The New York Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1872, Page 8

nr mai iobe NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JOLY 18 1872—WITH SUPPLEMENT. RELIGIOUS. Sanday Solemnities and the Solar Influences--A Collapse of the Congregations, A General Desertion of the Churches. Whe Reverend Director of the Redemptorist Fathers on the Second and Third Commandments. Professor Green on the Light of the Word. ‘Fhe Signs of the Times Deseribed by Dr. Ed- ward Beecher, at Plymouth Chpreh. _ Reconstruction of the Brooklyn Catholic Cathedral. Dr. Peabody Discourses at the Church of the Messiah on the Fatherhood of God. OHUROH OF THE MESSIAH. Christianity Not a Sterm Father, but a Wostering Mother—It Exacts Nothing but Good Fellowship to Man and Love te God—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Peabody. Tbe congregation at the Church of the Messtah, - au @orner of Park avenue Thirty-tourth street, ‘was yesterday, for the advanced stage of ‘he season, unusually large. Rev. A. P. Peabody, who conducted the services, chose fr his subject ‘Christianity not the fmposer but the lightener of burdens,” based his @scourse upon Matthew xi., 80--“My yoke is easy, my burden is light.” Jesus, he commenced, Bo yoke, imposes no burden upon us. The YouES LAID UPON US @re laid upon us by the neceasity of our being, ‘Me burdens by our sin. These yokes, these burdens Jesus makes lighter. He takes them to Himself. How unjust, then, the infldels’ cry, calling it exact- fag ; how unjust the many chargee that do not belong toit. Christians have burdens because they em- Drace their belief too late. They must suffer all their mortal days because, like the tardy invalid, they took no remedies in time. Like him they ould have been cured; like him they must now @utfer for theirdelay. There is A PREVALENT IDEA it Christianity has its own severe standard of ity ; that it cs for many thinga to be Gone and Many things not to be done. Christianity cails nothing bat the obligations of a son of God, of a ther of man, Of a citizen of this world. We re- fom eueeing — because it is in Itself |. If we indulge the crime there is a law that ey us—punishes us not because we are diso- jug the commands of Christ, but because we are @isobeving the inherent laws Within us, And these Jawa operate from our birth. To obey them is a rushing duty. Although Christ did not impose them He has given us the greatest inducements for their proper execution. On our obedience depend our happiness ov earth, immortality in heaven. It follows, then, that RIGHTEOUS RETRIBUTION fs continusilly falling. Many are Sppalled. But is Rot human le the samet Docs not death follow sin on the believer and the unbellever alike $ Does Bot every page Of history show that there ia NO PEACH FORK THE WICKED f a the penal code of God in this world is pro- ted far in the world tocome. If we feel this a vy yoke, let us remember it is not of Christ, If evil doing ‘is necessarily suicidal, He has taken E halt of its severity by explicitly declaring it. leaves no room for muisinterpretaiion, no room donbt. But it may be said that Christianity poses welf-reproach. Self-reproach can come from alone. Christianity bas of it the least, Mark Pagan atoning ior BLOODY DEEDS th blood, murder with murder. With us how rent. Penitence is made the Way to peace. me may say that Christ imposed reifdenial on aposties. He painted to them tue glories of Obedieuce. Tu Obey Wes uo self-denial, Wo know that we can purchase things only by «i+» ying our- selves others. We can cultivate pleasutes, ren- gual or spiritual; dispositions, selfish or beuevo- lent; interests, temporal or eternal. Sensual asures are soon sated, and while they last are mtinuaily shortening tho horizon, They lead to ruin, death. Let the body be denied for soul, and with every succeeding stage @f progress there is improvement and joy. The Ker next compared selfishness anc benevolence. Mfishness, he said, is coulinually na,rowing the yal and lessening our happiness. evolepce en- Sree the soni and has a# maiiy soure Bess as there are hearts by us iv be reier temporal to eternal interests, thus life, vance becomes narrower and barrower. all the good lies behind us, On the other band, eur horizon BROADENS AND BRIGHTENS, ‘There is life, peace, hope, joy. Whatever of bodily good we can secure Without hurting any cne or Ourselves is ours to enjoy and utilize, and we best show our gratitude to our Heavy Father by @rinking in the most good from every fountain—by Geriving the most govd from every faculty. SEOOND METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUROE, OP HARLEM, Bacch Walking With God, and Its Weaching:—Sermon by Rev. Mir. Gor- ham, of Wyoming. The Second Methodist Episcopal church, corner @f Second avenue and 119th street, in Harlem, was ‘Well Giled at the services yesterday morning. Rev. Mr. Gorham, of Wyoming, occupied the pulpit, tak- fing for bis text the words, “Enoch walked with @od, and he was not.” No man serves God, he be- AD, unless God changes bis heart. It ts an irksome Ming for a man to pray unless he walk with God. Prayer is a looking out of the soul toward God. Enoch was a blessedman. After he began to walk ‘With God he was the HAYPLEST MAN ON BARTH. He turned away from earthly pleasures, He stood Reaven-high above his fellow men. If Enoch waiked With God, it showed that God was pleased with Bim, God seeks to bring all men into companion- ship with Him. In these days men are asking ‘Whether it 1s possible to know whether a man Pleases God. It was late iu the day to ask such @ question. We live in the brightest days of the ‘Worll's history. Enoch, betore his transiation, had ‘the testimony that he pleased God. ‘ihis question Was answered thousands of years ago, Enoch ‘Walked with God three hundred years. This im- Plied great, steadiostness in the heart of Enoch, Shere are times in the history of churches when seem to luck more heavenward. I the divine trath witi more unct words stick like arrows in the ie Wicked men, At times it is comparatively EASY TO BE A CHKISTIAN, 3t was easy to join the cavaicade that did honor to Obrist when the air was rent with hosannans, when @ low beast of burden bore His celestial reon, It was uot long before there was a mar- Velous change. Une disciple had forsaken him; an had betrayed him, Ailew women of Gail- clung to bim on the cross, who remembered Mim, A thief tuined his eyes toward Him and @sked to ve remenibered when he canie into His Kingdom. The times change. He hoped the time ‘Would come when tie tide would be a ceasciess What desolation there was in the time of and yet knoch walked on with God. So ‘wicked became the world that God had to over- Wheim the earth with a flood. There was some- ‘thing sublime in a man who DARED 10 BE PIOUS. Enoch found it pleasant to walk witu God three hun- @red years, or he woud not have kept it up through ‘this proiouged period. ‘to that hoy man it was a ure, and it was @ pieasure to any holy man. ooh walking #60 long with God showed that he not make uny excuse for his declining years. was not uncommon ior men in the sere and yel- leat of life to think they must be excused from Wher religious duties to great extent, After en- at eloquent leny on this point, he ex- the meaning the latter words of the jt—"And he was not.” Scholars said that the wi ‘Jound” was in the original.