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SACRED SERVICES, Ceremonies and Instruction in the Churches Yesterday. BEECHER ON TRUE DEMOCRACY. Failure of Californian Christianity to Convert the Heathen Chinee. we wets ae What Is To Be Done with the + Weaker Races? FROTHINGHAM ON LETTING THINGS ALONE, Se Idlers to Die of Their Own Idteness—The Weak Only To Be Helped. ORDINATION BRITT The Younger Tyng’s Farewell Sermon in the Church of the Holy Trinity. Why Catholics Should Cel- | ebrate St. Patrick. —— Prayers in the Episcopal Church for the Condemned Criminal Foster. The sensationalists of the pulpit were not yes- terday so full of public topics as on the previous Sabbath, and the sermons which were preached were, generally speaking, of a less special charac- ter. The weather was gusty, but pleasant, and the sunshine drew forth a very large number of wor- shippers, piety with the opening of Spring seem- ing to gain a new impetus in proportion as its du- ties grow more attractive in fullilment. Limited space prevents the giving of a very extended budget of sketches of pulpit sayings this morning, but those which will be found below are selected With special reference to the importance of the subjects and ideas elucidated. CHAPEL OF THE HOLY TRINITY. The Ordination of Mr. McCaffery by Bishep Potter—Prayers tor the Con- demned Murderer Foster—Congratula- tion to the New Pastor. Atthe Chapel ofthe Holy Trinity yesterday morn- ing Mr. McCaffery, formerly deacon, was ordained priest by the Right Rev. Bishop Potter. The Bishop ‘was to have delivered the sermon, but owing to a severe cold he was unable to do so. However he made a few remarks to the congregation, in the course of which he said BISHOP POTTER'S REMARKS. It was contrary to the advice of my family that I came here this morning. Last evening I was taken very tll, and they did not think it proper for me to expose myself to the weather, but I would not for anything have had your little congregation disap- pointed in the ordination of your pastor, the Rev. Mr. McCaffery. When my folks found I was deter- mined to come here they exacted a promise from me. that if I came I would not preach, nor dol intend tg but I cannot let this opportunity pass to tell you That I am satisfied with your pastor and his werk, and admire your — solicitude to have him raised to the priesthood. Dr. Seymour, who has been ever willing to help and assist me. will preach the sermon which properly fell to my lot, and I am confident you will lose nothing in the substitution of him for me in the pulpit.’ Dr. Seymour then rose and stated his confidence 1n his inability to duplicate the power of the rever- end Bishop in the pulpit, and that only the indis- position of that reverend gentleman could induce him to take his place. THE SERMON. The text of the sermon was taken from St Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians v., 1, 2 “Be ye, therefore, followers of God as dear children, and walk in love as_ Christ also hath loved us and hath given Himself for us, an Offering and a sacrifice to God as a sweet smelling savor.’ The end of the sermon was to prove the divine origin of the ministry and the comparative uselessness of the Bible without ex- positors. When Pauli wrote his letter to the Eph alana lie kpew that Unless some instractions we given as to what was to be done with it and how it 4 it would tall into obscurity in a few n as one of us has letters, the perusal of which calls up in the mind | Many treasured and fond remembrances, | but which to others are devoid of interest, he knew that unless he made some ar- Tangement to perpetuate his advice to these opie it would alter a few generations die ont. So it is with the Bible. Ifit were left merely a written book it would soon be forgotten, or at least be slighted. To prevent this the ministry has been instituted, vo perpetuate the word of God and to explain the same. Deariy beloved, you are to have & minister Oo! your own choosing ordained to-day, amd it is my hope and wish that you apd he will forever agree, prosper and be happy. To your clergyman | have a few words to say. I hope that he wil) never lose the dignity which te-day Wiil be bestowed upon him, and that he and his | flock will forever be 4 unit in all matters regard- | ing the Church which he represents. May God bless him and you, and may both become wealthy Au spiritual and worldly gra PRAYER FOR > After the sermon pray e offered up for the pastor, the congregation and for the con- demned murderer, Foster Bishep Potter th proceeded to ordain Mr. McCatery a priest of the Episcopal Church, and, in the sblemn, dignified ritual of that creed, he was «declared, according to Melchisedee, a priest forever. Aiter the ordination the major part of the con- gregation retired, aiew remaining to take com- munion with the pastor. After the services Mr. Mcvatfery was besieged with friends, who show- ered upon him their congratulations, CHURCH OF THE, DISCIPLES, ‘Weakness of PURE yeeen, 0 Other Side of the Pictare—Sermon by the Rev. George H. Hepworth. There was the usual large and fashionable at- tendance at the services yesterday morning at Steinway Hall, where the Church of the Disciples still meet for Sabbath worship, though hoping, as stated yesterday, in two or thrce more Sundays to | get inte their new edifice. The Rev. George H. Hepworth preached the third in his serles of di courses on the “Foundations of a Christian Faith,” the particular branch of the subject weing ‘Weakness of Atheism.” His text was Job xxi, 16—“What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what profit should we have if we pray unto Him?” After brief reference to the twe previeus discourses, he stated that he intended in the present one to loek at the back of the picture, atheism and indifference. In this age there was bat little philosophical denial of Sod. This was because there was so much COMMON SENSE, We should be sorry to see any one whom we loved let go his hold on those powers which have so long belped us, This was an age in which men lived practically, as if there was no Ged, The mind appre- ciates the good; but in acts this appreciation God {s not shown. Although we believe that God should be the foundation of the temple, yet they too often built their private houses of material which is but temporary. The storm may blow it down or the may Wash it away. It was impossible to mea- sure the effect of this hef indifference to God. They could enly apprecisie it approximately by im- agining that God's infuence was blotted out, How much of the MORALITY OF NEW YORK depends upen the lighting of its streets at night. ‘tacts a6 @ physical restraint. Give him fan- it by day and ee, and he would decrease iy carried the thot of the world per cent. Suppose they, ht farther; suppose they blotted out the moral light of God’s innuence; suppose they tear out the traditional