The New York Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1873, Page 13

RELIIOUS VTELLIGENGR, REGULATIONS FOR LENT. The Religious Exer- cises 'T'o-Day. HERALD RELIGIOUS CORRESPONDENCE. Christianizing the Federal Constitution. THE WORLD IMPROVING. Professors of Religion and the Y. M. ©. A. A HINT TO TRINITY. Non-Sectarian View of the School Question. Paice —_——+ MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Laeseanms ‘To Our Religious Correspondents. Correspondents of the HERALD, writing upon re- ligious topics, are again reminded that in order to secure attention even (which does not insure” {ngertion) their commetnications must be short, ‘nd written upon one side of the paper only. Regulations for Lent for the Diocese of New York. 4. All the week days of Lent, from Ash Wednes- flay tili Easter Sunday, are fast days of precept, on one meal, with the allowauce of a moderate collatign in the evening. 2, The precept of fasting implies also that of ab- stinence from the use of flesh meat. But, by dis- pensation, the use of fesh meat is allowed in this diocese at the principal meal on Mondays, Tues- days and Thursdays of Lent, with the excoption of Holy Thursday. 8, There is neither fast nor abstinence to be ob- served on Sundays of Lent. 4, It is not allowed to use fish with flesh meat at the same meal in Lent. 6, There is no prohibition to use eggs, butter or cheese, provided the rules of quantity prescribed by the fast be complied with. 6, Lard may be used in preparing fish, vegetables, Ce %. The Church excuses from the ebligation of fast- tag (but not of abstinence from flesh meat, except tn Special cases of sickness or the like) the follow- Ing classes of pers: :—First, the infirm; second, those whose duties are of an exhausting or labor- tous character; third, persons who are attaining their growth; fourth, women in pregnancy or pursing infants; fifth, those who are enfeebled by old age. By order of the Most Rev. Archbishop. JOHN M. FARLEY, rae iNgw York, Feast of the Purtfcation of the B. V. M., 1873, Services To-Day. Rev. Dr. Flagg will preach, morning and evon- Ing, in the Church of the Resurrection. Morning and evening services in Forsyth street Methodist Episcopal church, by the pastor, Rev. J. W. Barnhart. In the Church of the New Jerusalem the morning sabject will be, “Sleep: Its Nature, Use and Spir- itual Significance.” An evening lecture on “What Makes Heaven '"’ Steinway Hall—Rov. Mr. Hepworth preaches to- day on “The Special and General Providences of God,” in the morning, and in the evening he will haye “A Talk with Young Men about Religion.” The pastor, Rev. W. C. Dawson, will discourse in the morning and evening at the Church of Christ. Rev. T. De Witt Talmage will preach to the old Tabernacle congregation in the Brooklyn Academy of Music morning and evening. The rite of confirmation will be administered by Right Rev. Bishop Potter this evening in the Chapel of the Holy Trinity. . Services by Rev. Halsey W. Knapp, morning and evening, in the Laight street Baptist Mission. At the Church or the Stranger Rev. Dr. Deems will preach in the morning and evening. The Archdeacon of Manitoba, John McLean, D. D., will officiate this evening at Trinity chapel. There will be another public mecting in aid of the New York Church Extension and Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church this evening, in Rose Hill Methodist Episcopal church. Misa Nettie ©, Maynard lectures on “Spirituai- ism,” at Apollo Hall, morning and evening. “The Gathering of Israel in the Day of Jezreet” will be Bishop Snow's subject this afternoon, in the Chapel of the University. Rev. A. D, Gillette, D. D., will preach, morniag and evening, in Plymouth Baptist church. Chaplain J, Berlin Laval will deliver his second Sermon on “The Lord’s Prayer” at the Bleecker Street Mission rooms this morning; episcopal ser- vices. “Demetrius, the Silversmith,” will be the morn- Ing subject and “The Btble’’ the evening subject Of Rev. E. C. Sweetser at Bleecker street Univer- salist church, Rev. William H. Pendleton will- preach at the Baptist church, corner Seventh avenue and Filty- third street, this morning and evening. Rev. Henry Powers will preach this morning at tho Caurch of the Messiah, on “God's Discipline.” “Dress” will be the subject of an evening lecture. ‘The Inevitable Drift of the Labor Movement" Will be the subject of Joan McMakin betore the Cos- mopolitan Conference at the Turn Verein Hall, East Fourth street. The Rev. John EF, Cookman, pastor, preaches at NEW YORK HWRALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1873—QUADKUPLE SHERT, Prayer Book Sdotety, at St, Bartholomew's church, this evening. Shall the Fideral Constitation Be Chris- tlanized t To Tas Eprror or rae HEeRAL! Tho constitufon tinkers are at it again, Mr. Edi- tor. Swallow-tiil coats of azure hue, gorgeously illuminated witl brass buttons, are to be laid aside on Wednesday, the 26th instant, to give place to garments of protigal longth of skirt, and of more religious inspiriag color, set off with immaculate white cravats aaa cover to the billous outer form of good, well moaning mortals, albeit many of whom are afflicjed with an aggravated foym of dyspepsia, and vho fancy the effects of their de- rauged stomachs to be naught else buttheir bona Ade, sensitive conscience. . These “minister (s) to a mind diseas’d’’ will as- semble in solemn convention in Cooper Institute, New York, to determino how and when to engraft upon the constitution of the United States the acknowledgment therein of God and of Jesus Chriat, “the Savior of mankind.” Can any one giv) @ sane roason why these con- stitution tinkers persist in their attempts to de- form one of the grandest instruments ever vouch- safed tor thé government of a free people? We Will «+ umestion the motives of these gentlemen) though wa fect free to express our opinion in re- gara to vov consequences involved in the danger- ous course they have seen fit to pursue. Every signer to the call for tne convention no doubt thinks himself a liberal-minded, charitable and Christian man. Let us ask them individually, “Is it liberal to demand of others that whick you would not ritog popes to were you to ‘put yourself 0 el! in his plac And is it charitable to arrogate unto yeurself, to the exclusion of all others, that Wich docs mot of right belong alone to your’ It t3 full ime that these gentiomon and their followers understood that our God-given constitution is the valued inkeritance of the entire American people, and is not made of such plastio stuffy that renders it susceptible of being moulded to snit the whims or caprice of any particular religion, no matter how numerous its votaries, It is the joint property alike of Chris- tian, Jew, Mohammedan or heathen, and while it is the natural and inalienable right of every human being to worship his God according to the dictates of his conscience, or even not to worship at all, no one has the right to compel him to acquiesoe in, even constructively, any particular religious belles. And even if this right were conceded, it occurs to us that the present time is not altegether ropitious when Congressional investigations nto Crédit Mobilier stook transactions, and other pet sins, have badly soiled the Naunted roves of many high priests, as well