The New York Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1873, Page 4

™ on. men. them themo them ab mass is men who & comed home out stand on th Church, becalise it is } ‘thing in the . drom everything ‘themselves with th smothered. Some duct of church member er ‘They allow the! 4 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 12,.1873—TRIPLE SHEET. THE CYTY’S CHRISTIANITY. The Shepherds of the People Coaxing Them to the Sacred Fold. PITH OF THE PULPIT PREACHING. Eloquent and Able Eulogies on the Great Departed. THE LATE CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE, “A Statue That Stood Out in Full Day.” JOHN STUART MILL. The Lives and Characters of the Two Celebrated Men Compared. Archbishop McCloskey Laying the Cor-4 ner Stone of the New St. Bernard's Church, Assisted by an Im- mense Multitude. Beecher Baptising a Bunch of Beautiful Babies. The Newly Consecrated Bishop Corrigan, of Newark, Cenfirming One Hundred Can- didates in the Catholic Church. The treacherous weather of yesterday, with its lowering clouds and chilling breezes, did not ren. der very inviting to metropolitan church-goers the duty of devotion, Fashion, who is fond of minis- tering to the glory of religion on sunshiny days, refrained from honoring the muddy streets with the sweep of her magnificent skirts, but remained at home and gazed pensively out of the plate glass ‘windows of her gilded p: es, and the plebeian worshippers who went contentedly by on the er- rand of their duty and love. Those preachers who carry with them in their intellectual work the hearts of the people did not lack listeners, how- ever, and the listeners did not lack a feast of eloquence. Coming after the banquet, those who did not go to church yesterday may partake in the dishes which are served below ef some of the good cheer, and it will not perhaps Bave lost much of its hearty flavor. Death in general and the deaths oftwo of the great men of the age in particular—Chase and Mili—were discoursed upon from several pulpits, and the estimates of character ahd accomplish- ment which have failen from clerical lips will not be read without interest this morning. Other topics of importance will also be found among our sketches of sermons. The laying of the corner stone of the new St. Bernard’s Roman Catholic church in Fourteenth street was the occasion of a grand assemblage of people and of very impressive ceremonies, LYRIO HALL The Parable of the Wise Builder=The True Workers and Drones in Society— Eulogiums on Chief Justice Chase and Johu Stuart Mill—Discourse by the Rev. O. B. Frothingham. Although the day looked dark and the clouds were indicative of rain the attendance upon the | services at Lyric Hall yesterday morning was un- | diminished, Mr. Frothingham chose as his text | the parable of the wise builder—*And the rain de- | scended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.” Let us consider the question of character, he began. Conduct implies the submission of passion to principle, the supremacy of the higher nature over the animal. Everybody knows what cop- duct is, for it is a very simple thing. From the numerous examples of fraud, tyranny and hypocrisy it may be concluded that the re- spect for conduct is diminishing. The reasons given for it are various. Some think that itis de- votion to material interests. But this is impossi- ble, because without it no conduct would be neces- sary. Some think it is the FALLING AWAY OF THE OLD FAITHS. Itis not likely that religious ideas in ordinary believers have any such effect upon the morals of the people. The characters of men in ages of faith were not commendable. We find that church peo- ple are sometimes as bad or worse than sceptics and infidels. The Protestants must bear their share of the burden, the Catholics of the obloquy, and the liberals, being fewer, have less to bear. Misconduct is almost always associated with organizations. Go into the forest. Exter- Dally it seems full and green, but there @re decayed trees that shoot up tau | and straight, and are crowned with green at the summit. The sunbeams cannot touch their Toots. Any one of these trees taken alone and pears in a field would blossom and spread out its ranches to the sky. Itis the same in society; no Class or creed is pure. Every LIMITED SOCIETY IS FATAL, Ore or less, to its members, and the individuals wanting in the cardinal qualities that make and women. The inass is 80 thick that it shuts off from the current of public opinion, Take utof this jumble, let the sun shine upon a they will be noble men and women. ‘The “sponsible and not t iudividual. Some | re branded by public opinion are wel- | a8 pattern individuals, Take them \cial positions and they will eir own fect. It is the same | shut of | else. Those who identify | 2 Church are in danger of being | san immunity from suspicion. be surprised at the m 8, for there are no peopie so pinion as Church people. ‘nees to go to sleep and thelr intelligence to becon. @,dead. | If they