religion o} We race, and What would be the requitt Men's NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAROH 17, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEAT. I a tee AT sf conactonces windie. Sxivat arene outta are 8 contrast believers and He desired natural Een Boccy, of a0, ime 0: ‘indod, It was to make them Bverything, be arsed, depended on the piane . he urged, depen L . If they iived with brates they would become brutal- ized; af with giants, they would become giants. They were not walking slone. Tho spirit of God attended their footsteps. ‘here were two ways of looking at religion. Une represented God asa master and us as his servants, The other re- presented God asa father and ns as is children. Toward the close of his discourse he announced a sort ef semi-faith im spiritualism, that ts to aay that angela and the spirits of good friends gone before us attend us through life. He believed that nis iather looked down upon him frem heaven, and that his brother had grown to be a man in heaven, Unless there wag akheaven this liie would ot be worth living. CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY. Farewell Services—Sermon by the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., D. D. The elegant and well-known Churen of the Holy Trinity, Madison avenue ana Forty-second strect, was filled to overflowing yesterday morning by parishioners and strangers to take part in the fare- well services of this house of worship, aa around the present structure there is alreaay being laid he foundation of a more commodious and grander building, and frem tnia date divine services will be held in the temporary church, Madison avenue and Forty-seventh street. After the usual preliminary lessons and prayers were read, the pastor, the Rey, Stephea 4, Tyng, Jr., D. D., announced a3 his text for the occasion II. Kings vi, 6 (Im part) :— “And the iron dia swim.’’ He said that Islisha, in his prophetical office, was onty second to his miraculous powers, Always in the lonely places, as the Brook of Kedron, we meet him and know of his connection with God. The stances of tae supernatural connection therein, and so directly appointed that the power is manifested of God, are peculiar to Klisha’s miracies. In other places like results were only attained by the abd of Divine authority, but here they seem illogical. Natural- ism cannot explain EKlisha’s wonderiul words; the best and worst we can do is to believe, Dr. Tyng continued upon this line of thought and reierred to the impossible and improbable in life, and the agencies that overcame the improbable in godly works, aad though the age of material miracles lias passed, yet the history of every life is full of in- stances that border on the magical. He then said that to-day the history of this congregation sug- gested « host of illustrations of the opening theme, going to prove that both the improbable and im- eens, may be overcome in godly words. Their hindrances and embarrassments were not few, but out of all the LORD HAD DELIVERED THEM. He had often smiled when others in like work had come to him with stories of trials and troubles, Just as if theirs nad been a bed of roses. During their nine years as a church it had not heen a holi- day, and they had seen adversity and been knee- deep in the slough of despair. Having at their be- ginning thought they had attempted the improb- able, and that in a short time bankruptcy would stare them in the face, all the laws of life were against them, and no man of business would have invested one dollar in the enterprise, according to the usual laws of profit and loss, He related the history of tne church its successiul contending with many culties and troubles. ‘o-day, notwithstand- ing their great financial difficulties, through which they had passed, they were worth $500,000 above all indebtedness. Beside the financial troubles gone threugh with, Dr. Tyng referred at length to the ecclesiastical dificulties through which the church had passed—the arraignment and prosecution of the pastor for an offence not known to the Church, but without success; and thus again “the tron did swim.” THEIR FORM OF WORSHIP was simple; no meretricious accessories for de- monstration and effect nad been resorted to. And after enumerating the various charities which the church had originated and supported, Dr. Tyng read the wiowing statement of the work of the r and dini- church since thei 7685 confirmations, 511; Ls, marriages, 212; communicants, 1,300; Sunday school children and teachers, 863; — contribu- tions to the r and general offer- poo! ings, $18,529; domestic missions, $11,464, and all collections made during the nine Soha $519,000, The sermon was concluded by advising that the only Pc of the furniture of the old church that could be utilized was a portion of the organ, and an appeal was made for money sufficient to bud the new one fo be required, and this act would re- main a memorial of the last visit to the old church, ‘The appeal was heeded, and $8,000—the ameunt required—subscribed. In the afternoon there was church for the chil- dren, with baptism, and in the evening the Rev. Dr. Tyng, of St. George’s church, and the Rev. Dr. Dyer and others addressed a large congregation. ST. PATRIOK’S CATHEDRAL. Sermon by Rev. Jehn M. Farrelly—The Relapsing and Unrepenting Sinner— Why Men Become Outcasts in Society— Hardness of Heart Makes Us Heedless of God’s Voice=The Taking Away of the Life of a Fellow Creature, ‘The Cathedral was as usual well attended yester- day. The high and side altars and pulpit were lined with purple. The ceremonies were those generally carried out in the celebration of what the liturgy terms a “Missa Cantata.” The sermon was preached by ‘ THE REV. JOHN M. FARRELLY, secretary to the most reverend Archbishop. The subject chosen was on the hardened sinner, and was faithfully developed in accordance with the spirtt of the texet taken from the Gospel of the | day, illustrating the fallen and irremediable con- dition of Jerusalem, which the preacher inter- preted in the sense of its applicability to the unre- penting sinner. The voice of conscience was the oracle of each one’s sinful conduct, warning him of his condition and apprising him by paintui inward pangs of the hideousness of his crimes, ‘ears rolled from the eyes of the criminal, and groanings were uplifted from his heart at the very contemplation of his ex- istence. A PRAYER WAS THE BEST COMFORTER im that hour of necessity. If uttered in faith, with hope, hamility, a co! te heart and a determina- tion of amendment, God’s grace comes flowing in upon the soul. But unfortunately the sinner in his mad career forgets to pray, neglects the whisper- ings of the Hely Ghost, and in the boundless in- tensity of his natural and unrestrained passions becomes a prey to robbery, to infamy; nay, even dares TO TAKE AWAY THE LIFE OF HIS FELLOW