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Beanies este aevose etree 352 & aitterence ex which the or Beople. There is not a yy, denied is given to other » ohvistiant tha Sinwect tus a ts Christian, for all the enslaved. Yet believe that God's children limits, and the chief refreshments and for outsiders and not fer Itis stark atheism. * * * * be drawn from this miracle was came to us in the hour of our extremity, time when we were about to sink Be would take us in His arms and set us on the und the surf, The pastor exhorted rist and not to remain longer from all things were ready and there was LEE AVENUE BAPTIST CHUROH. Debts and Blotting Out Obliga- ttons—Sermon by Rev. Hyatt Smith. ‘The Rev. Hyatt Smith, of the Lee avenue Baptist soul, I ¥ roclamation from the throne of us 3 << Paul to the Colossians embraced in the thirteenth to the seventeenth verses. They would observe by ‘te text, the reverend gentleman said, that the Apostie was addressing himself to the Gentiles and that Judaism was condemned. The (Gentiles found im it eternal death. The Jew looked upon bimself ‘ge the especial favorite of God, and considered all @utside of their enclosure without the hope of heaven, and all who were outside of Judaism were Gentiles. He who was not circumcised according to their belief was without hope, and was Outside the Church of God. Paul gave his definition of this circumcision in the eleventh verse, in which Ne says, ‘In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands in putting off the Body of the sins of the fesh by the circumcision of Ohrist."” “Ye are dead in your sins,” says Paul. ‘The Apostle therefore argued that, if dead to sin in Christ, you have been raised up by the power of Ohrist. This was a spiritual resurrection. You have been made alive by Jesus Christ, for you have con- formed to all His laws, and you have no need of the Jewish expectation. In these days some men were im the habit of contracting debts, and when these debts were cancelled the papers setting forth their ‘tions were defaced and blotted out. He knew @ merchant in Buffalo who was in the habit fre- quently when he met him jn the streets of taking out a batch of those cations and exhibiting them, showing how he had blotted out this and that obligation. Ue had no doubt there are many men here who would like to be able to blot out all their Obligations. Now, the poor Gentile was a debtor and he called upon Jegua to help him, for there was ‘@ Wealth in heaven. Jesus Christ came, therefore, pe paid the debt which this poor Gentile owed. took that paper and so defaced it that the debt hall never be demanded again. He had taken it Bp and nailed it upon the cross, It wasa habit when it @ law was obliterated to nail go that every passer by could see Pose, said the reverend gentieman, that ] was under ‘condemnation and was sentenced to death, and sup) lwas led forth by the oficers of the law the Jaw was eniorced. My body is then carried to the grave and consigned to it. ‘The law has done ail it can do and is satisticd. Suppose | arise from that grave cannot 1 walk back into that court to a post Let us sup- reom and ppon the judge and officers who sentenced and be free? Ihave died and 1 have , and J am as free as any man in tue city. A have beep purified. The verdict was rendered, the sentence was announced, and He went ut op Galvary Hill and died. The Jaw had RO power. Now, | don’t know that I can @ny more plain. if my reasoning be eorreet the provisions of Christ are for all. ‘There ‘were certain conditions, however, said Mr. Smith, which they might. obtain the forgiveness of their ‘They Were accustomed to say that the man repented of his sins and availed himself of all Provisions he would be saved. He did not lieve that all the provisions of the Son of Man ‘Were confined in this and hoped they would not e@onstruc this into heresy, ‘There was the littie abe wrestling with death in its baby clothes, Did that litte ever commit gins? Did that little creature know that Christ diced? It was impossible to avoid @he conclusion that this little one sinned by Adam. There were two ways that a man might ‘ome into debt. One would be to contract it him- gelf and the other to inherit it. A son might in- ‘Berit the debt of his father. But the baby knows nothing of the kind. It cannot repent and it can- mot believe, and yet it must dic. Jesus has said, them not.” He was the door. He had cancelled the debt that the babe knew nothing of. And so it ‘was with the poor idiot. The fool could tell noth- fag of salvation, Jesus Christ died 1,800 years ago, ‘and what became of all the people who were upon the earth and dicd before Christ? God ‘anted their pardon through the efilcacy of blood that was to be shed ages after. He did mot believe that Moses had any idea of Jesus Christ: or His mission. He did not believe that God con- @emned these poor ignorant beings who knew mothing of His laws. You might make alaw im it family and one of your boys know nothing of existence, and, not being conscions of it, he sit. Would you whip him? Notif you have @ father’s heart in you. If all were condemned as men condemn them, as communities condemn them, as churches condemn them, why, hell would mot be large enough to hold the condemned. Jesus @hrist went up on Calvary and cancelled the debt eatery eathon. He met their debt and paid , and y knew it pot, CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Domestic Missions of the Protestant Eptscopal Church—Address of Rev. Dr. Twing. Yesterday morning, at the close of the ritual service in the Christ Episcopal chureh, Bedford Byenuc, Rev. Dr. Twing, Scevetary of the Home Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, delivered a very interesting address upon the mission work of the Church on the frontier of eur country. In his intreductory remarks the rev- erend gentleman said that every disciple of Christ ‘Was responsible for the extension of the Gospel to the ends of the earth. There was no escaping this fesponsibility except by entering upon a course of ‘fe which, if pursued to its logical end, would ter- minate ip.utter apostacy irom Christ. Im travel- ling about the country, and while talking upon the ‘sibject of missions, hée met with some who said they did not believe m that movement; but it would not surprise him more if such persons were to tell him that they did not believe in God or in Christ. As well might we Say that we believed in the sun, that glorious ob- which God placed inthe heavens, but we did Bot believe in bis shining. If he ccased to shine a @ark pall wouid jie upon everything that was beau- 3 in the world. It was the duty of the Church shine in ali the dark places of the earth The greatest missionary text in the New Testament read :—“‘Let your light so shine that_men may see Lu. good works and glorify your Father which is Heaven.” 