—le was not to found anywhere when he GORD UP. Is often seemed that good men die when they are most wanted. Good men were not over-plentful in this world. God took Enoch and be has been takiug We class meetings and love feasts. times be! torr out of joint. "1 1@, who stood alone ing hellward, If Enoch stood it three hundred years, could not they stand Rie, eels aalael dela Se Not the; Temain faithful e few decades of years? 7 8T. STEPHEN'S OHUROE. Among the many inconveniences caused by the hot weather, the religious people, no doubt, class a disagreeable condition for prayer as one of the greatest. With the thermometer near the nineties, and a breath of air out of the question, the rapture supposed to ensue from a contemplation of heavenly things must be considerably aifected, if, indeed, the heat does not aitogether prevent its existence toany extent. The thin audiences in the churches since the heated term set in proves that people recognize the drawbacks to devotion which are to be feund in broiling bodics ‘and minds wholly occupied in trying to keep cool. ores ‘to this cause, doubtiess, the pastors of nearly all the Cathoile churches tn the city, which in cool weather are crowded to their utmost capacity, Felleve their congregationi from a too long. attendance rt the last service on Sundays, and thus dispense with tho usual sermons in this very hot weather. The people Iniss very much the customary exhortations on Sundays; but rede 3 at @ high mass in such Weacher as this ought to ease the consciences of pe ons scrupulous of church-goers, and be snffi- ciefit in itself to bite f the Evil Ono that for the week to come spiritual aid has been sought and inet for a victory over orate temptation. In St, itephen’s church, Fereaty- sie ith street, where the services are carried out iully, and consequently take & longer time to be got through, there was no sermon yesterday for the reasons above-stated; but the mustc of the mass-Was of the usual length, and the service was therefore even too long. ‘the absence of the sermon, which js always sure to be eloquent and instructive at this church, was much regretted by many, especially by strangers, who are always here from ail parts of the city, and who come for the puipcse of hearing the discourse of the gifted pastor of the church or some of his elo- quent assistants. OHUROH OF THE REDEMPTORIST FATHERS, Sermon on the Second and Third Com- mandments. The Very Reverend Director of the Redemptorist Fathers, in their church, on Thompson street, de- livered an interesting discourse on the second and third commandments, In the course of his remarks he sald tnat God not only wishes us to believe in Him» to hope in Him and love Him, but He also wishes us to revere His holy name, and hence ft was that He has given us the second commandment, “Thou sualt not take the name of the Lord thy Godin vain.” The reason He had given this command- ment’was because of His being ever jealous of His honor and glory. The Almighty wishes us to make use of His holy name during time of prayer and religious exercises, but then only, Never must we speak His name unless with reverence, for other- Wise we shall dishonor God and call down His just anger. The very reverend gentleman here dwelt at length and in an eloquent manner on the fearful consequences of taking God's name in vain. He then went on to say that we must not aloue believe, bope, love God and rever- ence His holy name, but we must also, by exterior worship, eXprees our reverence towards Hun, Nature dictates to us tiat we must worship God, How? God telis us in the third commandment, “Remember thou keep holy tie Sabbath day.” By this commandment God expressly desires external worship. He says, “Remember’—that 13 to say, never lose sight of It; always bear it in mind; never forget it. The Sabbath is a special day set apart for the service of God. The very word Sabbath means cessation from work. No work must be done except what 1s absolutely necessary. There Was a difference between the third commandment and the preceding ones. The third commandment and the others agree, inastnuch aa all are founded on the natural law; but they differ in this—namely, that by the third commandment u particetar day is set apart for divine worship. The natural iaw commands us to worship God in a general way, but the third commandment poiuts out one special Gay for the purpose, The reverend gentleman then weat Into the varions reasons why Christians observed the Sabbath on the first, not the last, day of the week. Among other reatons assigned was because Christ came down on the apostles upon a Sunday. He also ave as a réagon Setwuse {t was upon a@ Sun- day our Redeemer rose from the dead, and, besides, it should be borne in mind that as God rested after six days so it was becoming that His creatures shoold |mitate the Creator in this, To the observ. ence of the third commandment God attached all kinds of blessings, and He threatens with all man- ner of punishments those who do not keep the Sabbath holy. Why, they would ask, 1s God 80 strict on this polat? The answer is because He is the author of our existence. He preserves us and has everlasting enjoyments prepared for those who love hin. Thereijore, the least men could do would be to devote one day to God after devoting the other six to the world. The reverend father then went into the various motives that should induce persons to observe the third commandment, and concluded by promising his Rees Be Te to go more in detail Into this subject next Sunday. FIFTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHUROH, The Light of Day, of Truth, of Mcrality, of Religion and of Sclence—Sermon by Professor Greene, of Princeton College. The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church was very poorly attended yesterday. This is to be attributed to two causes—firstly, the absence of the pastor, Dr, John Hall, and secondiy, to the heat of the weather. Services began at half-past ten o'clock, and after the ueal singing of paalms, reading of the Bibie and praying, Professor Greene, of Princeton College, delivered the sermon, which was formed on the