BEING. God would have sheltered him in the first moment of his intention had he learned to appeal to Him for aid. Now he is lost, and finds few to mourn over the stranded wreck of his virtues. Thus men become outcasts in society when faith is dead, when hope is gone, and when the voice of con- science 1s hushed. Thus the land was flooded with crime, as if the recognition of God was ignored, HARDNESS OF HEART was the bitterest sting to the soul. It originated all that was evil to the prospects of its safety, for when tne call of repentanee was heard the re- sponse was only mockery, hg eed and finally crime, Penance was the safeguard for those who, being criminals in the sight of God, yet retained their existence. In hell no reparation can be made, On earth the peace God promises to the penitent heart is to be sought. Im hell no one can render assistance. The preacher concluded in a beautiful peroration by recommending all who peared betore the white men as equals. They dia rusted the white and, with reason. Listen an on meeting & w :—“What are you come here for? To tellus lies! The whites area na- tion of ties, Leave ua; we will follow the chase and find the great hunting ground ourselves.” DIANS NOT INOAPABLE OF BRING CUBISTIANS. the speaker proved by eves his audience with him in spirit to the tof Che Brules and representing the Indians as being present trom ten ana twenty miles distant, repeating lessons, responding to Bin oy and joining in the hymns of the service. ese 1,000 Indians were civilized and Uhristianiged. When the government pun- ished the noble race some of these have been known to perish with the guilty, unreclaimable savage. He then went on to show how several conver- sions were singularly made, describing the pray- evs, the teara, the manner of speaking and the rec- onciled attitude ef mon who, being actually wild, became momentarily docile, One young brave, who Yolunteored his assistance to a missionary, educated thirty-five brothers, In a Dakota mission 420 In- diaus wore gathered into the Church, There were now TUREM MUNDRED THOUSAND INDIANS IN THE WEST. To the Church, along the Missouri, among the Sioux and Brules and in Minnesota aud Dakota Territories, among the Cubbew aya and other tribes, the preservation of 35,000 of these had been in- debted. Six hundred thousand dollars had been already expended, and 150 cominunicants were. counted among those Indians among whom the speaker waa recently sojourning. ir. Kemble concluded his discourse by advocating the neces- alsy‘of supporting those Indian missions, as 4 work of great promise and inestimable reward. BLEECKER STREET UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. The Universalist Idea of Hell—Sermon by the Rev. BF. C, Sweetser. There was @ large congregation at. the Bleecker street Universalist church, corner Bleecker and Downing streets, last night. The Rev. K. Ov Sweetser preached on the “Universalist Idea of Hell.” He took his text trom Psalm ix., 17. There was no other word in the English language, he said, thar gave religion auch a sombre look as the little word ‘hell.’ There seemed to be a magic power in this word to harrow up men’s souls, The popular belief was that hell was a place of endless torment for the wicked, Now, let ua see what the Bible saya about it, The four aiferent words in the Bible which the translators had trans lated into “hell,” bore no reference to & future iife. A host of distinguished divines maintained that the Old Testament uever established a state of future existence. The Hebrew mind was very uncertain in regard to the idea of death. They thought that all men, good and bad, would go to the same place. David had been represented as having been in hell, a8 having been redeemed from the lowest hell. The original Hebrew word meant literally @ grave, and it was unlortunate that it ever should have been TRANSLATED iNTO “HELL,” The Greek word “hades” had the same signif- cance as the Hebrew word; it meant the grave. In the sentence, “‘O Death, where is thy sting? O Hades, where is thy victory?’ the word evidently meant grave. Supposing the word to be rightly translated “hell,” it was nowhere to be seen that this hell was to be endless, but the Bible said, in fact, that hell was to be destroyed. Tke hell of which the Bible spoke was the hell taat meant the grave, or death, or sorrow. ‘The prediction of the text of his sermon had been verified in history, Where was the Roman Em- pire? The glory had departed from the Seven 1ills, and the halis that rung with the words of Cyesar and Cicero were threaded now by monks and thick-veiled nuns, Where was Babylon? Why are all these great cities destroyed? Why, but that they forsook the path of righteousness—why, but that they forsook the true God? Here in America they eught to bear this lesson in mind. If they as a nation were righteous God would still remain with them. It was literally true that the wickea went sooner to the grave than the righteous. The man who obeyed the physical laws of God escaped an ey, fare, but he who violated those laws was quickly hurried on to the grave. Oh, how sey, the police of New York could illustrate his text in this respect! The nat- ural tendency of wickedness was to shorten tife, The wicked were not only turned into hell in the primary sense of the word, but also into the secondary—the hell of conscience within them. There was no torture so acute as that,of an of- fended conscieace. “Whatever a man soweth he shall reap.’’ He could only evade the hell by re- Dentance. READ “MACBETH,” and in the dagger scene behold the agony of the self-accusing mind; read “Richard the Third,’’ as he Starts up from his couch, withacry such as can come only from the deepest hell—the hell of con- science. But they need not go outside their own bd getty they had all committed sin and had all known what it was to fecl remorse. Would this hell, this self-inflicted torture of mind, extend into faturelife? He contended tiat the figurative, spiritual hell extended into the future life of the man who died in sin. If we obeyed the precepts of the Saviour nere God would take care of the next life. One thing was certain, that though hell would extend into future life it would not be ever- lasting, God was a God of love, and the doors of repentance were always open. Hell should pass away, they should rise to a pure and immortal life, when hell would be no more, LYRIC HALL, Laborers with God—The Doctrine of Let- ting Things Alone—Pauperism—Sermon by the Rev. 0. B. Frothingham. The “bleak winds of March” did not diminish the attendance at Lyric Hall yesterday morning, for it was as large and as fashionable as ever. Mr. Frothingham’s discourse was based upon the words of Paul—“For we are laborers together with God.” This was a favorite thought with Paul, he began, and he seems to have gathered strength, cheer and consolation from it. He did pot