1t wasa mission oj love on the part of God to send His own dear Son into the world, and when He made atonement for haman sin He sent the Holy Ghost to carry on the work of human salvation and cleansing. The Doctor elab- orated this part of his address and gave many ap- peovziate illustrations to show that it | was aut of the church to shine inthe world and to __ illuminate moral darkness of the world by giving men the sous light of the Gospe!. Every disciple ought be a missionary and should do something for those who were perishing. Each of his hearers had @commission from God just as real as ordained ministers to preach the everlasting Gospel. It did not follow thar aman must go to China, Africa or the frontier, but the Church at home must sympa- thize with and pray for the success of the work of Missionaries in those regions. All that would Mot cost anything, aud ifJesus Christ had acted pon that principie He never would have been our Saviour and the world would not have been re- @eemed. There was one passage of Scripture which imaghtened him cvery time he read it, viz.:—"If a ro) have not the spirit of Christ he is none of His.” to pa ben gate , Dut it would be only talk. The spirit of Christ was a missionary @pirit, and what He did for the world cost Him @Omething. The missions of the Church could pot Be carried on without money. Some people as- eerted that conservative, proud Episcopalians did mot give as much as other denominations, but he Delieved that the Episcopal Church wasas generous and sympathetic with every good work as any other people in the land. The trouble was that they were #0 occupied with other matters that they did not the work of missions the proper place in their # and sympathies. ‘bhe six missionary Bishops of the jurch were noble, earnest, self- suceesstul men, any one of whom would have a larger salary than they now get in mrving. Eastern parishes, They traveiled thousands ot sor pos, wagons, and they were doing more @ny other number of men in extending our eommon civilization on the American frontier. Before the close of this century we are to have one bundred millions of people in America, and these self-lenying bishops were now ranting schools and churches in which these cane a Hons were to trained and indectrinated in the aton, Bishops Rendall, Morris, ers were meeting with success in establishing boy#’ and giris’ schools in the distant Territories, The Protestant pal Church haa alse 210 missionarics working a odins states and Territories, whose -salaries were only paid in iby the society and entirely withdrawn when churches which they established became self- jing. The smissonaries had from three to teen stations each. The question propounded some was, “Would the coming of Chinese be allowed to vote” He (Dr. Twing) sald if there was DO provision jn the Von- the | _ NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, QCTOBER 21, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET sateen a eee ‘Besekeary provision Wes ‘Put ia seriou queetion hich rican Christians ought Sealers wevereaer marie was, i, Golloquial. atrait and yn to show that the the Protestant ing their vacation there, the - mal brother thought it would be a i 4 as they had their, with them, to conve! the Congregational arch into an Episcopal church ing, and he got vill: choir together on Saturday it and practised the chants. The edifice was crowded on the Sabbath, and Dr. that the whole service was ren- dered better in that Yankee country church than he had seen rformed in some of the large churches in New York. He gave them a missionary talk in the afternoon, the reguit of which was that when he met the Boston school marms on the cars he learned that they had es Foe a lee a to the bingy: $300 to support a missionary The Gospel herald” which they sent at for Minnesota. The Doc- tor told of a1 oor female schoo) teacher in Jersey City who recently subscribed $100 to this cause. Such a noble act ofself-denial, he said, ought tomake millionnaire members of the Church blush. He con- address ty assuring his hearers that uniess they denied themselves and took up their cross they could never enter the golden gates of Paradise. THE FREE LAY OOLLEGE. The Brooklyn Tabernacle was crowded last even- ing on the occasion of the opening meeting of the Free Lay College, established by that congregation. The object of this college is to train lay men and ‘women, without regard to denominational distinc- tions, for every form of Christian work, the mem- bers to be admitted on signing the pledge and elect- ing their division of work. Already 00 students have been enrolled, the most of whom are engaged in Christian work, and the college bas now twenty-seven lay preaching stations. The old church building on Schermerhorn street, near Nevins street, ‘will be used for the pur’ 8 of the college, it being substantial and roomy. Two years will be re- quired for the iuil course of study. ‘The college Will be divided into two sections, the general and training, the former embracing all the members and the latter all who, in addition to the general lectures, attend on the regular professors, There will be three classes, the junior, senior and special; the first embracing the new members who wish to take a full course, the second the members who have been a year in the college and the third only those who intend to devote themselves wholly to some form of lay work or the ministry. Among the lecturers will be Rev. Howard Crosby, D. D.; Rev, James McCosh, D. D.; Rev. Steplien Tyng, Sv., D. D.; Rey, William M. ‘Taylor, D. D.; Rev. J. Prime, Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, Rev. William Or- miston, Rev. H. M. Scudder, Rev. EF. 8. Porter, Rev. Lyman Abbott and others, Mr. Willlam FE. Dodge, of New York, presided last evening, and addresses were made by Kev. William Ormiston, D. (Reformed), Rev. Noah U, Schenck, D. D. (Episcopal), Rev. Dr. Talmage and others. ‘Lhe faculty of the coilege was announced as follows:—Rev. IT. DeWitt Taimage, D. D., Presi- dent, lecturer on lay work in the Church; Rev. William Ormiston, D. D., lecturer on inspiration and the canon; Rev. Join Dowling, D. D., lecturer on the Christian evidences and false religions; Rey. George RK. Crooks, D. D., lecturer on modern infidelity and rationalism; Rev. J. L. Chapman, Secretary, jecturer on Biblical literature, theology, organization and training. LADIES OF CHARITY. The Solemn Profession of Four Novices at the Convent of The Good Shepherd, The usual seclusion of the cloistered religious of the “Ladies of Charity of The Good Shepherd” was yesterday imvaded by the few guests whom a special permission allowed to enter the chapel to witness the profession of Sister Mary of the Im- maculate Heart (Miss O'Neil), Sister Mary Piacide (Miss Kervin), Sister Mary of the Seven Dolors (Miss McGonigle), Sister Mary of the Nativity (Miss Doyle). The little chapel was bathed in the soft light of early morning, the fragrance of fresbly culled flowers filled the air and the pensive strains of the “Ave Maria Stella” | fell with soothing softness on the ear as the long rank ot white-clad devotees wended its way into the choir, and the Prioress and her assistant ied to | the altar the four virgins who solicited no other or “Baller little children to come unto me, and forbid | higher place than the “lowest in the house of God.” Receiving blessed candles the novices seated them- selves facing the altar while Rev. Father Durthajer addressed them on the conrse they had adopted, and in a deeply solemn manner exhorted them to perseverance