words of the 119th Pealm, 130th verae—“'The entrance of Thy words giveth life.” He traced the truth of these words in many ways, stating that it was the Word of God that created and gave to ua the light, the medium throngh which we see; that His Word gave another kind of light to the soul, and, in fact, that the Word of God was the light and betng of al) things, scientific and religious, The gist of his eRRMON, was as follows:—When we .read these words we are transported in mind back to that period when tho earth was chaos, emptiness and full of nothing; when the Spirit of God moved over the waters, and He said, “Let there ve ligt,” and light was, Light was the first thing that God in His wisdom ordained to ex- fst. Itisone of the most wonderful pieces of all His handiwork, and also one of the most essential; for What would we be without light ? We would be wnable to see and adwire the beanties of nature and art eround; and yet we must believe that without light nature would have no beauties, as light 8 the life of nature; and then if there were no beauties In nature, it is sale to conclude it would have no art, for there would be ho nature to beg? from. The light of fed is not the only light which God has given us--nli the artificial Ughts which make the night tolerable, together with the light of the lytelect, This ingterial view is not the only one whlch we shonid take of the uestion, for it is age true of the light of Ohris- Manity, and the ligit which cheered the original chaos was but a rgure of the light which the Son of God was to bring to the darkened souls of man- kind in alter sears, Ib is true that there were good and bad souls when Christ catue upon earth; but it is to the light of the Bon of God that dispelling of darkness is due. ‘Tho Nght whieh we have of late years received from science and art is nothing compared with the light the world received rightcen fiuudred years ago from the lips of Christ wud His Aposties, Lam not one to depreciate ihe human toteliect. No; on the contrary, I feel proud of living in an age like this, When sich progrees has beed made; but stil I cannot attribute it to the human intellect of ihsell I] must acknowledge that the Gospel has had more than a Kittle to do with it. Notwithstanding that man has mado much roetens lately, It must be said that, as regards many things, he fs still in the dark, Many of our most elevated and erudite philosophers and sctentiate lack that light to which Pring else should be subservient—the light of God, His teachings and His Church, js greatiy to be regretted that so Many of our it niinds ai the Idea of any religion; but still when you k to them on cer. tain points they are at fea. y Know nothing of the hereatter, and when you ask them what be- comes of the soul after death they are unabie to answer you, Ohristianity and religion are to-day og rononnced and more easily understood than they cles have becn contradivt mountain and view the fandscape. You ascend, but just as you arrive at the summit there comes a dense fog ti rough which the oye cannot Penewaee, and to compensate for this fogs your friend tells e that reposes at the base of the Mountain, of the stream that winds its careless i Runsege the far-stretching meadows on the left, and the lofty and jestic peaks which me rear their heads to the clouds just to he right of you. You have an idea of pr Pe ee ‘and pigtu for yourself. Your friend’s picture ori was @ most miserable one. This is just as it is with those who have not seen the beauties of the way of the Lord, and around whom the cloud of pantheism and athe- ism is thick and impenetrable. This is the way the light of God camo to Paul. He was stricken to the earth, and lie rose and asked the Lord what he would have him do. But to others the light of religion and Christianity comes by @ milder and less violent process. Some people secure the light of truth by a gradual process, just 28 the light of morning steals in — the darkness; but whether it comes gradually or violently it amounts to the same ing, for ‘all's well that ends weil.” 8T, PATRIOK'’S OATEEDRAL. Short Services and Fow Remarks by Rev. Father Kearney. ‘The services at St. Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday forenoon, owing to the hot weather, were made as short as possible, Tho Rey. Father Kearney took for his text the Gospel according to St. Luke, which treats of the rich and the poor man, He commented briefy upon the gospel, and exhorted his hearers go to conduct themselves in this life that when they would called upon at the hour of their death to render a full account of their stewardship here below they would be able to niake such an ex- hibit that eternity for them would be an eternity of hoppiuess, * BROOKLYN CHURCHES. POE RE PLYMOUTH OHUROH, A Diminished Congregation—Sermon by Dr. Edward Beecher on the Signs of the Times. Plymouth Church presented yesterday morainy 2 very desolate tppearance. Pew after pew was de- serted of its occupants, and the strangers were scarcely numerous enough to fill the central par- quet. The absence of the pastor, the heated summer resorts were the causes that led to this unusual appearance. wos Dr. Fdward Beecher, an elder brother of the Plymouth chureh pastor, but as unlike in mental build and temperament as it is possible for two men to be. ‘the subject of the sermon was the signs of the times, Tae texts were selected as follows:—First vorse of the third chapter of Paul’s Epistle to the Colos- glans, and the first verse—‘If yo, then, be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Ohrist aitteth on the right hand of God; the third verse of the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew—“Can ye not discorn the signs of the times.’ Dr. Beecher, after a preliminary introduction on the cardinal position in the Christian economy of faith, said:—When God desires to accomplish any great work in the campaign of ages he indicates it by certain providential events. These were the signs of the times. the signal fires im Scotland that pregedea the day of a general battle. ‘The groat events in the history of the world which were be- fore us were indicated in the passage chosen In the text. There is to be one great battie, and efter- wards a judgment of Christianity itself in relation to Church organization and doctrine. after this there is to be the organization of human society and the MILLENNIAL REIGN, These resuita were also to be the final concinsion of all preceding events. These false views will eliminate in a closer communion with God, and tliat was described in the sixth ehapter of Isaiah, The Bible predicts, if it prédicted anytiing, that man shail live immeasurab) longer than he lives now. -As regards the great conflict which = ia fimshed, it