as ay of the lesser lights of the dominant religion. Witfout intendin; ¢ slightest disrespect towards the many howest believers in Christianity, but, on the contrary, admiring them for the great works they have accomplished and giving them full credit for sincerity of purpose, we think, with all hu- mility, they have not yet attained that supreme degree of perfection that entities them to monopo- lize most of the geod in this world aad all tho Salvation in the next. The Book of Esther makes no mention of the Almighty, yet every one will adit itis none the less Godlike on that account, Words have no meaning when acts belic them, Leave the constitution alone, gentlemen, and “Let us have peace.” SEMI-OCCASIONAL, Wasutnaton, D, C., Feb. 21, 1873, As- Still on the Young Men's Christi sociation. . TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— y It is certainly no harm to have a creed and well to know precisely what and what not to believe in religion, although some people do not seem to have much faith in anything, and would rather be puz- zled to formulate their actual belief or opinion. Many, indeed, have very indefinite tdeas on this Matter and content themselves with giving a blind assent to the faith of their forefathers, in order to avoid the trouble of investigation. Many, even of those who are the most zealous and loudest in ut- tering their creed, would be much embarrassed to say whether they really believe with certainty, All those good people who punctually recite their credo at church every Sunday have noi, for all that, the soundest, clearest or strongest convictions, They say 1 believe this and I believe that, it is oftentimes much more by rou- tine and formality than from real per- suasion, and without being able to tel the why aud wherefore of their profession. But, to return to the question; if cach individual has a right to haye, and must, of necessity, have a creed, hehas noright te tamper, beyond a certain ex- tent, with that of his fellows. Ho ts bound in charity and honor to respect tt as he wishes his own to be respected. Of cours, there may be, as is too often the case, a want of honesty and sin- geriey onthe part of those who profess religion. But Ineed not say that sach professors and pro- fessions are unworthy of all respect ana cousidera- tion. We should respect the creeds of others only so far as they and their creeds are Se gee. both for their honesty and credibility. @o not mean te say that every Christian ought to recog- nize as such all those who profess Christianity ; for there is a false ag well as a true Christianity, and there must > 93, Me deed, there is, a sure eriterion by which to distinguish the true followers of Christ from the spurious. Nor do I mean that every Church should or could always consistently hold pellovaliy with Members of other denominations, for this is another question. But { contend that any associa- tion by the general name of Christian, and having for its object the (spre advancement 0! morality and religion, ought to be as broad as its name, and should exact no particular belief on any particular point besides faith in Christ as the only Saviour and mediator, and belief in good works as a neces- consequence of faith; in other words, love to paone of Christianity there should be a perfect eedom of thought and speech on all subjects con- nected with the Bible as long, at least, ag nothing is emitted conflicting with morality or decency. And I contend that nothin, of the kind Will occur where there is sound mora’ ce and genuine religion, And in that case why should those who believe themselves the orly poesessors of tenet be afraid of the religious opinion of those they believe tobe inerror? Light is more powerful than darkness and verity stronger than falsehood, and honesty better, at any rate, than dissimulation or hypocrisy. It is certainly more manly and more worthy of the Christian name to always freely express one’s own honest convictions than to try to conceal them from certain motives and on certain occasions; more Christianlike to bear and argue with those who differ from us in opinion than to condemn them as heretics and try to prevent the free expression of their views, however different they be from our own, The one conduct is that of liberty and charity—the gas is ON of wet ae and despotism, which joom on the very r of tyranny. J. R. LAMOUREUX, A Hint to Trinity. To THE EDITOR oF THE HERALD:— Why is it that Trinity, with her millions upon millions, permits St. John's Guild to be embarrassed for want of fands to carry on its work. Is not St. John's church a member of the fold of Trinity ? For what are they hoarding their millions and the inte- rest accumulating constantly’ Is this Chris- tianity? Your picture of the horrible destitution Trinity Methodist Episoopal church, at half-past | discovered in the Fifth and Fay inte wards calls ten in the morning and half-past seven in the even- ing. At the Central Baptist charch, pastor Fred. Evans, discourses morning and evening on ‘Stars and Candlesticks—Spirit Vision."’ “The Glory of Young Women” will be the subject ‘pon which Rev. J. M. Pullman will dilate at Lyric Hall this evening. Morning service at the Young Men's Universalist Association rooms, Rev. John Weiss, of Boston, will discourse on “The Idea of Hereafter” this morning at Lyric Hall, ‘The pastor of the fallen church (corner of Houston and Thompson streets), Rev. W. W. Page, will preach to his flock at the Bleecker Buildings morn- and evening. At Seventeenth street Methodist Eplacopal church the pastor, Rev. W. H, Boole, will preach in the morming, and Roy. Fred, Bell, the converted English pugilist, in the evening. _ Services at Madison avenue Reformed charch in the morning, and in the afternoon (when Rey. Dr. Cuyler will preach), Rev. Jules De Launay will preach in the South Roformed church this evening, on “The Faith of the Early Church.'" Rev. ©. 8, Harrower will minister to hig congre- gation (St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal) tnis morn. ing and evening, At Westminster Presbyterian church Rev. J, K, Demarest will preach, morning aad evening. Morning, afternoon and evening services at An- thon Memorial church, by the rector, Rev. R. Heber Newton. Morning subject, “Woman's Work in the Church.’ ~ Rev. J. MoCoy, of Baltimore, will fill the pulpit at the Sixth avenue Reformed church this morning and evening. “The Mountains’! Will be the subject of the feo- ture of Rey. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., this evening, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Rev. Dr. Cheever will enlarge upon “The Prov- ince of Light im the Work of Education,” in Unt- versity chapel, this evening. . “Christian Charity; Its Method and Reward," Will be the subject of Rev, W. F, Morgan's dis- course, in ald pf the New Kotk Bible and Cgmmon loudly w her for relief. Episcopalii nity and her are Christians then Christianity is a delusion, Is it a wonder that the young people of this age keep aloof from such mockery of true Christi tl and that they shun the Church and the examples get them? Yours, respectfully; A CHR! AN, but not a Church communicant with hypocrites, Non-Sectarian View of the School Q: tion. To THE Eprror or THE HERALD:— According to the Freeman's Journal Catholics are forbidden sending their children to schools supported by dad governed by Protestants, If this is so—it Catholic children should not be sent to Protestant schools—upon the same ground, then, why should Protestants’ children be taught by Catnolio teachers? for there are many in our public schools, ' If tho one is wrong so is the other, The priests and head persons of the Catholic faith all contend that they are liberal and free from big- otry. Does this appear like it? I contend that thero can be no more harm or injury done by Catholic children going to Protestant schools th by Protestant children being taught by Catholic teachers. 