in this choice. He then con- vinced himself as well as all present that the can- didates were well qualified for and well advised of the importance of the lasting obligations they meurred by assuming the vows that would render them full members of the congregation whose sole high mission it is to reciaim the unfortunate wanderers who stray from the | path of honor and virtue, and having learned that the Prioress and community ‘ully assented to the admission of the four novices, the ofMiciant received their vows, which each one had reviously writtcn, with ner own hand, on paper, leaving only a space for her name and the date, which were immediately written in their proper places by each novice as soon as she had finished reading the vow, and in the presence of the congre- ation. . The officiant then blessed the veil and silver heart, giving the heart to be worn as an emblem of the virtues of the pure heart of the Virgin, whom the religious should strive to emulate; the veil was then given the novice to put before her eyes that she might no longer see a world she had renounced forever; and as the Prioress arranged the veil she also crowned the newly professed with a wreath of snowy blossoms; the newly professed then rising up sang “This is the place of my rest; here shall | dwell, for I have chosen it.” The officiant then told her she was dead to the world and to herself, and could live but in God, in solitude as in a tomb, and the choir responding, “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord,” the newly professed prostrated all her and the choir chanted for the dead, After the pall was withdrawn the officiant sprinkled the prostrate with holy water saying, “Rise, my sisters.’’ Her candle was then given her, she sing- ing “The Lord is my salvation. Whom shall I fear” After repeating the closing prayers the oficiant intoned the Te Deum and then the reilig- jous took up and continued the soul-inypiring notes while the newly professed conveyed the kiss of peace from the Prioress to her companions, and then the procession departed from tne chapel, its quiet infinence still }i ring over the crowned “Spouses of the King’s Son’ as they joined sriends and relatives in the parlors of the cloister. jack over MORNING STAR SUNDAY SCHOOL, This well known mission school celebrated the fourth anniversary of its organization yesterday aiternoon at its temporary chapel 283 Seventh avenue, The exercises were of an exceptionally entertaining character, although the public meet- ings of this mission have been uniformly marked by | extraordinary interest and enthusiasm. The sec- retary and treasurer presented brief reports, show- ing the numerical and financial condition of the school, and the superintendent made an earnest appeal to the audience for funds to aid in the con- | struction of the chapel, which is being built as rapidly as the means can be secured, Several hymns, written with special reference to the occa- | sion by Fanny Crosby, the blind poetess, were sung by the school and audience, The first of the regu- lar speakers was Colonel G. T. M, Davis. He pro- nounced the cause in which the Morning Star Sun- day Schooi is engaged to be the noblest one at Bera ahd nck the attention of Christians in city. thereby commends itself equally to all classes of the followers of Christ. Its aim was simply to bring litule children and others unprovided with spiritual teaching into the fold of the Saviour, without instructing them in any special theology. He said every Protestant church in the city ought | to contribute liberally to make the move- ment @ grand success. This is the ini- tiative enterprise, and upon its fate han; incalculably important results, If it is successfu) New York, in accordance with its usual custom, will generously continue the work. The merit of an undertaking is in this city judged by its suc: cess, He closed by pledging the Church of the Atonement, with which he is connected, to give Fane ei the new chapel. Colonel Davis was followed by Rev. Dr. Anderson, who delivered an eloquent address, inwhich he referred to the ne- cessity of Christian labor among the thousands of pant children in New York. A grave responsibility, said, rests upon those who can contribute this cause. The great army of crime will be re- crutted irom the ranks of the children, except for the earnest, seclf-sacrificing efforts of devoted Christians. He hoped all who could do so would ive towards the erection of the proposed chapel, hat soon its walls stand outas a beacon of hope and salvation in this populous and wicked city. . Deems gave the ie ress, He con- fidently Rgsaivies the inevitable success of the Morning Sunday School. He had known it from its infancy, and he was a Of ite history, ‘The indomitabie energy which has characterized its management win for it a complete vic- tory. His remarks were ofa somewhat humorous nature, He stated that it was his fate generally to on @ programme of this kind ry near that interesting exercise, the collection. It thus became his duty to do a little genteel on this and he madé a fervent occasion, ap- peal to the kets of hoe gpcience. At his sug- ation pubacriptions to iiding fand were — for, and several naored gouare were raised upon the floor, while the other religious held a | a ‘This school, he said, is unsectarian, and | | country, his education began in that island, THE BISHOP OF RICHMOND. pe Seta aS Right Rev. James Gibbons, D.D., Installed Roman Catholic Bishop of Richmond, Va. History of the Episcopate and of the Life and Services of Its New Pastor. Solemn Scene Inside the Sacred Building. Priests and Prelates with the Primate of the Metropolitan See Present. THE SERMON. The “Free Air of America” Favorable to the Progress, Health and Unity of Oatholicity. past Eat RICHMOND, Va., Oct, 20, 1872, Following quick upon the installation of Arch- bishop Bayley at Baltimore on Sunday last came that of the Rev. James Gibbons as Roman Catholic Bishop of the diocese of Richmond, at St, Peter's Cathedral, to-day. she ceremonies were the most imposing and impressive of the solemn and good services of the Roman Catholic Church, and the event drew together some of the most eminent divines and a large number of the laity of that universally known and ancient religious denom- ination. BRILLIANT SCENE INSIDE THE CATHEDRAL. For several weeks past the most elaborate prep- arations for the occasion were being perfected, and to-day the thorough and complete character of the arrangements showed there had been no labor in yain, Within the Cathedral the scene ‘was one of gorgeous magnificence in the way of floral decorations, ‘The altar was splendidly iMuminated, flowers of a radiant hue being interspersed among the burning candles, which, with the sacred works of art and religious emblems, made it a pleture of rich efful- gence. From the ga ies hung lestoons of ever- greens, interpersed with red and white roses, and round the pillars were intertwined wreaths and garlands of the choicest leaves and flowers. in the aisles aud wings of the edifice were the ban- ners and mottoes of all the holic religious socie- ties, while the further end of the church, where the organ and choir were, was beautifully and