have PROULIAR PROP “ore secretly than the to induige in they can do it Mm "530 the 23 rie | naked radical out of doors, wh tro choy 4 world upon him. Their coud. ore lepe: ip oy Andividualism. There is more » vate worth ie there ever was belore, and more p. fon Rohn oe society. You find it more in men ane } ei ti ptand out of doors. All the character no’ - . esult of the discipline, thinking and training OF fhe ages gone by. is what gives inherited. wharacter its wealth. ‘These men have deep roots ‘tnat never can be torn up. Character is a thing ‘that cannet be pledged or promised to any one, No one can tell who shail inherit the nobleness of they past. It may come to THE CLODUOYPER AS WELL AS THE PRIN Idieness is the cause of more imisconduc: Sail other things pnt together. The idle man has po motives. The grandeur of the past does not ik him forward, and the splendor of the future Noes not attract him, His days do not follow one another except in time, and his actions are not ther. The remorseless bound togewner, ir OF THE HOCR re of ob ‘There i ople affect to secluded from age o consch | tion to ancestry. | double-facedness—goin, Eis ttle. He was oa ja own mettle. a er would commit himself to @ foal ‘Wir cwe great points were toil and tnde- dence, and he Setarmined saris to earn hisown iving and stand on ow! t man passed away last week— Another Great vin STUART al w e mount of character which he put into his wee He was one df the most generous and sim- le and guileless of men. ‘This man’s toil was so ‘aithful, so careful and so exact that every subject he touched he mastered, He belonged to no party or order of men and was responsible tor himself and no one else, Chase was an Spiscopalian while Mill was ready to call himself of any religion, He judged everything by the laws of reason. These two men—the one a church member, the other a member of any church—were simply peers. Neither can claim supremacy over the other. Both fuliilied all the conditions of conduct and character. ‘They built upon the foundation of human fidelity and truth, and the man who builds up his character on such a foundation need never jear the floods of public opinion, TWENTY-THIED STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sermon by the Rev. H. D. Northrop— Death in Hjgh Places—The Lessons Taught by the Life and Death of Chief Justice Chase. Alarge congregation, that would have been still larger but for the gloomy, rainy weather, assem- bled yesterday morning at the West Twenty-third street Presbyterian church to hear the discourse of its pastor, the Rev. H. D. Northrop, on the subject of “Death in High Places.” After the usual exer- cises and an impressive prayer the reverend gen- tleman announced that he had obtained leave of absence from the middle of June to the middle of September for the purpose of making @ trip to Europe, and that the Rev. Dr. Cnapin had been en- gaged for the entire time of his absence to mintster to his flock. He took for his text Zech., xi, 2:—‘Howl, fir tree; for the cedar {s fallen ; because the mighty are spoiled: howl: O ye oaks of Bashap; for the forest of the vintage is come down.”” He commenced by saying in explanation of the forezoing:— ‘This ig the mourning of the tree for the downfall of its kindred tree, Phe prophet, by ostrophe as striking as it Is beadtilul, Calla for lamehta- tion at the spoiling of the mighty. When the cedars die let the firs wail, for if the stronger are slain what hope can there be for the weaker? Al- though the language is prophetic and Drop ab ly re- fers to the strokes of death and judgment destined to fall upon Jerusalem and the Jewish nation, yet it may suitably be applied to THE DEATH OF CONSPICUOUS MEN, those tall cedars whose downfall thrills the for- est and proves the sad frailty of the lesser grewths, There have been few occasions in history when these words—so {frequently prenounced in eulogy of dead statesmen, and senators, and kings—have been clothed witn greater significance than they are at this moment. What need is there of men- tioning the many obituaries which of late have fairly crowded the columns ef the public press? They have failen like autumnal leaves upon new- made graves, Some men, whose names are on every tongue, are taken off by a sudden blow, and there is no wall of universal sorrow—they get in death the | Tespect they merited in life, and that was very little. Another dies, and the shock is feit before any one has time to praise or denounce him; the deep instincts and convictions of the people admit the greatness of thé loss. Even a Chief Justice might lay off his ermine for his shroud, and @ na- tion might feel only relief at his blessed exit. Yet there is & TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN CHIEF JUSTICES, as there is in Presidents and Congressmen. It would be well if all public men could remem- ber that, after all the praises of party and all purebasea encomiums, there yet au unerring public opinion, which knows how to weigh them, and