50 jong, mind, 80 long 48 said teachers- are competent to discharge their duties as teachers, and provided religion, as con- sidered ina sectarian point of view, be left out, Of course some Catholic will now cry, “Then why Tread the Protestant Bible Why read it? Be- cause the Bible, either Protestant or Catholic, is one and the same ‘The slight difference whiche oc- curs in the translation do no more injury or lead their children astray any more than the re- Peating of the Lord's Prayer, which is abv: ated’ after the reading of the Bible, I belleve he Catholics belleve in the use of this greatest of prayers.) It is a@ foolish idea alti ethers for What are public schools but free institutions?— making proselytes neither to one faith nor to the discharge of their sevoral duties ‘and, itelp them to deal with each other in a Christian manner. There are neither comments made nor allusion to one faith or the other, Then wh; trivial amatter? ‘To my mind. ieuggeste that in nat in- stead of the Protestant ranting te ih it is their Christian neigh *e does it beceft @ person if he be 40 nibs Taat G be able to see, hi live and te only those of parivolar falth or persuasion? “Su0h ad to enable 8a God and love to men. Outside of these fundamental | continue that life in another and purer world ? ‘Then let us abolish this fruitless wrangling, which is all wrong and leads to wrong. Signs of the Times—The World Not So Bad as It Used To Be. To THe Eprror OF THS HRRALD:— Who ts go blind as not to perceive that we are living in @ wonderful age—even a transitional age—and that humanity ia in rapid progress from an old state to anew ome? Whether the change is likely to be for the betteror worse may not be 80 clear tomany. Old men, and the leaders of sects, when they see many of the young and philosophical portion of the community forsaking the ideas and creeds in which they have been educated and em- bracing new theories and doctrines, aro apt to think that the world is going to the bad ata fear- ful rate, But this opinion is not uniformly held by even the old men, as the fol- lowing will illustrate:—Visiting a relative, an old gentleman between eighty and ninety years of age, who held closely to the orthodox doctrines of bis youth, Isaldto him, “Uncle Thomas, what do you think of the world now compared with when you were a boy and young man—is it growing bet- ter or worse?’ With much animation the old gen- tleman responded, “The world is a great deal bet- ter than it was when I was young. There Is less drunkenness, licentiousness, profanity, stealln and gambling, and more benevolence, “the worl is a great deal better.” It is true he did not live in New York, but he did live in New Jersey, which 1a next door to New York. The Millerites and Second Adventists have been tying to persuade us that both propheoy and the signs of the times indicate the speedy destruction of the world and the personal coming of the Lord in the natural clouds. About thirty years ago, while hearing one of the preachers of the new sect, who anticipated great: things from the whitf of the tail ofa comet which had just made its appearance, [ settled this question of the speedy destruction of the material carth and our race ia the following manner to my own mind, and it haa never dis- turbed me since. The wonderful Ciscoveries and improvements of this age—rallroads, steamboats, lavor-saving machines, printing presses, the organt- zation of benevolent societies, the clearing Up of. the wilderness and draining the marshes of this new Continent and peopling it with a new race— do not denote the speedy destruction of the world or the inhabitants upon it, but rather that hu- manity is taking a step upward and onward to a higher civilization, under the previ- dential pdencs of our Heavenly Father, This conclusion was reached long before I had any knowledge of the revelations irom the Lord con- tained in the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg— before I knew that the Bible was written accord- ing to the science of correspondences between natural and spiritual things, and that the clouds in which the Lord was to appear were the Sacred Scriptures in their literal sense, and the New Jerusalem which was to descend, instead of belng a material city was to be a new dispensation or urch, with its new doctrines and life, with its “all things hew;"! that the sun, which was to be darkened, was not the natural sun, but the sun of heaven—the Lord—and darkness in the mental- earth or Church ensues, not because the Lord's love and wisdom, or spiritual light and heat, do not ever fow down to man, but because mon and the Church turned from the Lord and neigh- bor and began to love civil and spiritual power, moncy, self and sensual gratifications supremely. The moon, which was to cease to give her light, was not the natural orb which reflects the light of the material sun to guide our natural footsteps by night, but true faith which should reflect upon us the light of the heavenly sun or the divine truth from Our Lord Jesus Christ to guide our footsteps in the straight and narrow bi! when the cares, anxieties and temptations of ilfe bring us into states of comparative mental darkness. It was not the natural stars which were to fall, but the knowledge or truths of the Sacred Scriptures which teach us that a good and truo life—a life according to the Command- ments—is the only way to reach heaven, or to develop a heavenly life within us, for tho Commandments are the laws of life. When tho men of the Church perverted ttc truths of revela- tion to the traming of doctrines by which they ex- pected to escape the Icgitimate consequences of an evil life, and reach heaven short of a constant }. living effort to keep the Commandments, then the stars, or lesser lights, which were to guide us towards heaven, fall and cease to ae their light to all who wore confirmed in such false doctrines, How terrible the darkness in the Church during the dark night through which it has passed, The sun darkened, or the one God manifested in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ, no longer recog- nized in His Church; the Trinity, so beautifully represented in man (created in the image of hii Creator), by his will or affections, under: and feelings and thoughts thence: externally, by . his soul, changed so as to represent three porsons—a scheme of salvation pérfectly irreconcilable with the Divine Unity and with enlightened reason, The moon, or true faith, had indeed ceased to give her light, and the stars, or knowledge of good- ness and truth scattered all through the Sacred Scriptures, teaching man that if he would be right in the next world he must