taste- fully decorated, making the whole a scene of un- surpassed though simple splendor. AN IMMENSE CONGREGATION PRESENT. So great was the interest taken in this remark- able event in the Church by the Roman Catholics, that at an carly hour this morning, long before the opening of the Cathedral doors, the street in front and those leading to the building were thronged by alarge and fashionably attired assemblage, eager to obtain seats. A few policemen were present to prevent a rush, but nearly every emergency was anticipated by a polite corps of gentlemen Roman Catholic ushers, wearing badger, who seated the people, a8 far as it was possible, when the doors were opened for their admitvance. THE PRELATE ELECT—HIS LIFE HISTORY. , Bishop Gibbons is said to be the most youthful prelate in the United states, being only about thirty-eight years of age. He is ihe fourth Bishop of Richmona, Bishops Whelan, Kelley and McGill having been his predecessors. Md., in the year 1834, he was baptized in that city, but his father returning to Ireland, his native Re- turning to America in his hinetecath year, he graduated at St. Charies’ College, Baltimore, in 1867, and completed his theoligical course at St. Mary's Seminary, of the same city, in 1861, He was ordained at St. Mary's chapel the same year by the late Archbishop Kenrick. He was frst appointed assistant to the late Father Dolan, of St. Patrick’s, and in a few mouths was transferred to St. Bridget’s church, Canton, as its pastor, While at Canton he also attended St, Lawrence's church, Locust Point, and at Fort Marshall and Fort McHenry. Archbishop Spaulding fully appreciated the sterling qualities of the young priest, and in 1865 ed him to the Cathedral, ap- pointing him his secretary. At the second Plenary Council of Baltimore he was named to the newly- established Vicarate-Apostolic of North Carolina, and two years after to the cathedral where he was christened, together with Bishop Becker, of Dela- ware, by Archbishop Spalding, On the 30th of July of the present year he was appointed by the Holy Father, Pope Pius the Ninth, Bishop of Rich- mond. He arrived here about two weeks since from Wiimington, N. (., where his congregation | presented him with a handsome silver service of plate as a testimonial of their affection and regret upon his leaving. In personal appearance he 1s quite the Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, having that solemn and hum- ble demeanor which so much distinguishes them. He is of medium height and sienderly built, with an intellectual face, high forehead, blue eyes and thin lips, His conversation is simple and unaffected, but his delivery when addressing a congregation is very impressive and strikingly forcible and con- vincing. ENTER THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. At half-past ten o'clock the doors of the Cathedral e thrown open and ‘he crowd began to enter, w ) Just then the members of the four most prominent Vatholic socicties of the city—the Beneficial, St. Josephs, St, Bonifacins a St. Benedictus—wear- ing their regalias and insignia of their orders, formed in open ranks from the door of the bishopric to the door of the Cathedral. The order observed was very creditable, and, with their beautiful banners and gorgeous regalias, added very much to the impressiveness of tie opening. THE ASSISTING CLERGYMEN, The following is a complete list of the clergymen ‘Sarees :—Very Rev. Dr. Corcoran and Rey. Father Jernan, of Philadelphia; Kev. Fathers Kroes, 8, J.; Foley, D.D.; Lee, McManus and Gaitley, of Balti- | more; Very Rev. Father O'Connell, of Charlotte; Rev. Father M. 8. Gross, of Wilmington; and Kev, J. V. McNamara, of Raleigh, N. C.; Very Rev. Father Mulvey, of Petersburg, and the following priests of Richmond Giocese :—Kev.,Fathers Hagan, Cutter, Brady, Wilson, McVerry, McKeefey, Do- herty, McGuirk, Van De Vyver, Hanley, O'Don- oghue and Father O'Keefe, of ‘West Virginia, THE PRIMATE AND OTHER PRELATES. Immediately following the priests came the fol- lowing dignitarics of the Roman Catholic Chure! His Grace the Most Rev. J. Roosevelt Bailey, Arc! bishop of Baltimore Diocese and Metropolitan Primate of the Province connected with that an- cient See, It will be remembered that Archbishop Bailey is the new incumbent of the Baltimore Ca- thedral. The public are aware that by the will of the Soverei; ontift he has within a little while been transferred from the diocese of Newark, N. J., to the exalted position which he now occupies, and which is the first in dignity and, no doubt, most responsible position connected with the Koman Catholic Church in the United States, Accompanying the Archbishop Primate came the Right Rev, Dr, Gibbons, now Bishop of this dio- cese, and the Right ev. Dr. Becker, Bishop of Wil- mington, Del. The newly chosen Bishop of Richmond has been transferred from North Carolina to his present ‘ition by virtne of Papal letters recently issued ‘om the hand of Pope Pius the Ninth. In his character of bishop he administered the affairs of his diocese in North Carolina with singular wis- dom and with well attested success. As @ gen- | tleman he won for himself the admiration and agection of all classes, and as @ learned and prudent Bishop endcared himself to the priests residing within the limits of the Old North State. He leaves that at present, and js followed to his new home by the warmest wishes of the people and clergy he has left behind. Yet it is somewhat of an error to say he has left them. His leaving simply rewards his ap of residence, as by special pro- vision of the Holy See he_ still retains his ecclesias- tical authority over the diocese of North Carolina, conversation to-aay regarding the transfer of p Gibbons, a high expression of his worth came from a priest residing in the district Bishop Gibbons hitherto ye A priest of Virginia, shaking hands with one from North Carolina, said, ‘ell, sir, we have taken away your bishop.” Yes,’ said the North Carolina clergyman, “and our only consolation is in the fact that while he he- comes your he still remains our I PRIMATE AND PRELATES AT THE ALTAR. ‘The procession having entered the church ie Grace of Baltimore took his Bice on @ throne at the Epistle side of the altar, Beside hiw gat Bishop In Bi Born in Baltimore, | Becker, the celebrant on the occasion, They were attendea by clergymen, according to the preseribed the body of priests took their places at either side of the sanctuary. me throne. o-long houored vy’ bishops Whelan, e Kelly and McGill, sty HIGH MAS®, Solemn high mass was then commenced. Bishop Becker, celebrant; Rev. Father Boyle, of Washing- ton, D. C., assistant priest; Rev. Father bs ren of Gowanstown, Md., deacon; Rev. Father Kane, of Harper's Ferry, sub-deacon; Rev. Father M len, of Baltimore, and Rev. Father Kelly, of Richmond, as masters of ceremonies, At the Gospel the Most Reverend Archbishop Jreneanced, @ discourse replete with wisdom and il of salutary counsel for the newly installed Bishop and his deray. ‘as well as for the laity, who listened to his forcible words with the most un- broken attention. Bishop Becker’s distinct and musical voice gave great solemnity to the functions, and the superb voice of