will do it mercilessly, without tear or favor. No such spontaneous ex- hibition of respect and sorrow over the death of a Chief Justice, whose remains are now on their way to the tomb, couid be manufactured for the occa- sion. The people know their man; they know his worth; they know how great or how little is their loss. The heart of this nation progounces a eulogy to-day over its great Chief Justice which no subsequent history can or will ever dare attempt to reverse. In such a life, such an eminence and such & pub- lc testimony there are lessons which the pulpit has no right to overlook. And, first, is not some- thing due to the stock from which @ man cemes? When you know the parentage of some men you expect more from them than you do irom others. Is not character in a measure bereditary, as well as Sérm and feature, disease er longevity? When science has traced—if itever can—the noble con- nection which links a generation with the one pre- ceding it we may lind that, more largely than we ever supposed, men only bear the image of what has gone before, “He came honestly by it” is a saying which teils what you think of a man’s rela- It is the parental hand which Shapes and determines the tree, and When a cedar falis you can find buried around its roots the re- mains of the cedar from which it sprung. Shrubs date trom shrubs and oaks from oaks, With a weak, shallow-pated, unprincipled man tor a father, and a weak, showy, chatterbox woman fora mother, who expects much of the children? I would vote to have them excused, The chiidren are spoiled because their parents were spoiled before them. It takes an effort for a man to deny his early tram- ing: itis not easy to deny the very blood in his veins and the noble stock from which he springs. li God visits the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, into the third and fourth generations, there is no reason why He should not visit the vir- tues in like manner. Renegade sons there have always been, Yet, apart from all exceptions to the rule, there isa something in the character of a man’s ancestry. Yes, something in that old solid New England stock worth having, and when we get a man great and good we are not 50 much sur- prised as we are if we do not get him AN OLD NEW HAMPSHIRE FAMILY may not be bieated with wealth, may till the hard soil with brown ands, yet, by lt qualities of mind and character, may‘do just what you would expect; may blossom in glorious fashion and give tothe United States a Chief Justice, a statesman, and, best of all, a man. The next lesson is the riches which are born of poverty, the prosperity born of adversity, the strength and victory begotten of trial. As a rule, if you wish to ruin @ boy give him money and nothing to do but to spend it. Make everythii easy for him and let him depend upon a hard- working father, and not upon himself, and you will have him on your hands, will be sorry you have him, and will wonder what in the world you are going to do with him. And you will never know whatinthe world you are going to do with him until he gets soas to do something with himself. Then the diMculty issolved, and you will find what a happy difference there is between having a Worthiess son on your hands and having a worthy son on his own hands. It is interesting to mark how THE TREASURES OF THIS NATION have been dug irom lonely places, how the poor boys have become the merchant princes, how the lowly have risen co ranks of nobility, how the struggles of youth have betokened the principles of manhood; how a printer becomes a renowned Franklin; how a mill boy becomes an eloquent Clay; how @ lad whose father dies and leaves him nothing save a good name and Christian teaching b mes the piliar of State, the champion of iit the greatest financier of modern times, the Chief Justice, pure minded and incorruptibie, who, if the nation had lost her laws, could have given her, out of his own brain and integrity, a better code than she had before. Another lesson. It does pay, after all, fora man to pursue a course of action born of honest con- viction and unbending principle. This is a lesson greatly in need of being enlorced atthe present Ume, And when aman djes who has taught the lesson through @ long career of public usefulness, we are bound te tell others that If they would gain such pure renown they must act with equal hon- esty and fidelity. A GOOD, UPRIGHT POLITICIAN, who serves the people well, deserves to be praised a3 much a8 a mean, low-il politician deserves to be damned, Honest conviction, integrity which cannot be bought, espousing a cause not because it is popular, but because it is right—a willingness to stand alone for Jand humanity, as a rock stands through sterm aud calm—this 1s what we want, what the young men of our country need to be taught, what they are taught by the life which has just gone down in brighter glory than ever flung its flery splendors round the sunset. Yet does any one suppose that this is what we always get? If there is one