do right in this, or keep the Commandments, have indeed fallen, and sel- fishness and sensualism have held high carnival on earth in the darkness which has prevailed Curing sie consummation of the age, or end of the first Christian Church, But thanks be to the Lord! He has not neglected His second coming, but has revealed to us the truths of a new dispen- sation, and has shown. us plainly the Father in the Son and the Holy Spirit, or manifestations of divine love and wisdom flowing forth through the Son to give life, light and blessings to mankind. First, that which 1s natural, and afterwards that which is spiritual, is the order of regeneration. How rapidly is the new dispensation being ulti- mated in the arts and sciences and on the natural plane of life, and the spiritual peers are also already being illuminated, and the light and heat, or truth and charity of the New Jerusalem is being reflected down among men, gradually enlighten- ing the minds and warming tie hearts of multt- tudes, within ana without the churches. “The tidal wave” is flowing in frem the world of causes, Freedom, justice and charity shall yet prevail over the powers of darkness, tor the Lord wills it and has promised it. aE A “Seeker After Truth” Obtains a Little, To THe Eprror oF THE HERALD :— The liberality which allows expression in your Sunday morning's religious columna to such an interesting variety of opinions will, I hope, per- mit a reply to last Sunday's communication of a “Seeker Aiter Truth,” To “bo brief, then, I would suggest that his arithmetic ia much at fault, when, after stating that the Churcn of Rome comprises two-thirds of the Christian world, he asks, “In the name of com- mon sense what remains?” and answers, ‘Not ing,"’ when any. young schoolboy would have ai swered, “One-third,” and one-third of the Chris- tians of the world constitutes a very large increase on the first Teacher of Christianity and His Apostles, and can only be insignificant to one who could listen “very compiacently" as a Seeker ater Trath” did, to a sermon reviling two-thirds of the Chris- tian world as “brutes in human form, &c." Again, when he says that Christianity ‘proves it- self an imposition and a sham,’ because certain Churches denounce each other on account of imputed corruptions of the true faith, bis reasoning is about equal to his arithmetic and needs no reply; but when he charges that the great aim in life of the champions of Christianity is ‘to make man an enemy to his fellow-man,” I take the liberty of answering that he states what is not true, misled, no doubt, by his “reflecting (?) mind,’ which discovers in the Pope's ceasing to be a political ruier and the dis- establishment of the Irish Church proofs ‘' that priests and preachers have ever been the enemies of true religion.”” What he understands by the “world,” in whose estimation ke eays Christianity stands justly condemned, few, on reading his letter, “will care to know, Christians, it is sald, expect unjust condemnation from “the world, the flesh and the dévil."’ He concludes, ‘To err is human,” and proves it very complacently “To forgive divine,” which he yo bly learned through that Christianity about which, in seeking after truth, he seems to have discovered go little, Respectfully, A STOCKBROKER. Biblo Truths Not “Theological Conun- drums.” To THe Eprron oF THE HRALD:— In a late number of the HeRra.p, under the head- ing, “Theological Conundrums,"’ “D, L. D,"’ asks, “How can the genealogy of Christ, as given by Matthow and Luke, be correct, as Matthew states that there were forty-two generations from Abra- ham to Jesus, while Luke informs us there were fifty-six generations ?"” The answer Is simple and at hand. The phrase “ook of the generation of” means, in our usage, “the genology,” or the “family record of,” and the phrase “son of” denotes “descendant of,” ex- actly a3 we say, ‘We are all sons ot Adam"—t, ¢., descendants of Adam; or, as clear!; lied in Matthew i, 1—“Jesus Christ, the son of bavia." “the son of Abranam;"’ and {a the twentieth vorse, “Joseph, thou son of vid"—meaning most clearly, “descendant of,” &c, These records by no means imply, then, that all the links of the genera- tiong are found in each or either of them, “D. L. "7 further says:—“A no less wonderful difference la that Matthew asserts that Jesus descended from Solomon, the son of David, while Luke states that he descended from Nathan, the son of David. Thus the question arises whether either of these ae idee hal ald if 80, whieh one *"* His grarffmar leaves room for the correct ayawer; both are correct, the explanation being that David was tathor of both Nathan and Solomon. It was a law of the Jows that li a man died without chil- dren his brother should take his widow to wife. Thus, therefore, the two familics of aoe and Widow, whose son, Joseph, was the legal heir of Heli, consequently “Joseph, which wag "the son » 23) » ttem by Ja ag re- corded in Matthew 1., 16, . This solves the seemingly dificult problem re- gal the ages of Eliakim and Salathiel (Matthew and Li pearing to ditfer several generations) ; for on applying this pian of interpretation we find that the Salathiel and Eliakim mentioned by Matthew are descendants of Solomon and progenitors of Matthan, Estha’s first husband, who “begat Jacob; and fFliakim and Salatbiel, mentioned by Luke, were “sons, 4. ¢., descendants of Nathan and progenitors of Matthat, who was the second husband ef Estha, by whom he begat Heli, who, as mentioned before, died without male issue, but wkose legal son was Joseph, begotten by Jacob, the second husband of Heli's wife. No exception can be taken to the fact that the names Salathiel and Elakim occurred in two branches of the descendants of David, an: more than we would now doubt a record in whic! we found two cousins of second cousina named John James or Charles Augustus. These geneat or family tables ofthe Now Testament were Ihtended to prove that Jesus was the seed of Abraham, “in whom all the nations of the carth should be blessed,” and this is donc in beth cases through those of whom Joseph was begotten and of whom he was the legal son or descendant. It may also be mentioned that in the “generations” given by Matthew only forty are named, but to agree with verse 17 of chapter we are oblige: to count David and viz.:—David as at the end of the fiyat ‘fourteen’ and the be; inning of the second division of “fourteen,” of which Josias ia the end and also the beginning of the last ‘fourtcen.’’ This division or grouping of the table was probably done to help the mind in remember- ing ita successions by equal divisions, much as we would now memotize the rivers of a country bj taking, say three in each State or province in fixed order of succession, M. BE. P.8.