘The procession then returned to the guyrch, down Broadway, through Spring street and along Souin Fitta avenue to the church. On the line of march & great many banners were displaved—American, German, frish and Papal. The procession reached vhe church at hall-past nine, and entering, took seats in the pews on the right side of the church, THE DEDICATION. The dedicatory services were then solemniz Arciishop, assisted by a numver of the clergy, ¢ ing the Litany of the Sams, The responses were made without musical accompaniment, In the pro- cession which followed the Archbishop were the Redemptorist Fathers, Vicar General Starrs, ass tant; Father Tscheuheus, deacon; Father Crounen- berg, sub-deacon, and Father White, of the Chur ofthe Redeemer. — Among those present were Dr. McGlynn, of St. Stepnen’s, Bishop Batley, Fathers Healy, Hewitt, Quinn, Gross, Shaw; Suel, of Pits. burg; Hesphine, of Baltimore; Wybrick and Lowe- kamp. Alter the dedicatory service high mass was sol- emnized. Bishop Persice was celebrant; Father ‘Trieslas, assistant; Father Schadder, deacon, and Father Oberle, sun dengon ~~ ank MUstc. The Philharmonic Society, under the jeadershtp of Mr. Letleis; a chorus of twenty-eight, and a quar- tet, consisting of Mrs. Kallmers, soprano; Miss Hol- brook, contralto; Mr. Amend, tenor, and Mr. Stautd, basso, constituted the chow nere. The organist was Professor Brewer, The mass sung =6was one by Alldre, in BE flat. At the offertory “Secum Principtum,” from Schedmever, was sung by Mr. Stamat, and guring the mass “The Heavens are Teliing,” from Haydn’s “Creation,” was given by orchestra and chorus, = During the mass two sermons were tater ned In English by Father Hanning; the erman sermon was preached by Father Lowekamp. Archbishop McCloskey, at the close of this sermon, Said a few words, congratulating the Redemptorist Fathers on the construction of their splendid edt- fice, and said it proved much for the devotion of the attendants, He then gave the Papal benedic- tion. ‘The afternoon service was omitted on ac- count of the weather and by the non-arrival of the Procession. During the day crowas of people con- gtegated in the church and curiously admired its Many beauties, In the evening Bishop Batley preached. ie ST, PETER’S CHURCH, Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Vanghan—Our Cole ored Citizens—What We Owe to Them As Fellow Men. The Church of St. Peter, in Barclay street, was, as usuai, filled with people yesterday. The sermon ‘Was preached by the Rev. Dr. Vanghan, and though Upon Asndjéct which in this country necessarily meets with some amount of disfavor, was listened to attentively by the congregation, and merits praise @# being a commendable ciocutionary effort. The learned divine took for his text the words that the Almighty spoke to Abram when He commanded him to go forth and infuse the Holy Word into the hearts of the peopie, “Go out from thy country and out of thy father's house, and I will bless thee." Dr. Vangaan proceeded to show that God wills we should FORGET ALL PATTHS that have not the solidity of the Catholic; that we should diverge from every path that leads us asiray from Catholicism and bow ourselves only before the altars of the Holy Son, of tae Blessed Virgin, ~The Jews were “a favored race; God promised that He would “bless and magnify’? their name tf ahey would only mamtain @ straight course and walk rightly. Yet, in recognizing the Jewish people ga wwe waders, Ob she DOW World Uo did gol give were being detrauded 1 their everywhere—along the sun-dried 18 of Northern Africa and amid balmy olive groves of Greece— they did not despair. They were entering into all maki kno’ that ‘the Mes- Aah tne only irae ‘and livin God. sigh—t ving —W to" come, Then all recollection of their = Per- secuuons vanished. They were content, thougm they had suffered, for they felt tnay had won tor themselves @ crown beyond all prive, a place in the kingdom of Heaven. The reverend gegtieman then proceeded to w that we, veing Christiana, should endeavor, to tne best of our ability, to sow the good seed in the hearts of those who by reasen Of the Weakness of their capacities are prone te doubt the existence of God and the immortality of the soul, He referred particularly to the colored population of the United States, saying that thon: they represented such a wondertuily large item the census of unis vast convinent, yet but little waa thought of their 4 SPIRITUAL WELFARE. We owe it to them as fellow men, we owe It to ourselves, to educate