work alone, but the Divine Power worked with him. There was a divine and sweet confidence between God and the colaborers on the earth. Neither could do without the other, God is working to bring men out of the realms of darkness into the realms of ight. This conception of divine work- ing has been adopted into the Chureb. The Church has nothing to do with society, but to snatch people from a future condemnation, The idea of the co-operation of God with man has gradually been losing force and fading away from the human mind, It is due to the idle and vain efforts men have made toward reform. No one seems to need reform 80 much as reformers. They are the same old brood, with a new pretext and under a new name. The same appetite for money and power goes en, until we begin to think there are no re- formers who love their kind better than comfort. The weak minds of philanthropists lack persistent will and knowledge. How seldom it is that THE PROFESSED PHILANTHROPIST 8man of great brain! His aspirations soar on angel’s wings, while his brains are i sufficient for one man. We find that cool-headed, practicat men do the work that these men only dream of. The doctrine te let things alone is adepted by none. Let @ nataral law go on and fulfil its mission. Your meddling is impertinent and you don’t know what you are deing. Those who preach this doctrine preach it only te hearts that have suffered and have come to the conciusion frem a perfect trust that the Divine power will bring everything to pass. Previdence is very leisurely, and, as the old were in sin to repent and do penance if they would hope for God’s mercy and forgiveness. 8T, ANNE'S EPISCOPAL OHURCH. Lo! the Poor Indian—What Missionaries are Doing for the Sioux and Brules on the Missouri d Ogalul md Ojib- ways “In the Land of the Dakotas.” In St. Anne’s Episcopalian church, Eighteenth street, near Filth avenue, a fair audience were in attendance last evening to listen to @ dis- | course given by Mr. E. P. Kemble, Secre- tary of the Missionary Society, on “Church | Work Among the Indians,” The lecturer, before introducing his subject, apologized as a layman for undertaking to speak before the congregatien as- | sembled, but showed his authority in a very brief way by remarking that he had lived among the In- dians for over twenty years and always took an in- terest in their civilization and Christianization, and, furthermore, that he was, as secretary, the bearer of a message from several zealous mission- aries. A HURRIED GLANCE AT THE INDIAN, Toone who may be on @ tour out West ona Pacific Railroad car, a wretched, diseased, de- bauched, dissipated group of Indians appeared as such at intervals to the eye of the discerning traveller, and that passenger, on his re- turn East, telis the hideous sight he saw and cloaks it with the Jeatures of @ reality, If such were the case, to civilization alone the shame was attributable, which, under the pretext of doin stripped them of lands, of heme, of their best characteristics, and even of life itself. But he (the speaker) woul not ne a ry Maal them from the windew o' aw locomotive. Xtamislonary station on the Missourt River the Indians were irieadiy ead hespitable, and ap- woman said, “GOD IS VERY TEDIOUS.”” Suppose there were no world, there would be ne God. Suppose there were no human leve and kindness, there would be no heavenly leve. If man suspends his efforts, so does God, Suppose that every man paid his debts; debts in the honest sense; debts of money. By that alone the world would be regencrated, ‘he doctrine of lettin; things alone means to let the Divine Power wor! through man, but no other power. People who do not believe in God believe ina force that governs everything. Thattorce is God. If men were fel- lew workers with God there is no evil im the world that could not be rooted out. Think of the diseases that carry away thousands every year. They work with a pewer that seems supernatural to the unin- structed. The causes of the sickness are umclean- | lumess and impure air, A tew years ago a Board of | Health was organized. It was not composed of angels but of intelligent men, whe studied the causes of disease. These men may not have be- lieved in the efficacy of prayer, but they could HOLD THE PESTILENCE AT BAY. They did this by afew disinfectants, an opening of windows and a cleansing of linen. These men said they could take the spectres that had haunted men from tine immemorial and put them to flight. If people would co-operate with God, eat no proper food, sleep enough and indulge im no fo bidden pleasures disease would be entirely eradi- cated from the human system, and the very root of sickness would be torn up, Would not the e effort prevail with ios ple How shall we rest and cure it? What is this problem of pauper- ism’ Chronic poverty arising irom chronic idleness. Pauperism bad its beginning and should have a speedy end. If the lazy, unclean and. improvident family is broken up, the strong members of it com- pelled to work and the imbecile only cared for by the town, the great system of beggary would not be encouraged. In ten years the pauperism in this city might be cured entirely, THE DEMON CRIME is nurtured in the bosom of pauperism. When ene of her children commits a crime, is arrested, tried represent them as he knew —. and condemned, New York 3 down upon ite knees and begs that the offender will not be pun- ished, Is this the way that God wishes? Let there be no poverty, idleness or lethargy. Let every man work, BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUTH OHUROE. Pa Story of the Orucified Culprit— Religion Becoming the Mother of Every Ham Race—Democracy, the Sense of Brotherhood for Every Hum: Being— The Chimese and Californian Religion— ‘The Necessity for Sending Out Home Missions, It would seem—tf tt were possible for the Plymouth church edifice to grow, too—that the Plymouth church congregation grows larger and larger with every succeeding Sabbath. Yesterday morning Mr. Beecher delivered a very eloqueat sermon in behalf of the home missions. A sermon, 4a Mr. Beecher remarked, that was bringing him nearer and nearer the contribution box, and it is to be hoped for the sake of that worthy cause that it waa well filled. The text was I. Corinthians i., 18—“‘For the preaching of the cross is to them that Perish, foolishness; but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God.” If one considers that sense of elevation, superiority and pride which goes with refinement and cultivation; if one stood, a8 Paul did, in Athens and saw the pomp and splen- dor and power of the Roman Empire, he would ap- preciate what Paul did, All Le had to go out in the world with was a story of a crucified culprit, THK STORY OF A JEW, and a Jew abandoned by his own people. He con- fronted all these and said:—“To those who perish the preaching of the orucified is foolishness.” He