thing mere than anotier for which some men have a genius it 1s always setting the sails according to the wind, You know where to find them if you know where to find the popular current. They can be on one side of the fence, on the other side of the fence, or astride the fence, kage om g on both sides, just as suits their interests. What shuMing and scheming, Wire-pulling and mancuvring, crawii! and for God or the devil—any- thing to get votes! No gospel Dut to be on the his edges, till it gnaws the sub- Manoe oF ja oot . The fhowest worker stands face to face with his fellow men. He knows that if he slips or procrastinates he loses his caste and is numbered among actual swindiers. His charac: depends upon his truth, He is placing the sel | geratone of hischaracter, which cannot b eyed. Consider how few such workers there are. What are called the upper classes in society live upon ~ | few faithful men at arms in the great army o kK. wYesterday, he went on, the funeral of mis is aot the occasion to speak of a is is not ee yee er and @ jurist, but of the most — tifal part of the man—his character. On this poin e ibngeage. of eulogy would be the lanj je of the simplest truth. rtd was respected by those who only respect the just and pure, He never stained another man's hands with a bribe, told no li wronged no ome. Holding an ot oe of Ly public it no eritic could pu few Was abenge. Go back to his youth, He born to labor with none of those dangerous winning side, no heaven but to get into ofice, liow fortunate, then, when we can referto a | man who has newer been in the market for sale, whom no man would ever dare approach with a bribe. You hear loud talk about “men not to be trusted,” about ‘prevalent corruption,” about “scrambling for the spoils,” about “double deal- ing” and “unprincipled demagogues.’’ These are not my phrases, Do they mean nothing, or are they tle words in which the history of these times must fuaily be written? It has been the curse of Alwerical jitics to have men who could be de- pended upon tor nothing except to shift when it is advantageous to stilt and to grab when there is | anything to grab; who might even become honest if they thought that would pay. But, continued the reverend gentleman, | have no desire to pursue this part of the subject. Itisa matter which cannot be overlooked, and I only and | wish to put @ few words where they will DO THR MOST GOOD, Alas for the nation if there be not enough public virtue leit to doom pinnderers to the deep perdi- tion where they belong! One thipg would be grati- | Lynch as sub-deacon. fying, and that is te pee all the place-seekera and politicians around the coffin of our great Chief ice and say, “Learn here that it is possible for one to be a public man, yet honest.” The ‘er, in conclusion, paid @ high tribute to character of the departed Chiet Jus: hout his diseourse the congregation it Thr listened with profound attention and were visibly impressed. tice. ALL S0ULS' OHURCH. Dr. Bellows on “The Significance of Death.’ The Rev, Dr. Bellows preached yesterday morn- ing upon “The Significance of Death.” He chose for his text Psalm cixviil., 15—“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." The minister then said:— Nothing is less discriminating than the work of death. Three score and ten years have long ceased tobe the average of human life; the present general average scarcely equals one half of that yength. Death is the ever active agent in the lower world. The flowers are nipped by it; the eggs of the insects and the birds die by tho u- sands for every ohe which survives. Man, In fact, is much wore free from its influences. We think of death aa the greatest of evils, but tt is the decree of infinite wisdom regarding all life, and there must be the very best of reasons for the re- course to this way of renewing the world. Nothing is wasted, we are taught, in the vegetable world; we know that to millions of insects death means renewed life. Soto man death is only a chrysalis state. As the tide keeps the ocean pure, 80 end- less change keeps new ilfe in the world. Civiliza- tion and buman progress are furthered by the subtle influence of death. It acts as impartially as life, Anything that can live, lives; and all things which must die, die, Life, therefore, is just as much a calamity ag death. The latter, considered abstractly, 13 not & calamity, bul the very condition of human progress, a AT THE OHAMPION OF PROGRESS. Bivilization is not a mere suptertuge to make better homes for the vegetable or lower animal creation. ane pears Leer or fishes bare si Bs. complished anything for religion or mankind. They provide for nownlig gaeent Bink Winter's 1ood or shelter. Man it 18, alone, who has raised cities, changed rivers and made 1s own condition better, It 18 tnis something in him which continually prompts an improvement upon nature, which indt- viauaiizes man from all the rest of creation. All that the world possesses to-day (4 grticlas grandeur BRSEHRAN Hi Ps ae