—In Luke ill, “Joseph,’’ ‘son of Juda,” is mentioned ; elsowhere he is styled “Shechaniah.” The “Elakim’’ “bogat” by ‘‘Abtud,” as given in Matthew i., 13, was also Known as “Shechaniah,” proving the truth of the above interpretation re- Pet & Salathicl! and Eliakim, alathict was Teally begotten by ‘“Jechonias,” as’in Matthew, and was the adopted or legal of “Neri,’’ thus uniting the two branches of Di t this rent 1 Josias twice, Revival in the Seventh Street Methodist Church. Rey. John Parker and the congregation of the Seventh street Methodist church have, fer over a week, conducted a revival nightly. The at- tendance has been very large, and over fifty con- verts have been added to the church already, with a prospect of many more additions during this wee! German Catholicism in Hoboken. The,church of the Catholic Germans in Hohoken has been summarily closed. Father William Kom- Pen first took charge thereof, but was unsuccessful. Another priest was appointed, but with the same result, Every Suiday, however, mass was offered by one of the Passionist Fathers untll the 8th inst., when the worshippers found the edifice closed, without any ed ks notice being given. It is said that Dr. Corrigan, ere long, may either extend to some new ) mie such rights as will insure suc- cess in this mission er divide Hoboken into two or three parishes, The necessity for such action has sadly existed for a long time. Ministerial Movements and Changes. EPISCOPALIAN, The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Massa. chusetts have declined to call a‘conventien for the election of a Bishop, as petitioned for, until the regular time of meeting in May. The chief reason assigned for this action is that the parishes may have the right to choose other lay delegates than those who would now be entitled to meet with the ministers, if they will, An arrangement In which Methodists and Episcopalians unite will noxt month throw open to the public the large and handsome vestry room of the First Methodist church in Boston as a reading room, Scientific and literary classes will also be formed, and the church proper will be used for mission purposes, including prayer meetings, lectures and Sabbath school in- struction, The Methodist Society are to occupy a new edifice. Christ church, Salem street, Boston (the Rev. Henry Burroughs, rector), has made ar- rangements for a week of devotion, beginning to- day. Sermons are to be delivered every even- ing by eminent divincs of the denomination. The brick church edifice in Ormond piace, formerly Occupied as the Central Congregationalist church (Dr, Scudder’s charge), has been purchased by the trustees of the Episcopal Church of the Mediator for $30,000, Old St, Ann’s church, at Sands and Washington streets, now occupled by the Episcopal congregation, will soon be pulled down, as it is on the line of the Fast River Bridge. Grace church, New York, contributed the past ear for charitable Eat tar $149,860 60, including $30,000 given by a member for Grace church. The spiscopal diocese ot Long Island, in the year 1872, made parochial contributions amounting to $493,739 64, Kings county contributed (including Brookiyn) $421,156 51; Queens county, $60,078 99; Suffelk county, $12,604 04. Grace church, Brooklyn, ‘ave $51,222 02, Last September the fe lemorial church, in prareney, place, New York city, under its new rector, Rev. Mr. Egbert, started on the free charch system, It has not only defrayea all current expenses, but has paid a past indebted- ness of several hundred dollars, The congregation has also increased to such an extent as to render it necessary at times to occupy the aisles, The Church of the Holy Communion, in this city, estab- lished some time ago an institution at Sixth avenue asa “Shelter for Respectable Girls.” ‘The work already accomplished shows the pressing necessity which it has met, for during tho past two years it hab received and provided with situations over five hundred homeless but respectable women, The majority of these wero Christian women, many of them communicants in various Christian churches, some of them persons reduced from aMuence to pov- erty, and cast, from ne fault of their own, withouta friend upon the world, ‘the English Unitarian Herald reports that the distinction between High Churchism and Romanism in Engiand is beeornin, every year beautifully less, and that ‘'the batwark of Protestantism” is somewhat suspiciously let- ting in imitations of Romanism, At St. Raphael's church, Bristol, for instance, a miniature stable, with manger and @ wax figure of a baby, has been erected, such ag one sees in Catholic countries, and in many churches confession is now openly carried on, The Church Missionary Society (Eng- lish) has been obliged to retrench its expenditure this year £8,000, having increased its mis- sionary operations for some years past, without the necessary increase of income. Of this sum £1,750 will be taken from the Southern India missions. The Up ee Soeiety still seeks for a bishop for the nominal churchmen of Mada- gascar. It has been bod pel that a aston be sought from Scotland or treland, these badge F reo Episcopalian churches, and Mr. Gladstone torbid- ding the consecration of an English clergyman. PRESBYTERIAN. Rey. 8. W. Cheney, of Clinton, Henry county, Mo., kas been elected pastor of the Presbyterian church at Sardis, Miss,, and President of the Fe- male Institute at that place.. The annual confer- ence of the Presbytery of West Jersey will be held at Camden on the 27th inst. A Presbyterian church was recentiy organized at Willow's Point, Montana Territory. The congregation of the ‘Tompkins avenue Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, L. I. (Rev. Frederick @. Clark, D, D., pastor), pro- pose to erect a new and more commodious edifice on the lots adjoining their chapel, ‘The dedication of the new Presbyterian church at Seneca Falls, N, Y., took place on the 14th inst. Princeton Coilege, New Jersey, is enjosing a remarkable revival work, It is said that 170 of the students have’ professed conversion. ‘The Presby- terian charch at Plainfleld, N.J., has been blessed with the revival spirit. On Sunday ot last week sixty-two were received into fellowship. The trus- tees of Dr, John Hall's church in this city (Presby- ferian, corner Nineteenth street and Fifth avenue) have authorized the buliding committee to issue “pew scrip,’ bearing interest at seven per cent, in order to raise additional funds for the new edifice. Three res thousand dollars had been pre: viously subscribed. Of the new “pew serip” it {9 said that last week $150,000 was taken by Robert Bonner, Mr. Fisk and the Messrs. Sloan. Rev; H. B. Pratt, of the Colombia Mission (Southern Presbyterian), proposes to remove his mission station from Barranqailla, on the coast, end to establish himself in Socorrd, capital of thé State of Santander, where he finds a company of 100 or 200 hearers anxious to retain a Provesea t missionary eecanl aaa The old station of Bar- ranquilla he would have still retained by the Board, if not by a resident missionar; the agency of hia assistant, now employed as a Cao Tallmadge, Ohio, familiarly known ag ‘Father Sew- ard,” died @ few days since at his home, in his egy ml ‘ear. He was one of the old- est Presbyterian ministers in the West, hav- ing migrated to Ohio in 1811 under the auspices of the Connecticut Missionary Society. In 1814 he attended the first session of the Synod of Ohio, and was probably the last repre- sentative of that body, ‘The Presbyterians of Elora and Napanee, Canada, are aboft to build new churches for themseives. Rey. H. t, Morton, of St. Lows Presbytery, has Secepied call to Marys- as Tenn. Rev. M. Wade has assumed the pas- torate of the Firat Presbyterian cnurch at Hudson, N.Y. Rev. M. McFeathers, of Nasnville Presby- tery, has gone to Texas to