preaghed that by the foolishness of preaching God saved men; he preached one that was down. trodden and broken down through sorrow. This preaching developed .more power than was in the whole invisible organization of soci- ety; he preached the paternity of God which came to save men from _ suifering and loss, and showed His infinite goodness and mercy. All these resuits owed from this unfolded God ; not as being quiescent, passive, but as bein, active, the greatest worker and the greatest sul- ferer; God, as being the universal teacher. To preach a crucified Saviour was to preach an of- jence; but as s00n as men’s eyes were epened to this wonderful tenderness, this wonderful sutfer- ing, this wonderful leve, God pouring His life out for men—as soon 4% that idea came it was the greatest power. WHAT PAUL PREACHED had three elements, He assumed universal human sinfulness, divine love and immortal existence. I think these are the fundamental elements—man’s sinfalness, his immortality, God the Redeemer working out his salvation. Christianity is tun- damental; it takes human nature on its true facts, it teaches development and regeneration; it teaches Divine mercy, not as eccasional, but as the leaven of time—the grand working force of the universe. It reveals the end and aim of the Gospel in its long career on earth to be the development of manhood. Nothing can 80 move mankind as these truths of God. It is not possible to develop and arouse the moral and intellectual nature of men and not as a conse- gene stimulate every organism of society. Society is the incarnation of the invisible power of soul, Hence, he who carries to nations a trae and vital gospel carries the seed forms of a universal civilization. Religion will become the mother of gery human race. It is not a technic system—it is VIVIFIC SPIRIT OF GOD from whose touch creation springs to life. The primary force is that vitality that comes from the an a? spirit of God. I do not say that all civilization has come trom preaching, but I do say that it has been the mother head. Christianity is a life power in man, and is a vitality in the soul. It is divine in origin, Auman in development. The difference in moral result between civilization as a substitute for Christianity and civilization as its product and auxiliary is, that one materializes while the other spiritualizes. One is the end and aim of life, the other ita product. Civilization be- comes harmless only when it has life through im- mediate con’ with God—no manhood without spiritualit; spirituality without divine tnspira- tion. Civilization makes active citizens, Christi- anity makes universal manhood. In our case the reason why Ohristianity should be diffased upon this Continent is, first, in relation to materia! } second, in relation to democratic ideas or universal manhood, without regard to Trace or country. To have any conception of the vastness of the energy and wealth of this nation one must travel. You see other nations sending their youag men here to see us and to stay. Upon this Continent there must come a SPIRITUAL INFUENCE, or we become mere material workers. The Gospel should be preached. The relation of Christianity to democratic ideas requires thatevery man shoula aid his fellow men. e true democratic idea is not that every man should be on a level, but that he should be as God made him. If he be an African or an Indias, let him be as God made him. That is the democratic idea. Every one thinks he is a democrat; but he is not. It is the sense of brother- hood for every human being for whom the blood of God was shed. This revelation of God, which fills heaven, this truth, this immortality of gg orig & being, is what gives truth to democracy. Here is the Afri- can. hat are you going todo with him’ Deimo- crat, you think much of the Irishman, with his vote. What of the negro? What is Christianity going to do with THE WEAKER RACES? Christ came down to save the meanest and lowest, and what 1s our Christianity. Whereis the spirit of Christ ? Iam astonished at the Chinese, when they have seen such beautiful examples of Christianity, that ily must be bereit oi reason not to admire Californian religion. We have stolen from them, beaten them, hanged them, and yet they won’t be converted, Oh, what a ckery of the faitn in Jesus with which we are treating weaker races! There must be a spirit roused to meet the wealth of this country. There is a ne- cessity for sending out home missions. The old States should take care of the new ones. We can- not afford to have a single State barbarous. I come to preach your own cause. I feel that there can be no service mere acceptable to God than to pour front our plenty into their treasury. ST. STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Religious Training in Youth—Erin’s Festivai—Why Her Sons Should Hear Mass To-Day—Sermon by the Rev. Father O’Rielly. There was a numerous congregation in attend- afce at St. Stephen’s church, Carroll street, near Hicks, at the principal service yesterday. Alter the gospelthe pastor, the Rev. Father O’Rielly, ad- dressed his flock upon the necessity of religious instruction for chitdren and the importance of their attendance at Sunday school regularly. It wasa duty which parents owed not only to their God and their children but to society aiso, that the spirit should be trained in youth; that those who are to take our places in life shall be fully instructed in divine truth as well as in the duties of secular life. The responsibility of parents cannot be over. stated in this regurd, and they should be at all times most careful to avoid scandalizing, by word or action, their children. We are subject to the often uncharitable eye of those who differ from us in religion, and the conduct of many children upon the streets was not such as to reflect credit upon them, The natural guardians of the young were responsible for their neglect belore Heaven, and the trust committed to them was one for which they would surely be called to render an ac- count. Constant and earnest vigilance is requisite to guara these young souls from the dangers that beset them, and good example at home, and the inculcation of the truths of religion, as imparted in the Sunday school, must be observed. THE GREAT FESTIVAL OF ST. PATRICK. The reverend gentieman algo called attention to the fact that that festival which was filled with so many remembrances to the heart of every Irish- man aa the history of the Irish is toid by the pen dipped in the blood of the jaithful and the patriot) was near at hand. It was not his inten- tion, however, to allude to Ireland’s wrongs, which had been told in history; but where is the heart that will net be to-morrow filled with some memory of oppressiow or that has not some story of amliction to tell connected with their native land? They will remember the home bereft or the deserted village which they have