and inittave into the mysteries Of religion these poor people, this degraded race, Who suffer for the sin of their primal rather. ‘Tne preacher concluded nis eloquent appoal to the sympathies of his congregation by relating & num ber of interesting anecdotes relative to negroes and endeavoring »y them to convince his hearers that # human belug was in possession of a soul even though his cuticle was stained with the symbol of hereditary infamy, Ove of the chief attributes of the services at St. Yeter’s is ine music, In this church sometning re- Ireshing always issues [rom the rooa-loft; the choir 18 well selected and tus duicet notes of sweet-voiced songstresses mingling with the tuil, rich tones of the grand organ send atirill through every heart that finds echo oa the lips of those prayerfully in- clined, The “Kyrie Sletson,” by Van Eyken, was good, and the “Gloria in Excelsis Deo,” by bind was beautituily rendered by Mrs, Easton and Mile, Munier. fhe last meauoned young lady possesses @ voice that for richness and compass can hardly. be surpassed, and in the service yester- day she had ample opportunity to exhtoit the vocal gliis with whica she has been enuowed by nature, Signor Filippi was in remarkabsy good voice, and his rendering Of the tenor solo 1n Farmer's “Agnus Dev” proved his capability as @ singer in oratorio, Mr. Pecher 1s the organist at St Peter's, and the voluntary he played at yesterday’s forenoon service was 80 exquisitely sweet that the congregation lin- gered until the last hum ol the tunelul notes pad died away on the misty alr. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUTH CHURCH, Mr. Beecher Appeals to Dis Congregation for Contributions to a Universalist Preacher— Sermon on the Church of the Futare— Ordinances Don’t Amount to Much—It is the Cake and Not the Pans that We Want. ‘The beginning of the rainstorm that rose Into 8@ persistent a down-pour later in the day aflected the attendance somewhat at Plymouth church yester- day morning. When Mr. Beecher stepped upon the platform, wearing his blue military cloak, and pro- @eeded to take of ‘the rubbers’ that en compassed bis feet, though 16 was some ten minutes past tne hour for the commencement of the service there were several empty pews and a few vacant chairs, which were not filled until the congregation had got well on to the singing of the firathymn, If the weather was, however, bad without, there was, 80 to speak, serene skies Witiun, Mr. Beecher was never more himself, He Was radiant intellectually; there was aglow of good humor tn all that he said; and ever and anon ého wit sparkled and gitttered so manifestly that his audience was pul, from the first, moment of the service to the last, on we best of terms with themselves, and it would have vecn difficult to find a dissentient to the dogma that the ways or religion were pleasantness, and that all her paths were peace. It was intended on the previous Sunday that a collection should ve taken up for the American Missionary Society “for iis work among the freed- men of our country,” put the presence of the storm and the absence of the pastor caused tt to be ae- ferred until yesterday. ‘rhe pastor mace an eio- quent appeal on behalf of tis work, and stated that a Board of Examiners of tng Cel- ored Schools of Georgia, which Soara bad purposely been selected because of thelr strong convictions that notiing could be made of We negro, had with true southern geuerosily en- thusiasiically endorsed the wouders tat had been Wrought in the mental and spiritual regeneration of these coiored chyidren, Wate the baskets were passing from pew to pew Mr, Beecher made other aunouncements, one of which Was of great signit- cance, He said that during the present week many Of us Congregation Would be walved upon by two CLERGYMEN FROM KANSAS, one of whom was the pastor of @ church in that State. He wisned to en- dorse the object of their proposed cai! ommend thar Sahay ct) 3 ‘01 m they might solicit for pecumm x na ot Wore Setgy men was, some ume rod omclating a3 minister at South Adams, Mass., and belore lus ordination expressed I) velief irankly, bus without any vety strong conildence, that God would, in some way, find @ means, in the economy of Providence, of restoring ull men to His lavor. The Church at South Adams was orthodox, and, though there was every indicauion that the clergy- man Was a Christian and that his ministry was a proved, they could uot bring themseives to the conviction that if was their duty it ordain lor the ministry gone