labor. Rev. Dr. Belle- ville, of Mauch Chonk, has call tothe First Presbyterian church of Pottsville, Rey, Robort at least through ir, Gallardo, who 1s Rev, J. Seward, of A. Brown has resigned the pastoral ch ‘Trinity Presbyterian chure! Philadeiph s hey, William 8. Lind, of the Lutheran church at York, has been received by the ry Of Philadelphia. mi a are ON oy! addi those heretofore pal pee Otto where thirty have united with the Matuodise Epiaco) ise iiearah wlan cpanear ne , 1005 the pastor has heen aided by Mrs. Van. Gott 49 have professed conversion; in Centreville, Ohto, Jou; ta Sooerton, 75; in Spemcerburg Circuit, Wost 1 Revival meetin; . sented a most touching and affectionate address Virginia, 80 conversions, with Methoatat Episcopal ohurehy in. Herieere? mae 30; in Bimerburg, Pa., 50; in Highland charge, Wisconsin, 40; on the Hammiondsvitie and Leoniets el Piftsburg Confere: 15; at Huntingtons bel ane gt of at clas ton, Del, se Carpenter's station’ Ohio, 45, and & new Methedist Episcopal 60 members has been ized ty Ren a eee ee 'y @ local pre: ir. In Gloucester, N. J., been received on . probation in the Glty’ Mianavs in charge of the New York City Church Extension Society 100 have been comVerted since the begin- ning of December. The revival in Bloomington, IU., Continues with remarkable success, and over 1,000 conversions are reported in ten days, Lexington avenue Methodist Episcopal church, in tl city, has recently added 120 to its_ membership, and now Droposes to build what they expect will be the largest and finest Methodist church in the city. In Jane street church, in this city, @ revival just vlosed re- sulted in 69 accessions to the church. At Crystal Mo.; Rev. 5. Crambl Washington, Iowa. Rev. 1, Tilton has at Milford, Masa, Rov. E. F. Stricktand hag and Rey. James Patterson has tod torate of the Calvary church, Wes! RL Je J. L, Cole has gone from Knob Noster, Mo. to Ware rensburg, Mo.; Rev. W. P. England, from nx uta wine +» CO ‘al fe D. Spencer, Trom’ Speucers, Mills, ‘Mich. to Lake View, Mich. A revival in the Baptist church ia Littleton, Maas., has called ont about 40 penitenta, 12 of whom have expressed hope in Christ; @ re- vivalin Flat Recx, Mich., has added 19 to the tist Church; in Gay Head, Mass., 22; In Bed! Ohio, 21; im Ironton, Ohio, 7; in i 11; in Wichita, Kanaas, 21 out of over 100 conve ¢ Methodists. In eepsie, Y., 20 have been bronght into the Baptist Rburck Creek Methodist Episcopal church, California, 21 have been brought into the church, At Cornell Memorial church, in Seventy-sixth street, New York, More than twenty have united on probation. Over a bundred persons have professed conversion tn the Methodist church in Salem, Oregon, and the revival coiftinues, A new Mothodist Episcopal cir- cult has been nized on the Weser and Payetta rivers, Rocky untain Conference, by Rev. G. C. Allendar, A gracious revival work, resulting in over thirty conversions, greatly encourages the friends of the new church movement. In Monon- gahola City, Pa., over 100 conversions are reported &s the fruits of a revival still goin; 5 conference the ‘Southern Metneaists shave had 100 additions to their church tu Col- grado, Churches have bees organized also at Silver Star and Virginia City, in the Deer Lodge district, Montana Territory. The great revival in Winchester, Va., under Rev. Dr. Rosser, continues with bnnagging interest. Between January 3 and February 12 278 conversions took piace in the Methodist Church South, 150 of whom have united with that society, while the rest have gone into the other churches, During the week ending February 1248 were convertel. The sacred fire is spreading among the other churches, in which meetings are also held, and conversions are also reported. At Temperanceville, Pn., 260 have professed conver- sion and peen received in the Church, the result of arecent revival, Four weeks’ protracted moet- ings in Shelby street Methodist Episcopal church, Louisville, Ky., have resulted in forty-eight ac- cessions. The health of Bishop Early, of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church South has greatly improved within a week or two. The munificent gift of $200,000 by Thomas Kelso, of Baltimore, will enable the Methodists of that city to have an orphan asylum there. Rey. W. J. Aldrich, of Greenville, Mich., feli and broke an arm three weeks ago, ond {8 laid up, unable, it is said, to engage in pastoral work for several months to come, Rev. ir. E. O. Haven, Secretary of the Board of Educa- tion, loft this city last week for Minnesota, whero he is to spend a couple of Sabbaths. The condition of Dr, Slicer, of Baltimore, has much improved dur- ing last week. Ho isable to sit upa part of each day, and his friends hope that he will be able ere long to get ont among them again, Rev. Thomas Slicer, son of Dr. Henry Slicer, 1s aiding Dr. Riaga- way in this city im the revival meeting in St. James’ churen, Rey. Philip Germond and wife, of the New York Conference, leit Brewster on Mon- day last for a month's journoyings in the South. Dr, Talmago and Rey. C. E. Glover, of Nostrand Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, ex- changod pulpits on Sunday evening last, the latter preaching in the Academy of Music, CONGREGATIONAL, The Congregationalista of Springfield, Mass., have located a “liberal” Congregational church in the north end of that city, to which all Christians are welcome, Italy is now placed upon the list of the mission flelds of the American Board. The Congregationalist says that Rey. W. 8. Alexander is to be transferred from Austria to the new mis- sion, and that another missionary is to be sent there as soon as possible to take hold of the work with him. The number of Congregational churches in Minnesota is 78; ministers, 69; church members, 3,667. Of these 622 were added during tne last year, 285 on_ profession, The First church in Pittsfield, Mass., celebrated their one hun- dred and ninth anniversary on Friday, Teb- ruary 7. A church was organized with twenty four members at Williston chapel, Portland, Feb- ruary 5. The Quarterly Conference of Congrega- tional churches in New York, Brooklyn and vicin- ity was held in Dr. Scudder's church, Breoklyn, on the 13th inst., when 4 discussion was held on “Re- sponsive Psalm Reading and Expository Preach- ing and the Reading of the Scriptures.” Very ee reports were received from the several churches, Mr. C, W. Merrill, of Chicago Seminary,* has accepted the call of the church at St, Charles, Il, Rey, William T, Reynolds has resigned tho pastorate of the church in North Haven on ac- count of impaired health. Rey. S. M. Hageman has become pastor of the Auburn street Congre- ational church, Paterson, N. J. Rev. Robert Cash ged of the Presbyterian church in Ludlow, Ky., has accepted a@ call to the Congregational church at Alton, Ill. ROMAN CATHOLIC, On Thursday, 13th February, the Most Rev, Archbishop administered confirmation to 675 chil- dren, and the Right Rev. Biskop McNeirney to 428 at Stephen's church, New York. Father Lane will have his new Church of St. Vincent, South Boston, ready for divine service on the first Sunday in March. Next Wednesday ts the beginning of Lent, of which Rey. Mr. Wines 1s pastor; 71 have united with Calvary church, Albany, du! . Love's pastorate of a year; in Cambria 9, N. Y., 60 have pedlt Rein tines ee hg aad Bo Nave beon its mersed; m, N. Y., 20; in Bridge; N.