beheld in their youth, They will think, too, of the piace where they were born, of the silvery stream, the brook, the green fields amd the companions of their early days im that ever-dear isle from which A THE CRUEL HAND OF OPPRESSION has banished them, to seck a refuge in this free country. He did not speak for the purpose of raising angry feelings in the bosoms of his hearers against the government and the laws that had driven them from their birthplace. From five to nine million Irish hearts would throb to-morrow with sacred memories of that land of the apostelic labor of St. Patrick. What he desired was that the masses which would be offered up to God on the altar at St. Stephen's church, at seven and half- ast seven o’cleck to-day, should be attended ; that he church should be thronged by the faithful. The Irish are scattered by the four winds of heaven throughout the world, and it would seem as though the Almighty had decreed that this should be the case, in erder that THEY SHOULD SPREAD THE FAITH . We, too, shall sigt in communien to-morrow with our fel- low countrymen in Africa, in New Zealand and elsewhere, as we send up our prayers to Heaven the land of our adoption to 1 mie A tage | bn J could be conquered. mi crushed an ound ‘aewn in the dust, but like the fragments of fhe diamond, it will shine forth, and emit the effulgence of the brilliant all the imore rious, because of the darkness of the surrounding night of persecution and oppression. We hope for the verence of that and of saints. A writer bas God, * anid, “Oath nataral ¢e an [rishman. He cannot do wit it, 1¢i bora ia him.” And 80 it is, and years of wrong but REVEAL THS FAITH UNSULLIAD. The reverend closed by arging his con- qregatnn to attend mass to-morrow morning and in offering that divine sacrifice which will be celebrated from the rising to the setting of the sun to the honor and glory of God for their ‘own native land,” and that they may live im peace, ae ‘’nd love with tnose of the land oi their adoption; and thatin the end all may be united in faith as well as nationality. TOMPKINS AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHUROH Sermon by Dr. Clarke on Paul's Sermon on Mars’ Hillk—What Is Meant by True Repentance—The Sad Effects of « Christleas Repentance—Ne Man Able to ‘Truly Repent without the New Testa- ment, The congregation of the above church goes on steadily increasing, and the nucleus ot a live church seems to be forming into large dimensions under the care of the popular pastor. Yesterday morming every pew was occupied and the small gallery was filled with children with the recently-organized Sunday school. Dr. Clarke continued his discourse, yesterday morning, of the previous Sunday, on the subject of the visit of St. Paulto Athens. He se-| Desirable for the early season we have eaak- lected for his text Acts xvii, 30-“And | mere im all the new shades to be used for entire the times of thia ignorauce God winked | costumes, and in combination with silk of a cor-* at; but now commandeth he all men every- ‘Time was when cashmere was where to repent.” He prefaced hia sermon by stating that a young man who had been one of the congregation last Sunday morning had said on leaving the church that he was not surprised that Paul waa unsuccessful in bringing the Athenians to & knowledge of the only true God, secing that they had already 30,000 gods to worsbip. Dr, Clarke said he was glad to kaow that that remark had been made, because it showed that the young man had listened to the sermon, and it also showed that the young man’s thought was pointing in the right direction, The Doctor, however, in reply to that remark, said that the point of the preaching of Paul was that it put the Athenians under a respon- sibility consequent upon the preaching of the tios- pee ‘The Athenian, worshipping Oue or many of the THIRTY THOUSAND GODS before Paul preached to him, was one person, but the Athenian idolator who heard Paul's statement of Gospel truth was quite another person, and under quite a different degree of responsibility when the truth had been made apparent to him and the ignorant worship of the idolator made manifest to that Athenian mind. The same truth was equally applicable to-day to modern Chnistians under the fierce light of Gospel privileges. The times of the ampere nce of heathen idolatry God had winked at, but after they had been calied every. where to repent there was henceforth a new re- sponsibility that could never be overlooked, and which pat their past ignorance far away. hat, then, was the repentance that God called men to? Well, it took two things to make a true repent- ance—feeling and action, or a sincere sorrow for sin and a resolute forsaking of that sin, True repentance must work against the commission of sin. Repemtance that begun and ended in sorrow were very common. Of this exemples were found in the incidents in the life of Judas and of Saul the King. They manifested a specious repentance. It was quite true that the true penitent would sinagain. Genuine repentance was a wartare with sin, @ strife that must have its conflicts ending with victory, and not seldom with deicat; but when the HATRED OF SIN continued even after the defeat the victory was certain of attainment, It was important in that connection to say that without the New testiment no man could have truly repented. How sad were the many manifestations of a Christiess repent- ance—a repentance that did not acknowledge Christ. and the work that He had wrought for the sinner in the work of ceasing to do evil and Jearning to do well. This salvation by Christ is that which man cannot exercise for himself; it must be done by God. The sermon was closed by earnest, prac- tical exhortations in this direction, and by the re- mark of St. Augustine, “Be sure that you repent the day before you die.” ST, PAUL'S ROMAN CATHOLIO CHURCH. A New but Undefined Dogma of Catho- Meity—Salvation Without Baptism or Knowledge of Christ. Father Farrell, formerly of St. Paul's, preached an eloquent sermon there yesterday, and reminded the congregation of his claims on them on account of his exertions among them when cholera and:| smallpox were rampant. He would therefore ask them to contribute liberally towards an object that ‘was dear to his heart—the erection of a splendid church edifice in his new parish at Red Hook. Charity, he said, was the greatest of virtues. The reverend gentieman added that many a one will be saved, and he “believed it firmly,” who was never sprinkled with the waters of baptism or knew otf Christ; but no one could ever expect sal- vation who had not charity. The preacher then announced that there would be a missien in St. Paul's, commencing next Sunday. He exhorted his hearers to attend it punctually and reform their lives. He conciuded by again appealing to them in behalfof his new church, which appeal Teceived a practical