Father Lyman was admired at the singing of the Gospel, choir of the Cathedral was i. 4 praised for their rendering of Mozart's Twellth Mase entire, besides other sacred pieces of music, Miss Bandarus, the soprano, and Mr. J. A. Pizzim as the varitone, did themselves great credit and elicited much admiration, EXHORTATION BY THE NEW BISHOP. At the close of the solemnity the new ney of Richmond addressed the people with feeling lan- guage. He was listened to with marked interest, and pte BD beautiful and most touching discouree drew tears from many among the vast congregation, And well they weep; not, indeed, With other tears than those of joy and thanksgiving. The tears which they thed at the decease of the lamented Bishop McGill may now be indeed changed into tears of happiness, for their widowed church had at last succeeded in obtain- ing a bishop, who, according to the words of Arch- bishop Bayley, wit! rule his housenold with apos- tolic simplicity, with becoming piety, with con- tinued prudence, and with that learning and ad- Ininistrative ability which will fll Richmond and Virginia with spiritual security and with much consolation, THE SERMON. The Bishop spoke as follows:—‘Take heed to ouselves and to the whole flock over which the oly Ghost hath placed you Bishops to rule the Church of God’’—Acts, xx,, 28. 'These words, dear! beloved children in’Christ, were originally ‘ad. dressed a the inspired speaker to the bishop and clergy of Ephesus before he took his departure from them. 1 accept them as a voice from the grave, and receive them as a solemn admonition administered to me by your late bishop, my illustrious predecessor, Though dead he still liveth, for you and for me; for you he hives by his eee for me by his bright example. Having loved you in life he loves and prays for you in death, and could the veil be removed which separates earth from Heaven, time from eternity, we might behold him offering supplication for his diocese, as Judas Maccabeus saw in vision tne prophet Jeremiah praying after his death for his eloved city Jerusalem. I give but a feeble expres- sion to the sentiments of my heart when I say that Tam penetrated with a deep sense of the dread re- sponsibility which I assume to-day. It was your good fortune to be governed tor the last thirty years by two prelates eminent for their sanctity, zeal and learning. The first bishop who occupied the See of Richmond was the venerable Bishop of Wheeling. I dare not—as he still lives—eniarge on his virtues, which are, besides, personaily known to many of you; but this lam constrained to say—that he has been permitted by Divine Provi- dence to move above the horizon of the tomb that he might stamp his character on us younger mem- bers of the Episcopacy, and that he might hand down to us unimpaired the spirit of heroic zeal for which the early fathers of the American Church were 80 conspicuous, Bishop Whelan was succeeded by your late lamented chief pastor, of whom-we can say, in the language of Seripture, “That he was a great priest, who in his days feared Goa, and was found just, and the time of wrath was made a day of reconciliation.” Ue was truly an ornament to the episcopacy, a pattern to his clergy, and a subject of just pride to the Inity. 1 can pass upon him no higher encomium than to say that after having lived among you tor twenty years he has gone down to his honored grave without a stain on his episcopal character. ‘The exalted merits of these men naturally fll me with confusion and humiliation; it is not an easy task to take up the reins which these charioteers of Israel held so Jong with a steady and unerring hand. But it is in my very weakness that I find my greatest support and consolation. Lam comforted by these words of Christ : “My grace is suMcient for thee.’ Gladly therefore with the apostle will I glory in my infirmity that the power of Christ may dweil in me. It is in accordance with the dispensations of an all-wise providence to select trail and weak instruments for the e. tion of his works, so that alter having done all that lay in us we may say we are unprofitable — ser- vants and may exclaim from the depth of our hearts, “Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but ‘Thy name give glory.’ “The foolish things of this world hath God chosen that He may confound the wise, and the weak things has He chosen that He might confound the strong that no flesh might glory in His sight.’ ‘The sermons which uu will hear from this place wiil not be jothed in the elegant language they were customed to be presented to you by your late cjef pastor, but rest assured that the doctrines will be the same, Men pass away, but the truth of the Lord remains forever, That 1s immortal and immutabie. The lessons you are to hear will conse- quently be equally worthy of your attention as the water you drink is as welcome to your parched lips when it hows to you through a leaden pipe as when it passes througn a golden one, or of ice. SO must the word of God be as welcome to your hearts coming jrom the jrail lips of sinfal man, as it would were you to receive it from the golden trumpet of an archangel. Next to God my pope and my trust are in you, venerable brothers of the clergy. Youare the joy and crown of a Bishop. You are the staf! of his support. We shail be en- gaged in the same divine mission, planting the same seed of salvation, Mena the same lam! flock, and repelling with united voices the wolves from the fold. Your joys and your sorrows, your hopes and fears, your consolations and afmictions, will be shared by me. I rely on your generous co- operation. I have also unbounded trust in your en- lightened loyalty, beloved children of the laity. ‘The devotion of the Catholics of the United States to their Chureh is above all praise. It has been falsely asserted by the enemies of the Church that the submission of the Catholic laity to their Church was forced and servile; that it would meit away amid the free air of America. The faithiul Catholics of this country have indignantly repelled the base in- sinuation, They have shown that as none are more loyal to the State than they are, 80 none are more dearly tiached to their Church, They “renaer to Ciwesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” They have eloquently demon- strated by their acts that as nowhere does the Church bloom more luxuriantly than in the free air of constitutional liberty, so nowhere else does the loyatty of Catholics to their Church burn with a brighter and a purer flame. You Catholics of Richmond will not be surpassed in devotion by your brethren throughout the country. May you never forget the Chureh, your holy mother, Kemember, again and again, What she has done for you; the inheritance she has left you. If your earthly mother had bequeathed to you a valuable legacy and ata time when you were too young to appreciate its value, every time you would partake of the fruits of the legacy you would offer up @ prayer for her soul in thanksgiving to her. Long before you were born full many @ time has the Church fought and struggled and shed her blood, that she might pre- serve for you intact the legacy of religion pure and undetiled—The legacy of the pear! of the faith