¥., 20; in Passale, N. dt, 25." bic MISCELLANEOUS, The Working Church tells of a “charch in this city with 136 families without a single ctuld,” ead thinks it a pity that “God would not from its stoned raise up children unto. Abraham." On the 30th of December a new synagogue was dedicated at Alexandria, Egypt. The synagogne has beem erected at the sole expense of Mr. Mi prominent Alexandrian banker, Rev. W. H. ness has just completed his forty-elghth year as pastor of the First Congregations nitarian So- clety of Philadelphia. Rev, Fay has Boones. the call to the pulpit of the Unitarian charch at Taunton Mass., and will commence his ministra- tions on the frat Sunday in March. Rev, N. M. Mann, pastor of the Unitarian church in Rochester, N. Ye. Fecently prenohed in the Jewish syn- agogue of that city. This is somethl te 3 not often witnesse in the theological world, and speaks well for the cause of and liberal thought in the Jewish body. tarlans are taking on @ more aggressive and mite stonary spirit than they have ever shown, They have recently opened @ mission in Townsend ave- \ Bhe Uni- nue, Clifton, S, L, and aro about to start another in Newark, N. J. The Unitarians of North Platte, Neb., have a new church building just completes and they hope by and by to have @ name 4s well as a place for themseives in that region. A revival inthe Reformed Church in Syracusd, N. Y., has added over thirty converts to the church, and th@ meetings are continued. The Secoad German Re- formed church at Harrisburg, Pa., sti!l remaing without a pastor. Besides this, there are at cancles at Columbia and Catasuuqua, P: the Hamilton charge, Monroe county, Pa. V. Mra Bagley, pastor of the Euglish Lutheran church a6 Brooklyn, N. Y., has been compelled to resign om, account of failing health, Rev, George H. Johnston has accepted @ cnil from a Reformed Gongregation. recently organized in Easton, Pa, ventecm. persons were added to the Reformed German charch at Bath, Pa., at the last communion. Rev. J. P. Neil bas resigned the pastorate of the Liberty, Pa., Lutheran church, and accepted a call to Moms toursvilic, Pa., and Rey. J. G. Grifith pas left th last-named place and gone to Livingston, N. ¥.. Rev. D. M. Gilbert, of Staunton, Va., has accepted acallto Winchester, Va, Lutheran church, and will enter his new field the ist of April. The Con- gregational church at Marsetlics, Ill, have ra- ceived accessions at every cemmunion sersor since the beginning of Rey. M, Rowley’s pastorate, in May. A Unton chapel has recently been dedi- cated at Flatbush, on the west bank of the Hudson, and not far from Kingston, 'N, Y. The dedication’ services were participated in by ministers of the, Baptist, Methouist and Reformed churches, and ita pulpit is to be supplied alternately by representa tives of the diferent denominations. It is the ir of Mr. &. M. Brigham to Ohristian union, and ts designed to meet the wants of a large commanity engaged in Summer in the cement trade and ia Spring in harvesting the crop of ice for the New York market, Foreign Religto: Matters. A MUDDLED MARRIAGE BY A PRESBYTERIAN MINIS- T Re The Melbourne (Australia) Argus oi the Sth of Des cember reports the following case:— The charges against the Rey. Duncan Fraser, of Heidelverg, arising out of the erttle ky ofa maa with his deceased wife's sister, solemnized by hing over five years ago in Ballarat, have at length been finally disposed of by the Presbyterian General Assembly, Mr, MeDowall, who brought the com- Plaint, Was censured for making greatly ex- aggerated charges, and Mr. Fraser's conduct wag considered to involve a reprehensible lack of pryu- dence, and he was declared’ to have exhibited cut-. pab le ignorance of the marriage laws in relation ta deceased wivos' sisters. According to the evidence which was brought before the Melbourne er tery, when the matter was first inquired into, Mr. Fraser was deserving of much severer censure, and the decision of the General Assembly has bees, received with much dissatisfaction. THE NEW BISHOW OF LIVERTOOL. The successor of the late Right Rev. Dr. Goss im tho Roman Catholic See of Liverpool is the Verg Rev. Canon O’Retlly, who has been for many years ea priest at the Church of St, Vincent, Livers poo 2 Ash Wednesday. Yesterday was the Feast of the Chair of St, Peter at Antioch, a3 woll as the annl- versary of the birth of George Washington. It was therefore duly commemorated with hign masses in St. Gabriel’s and St, Michael’s churches by tho Catholic Union of this city. Dr. Preston preached in the former and Dr. Braun in the latter. The Archbishop of Aix has addressed two letters, one to the Pope and one tothe French government, demanding a coadjutor bishop in “his diocese. His duties since tho war have groatly in- creased on account of the strength of the religious reaction, which is happily taking place just now all over France. An Italian pilgrimage to the Holy Land for Eastet is being arranged by a society es- tablished for the purpose. ‘The expenses will be incredibly smail, and the journey will only last fifty days. The Catholic Union of Ireland has just pre- tothe Pope. It breathes sentiments of affection for and devotion to him. Rey. John McCarthy, of St. Paul's Roman Catholic church, Brooklyn, has gone to South Carolina to recruit his health, The sudden death of Very Rev. Francis Burlondo, C, M., which occurred at Mount St. Mary's Coilege, Emmittsburg, on last Sunday night, is reported, ‘The sad event has cast a gloom over the Moun- tain College and St. Joseph’s Academy. Fatner Burlando was Superior of the Sisters of Charity in tno United States, and has long filled that position with eminent fitness, Rey. Father time pastor of St. Patrick's church, Newburg, N. Y., lett this city yesterday by the steamer San Jacinto for Savannah and the South for the benefit of his health, The Rev. Jonh | joe his assistant, takes charge of the parish in his absence, assisted by Rev. Father Brady, A solemn high mass for the repose of the soni of the late Very Rey. Father Coskery will be said in the Cathedral, Thursday, 27th. Over thirty thousand Romans have already signed the protest against the suppression of the Jesuits, The German bishops will assemble at Tulda this month to protest’ against the new German laws against the Church. The Bishop of Paderborn has already addressed a document to Berlin against this iniquity, and other ecclesiastics intend to fol- low his example independently of the general pro- test to be made at Fulda. Two very opposite pe- titions are at present being signed all over France— one for the maintenance of religious instruction as a part of public education, the other for its abolt- tion, The former, published by the Catholics, a ready confains 700,000 signatures, and the latter, up to the present, about 450,000, Rev. Joshua Bradiey, @ ritualist Episcopalian, of this city, who went to England some time ago to study Catholi- cism, has lately been confirmed at the English Col- ee Rome aud is to enter the Catholic priest- BAPTIST. Ebenezer Primitive Baptist church, Baitimore, has determined to erect a meeting house to supply the wants of its increasing congregation. A site has been selected and $5,000 subscribed, The esti- mated cost of the lot and building is $12,000, There is @ precious work of grace now in progress in Alli- gan, Mich., reaching all classes, The whole tewn seems pervaded by its influence. Tho Baptist church has been for six months and {s still with- out a pastor. It numbers over a hundred mem- bers. The North church of this city has-taken the first step toward a good enterprise in the way of a new ,;house of worship adapted to its increasing congregation. At the im church three youn, men were immersed on Sunday evening by Rev, J. Spencer Kennard. At the Irving street | fo tag church, of Rahway, there is a marked state of religious improvement, Revival meetings have been held for‘the past two weeks. Fourteen haye professed to experience o spiritual change, and are awaiting immersion. In Zanesville, Onto the Rev. R. Andrew Griffin is cheerea by signal manifestations of the Spirit's presence. Thir three have been baptized, and new inguirers ap- ar at every meeting. In New Bi urteen were received into the Baptist immersion on the 9th inst,, and others were await- ing the ordinance, Rev. D. W. Anderson, of Nine- teenth street Baptist church, Washingtom, D. ©. hag been taken suddenly ill, and is unable to attend to his pastoral duties, It is said that nearly three hundred converts from Catholicism have united with the church during his pastorate. The last Sabbath he served his people he baptized forty-six candidates. Rev. R, A. Paterson is assisting Brother Bidwell, at Morrisville, N. Y., in extra meetings. Recently seventy-three went forward to seek tho Lord, aud nearly that number spoke of & new-found hope or of return to God. Fathers and mothers and children are rejoicing in the peace of believing. ere are moto than filty Bap- tist churches in Indiana that are able support pastors, and yet are destitute; and quite a8 many ministers who, though able and willing to [dpa o are yet unemployed. Rev. R, Jeffrey, pas- ‘or of the Ninth street Baptist church, and Rev, J, C. ©, Clarke, pastor of the Mount ‘Auburn Baptist church, Cincinnati, have both resigned, Mr. Clarke expects to remove to St. Between thirty and forty have professed conversion in the Baptist church of Mount Holly, N, J., aud the good work continues, Nine were f2cently and THE SEE OF WATERFORD, The Waterford (Lreland) Afai! says:— ig We have, wo belteve, good authority for stating that the Very Rev, Dr. Fitzgerald, who was dignis- simus at the recent election to the oMce of Coad jutor Bishop of Waterford, will be appointed to tha- important office, This be Cig , if made, as We, believe It will be, will give much satisfaction, not only to those who voted for him, but also to tha diocese at largo. MISSIONARY OONFBRENOH IN INDIA. The Calcutta (East India) Englishanan, of Jamu- ary 3, has the following report :— A Missionary Conference was opened at Allahae bdd on the 26th ult. The first paper read was ona on preaching to the Hindoos, by Dr, Wilson, of Bom- bay, who was followed by Dr, Mather and the Rev, Jagadishwar Bhattachatlya on the same sabiecs, Then a discussion ou these papers ensued, In tha. afternoon the Rev. Iimdd-ud-Din read & paper om preaching to the Mohammedans, which was fol. lowed by another by Dr. Murray-Mitchell on the Mohammedans of Bengal. In the ning account were given by Mr. Chester and Mr. Maddock itinerations in Southern India, RECEPTION OF NUNS IN AUSTRALIA, The Meibourne Argus, of the 5th of December, publishes the following news: ’ The ceremony of the solemn reception of three choir nuns anda lay sister took place on the 218@ of Noventber, at the Convent of Merey, Nicholsom street, Fitaroy. The Right Rey, Bishop Goold, tha Roman Catholic Bishop of Melbourno, oMiciated, The choir sisters received were the three Misses Whyte, daughters of Mr. Robert Whyte, of Rath. mines, county Dublin, and the names by which they will be known in thelr nei state are Sisters, Mary Evangelista, Mary Sebastian and Mary Ber- nard, The lay sister received was Honora Wal, who took the name of Sister Martua, THIRTY-FOURTH STREET SYN pippenplagint Israel the Teacher of Nations by Life and Example as well es by Law ang Precept—Witnessing for the Truth Amid Persecutiont=termon by Rove Dr. Vidaver. Dr. Vidaver preached yesterday to the congregas tion Bnai Jeshurun on Israel as @ witnessing church and @ teacher of the world. His text was, “Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord.” In hig opening remarks he quoted from Cicero an extract in regard to the unity and the preservation of the Jowish race, and said that the greatest miracle of the world was the preservation of thia unity for 4,000 years, Isracl was the teacher of divine truth in his own person. If we look at the matter closely we shall soon be convinced that there must have been something more than cold master to in- spire them in their obedience. Life, happiness, sal- yation do not depend upon material things. We have often been glad, said the Doctor, that we até the people of the Lora, It is the sublime creed, car ried out by Israel, that has given us our great sig~ pitcanee among the nations, The Doctor illus rated what creed was aud is by citations from the Mosaic law touching THE RITUAL OF THE SYNAGOGUE and the priesthood, Israel had promised obedience to these laws, and no man had been powerful enough to tun them from this promise to ol the law of God—the laws of chastity and virtue truth and ofleve. Why did the Jew never take re~ venge upon those who persecuted him? Because he obeyed the law of his God. That law bids nian not to take vengeance; that that belongs to @ and He will repay it. On the contrary, tt bids love hig enemies. Why was It, he asked, thap, im the Middle Ages and also in later times, the Jews: were persecuted? It is because they obeyed the law and witnessed fo the truth of God, Is lay, then, a yoke? If it is, he prayed that he might be ablo to’ carry it all the days of his life, It wae to that very yoke taat the Jews of old clu the tenacity of heart and life, and which en: them to return good for evil aud love for hatred al persecution, le, therefore, urged bis hearers te cling to the law and remember the teacd. ings of the ancient rabbies, ai not lel their prayers be merely lip prayers, but prayers from the heart. What he asked was the verdict of the students of history on this point? Was itin favor of the persecutors of the Jewish race? Nay, verily, It is on the side of the persecuted cnildrom of faith. Had the people been taught that salva- tion does not Lie A creeds and sects surcly tha on ex, om Spa t this country reflect that.” GRORGE WASHIN whose birth on this day ‘we ceicbrate, was not ‘oat because of any herowm on battle felds, ough he showed himself brave and trac there. ‘ OUUE. others are awaiting the ordinance. The funeral of Rev. David Morris took place from hn Lee yt i at Norwich, N.Y. Rev. A. B. Wehents recent grec Madison University, ‘om Pa,; Rev. to tho = Beaument J. 0, 'C. Clarke, aireet His greatness has come from his purity of heart and Iife, nis love of lay and justice, his obedience to truth in humanity and i@ dear American and. thee to tne heart of every America: shall make us great and good aud respec! bat | racn, a Cee et cate te eager far tty Of Ee xt to and a praye so vo God's daw among all mankind,