response in the shape of green- backs in abundance. “THE HOME.” Eee cer ae Reception of Visitors—Munificent Dona- tions—“‘The Silver Book of Life’’—The Object of the Institution. At No. 528 West Thirty-second street, which has a modest exterior, is located an institution having for its object the care and attendance of aged and indigent people professing the Hebrew faith. This Home was founded by the late Mrs. Leo, to whose untiring exertion this asylum owes its ex- istence. Yesterday the directors held a levee, which was styled a “Purim reception,” to which the friends and patrons of the institution were cor- dially invited. In the parlor, on the second floor, a table was set, groaning under the weight of del- icacies provided by generous friends for the occa- sion, The manageresses, consisting of Mrs. Philip J. Joachimsen, President; Mrs. H. B, Herts. Vice President; Mrs. I. Jacobs, Mrs. C.Schlesinger, Mrs. 8. Wolff, Mrs. H. Morrison, Mrs. L. J. Phillips, Mrs. L. Bamberger and Mrs. Zion Bernstein, were untiring in their attentions to the visiting friends of the Home, and well did their courtesy repay their efforts. Mr. Lazarus Morgenthau, the originator of “THE BOOK OF LIFE,"’ or “Golden Book," at the Hebrew Charity Fair, held in December, 1870, wherein the amount of $10,000 ‘was signed then and $15,000 since for the Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Mount Sinai Hospital, and who also introduced the same plan for gathering sub- sag on Saturday evening at the grand Ma- | sonic fair, presented the managers of the Home with a “Silver Book,” in which donations to the amount of over eight thousand dollars have already been subscribed. The first page of this huge volume, elegantly engrossed, is devoted to the memory of Mrs. Leo, and bears the following inscription :— Qreavcenecoee: 3 : ONION RELO DERE DE Sacred to the memory of MRS, HANNAH LEO, Founder of the iin for Aged and Infirm el rews. Born in London, December 15, 1815; Died in New York, September 24, 1872, Dedicated by Lazarus Morgenthau. ARE COREDOE NEEL A EEDOOEIEIILODODEDEDODELE OL LE DOOD The second page the Managers devoted to the inscription of names borne by the family of the merous donor, wishing that his kind deed may ave an everlasting existence in this ‘Book of Life.” The Home at present provides for twenty-four old ladies, the youngest of whem is sixty-five and the oldest ninety-six years of age. Among these are two who are totally olind, bedridden and una- ble to help themselves. The provisien fer these heipless patients and almoners is, if not virtual, luxurious, strictly domestic and in ample sutti- ciency; food and raiment are furnished them with unstinted hand, This noble charity is only another bright chapter in the histery ef our metropolitan benevolence, and if the blessings of these poor, lone creatures, 80 munificently cared for by the generous ladies of this institute, are heard by the ‘Giver of all alms,” then the donors must indeed receive their reward in the life tocome. Dr. 8. N. Leo, Deputy Coroner, is the honorary Secretary, and renders valuable assistance to the officers. Among the visitors yes- terday were Judge P. J. Joachimsen, Mr. Merris B. Goodheart, President of the Grand Lodge of the Hebrew Order Bnai Brith, and many other promi- nent ladies and gentlemen, irrespective of religion. ANOTHER DECLINER. Clarkson N. Potter. Won’t Take the In- creased Salary This Term. 61 WALL STREBT, NEW YORK, March 15, 1873. Sin—I have your letter of yesterday, enclosing me for counter signature the Speaker's warrant for my increased pay ($5,000, less tax) as a mem- ber of the Forty-second Congregs. I favored the late increase of the salaries of the President, Judges and Cabinet officers, and a relative increase (to not beyond $6,500 a year, however) im Con- gressional sataries; but I thought the increase should in no case apply to existing terms of ser- vice. Iam aware that Congress is by law the judge of the compensation of its own members, and that in all former instances the increased pay has been extended to the members‘of the existing Cen- gers, and Ido not presume to judge for nor seek 0 influence any one else it for myself (a8 1 said to my friends during the debate) I do not feel will. ing to receive this increased compensation for a service rendered in no expectation of it, and I ne return Ri unsigned he aestven same, remain bedien aay bars omega. CLARKSON N. POTTER, To N. G. Onpway, Esq, Seorgeant-at-arms House ‘Of Representatives, 3 3 } 3 g 3 eocrocooronerese rene r1@ | SPRING FASHIONS. - OLD MATERIALS UNDER NEW NAMES What the Fine Weather Has Brought Forth~ The Theory of Colors and Materials. Spring ts here in name, if nos in reality, an with a sense of reliet we turn ‘rom the dark, heavy Winter goods—albeit they were 40 lovely in their season—io the display of Mghter fabrics, in whose tender colors the conventional Spring of the poets draws nearer and evokes yisions 01 6he bright days to come. Yet, among the almost endless variety of goods there are few real novelties. Thus early in tho season Fashion usually selects enly a few whiok she places in evidence, reserving the others for a time untli we, in tnis uncertain climate, shall have been aroused to the exigencies of the case by weather sufficiently settled to justify some eathu- responding color. cashmere, and had no nearer representative than merino; but in these days when noveity, if only im name, is a necessity, we have cashmere Sictl- ienne, Carmelite cashmere, cashmere d’ecosse, faitle cashmere, drap d’été¢, camel's hair casb- mere, undressed cashmere, and, lastly, vigogue and India camet's hair, India camel's hair is exceedingly light and tine and comes in all tue new shades, ‘Thia fabric t# not only woven like the ordinary cashinere, but a quality comes with the twill reversed at intervals #0 a8 to produce the effect of stripes, Vigogue ia another light fabric which is found in the wood tints, and somewhat resembles the o}d-time It is shown in tue plain fabric all of one also woven in plaids and stripes of the diferent shades, which produce a lovely effect en camaien, These goods are especially APPROPRIATE FOR TRAVELLING COSTUMES, as they will not crt@h easily and the colors will nor show the dirt—two essential requisites in goods te be used for this purpose. Ever welcome pongee reappears in the an- bleached and dusk-volored hues, a8 well as in the silver grays, with which it is most familiarly asso- ciated. Novelties in these goods have twilled stripes, polku dots ana broché figures thrown ap | on the right side, like the Jacquard goods of tast season. Mohairs have a lustrous finish like silky wools, and are firm, light and elegant im appearance. The plain mohairs and alpacas are brought out in | navy of the new tints, both in soli@d colors awd with broad stripes of two shades. A whole array of mixed cotton and wool and cotton and