is by confitct that Christiaulty has become corrupt. Christianity will, by the middle ground of free thought, be brought into liberty and unison with God. Before this will be reached there will be a reaction, and just before the best days the world ever saw things will look the darkest. Was not the world now wiser than it ever was before? There is more infidelity now than there was before. Papacy, instead of jaying aside one of lis errors, has recent ly reaffirmed every one, under the seal of infaili- bility. Popular institutions are being formed by the Catholics to control political questions and to bring some control over the Prussian government, Every one of the conflicts described by Daniel have been’ gone through, or are going through. There has begun already what niay be called a histoncal DAY OF JUDGMENT, which is a kind of historical fire that was burning ground every event, burning up the false and bring- ing out the true. The question then arose, if thi was true, how were we (0 prepare for these mani- festations of God? The first essential was that we should believe in God; but it was not to be obtained by argument, but by a sell-revelation. Our concep- tion of God inust be higher; we must not only con- ceive of holiness, but @ holy abliorrence of sin. We are under the influence of things that are tempo- rary and are local. There ought to be more in- tense desire for the fuliilment of God's designs. There should be more earnesi prayer, a spirit of sae in groanings that could not uttered. Hod had sald, “Bebold, I am as a thief,” and there- fore it was needed that we should stand with our loins girded, ready for his appearing. BT. JAMES’ ROMAN OATHOLIO CATHEDRAL. Reeonstraction of the Oldest Catholic Church tn Brooklyn—Sermon by Father Kiely—“Give an Account of Thy Stew- ardship.” ‘The influence of the warm weather upon religious ardor was visible even here yesterday in a small attendance at the last mass. Warmth of devotion appears to be in Inverse ratio to the movement of the thermometer, and while men are said to be prone to evil as tue sparks fy upward, the sngges- tion of millions of invisible sparks descending in one continuous Bower upon our heads does not seem to provoke its proper antithesis in this propo- sition. Some of the non-attendance at St. James yesterday was due, however, to a misconception respecting the services to be held there, As the church is undergoing EXTENSIVE REPAIRS, an Impression prevailed that only the early masses would be said, hence a siim congrogation at baif-past ten o'clock. ,Concerning these repairs it is Worth while to say a word. For a long time the Catholics of Brooklyn have suffered the dis- credit of permitting their cathedral church to re- main in a condition unworthy of a country town in the midst of a heathen people. True, they have been engaged in building a new cathedral, which promises In time to rival anything on thia contl- nent; but as this edifice progresses slowly, and gives no present hope of early completion, the older one on Jay street still bas its claims as tho central house of worship belonging to the Catholic body on Long Island, Its condition, there- fore, WAR & Matyor Of Bhame to the entire diocese, while it renovation as proposed and commenced must be a source of satisinction. THE MATES hus far made fix the cost of repairs at £15,000, to raised by voluntary contributions, A fair pro- portion of this amount has been already subsertbed, inainly by the pew-lolders, which hes enabled the work to be commenced; but larger pay- juents on the part of those si ining are Atl looked for. The work contemplated com- prises au entire renovation of the butiding, & new floor, new pews, new stained glass windows, frescoed walls and ceiling—the latter to gain the appearuuce of greater elevation—and a new tower and spire, to replace the present one of village proportions, The altar will be also freebly ithaml- nated and the choir reconstructed, rday were in accordance with not differing from those of any om mass was celebrated by Rey. Father O'Hare, THY REY. F preached upon the Gospel of the 1ELY day. The lesson resented py the Church for the consideration of he faithful in this Gospel Is contained in the story of the unjust steward, while that portion of it sé- lected for instruction by the reverend preacher was the command, ‘Give an account of thy steward. ship.” Inejaborating this point the epeakcr said if moan were not a reasonable being he would not be responsible for his actions nor the subject of re- Wards or punisnment. But maa is a creature alike of reason and free will, Le tg thus highest in the q order of created beings here below. His reason enables him to discriminate between Tight aud wrong, wile his ree {ves him the iberty of choosing. one) responsibility. Conscience, the baro: our inner life, fixes this res} lesaon of to-day’s Gospel. unt of thy atewardohip, is {8 the inquiry we are constantly ere In times gune past, Many of the old faira- | vetiing to ourselves when we realize that our lives Hs Rited, aud to the men of | fall short of that higher standard of excellence term and the departure of the pew-owners to | This was illustrated by | Upt we know we should seek to attain. We are ‘one to nd our neighbor. There is also 8 res ourselv. bat that is bi to God, Have we any rules that will guide us in the discharge of these grave duties that will enable us to determine the character of our stewardship? The reverend preacher then reviewed the com- mandments of God and the preceess grow- mg out of these as supply: us with the proper rule of life, and then continued. Do we think of t sufficiently? Is it not only when some accident has sturtied us into a sudden knowledge of our de- pendence that we recoguize it fora time, forgetting it again. We are in the condition of the Apostles mentioned in the Gospel, who having entered into aship with Our Saviour, and being overtaken by a storm while Jesus slept, cried aloud in fear and hel) mess “Lord save us, or We perish!” Weare in the same boat with Christ, but itis we who slum- ber, not He. Christ is at the heim, and ready to caim the storms {n our souls, which arise so fre- ntly to give us warning of our danger, The arch is present with us with constant assurance of His power and will, continually calling upon us to give an account of our stewardshi; t us, then, seek its aid and intercession, that-we may prove ourselves wise in our generation. NEW JERSEY CHURCHES. fadeinaher ae 8T, PETER’S OHUROH, JERSEY CITY, Letter from Bishop Bayley on the “Pe- ter’s Pence” Collection—Appeal for the Pope by Father McDonnell, 8. J.