once he delivered to tl Saints, the legacy of Christ’s = precious blood =communicated to ou in the Sacrament. Love the Church Love her as the apple of your eye; love her as your own life, for she gave you new life at the bap- tigmal font; love her as Christ loved her, who “loved His Church and delivered Himself up for her,” that He might present her to Himself a glo- rious Church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing. ‘Trust in her when the dark clouds of oppression hang around her as well as when she appears in her splendor bright as the sun, fair as the moon and terrible as an army in battle array, Cling to her as loving children ag well when she is clothed in weeds of het! as when she appears in gorgeous apparel, Love her in her triumphs; Jove her still more in her sufferings and humilia- tions. Obey with fidelity all her laws and precepts, Be animated by a living, active, personal interest in behalt of the Church. Be attached to her—not in Iifetess form, as one stone is joined to another, but in living reality, as soldier to soldier in battle array. Let each of you be a missionary in your re- spective career, While we preach with the lips kone you by your actions. “Let your light so shine,’ &c. Let these be your sentiments, “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten; let my tongue cleave to my jaws if 1 do not remember thee and place thee always in the beginning of my ways,” God ot i enlighten us, Thy ministers, with Thy, intelligence. We piace our Thy protection, spirit of truth, who alone canst make our words fruitful, touch our hearts and our lips, that we may move our people to observe Thy law, Spirit of love teach us to show our love for ‘Thee, that we Baye ever ready to sacrifice all things for Thy sake. May it be our greatest happiness to spend ourselves in Thy service. May we be able say with Thy Apostle, that “Neither life nor death, nor angels, nor principalities nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any creature, may be able to sepa- rate us from the love of God which 1s in Christ Jesus our Lord.’ We invoke thy protection, Blessed Peter. whose name is inscribed on this cathedral charch, and we our Jabors under thy patronage. Blessed Mary, Mother of our Mas- ter, assembled on this auspicious day, the feast of thy maternity, we ask thee to prove thyself @ mother to us, THE BENEDICTION. We pray in conclusion, “That the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, may keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Brethren, whatever thin are true, whatsoever modest, whatsoever holy, whatsoever just, think of these Pata Do ye, and the peace of God will be with y Rochester, N. ¥., papers say that the water in the streams, wells and springs there has not been #0 low at any time during the droughts of the jast two years, if ever before, and serions hen- Hons of the Tesalt are entertained i Winter sets io | of the without heavy rains haying fallete of the | ART NOTES. A series of lectnres on art wiht be delivered at the gallery of the Brooklyn Art Association by Professor Joho F. Weir, N. A. The first of the series will be given on Wednesday next, October 23, on “The Motive and Philosophy ef Art,” in which the lecturer will endeavor to define its causes and effects. The subject isone full of interest, giving scope for the display of erudition and imagina- tion. It will be, we are sure, intelligently treated by the lecturer. ‘The English Royal Academy has at length taken into consideration the wants of the sculpture stu- dents, who hitherto have been badly neglected. A school devoted to modelling from the nude and draped figure will be opened next year for the benefit of the pupils. Bradford has received commissions from Queen Victoria and the Marquis of Lorne to paint some pictures of Aretic subjects. Among the objects of interest at the Grand Ex- Position at Vienna will be models of the Temple of Solomon. Aithough these will be purely fanciful they will, no doubt, attract a certain amount of in- terest. Conrad Schick, of Jerusalem, has contrib- uted @ mode) popropenting. the Tabernacie, the precursor of the Temple. It will have a peculiar Interest, as suilicient reliable data exists to cnable the artist to be accurate. In this model every ob- reeds, cedar boards, the silver and brazen sockets, all being faithtully reproduced. Denmark has been indulging in an exhibition, and has met with considerable success. Norwegian and Swedish art were well represented, ‘Tlie largest, mopertionns number of awards were car- ried off weden. Florence, being in danger of permanent injury from exposure to the weather, a commission has recommended its removal to the Academie di Belle Arts, It is interesting to note that Leonardi da Vinci and Pietro di Cosimo recommended this action in 1503, and had their advice been followed the work would now be in a state of complete pre- servation, However, the statue will be protected from further ravages, and this is some consolation. The Art Journal for October is, as usual, full of interesting reading in all the departments of art. A magnificent stecl engraving 0! Cope’s picture, “Othello Relating His Adventures,” forms the frontispiece. Ata time when steel engraving is in danger of being numbered among the lost arts it is infinitely creditable to the enterprise of the Art Journal that it extends to steel engraving a con- stant and magnificent support. Ait for the same month has a number of effective helioty! illustrations, the most interesting being from the ‘Bust of a Sailor Boy’? by H. Week RK, A. The character oi the original 1s well wht, and vhe modelling is absolutely reproduced by a lightfal “Chapters on Animals,” which display powers of observation of no ordinary kind. Sid- ney Colvin, too, gives us admirable sketches of the artiste, from Regand to Reynolds, ‘The literature of the Poryolio is of the best kind, and ought to secure for it a large and liberal patronage. BLOODY FEUD IN FLORIDA. feet Se ae Se Two Prominent Citizens in Deadly Encountcr=The ‘Throat of One Cut from Ear to Ear by the Other— Death of an Ex-Confederate Officer. GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 18, 1872, This morning the inhabitants of Gainesville were startled by a report that there had been a bloody encounter between two of its most prominent citi- zens, in which one of them, John O’Malley, had his | throat cut from ear to ear. Upon arrival at the spot I found it all too true. FACTS AND CONSEQUENCE OF THE BLOODY FEUD, The particulars, as well as 1 can learn, are as fol- lows:—John O*Malley was an Irishman, and had many friends, Stark Perry is the only son of the late Ex-Governor Perry. It appears that for along time there had existed a bitter feud between the two men, and many persons, judging from their character. prophecied it would end in blood, Last night they met in company with several of their friends. High words and quarrelling ensued. It was not long before the two principals clenched. A moment afterwards O'Malley was seen staggering off, with his blood pouring upon the ground. He only walked about ten steps when he fell upon his face. A doctor was summoned, but when he ar- rived O'Malley was dead, A Covonor’s# jury gave a verdict that the deceased came to his death from stabs by a knife in the hands of Stark Perry. A warrant was immediately issued for the arrest of the murderer, but he had flea, DEATH OF AN EX-CONVRDERATE OFFICER. Captain Murray, an Confederate officer, was found dead in his bed at Gainesvilie, Fa., on the 17th of October. ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT. *- The Sunday Morning Watch—Bacchus and His Devotees Betore Judge Shand. ley. Not less than forty-two unfortunates of both sexes, of all ages and grades of society, were ar- raigned yesterday morning on charges of intoxi- cation, ‘The professional station house “revolver” was ranged with the natty dry goods clerk, the rollicking sailor, and cvyen one representative of our National Guard in full uniform had succumbed vo the influence of the rum fiend. Judge Shandley was disposed to lean to mercy’s side, and, while carefully discriminating between the utterly abandoned and the casually uniortu, nate, discharged the Big tatl with a filting rebuke and timely admonition, which, it is tobe hoped, will prove of some avail. but rejoicing, the graver ones were forward, for judicial interposition in bis behalt a Mr. Cornelius Morrison, of No. 46 lett street, who complained of three viduals named Dudle; and George Mason. penitent brought. | charge. noyances b; evening in the drawing of a pistol by the prisoner Mason, much to the consternation of Mr. Morrison. standing of the church, entered Mr. Morrison's place of business on Saturday night last and reiter- ated their demands for an adjustment of Mr. Jar- dine’s ciaim. violeat In both language and demeanor, and the man Mason, cocking a revolver, demanded liquida- tion forthwith. Ofiicer Clare, Of the Thirteenth precinct, was summoned, and arrested all three. ‘The prisoners declined to enter into any expla- nation beiore His Honor, and simply offered bail. ‘The Justice fixed theamount at $200 in each case, dants liberated. was then arraigned as participant in an assault upon William gs in the latter’s barroom, 416 East Tenth street. Fes spectacle, his head being bandaged up and his shirt front a mass of clotted gore. In corroboration of his compiaint he brought the shattered remnants of two lager beer glasses carefully wrapped up in a copy of the AERALD. These glasses, he averred, had been hurled at him by Trainor ia the course of a disturbance occasioned by Trainor and others, Trainor, in his defence, said:—“Yer Honor, know nothin’ about it, 1 wint into this man’s place all by myself and axed for a drink quiet and aisy. Ail that wor in there wor strangers to me, and there was some kind of a fight betune thim, Whin I gaw that I wint to gO out and ran down the street and the policeman arrested me.” sted the man because I saw him OMicer—I ar: running. Trainor—Ov coorse I ran; wouldn't anny man run away from a row like that, Whin glasses and decanthers begin to fly around you? Judge—Running is no evidence of guilt, but Trainor, I shall have to hold you under $300 bail. Bail was furnished for the fugitive after a short delay, and Trainor took his leave for the present of the halls of justice. FIRE IN BROOKLYN. The alarm of fire given in Brooklyn shortly be- fore six o’clock was occasioned by the explosion of acan of “Union oil,” which set fire to the upper art of a three-story frame tenement house, No, 43 jeet street. Mr. Dixon, who was engaged in fill- ing the lamp from the can when the guid exploded, was severely burned about the arms. The damage to the building is about $600, and the loss on furni- ture is $1,000. The building is supposed to be in- sured in the Etna Insurance Company. SINGULAR Law Surt.—Hon. J. Proctor Knott, of Lebanon, is in the city byt ag Court of Ap- peals, Among the cases in which he is attorney &@ very noted onc—that of Jacobs’ Administrator vs. Louisville and Nashville Rajiroad, on al from the Larue Circuit Court. Jacobs was killed by an accident on the Louisville and Nashville road. Hie administrator sued in the Larue Circuit Coxs* for gamegee verdict was ob- tained for $150,000, Mr. Knott, as attorney for the railroad, moved for a new trial, which was grant- ed, and 4t the second hearing the jury gave a ver- railroad. From dict for the . is Verdict an has been taken and the is set for to-morrow. ot » AD im- It will be argued by brie Drunciple OF law, Ww ting the jiability of Court will be ay) ject is executed in it i —the ter J ui i ite proper tissue—the textile | anenthamanitiy Michael Angelo’s well-known statue of David, at | i) i} | remarkabiy successiul treatment of light and shade. | In the Porolio P. H. Hamerton conunues his de- | wiiling to chime | 1 | | | The debauchees having been sent on their way | Cne of the first applicants | indi- | jardine, Joseph Jardine “The burden of his ‘plaint” was that the first-named had officiated as organist at the funeral services of the mother of the com- | plainant, and demanded as compensation thcreior | $60, which Mr. Morrison deemed on exorbitant He tendered acheck for thirty doilars in payment of the claims, which was refused, and thenceforward he was subjected to a scries of an- Mr. Jardine, which culminated last | raised for ‘These three men, all seemingly members in good | Mr. Morrison refusing they became | which was furnished immediately and the defen- | James Trainor, a fresh-looking young Irishman, | ely presented a most pitiable | | | Religious Persecution in the Em pire of Kaiser Wilhelm. Expulsion of the Jesnits—A Demand for Separa= tion of Church from State—Popular Sym pathy for the Exiles—Affection of the People for the Expatriated Priests, BERLIN, Sept.|26,,1872, Considering the vast strides made by the German realm (especially by Prussia) since the memorable events of 1870-'71, it would seem that, as a fi reward to the people who so bravely fought ant bled for “God, King and Fatherland,” the govern- ment, in the fulness of its power and prestige could afford a policy more enlightened and libe! & policy productive of at least some political ai social concessions. And though the present situ. ation might warrant such an expectation on the part of the people, facts and incidents hereafter cited will clearly reveal a course utterly at varis Religious liberty—that boon with+ out which no State can cluim to march at the head of civilization—is made illusory by the OPEN PERSECUTION OF THE JeSUITS, which, as can be shown, is now extending to all Catholics who sympathize with the Roman Church, Look at the “General Association of German Catho- lcs” in Mayence, constituted with the avowed aim of protecting the Catholic minority against an in- tolerant majority, and which, at one of its recent Meetings, dratted resolutions deprecatory to the illiberal campaign against the Jesuits. Instead of calinly allowing this harmless expression of the minority’s adverse opinion government flew inta apassion and immediately ordered the provincial authorities to issue decrees by which, on forfeiture’ | of their situations, all public officials, and particu larly school inspectors and teachers, are warned to keep aloof from said association. Not sutisfed with this Draconic measure it now transpires that orders have been given the