ho hel these views, ‘the clergyman reméved Kansatt Re cluich was established there, and tue sal - culiy has arised that arose in South Adams. The bretaren of the church are fully satistied of the Christian character of their pastor; that he 1s thoroughly Christian man, and that his work as @ minister bears & fruit that cangot be otherwise than acceptable. They have therelore aliowed him to go on in his own Way, not giving him the recogni Uon ecclesiastical, but offering him with @ hearciels fervor the hand of Christian pbrotherucod. ‘This, said Mr. Beecher, is one of those little bics of relt- gious casuistry in WOicp ecglesiasuciym has A YoUGH FIGHT with a sanctified, religious heari, and there can be no doubt ia my mind that the sanctifled heart will Win. What is needed to relieve tant churca in Kau- sas Of debi, is $1,500; and I hope, when you are called upon, you Will not draw a check for less than $100, anu Mal each Of yuu will refrain trom asking him how much he has already collected, for he obtains more than the $1,000, it is quite certain thas he will need 1.77 Mr. Beocher’s subject wasifhe Church of the Futare,” aud he selected his text irom St. Jotun, 1%» 20-24, “Our fathers worshipped in tlus mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem, 18 the place where men ought to Worship, Jesus saith unto her, wo- man, believe me, tue hour cometh, wuen ye shall net!her in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, wor- ship the Father, Ye worship, ye know not what; we know what we utd for salvation 18 of thé Jews. But the hour come A, and now is, when tne trad Wore! shall Worsnip the Father in srare and for the Father seeketh such to ‘worship Him, God Is a spurit; and they that wor- ship him must worshiy) iim 10 spirit and truth.) he subject, sald Ar, Beecher, that Jesus ane nounced 1a this conversauiol Dad ever since, and especially now, been a subject of Much considera- tion and more curiosity, It was the eet of the Churen of the future. The condition of the Jews at the time of the text, their hopes and expectations as to the adoption of ali the nations of the earth Into the Jewish ecciesiasiicism; their folly aad conceit in anticipating this result, and the pre- sentation of the same expectation of absorption by. ali modern ecclesiasticisms, notavly the Anglioal and the Roman Catholic — Cnure! formed the introauction to the sermon, 6a afforded he speaker an opportunity of 1 conceit 01 sectariaucem by several salties of wit. in Ulustrating the thought that it was the truth and not the vehicle in which the truth was brought to the minds of men that was of importance, ne woke up the ia Ela Ra a eel " to @ tension point and © smiles as ne mieniced @ cook teaching @ litue girt HOW TO MAKE A CAKB and the rapture with which the child suw the va- rious ingredients necessary lor wie cake scattered one alter the ovher into the pan; how tuat pan was looked at by the child with wonder; out ic was not the pan that was the real at tracsion, it was the cake. So long as the world lasted, he supposed, there would be cooks and pans; but the cakes that came from the hands Of the cooks and out of the pans were what we all desired. ave never entered into the idea that Goa's salvation is for the toial of humanity; everylining that lives ander the beating puise of @ human soul. No nation, no Church, wiil ever be ab lowed by God to get so far above the range of the wants of the race, by an advancing civilization, that it cannot reach Gown to the basilar condiuon of man, and raise him foto a spiritual condition. The Chorch must be @ universal Church, Tne field is the world, The Church of the future will not be able to with agencies, but it will present idoiatries. © pury, Rome and Geneva Will all fail out 1ato new lines, aud that will be found to be the truest worship that brings mankind up to the highest and truest manhood. the CARDINAL POUNTS ot the orthodox creed would be also maintained, such as the reality of tie existence of God, and, probably, a True God; the doctrine of a divine, moral governmeut, waich discrimmates between good and evil. The docirme of the im evitable siniulness of men will go dow w we end of the world. There wilt always be the basilar instincts to be regenerated, and men wilt always need the light avd influence of the holy spirit, so that men may be led by that spirit into @ higher life, The great docirine of eternal punisnmens will be the doctrine of the Church of the future, Punishment Aw oternal Tuore Wil be Joupd Q be a uuiversak