—Bis- marck’s Persecution. In St. Peter's church, Jersey City, solemn mass ‘was celebrated by Father Beaudevin, 8. J., at half past ten o'clock, After the first Gospel Father McDonnell, 8. J., read a letter from Bishop Bayley to the clergy and laity of the dio- cese of Newark, in which that prelate states:— “The annnal collection of Peter pence for our Holy Father, the Pope, as ordered by the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, will be taken up in all the churches of the diocese on the ninth Sunday after Pentecost, July 21, The present condition of the Supreme Pontitf in the hands of his enemies, and deprived of all of his usual sources of revenue, will ‘appeal to the heart of every Catholic; and it is only | necessary that you should bring it before the minds of your people by a few simple words, and the col- | lection will be all that we could wish.” | ‘After reading the letter Father McDonald made a wonderiul appeal to the congreguiiva on this sub- ject. This catl, he said, will no doubt be responded to generously by the congregation of St. Peter's, because you are calicd upon to sustain the head of the Chureh, the representative of Jesua Christ on earth. His aMictions, therefore, must be yours. Every true son of the Church must feel that he is called upon to perform the duty ofa child to his father. The Holy Father is now BATTLING SINGLE HANDED with powerful euemics, and he declares in his late lettor to tho Cardinal Secretary of State that so far from yielding he is ready to sned the last drop of his blood in defence of every principle of faith and of justice. He says, moreover, that he will resist every interference of the civil authority in ecclesiastical matters, Hear his words:—“With the help of God we will never fail to give an ¢xXampie of strength aud courage to the other pastors and ministers of the Church who, by reason of the adversity of the times, sustain 80 nobly so inany struggles in the cause of God and for the welfare of souls, for the defence of tha sacred legacy of iaih and for the integrity of the principles of | eternal justice and morality.” The President of | that usurping government, that seems to set all Kurope at deflanee, has made WAR UPON RELIGIOUS ORDERS, and he declares his purpose to exterminate them from the realm, Axyainst this attack Pius the Ninth stands up in defence, and declares that itis nothing | more nor less ¢ &n attack on the power of the | Pope bimseif, taking, as {§ doea, out of his haecs one of the most powerful anit most eitiea-- cious means of governing the universal Church. There is not on the face of the earth to-day a gov- ernment that has moral courage enough to deciare | itself In favor of this defender of right and justice, Pius the Ninth to-day is poor for the cause of Jesus Christ. He rejects, thereiore, what bis caemies would offer him, and he will remain poor rather than that our faith should be imperilied. We should, there- | fore, come to his assistan We should help him chiefly by our praye: 4 then with OUR FEW PENCE we can regore to him a portion of those temporal ooda of Which he has been so unjustly deprived. ‘e will give him as fav asin our power a tribute } Which will show him that we feel that it is our cause he is Oghiing. BEAUTIES OF BABYLON. The Hotels Pretty Full—Mosquitoes Mov- ing with a Vengeance—The Delights of Fishing in Great South Bay—The Drives, Basytoy, L. I, July 13, 1872, Babylon, L. T., 18 situated on the South Side Rail- road, distant about sixty-eight miles from the city of New York. Being one of the earliest settlements on tho Island, it is well known and much patron- ized by the older residents of Manhattan, whom experience has taught the force of the oft-quoted axiom, “You may go further and fare worse.” With such folks a8 enjoy this opinion nothing can be said concerning this place of Biblical cognomen by your correspondent that would alter their opinion. But there is an outelde unsophisticated public to whom | a few Jottings about Babylon—the modern—may prove both interesting and instructive, in event of their contemplating a visit here, There are four hotels here, namely:—The Watson House, kept by S. Staith, sitaated on the main road leading from the railroad depot to the Fire Island steamboat landing; the American House, kept by Mr. Pittman, late of the Astor House, New York; Sumpwam Honse, by Seaman, and the Le Grange House. These places of public entertainment are at present ali in a most thriving floancial condition. Their harvest is ripe and the reapers are busily en- ged in gleaning ihe golden sheaf’ which wave coward their treasury under the torrid atmos- phere, whictt has hurried forward their sweltering crop of hwmanity from the sickly cities into thetr rapacious clutches, The bland smile of mine host, Smith, as he informs the new comer who applies for & room that “We can't do It, my defir sir; can't doit, We are a0 sorry; out, you see, we are all full. Try the Sumpwam or the ‘American; you may get in there. Good day, sir; next time Wwe hope better luck. Good, day, sir. Yes, yes—next time, sir,” must be soothing indeed to the feelings of the @isappointed applicant for board. The hospitable arms of the American or the ) im are, however, open to aivord rest to the rthe Le Grange, if one prefers to face down the road for half # mile toward Isii j Watson House is a new institution at Bal 4 though its proprietor fs an old caterer to the suin- mer patrons of this place, having formeriy kept the American, The former mentioned house is spacious, new and weil furnished. raise must cease. The table ts plain and substantial only, the attendance indiffer- ent, except in a mosquitorial sense. The atten- tions of those Iufernal insects, the nrosquitocs, are unremitting. They hover about over one's head in ciouds which almost obscure thelr ‘tim irom view at times, it would seem, Their bite is very venomous. The welts raised on some of the wealthy patrons are painful to observe, and what must they be to endure? Several boarders left here a couple of days ago on recount of this nul- ‘The mosquitocs are not so thick to-day, however, the breeze being too strong for thelr nayi- gation, ‘The attractions of the place consist in the fishing and driving, avd the agreeable though quiet society itafords. Parties are contingally leaving the shore in fishing yachts for a trial of piseatortal luck in the waters of the great South Bay. The boatmen are jubilant over their sucoeas, not so much in taking figuns in taking partics out at the rate of $5perday. The chief yield of the waters here- abouts is Dine fish, D'ACK fish, sea basa and porgie Mackerel is looked for by the oid fishermen, who know ail the movements of the fnny inhabitants of the vasty deep, about the 25th of this month, Parties going ont in the bay on these ex | are wont to bring with them substantial | | and a bountiful supply of liquids