State Attorney to pre- pare charges against said association with a view to its suppression. Here, then, we have a case of war to the knife against all Catholics who are un- 1 the now fashionable HUE AND ORY AGAINST ULTRAMONTANISM, So successful have been the anathemas of Bis marck and Lutz and the general howl and pursuit ofthe press that it is now dimentt, even among otherwise libera) and well balanced minds, to find advocates of more rational measures than those adopted, and which can but end in terrible re'igious strife. After long and tedious dodging and skir- mishing with the episcopacy government has now decided to withdraw, from the Ist proximo on+ wards, the salaries of Bishop Krementz, of Ermland, andof the Army Bishop, Naaszanowsky. Ifit be considered, however, that the German bishops quite recently made up a purse of 400,000f. for Pio Nono, this withdrawal of the State’s assistance fron two of their number can be easily made up by local collections. But a more direct cut at religious liberty is the forbidding of processions in several towns of the Rhensh provinces where, since time immemorial, they have ranked foremost among the favorite customs of the people, and wheye their suppression is sure to excite great indignation. As for the recently enacted “Jesuit law,” its several clauses | ave being rigidly enforced throughout the realm. The Cologne Chief of Police has notified Father Rive, local Superior of tne Soclety of Jesus, that members of that order still found in that city on the 1st prox. will be SUMMARILY PXPELLED on the following day and their domiciles shot up, What's to be done if, as In the case of those spill lingering in the town of Minster, some of the fathers should be too ill to travel? The closing of the Jesuits’ chapel in Strasbourg was accompanicd by a notice to the fathers that they must imme- diately Jeave the city. Their numerous friends among all classes of the population man- ifested much sympathy, gathering about the chapel, where the Jadies, ‘attired in deep mourning, gave expression to their grief by ornamentin, every conspicuous part of the edifice with fres' flowers, immortelies and black crape. Cries, too, ere heard of “Long live the Jesuits! But for 2 showed a landable degree of mod- ich alone is due the absence of tumul- tuous disturbance. Mach exci ent, as & matter of course, has bt caused throughout Prussia by the expulsion of the Jesuits, and a letter, written thereon the Archbishop of Cologue to Father Oswald and published in the Catholic Advertiser, has so stirred the bile of the authorities that they instituted a “hatred and contempt suit”? st the distinguished prelate. Anonymous complaints, supposed to be closely allied with the powers that be, have denounced Archbishop Ledochowsky, Of Posen, asa Jesuit and foreigner and demand his expulsion. Bavaria, eager to do Prussia’s a | and carry out the law of July 4, has issued a righ police bill telling the Jesuits of Ratisbon to clear out of that city within three days. | THE ANTI-SESUIT FURY | has spread even to Holland, where some nobles, | real estate owners, had offered to shelter a number | of the exiled German Jesnits, but were enjoined by | the Hague government not to do so, This extraor- dinary step, so little in accord with the otherwise liberal tendencies of that country, must have been taken at the instigation of Prussia, which, not con- tent with driving the Jesuits out of her bounds, hunts them in other countries. Her example of re- ligious intolerance has been quickly imitated by Russia, ag shown in the case of three pastors of the United Greek persuasion, who, driven from their domiciles in the Russian town of Chelm, arrived @ few days since in Lemberg, in Austrian Galicia, where they were greeted with deep conrpassion by the Polish inhabitants, As they had been com- pelied to seek safety in fight, leaving behind their | chattels, a handsome sum was promptly | eir assistance. So it is that religious persecution has become the order er carried on under pretext of political necessity or under t lea of protecting confessional peace and liberty of conaeience. Bul if such protection was really the aim of government | it would make use of more ‘certain means of secur- ing it—for instance, severance of the schools and the clergy, marriage by civil contract, equality of the several denominations—in short, A COMPLETE SEPARATION Of CHURCH AND STATB. As incredible as it may seem, the old Prussian | law, providing that no individual shall leave the Church in which he is born (if it be one acknowl- edged by the State) unless it be to join with an- other which Is equally acknowledged by the State, | is still in foree. Lhe several sects of dissenters | that nave sprung up iu the course of time are not acknowledged, but only tolerated, by government, and subjected to ali imaginable dimculties and in- dignities, Whenever a dissenter enters the birth of @ child on the civil record he is sure to come im conflict with the police, who invariably attempt to foree religious rale upon tne parents. Membe:s of the Jewish Church—which is recog- | Dized by the State—when desirous ot joining the dissenters are not allowed to do so, the ludicrous of the day, wht two | law compelling a Jew to be first converted to an acknowledged Christian Church when he sees fit to wae with another (dissenting) being still upheld. t must be clear to any honest observer that there is-but one single path leading out of this religious t Draconic State laws, not govern- im nor persecution, but thorough free- ice, Which can only be attained by a severance of Church and State, NEWS ITEMS. Three thousand women in Philadelphia work on boots and shoes, The best grindstones are made county, Kansas, kom nuts, butternuts and chestnuts are not as abundant this year as in former seasons. The citizens of Lafayette, Ind., engage in the sport of hunting wild swans in the stree' The newly discovered Colorado silver ledge is re- rted to be sixty-three feet In width and five miles jong, and produces $5,000 to the ton, more or less, in Crawford Ce ra couple were lately registered at @ Chicago hotel. ie husband stands eight feet high and weighs 485 pounds and his wife is two inches shorter. A Vig etd Yankee has invented a lifeboat which, if thrown into the water i J side up, wil ed with water, immediately right itself, and, wf ‘will bail itself out, A servant girl in Springfield, Iil., after she ascer- married tained that her lover was a man, tried ta commit suicide by eat two boxes of I Matches. she suilvives. "ico beat The tooth of a mastadon is 1d to have been found in Clay county, Ind., which weighs ninety- two pounds. With an’ ordinary row of teeth the lower jaw of the animal must bave weighed at least fifteen hundred pounds, A German marble cutter of Albany has instituted @ suit & Well-known dealer for payment of wi ie Workman was instructed to cut yd “Let her soul rest in ,”” bud cramped for space he abbreviated the sen- tence thus:—‘‘Let her soul r. 1. p.” person ‘who ordered the stone would not accept it and it ‘was returned to the dealer, who deducted the out Failrende, atid the deeision Wwoked Jor With jnterest.— ag Be bad Deed nus vo from the waaee of the Diait