silk goods reappears, a5 usual, at this season, BACH POSSESSING A HIGH-SOUNDING NAMB, * which excites the imagination and renders the dit. appointment all the keener when the fabric is ex- ainined, for it usually proves that the more preten- tious the name the more worthiess is the article. They are pretty and attractive tothe inexperienced purchaser, for they imitate as closely as possible in color and design the better class of materials, but they are a delusion anda snare. {m this category may be considered the Japanese silks and popling. They are pretty to look at, and, indeed, are much improved in quality this season, but they crease easily, will not withstand dampress ani a shower is their utter destruction. In strong contrast to these are the lovely and durable foulards, which haye grown 80 sit yet surely in favor. The new foniards come in all the new shades, but the figured varieties are in the darker hnes of the prevailing colors, thus shewing in more striking relief the inevitable white polka dots and quaint figures with which they are be sprinkled. In silks all the lovely colors of last Autumn are presented, but in the lighter and more delicate Skades befitting the season. mere “shadows ot colors, ghosts of shades” are they, yet they are in- G amounts almost to an inspiration to be able to se- lect those which ‘shall be beceming. Most of the greenish and grayish hues—and most of the greena” are gray, and the grays either blue or green—are safe if some point of color is added in the necktie, bonnet or coiffure. shades, will be a leading coler fer the season. But blue, as a color, gives an impression ef coldness, and is only exceptionally becoming. Very dark blues, when placed in masses near the complexion, always impart a yellew hue to it. One of the new blues, called “Napoleon,” is. ag dark almost as lapis, or indigo, but has nored shadings. ‘Turquoise, which is also revived, while it is not the brigutest, is the most penetrating of blues, and is only becoming to blondes, improving their beauty by enhancing the color of the cheeks and bringing out the gold of the hair. With the various bluish-green and greenish-blue shades we are already familiar from their preva lence during the Winter, under the names of paon, eac color, of which some shades are greenish- lue and others bluish-green; paradis, @ peacock blue; lophohore, the bluest peacock, and lézard, in which the green predominates. ‘These are almost universally beceming when employed as points of coior, but are seldom so in Masses, unless the complexion is exceptionally brilliant, The difference in these colors from last season is hardly perceptible. The newest celors are Norvege, or Norwegian gray, which has green tints; Christiana, a gray with blue tints; punch is also &@ bluish-gray; monstre, a dark gray-green; agile, a dark brown, like the coler in Etruscan vases; another stylish brown is airain, or copper color; mordor¢, a light, golden hue, shading on brown; Mississippi, a lightish brown like muddy water; verceline, @ gray with rosy hues; alma, pce shading into gray, and h¢ron, a lovely green | shade. ‘Then we have tne tea and coffee shades and a host of grays, browns aud bronzes, each tinged | With the others so that it is diMcult to decide to which color they belong. The redingote is decidedly the most distingué, aa it will positively be the leading style of garment jor making up most ot the new goods of the sea- son. The very newest is the “Alexandra,” which is double-breasted and has broad revers in f[ront, but so arranged that the neck can be worn closed if desired. ‘This garment possesses a chic of ita | own entirely differing from the ‘Neilson’ and “Watteau” redingotes from the same establish- ment, although both are stylish. The latter is es pecially becoming to slender, graceful figures. In polonaises proper ior dressing purposes the Camargo putt has reappeored as a natural conse- quence of the revival of sashes. In overskirts also and in train dresses worn without overskirts this style is also noticeable. Sashes form a feature in all totlets, whether for | the street or house. They are seldom.disposed in | the old, orthodex way, but are arranged in any | graceful style that may suit the fancy of the wear- er. The leading style is a sash of silk,-made double, about three-eighths of a yard wide, ar- ranged in two deep loops and one fringed end, the whole surmeunted bya careless knot fastened with a buckle of jet er oxidized silver. This is placed | on the leit side. . THE JAUNTIBST, PRETTIEST BASQUE thus far seen is thé “Angelique,” which square vest so much in favor at present, and en- tirely new style of postilion, In this the vest is separate, but more usually it is only simulated by the trimming, as in the “Claudia,” also tilien basque, and the “Klaine,” a simple slashed basque. One thing ladies are to be congratulated upon, | and thatis the regained prestige of short walking dresses. By some—the mere reflned—these have never been abandoned; but as Fashion again de- crees their vogue, the amateur street swee| will again inevitably adopt them and fersake their self-imposed occupation. “WHY MEN DONT MARRY. Lecture by the Rev. Henry Morgan. The concluding lecture in the course delivered by the Rev. Henry Morgan, of Boston, was given last evening, at tlie Cooper Institute, om the sub- Who Do.’ ‘There was a good attendance, and the | | lecture was both amusing and interesting. | The mission whjch has brought Mr. Morgan from his ministerial work in Boston to raise money to pay off a debt on his chapel, has been quite successful, all the lectures having been well at- | tended. Mr. Morgan said the subject of the lec- ture was one in which all were interested, Mar- — riage was the great problem of life, and every j woman from her earliest girlhood looked forward | to it with intemse interest, The question asked by them all when they come marriageable is, ‘Why men don’t propose?” They long for an estabiishment, for a settlement im life. Some are actuated by feelings of life. The male tion of the community, though not so, eager for the matrimonial plunge, have desires more or less tendi in that direction; but do not rush wildly into the market. ‘They are study- ing their chances, waiting until their salaries ii allow them to marry, After depicting the many reasons which keep men from marrying—habit, association, want of mciination and dis: tion—the lecturer pointed out the re- suits of the marrt that are sometimes consum- mated, Some husbands act sincerely and i love their wives and bring up their children in the | right way, while others become boorish and w Bociable, drunken and cruel, and in the end make the married state one of misery. The lecture Waa Trequently interrupted by applause. siasm on the subject. we It is rumored that blue, in various peculiar * has the ject, “Why Men Don’t Marry and How some Act | | it b \ 4 j