and “poy to appease the honger which the invigorating ovean breezes engender, and quench the thirst superinduced by the close proximity to the saline waters. Days on Great Souta Bay, when fish run well and the excursionists enter into the split of rt, are days to be remembered i y weary tolling hours of metr yt full to serve as @ pleasant pleiure background,’ as it ers with such as lis perienced sich deiigitts. ‘The drives hereahouts, from Babylon to Islip, for | instance, are really beatitifal in point of seenery at m of the year, Mandsome & villas w York gentlemen der the road. side, and ic bridges crossing silvery, serpentine trout brooks running through t estates, the | nodding follage of fine trees, disclosing to view the white weatherboard and green Venetian of the mansion along the route, form a charming picture. Taken a4 a whole the attractions of Babylon are not meagre. BARROOM BRAWLS. Thomas McDermott, of 55 Mulberry street, cut Sarah Waters with a knife yesterday afternoon in | Mulberry street. the station house. During an altercation yester@ay in the lager beer saloon of Ernest Soner, of 499 Pearl street, Michael Costello, of 37 Park sireet, and three othe! | gauited the landlord and cut his head In four places, | and then robbed she drawer of $13. Captain Ken- | Bedy, of the Sixth precinct, fs after the mea, ~ He‘ was arrested by Betective | will | Fitzmorria, of the Sixth precinct, aud locked up at CENTRAL PARK. —_—-_—_ ‘Most people on waking yesterday morning looked at the sky, all overhung with low clouds of that pe- culiar leaden tint that usually presages a coming storm, and at once concluded that we were going to have another summer shower and @ more or less wet Sunday. The more cautious, therefore, natu- rally abstained from excursions, and either went to } chute? or drew a cool chair into the shady part of the stoop afd read the Sunday Heraxp and watched events. But it tiried out that the sky for once wes better than its warning. By noon the clonds sailed away to more congenial region’, and the sun broke out with an earnestness and vigor that had in it something terriDdiy cruel, and reminded us that we were still in the “sun- stroke solstice” of the year. The heat became, in- deed, intolerable, and the consequence was that in addition to its usual throng of Sabbath idlers, the promenades of the Park, the cool vauita of its arched bridges, the gloriously draughty recesses of the ice cream and pumpkin pie restaurant in front of the lake, and the grateful shade of the thick-foliaged trees were enjoyed by a large number of people who generally go further afleld for their Lord's day airing. This lentto the great “lung of the city,” as somebody has called a city park, an exception- ally crowded and animated appearance. Wherever you went you encountered crowds of holiday folks, clad in their finest dry goods and radiant with a joyous conviction that it was still “infernally” hot, yet still they haa come to about as cool a place as there was within their Teach. And every now and then, say almost at Png step, you certainly came across very charm- i ittle subjects for genre picture parties, A ir of lovers, sitting ciose together, in spite of the Rerspieh weather, upon a weutherstained bench, delightfully shaded by @ mass of verdant foliage, and With a little babbling rill trickling out from a big rock in the background, and falling into a hol- low basin in the stone, from which a couple of ur- chins are sipping a drink of water in @ rusted iron ladle—surely that deserves translation upon can- vase. Or, again, @ boatload of a dozen people rounding the point ofthe island in the lake, with the swans rae and carelessly getting out of the way of the coming prow; or agroup of enviously watching the seals, as the: flounder in their pene and snort and blow wit! enjoyment of the Pleasant coolness of the water, or —, but it ia idle to give in detail the dozens of leasant scenes of peaceful contentment and calm fret nerd which delight the eye of a lover of his kind, wherever he strays within the precincts of our great popular garden. And let fanatical Sabbatarians say what they will, there is an air of reverential thankiulness, a tone of quiet gratitude, underiyingSunday life at the Park, in spite of its frequent lupses into galety and unrestrained mirth. On Saturday the common is noisy with baseball players, the band stand Is loud with the braying of trumpets and the beating of drums and the banging of cymbals, and in attire and manners of the people; and even in the tches of talk that you invoiuntarily catch as along, the sentiment of the scene is and workaday. But on Sunday how differ- ent! No flying balls threaten your safety as skirt the meadow on your way tothe lake. The birds and the bees and the humming insects are the only musicians whose harmonies greet your ear; and the crowds, though thick as the day before, are subdued with a pable though un- obtrusive respect for tie day of rest. Perhaps, too, if you think abouteit, you may come to the con- clusion that this is aa real and complimentary a irivtiie to the Institution of the fourth com- Mandment 8% thoug! these health-imbibing pleasure seekers were to devote theiisclves altu- gether to the questionably. duty of being stewed alive in the sleepy pews of a city church at mid- summer. Itis scarcely necessary to review all that tnese countless streams of visitors did to while away the bright hours of the weekly day of dolce sar n " They ate ices aud sauntered quietly alot the walks and wandered about the banks of the lake, and halted in convenient spots where shade and a vacant seat happencd to come together; they ad- miringly gazed at the procession of handsome equipages and fast trotters along the road; they stared at the elephants and wondered at the silent wisdow of the eagles and pitied the poor bears in their sufferings from the heat, and laughed at the monkeys, and perhaps wished that they were, just for the summer, of the same aniinal persuasion as the serpents, who can live for a month without eating and spend their entire existence in lying dead asieep upon the ground. That is not ail they | ald, either, by the way; but it at least shows that an afternoon at the Park may be abundantly filled ae pleasant sights and amusing mental occupa- jons, SUNDAY EXCURSIONS. More than tne usual proportion of tired citizens left. the city yesterday to partake of their usual weekly portion of fresh air and pure breezes, The heated term that has prevailed for the past few weeks has rendered rest and relaxation an abso- lute necessity of life, and these Sunday excursions are hailed as a blessed boon by thousands of work- ing people, who, wearied and worn out with the labors of the week, on the only day of rest left to them fly to the various places on the seacoast and the river, where an opportunity of healthful enjoy- ment is presented to them. Every boat leaving the city was crowded to ex- cess with the groups intent on a day’s picasure, People of a high degree and low, sweethearts and | lovers, wives and husbands, parents and children, black and white, all crowded the -piers at an early hour, eager to catch the fst boat which could con- vey them from the city and its destructive heat. CONEY ISLAND. Coney Island fully asserted its time-honored claim to the favor of New York Sunday excursionists. Lying so near to the city and 80 easy of access, it affords all the ad- vantages of a land and water trip—delightm scenery, fresh breezes, excellent bathing and all the otlier advantages which go to make up an at- tractive resort. ‘The people who frequent this favorite summer resort cannot be sald to be of the highest order of society, and hence may be ac- counted for the crowds of gamblers and sharpers who fock thitherin the hope of catching green- horns and dollars. The appearance of these light- — gentry, with their crowds of confidants b and associates, is one of the drawbacks of the place, as many a@ unfortunates quih) with = more = mone: than brains as falien a victim to their wiles, They are, however, beginuing to be w greenest, fast young men, and thi in times past been so large! gradually falling off, The rows t oats going up and down and the conspicuous resence of piokpockets is another evil which calls jor the supervision of the police, and it would be well t some detcctives could be detached to watch the dangerous class which brings odium upon @ hartuless and healthiul amusement, STATEN ISLAND, Notwithstanding the claims of the most favored points to Sunday excursioniste Staten Island still attracts a large proportion of the floating Sunday pop ation of New York. ‘The island seems to be the great rendezvous for servant girls and their lovers on their Sunday out, as itis near to the city and easy of access e Battery was Ined yesterday with the throngs waiting for the boats, and each one as it left was crowded to the water’s edge with its living freight. When-even- ing came on the vessels on their return voyage brought back many thousands, who, pleased with themselves and the excitement and pleasures of the day, were disposed to be at peace with themselves and ail the world, Until a late hour the streets adjaceut to the Battery were lively with the peals of merry laughter, and there is no indication, judging from present appearances, _ Staten Island is at ail likely to lose Ita popu- derstood by 3 WEST POINT AND NEWBURG. The excursious up the beautiful Hudson were in every respect a pleasing success yesterday, no diminution, but rather an increase, bemg observa- bie in the crowds who thronged the decks and cabins of the steamboats which went up the American Khine. Jona Isiaud, West Point, Don- derberg, Yonkers and Newburg are all noted places of resort, and present attractions unexcelled b; any other places on the face of this broad conti- nent. The Hudson, though not possessing the castellated fortresses and historical associations which have made the Rhine go celebrated, is richer in grander and never-endin scones, in a Wealth of scenery and beauty of land- seape, to which the Germaiic river {9 @ total stranger. There is no more pieasurabie enjoyment than a sall along its banks, and the tired New Yorkers have always regarded It as the main oasis aiforded them in the hot sammer monthe, The excursions to the other points Fort Lee, Red | Hook, Rockaway and Gien Co were all equally | well attended, and every one participating im the | excursions returned to the city refreshed aud invig- orated for the labors of the week. A SUPERB POLICE PLAG OF HONOR, Tmmediately after the Juiy riot of last year some gentlemen who had not forgotten the faithfulness of the police in that and the mgt of 1863 conceived the idea of presenting the police force with @ fag of honor, which they could carry.on each annual parade. Among the gentlemen who took an active part in this movement is Colonel H. 8. Alcott, under whore direction one of the finest fags ever made in this a has been produced, Already $625 has been collected and ts tn the hands of H. A. Oakley, President of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, where the flag is now ‘on exibition. About $400 more Js required to pay for this superb Rigve of workmanship, and all con- tributions may sent to Mr, Oakiey, 68 Wall street. It is contemplated by the committee to present the flag to the force on the occasion of the pext anuual parade of the Police Departwent, | morning. YALE COLLEGE. FINALE OF THE ANNUAL EXERCISES, Brilliant Gatherings in the “Old Halls’~The President's Report—Speeches at the Alumni Dinner by Grats Brown, Governor Jewell and Others on Their Alma Mater—Re- sult of the Corporation Election— New Haven, July 10, 1872, To-day has been the calm after the storm. The college grounds have presented a less gay and bril- lant appearance thaa yesterday, when they were 80 largely graced by fair forms, but, perhaps, no less animated, as the day has been one of much in- verest to graduates and to the college. A large tent spread in front of Alumni Hall invited num- bers coming and going from the hall to its coal shades, The elins and every available place were covered with notices ana placards announcing the meeting and reunions of various classes. The class of '69 holds this year its triennial. and Is largely represented in town. The other classes who gather from over the whole face of the country to their reuionS are '22, '32, '42, '47, 152, '57 and '62 The hotels are crowded to overflowing. Many of the students who have left town have opened their rooms for the use of graduates, but still it is nearly impossible to obtain lodgings anywhere in the city. A large number of distinguished graduates are in town to attend the reunions of their classes, of whom should be mentioned Governor B. Grats Brown, of 1847; Judge Strong, Judge L. B, Wood- rum. Senator Buckingham, Representative Dawes, Dr. Taylor, President Brown, of Hamilton College, and Homer B. Sprague, becides many. others. THE MATTER OF OHIEF IMPORTANCE daring the morning hour was the business meeting of graduates at Alumni Hail. Judge L. 8B. Woodruff presided, and after the meeting had been openéd by prayer President Porter was announced, and gave a brief account of the growth of the univer sity during the past year, He alluded especially to the Scientific School and Theological Seminary and to the general plan of their union with the college. He then promised that work would immediately be begun on the new chapel, the funds for which have Now reached $80,000, Thia,he said, would be sufficient to roof inthe proposed edifice and prepare it for use, and for its completion the generosity of the Alumni would be trusted. In this connection may be mentioned the publication by the Executive Committee of the Alumni of a pamphiet petting forth the condition of Yale College in 1872, By this work it appears that while the college in all its de- partments has nade rapid and sure, though quiet, progress during the year, yet its receipts from ‘all sources have failed to meet the necessary expendi- tures by $18,247, It is believed, however, that the new foundation, entitled ‘THR WOOLSRY FUND, will more than supply the deficiency in years to come, and that no curtailment of the proposed de- velopment will be necessary. The consideration of this fand was taken up at the close of the Preal- dent's remarks. Judge Strong, the chairman of the committee, made a report of its general pur- poses, and Professor Gilman, the secretary, gave @ detailed account of the progress made. ‘The intea- tion is to raise a sum of $509,000, the interest of which is to be applied to the current necds of the college. Of this amount $145,000 has already been secured, and during the day large additions were made. The committce have held three meetgngs within the last twenty-four houra, at which Gov- ernor Jewell, Judges Woodrui and Strong and Senator Buckingham were present. Nothing of public interest was transacted at these special Meetings; but at the gs meeting was ‘sented, and after considerable discussion carried, a resolu. tion, defluing the ends and alms for witich this fund 18 to be used. Several enthusiastic speeches were made, which called forth pf penta It was gratifying to the younger sons of Yale to see that their own enthusi- ‘asm for Alma Mater, far from being scoffed at by the older graduates, was by them more than f valled. Professor Fisher then made a report concerning the library and its late increase, which was ap- plauded throughout, especially when allusion was made to the gift of $2,000 by the graduating class, After much more speaking, amid the best of good humor, the meeting broke up for dinner, CORPORATION MEETING. Ata meeting of the corporation, held aleo this morning, Rev. William G. Sumner, of New Jersey, was elected Professor of Political Sctence in Yal College, and David A, Wells, late of the Unitea States Treasury, and E. 8. G , of the Nution, were elected 0 posit! ous on tlc Paculty in the past- vadaate departiaen In the afternoon cuind he balloting for the six new members of the cor- poration. udtiess it will be recollected that by action of the Legislature of Connecticut the six positions on the corporation, formerly filled by the six oldest state Senators, were vacated and left in the hands of the college to be filled from the number of graduates. ‘The plan adopted by the Rese was to invite all the [Sore to nominate by mail stx persons for these positions, and then to consider all those person receiving twenty-five or more votes as candidates, Accord’: <!y tie bal loting began this afteruoon at the "0 'ih wing of the library bullding, on about twenty persons thas nominated, As very many votes are sent by mall no announcement can be made of the result t to-morrow. It will probably be made known daring the commencement exercises. All graduates any department of five years’ standing were allowee @ Vote, and thus it ia hoped that the college an the great body of its graduates may become more closely united ae in carrying forward the in- teresta of the rising university. THE SOPHOMORE PRIZE SPEAKING, which came off last night, resulted as follows :—H. Hi. Ragan, Turtu, N, Y., received the first prize; H. B, B, Staplar, of Wilmington, Del., and G. M. Stern of West Hartford, Conn., divided the second, an E.M. Lyon, of Detroit, Michs, received the third. To-night comes the concert of the Yale Glee Club, at Music Hall, which will attract a large audience. The performances of this club in the past few wee! gave grounds for considerable expectation, which the performance fally jnstified. ie rendering of the college songs was wnexceptionably d, and the andience was in too good humor with them to be severely critical of the more artistic pleces. Just as Tam closing the anmouncement is made that Professor Carter, of Williams College, ts ap- pointed to the new professo: ship of German here, Corporation Meeting—Alumni Dinner= Speeches by President Porter, Governor Jewell, Gratz Brown and Others. New HAVEN, Joly U1, 1872. Last night President Porter held a reception at the Yate School of the Fine Arts, which was largely attended, The spacious galleries and cool halis of this building make it a most desirable piace for gatherings of this kind, and notwithstanding the threatening look of the sky a brilliant crowd of graduates and friends of the college assembled, The president received his friends In his pleasant, informal way, at the novth gallery, and after pre- sentation the guests had fall swecp of the magnifi- cent building. Very many of the best paintings are for the present removed, bat there is much 1@ft to encourage and reward exarination, THE RESULL OF THE CORPORATION ELECTION, About midnight the result of the balloting for the six new members of the corporation was made known, but as the reception closed at the good orthodox hour of eleven few knew of it till this Tn round numbers 1,000 votes were for- warded by mail and 500 cast at the “balloting yes terday. The result was as followa:— Wm. M. Byarte, '87.... 894) Henry B. Harrison, 46... Wm. W. Phetps,°60..... 489] Win. B. Washowrn, Mo 1 is 417] Alphonso Tart, a Faculty, Graduating Class and undergraduates form- ed in front of the lower college buildings, headed MY @ selected baad wader the management of Professor Stoeckel, and marched to Center church on the State House Green, whore the flnal and formal @x- ercises of commencement were held. They were very much after the manner of ali college com- mencements, neither better nor worse, I have sald that theso were the formal exercises, but thie is only true relatively to the other exercises of tne day It is something that strikes a stranger very pleas- antly—the informality with which everything ta done here; there is no effort at display or show; tf @ band {8 employed, it is only for the tun ofthe thing, not fr military effect; if tickets are used it is only to prevent @ rush, and not to give cclat, No squads of polices men or Hines of solders guard the line of march the church entrances as at Cambridge, We occasion, in Monday's letter, to congratulate tho Scientific School on the enjoyable nature of ita graduating exercises, and for a similar reason con- gratulate the college proper, GENERALLY OOMMENCEMENTS ARB STUTID ENOUGT,