these Unings, tailty. The great sotences ud rom the natural world—the locomotive, the elec- tric telegraph, the great array of literature—are not the result of hints derived from the animal world, but they are the product of reason. As I think of the great works of literature, reared as they were in the knowledge of death, I ask myself what there isin thém which makes them superior to death? Tt is the genius and briliiant béain power expended upon them which give them immortality. Are auch names as Homer, Virgil, Phidias, Angelo, ‘Tasso, Dante, Raphael, Luther, Wesley, Erasmus, Shakspeare, Milton, Addison, Washington and Lin- coln to die, or are the men in their individuality +o die? Have these men not left behind them some- thing which is imperishable ? In thinking of this subject we must remember that it is death, certain and inevitable, which raires these questions. Man would never have looked up into heaven had he not been compelled to look down into death. I do not see how the expression ‘dust to dust’ is any more reasonable than spirit to spirit. MAN’S INDIVIDUALITY, There is no just ground for believing that human lives and souls are so much alike that they can be confounded In the life after the grave, There is an individuality in every one on the world. Ihave studied a child of two years of age for weeks, and [ find him coreiiy uulite ‘any other child in the world. Can it be possible, then, to destroy the personality of man by death? ‘Death is precious” to the great S{atesman as well as to the saints, It begins for oné @Feat man who has just gone trom among us a new existence both in history and in his own in- dividuality. The young woman who has the warm- est devotion for llanianity bas a character with God as well a8 with humanity. She finds her pleas- ures in life’s dudes, and, with a heart full of edit ya is the most welcome to all as a busy girl, When such a life has gone from the world, is she dead? Is she dead any more than the great statesman who has just ceased to breathe, or the great philosopher who has just passed from Avi- gnon to heaven’? No. Death is an illusiou—the soul denies its power. In heaven there are only so many bright, well-known faces waiting to meet us. THE TABERNACLE BAPTIST OHURCH. Some of the Hindrances to a Higher Life—The Call of God and Man’s Duty in Response—A Moral from the Life of the Late Chief Justice. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather last evening Steinway Hall was cemfortabty filled by an appreciative audience to listen to the sermon of the Rey. Wayland Hoyt, of the Tabernacle Bap- tist church, on the subject, “Some of the Hindrances to a Nobler Life.” He selected as his text the pas- sage found in Exodus, iv., 13—“‘And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray Thee, by the hand of him whom Thon wilt send.” He said:—Man’s duty is to be content; his duty is to be discontent; and in this paradox may be found the secret of successfu, life. He then proceeded to portray the shepherd life of Moses, its humble, retired character, devoid of variety in experiences, out from which God called him to a HIGHER LIFE AND NOBLER DUTIES. He showed the reluctance of Moses to accept this call and the persistent excuses he made and the answers given, until in the end, as though determined to persist in his disobedience, he says, in effect, “Send whom Thou wilt send, but do not send me.’’ His subject naturally divided itself into two heads. First, the call to a nobler life ; sec- ond, the hindrances which prevent our entering upon It, As Moses was called to the performance of @ great mission from his humble occupation of shepherd, so is every man called to aspire to a higher and nobler existence. We should know more. From our daily occupations we should study to increase our wisdom, as did Hugh Miller over the stones, which he chiselled in his humble avocation as builder. Before every man’s eye God has opened a broad open book which 1t is nis duty to study. Again, we should be more lov- ing, more interested in humanity, following the example of Christ. We should be stronger, steadier, firmer agalnst temptation. We shoul not tarry in Midian tending sheep, for as Cod called Moses so He callsevery man. He proceeded to show how God called man; fa those aspira- tions toward good which are felt by all at times; through the griefs which come upon us, sadden- ing the soul and yet lilting us up toward Him. As God promised to render Moses all neces- Sary assistance in the performance of those duties to whieh he was called, so He is ready to help every one. Me leaves no wan alone. In considering the hindrances to a higher life he first referred to the habits which bind us to the lower one, which makes any radical change distasteful to us. After illustrating the difficulty of breaking away from such habits he show therefrom the danger of lpi off our souls’ conversion, the preparation ne the life hereaiter. Man loses in process of time nis SPIRITUAL SUSCEPTIBILITY and beeomes deaf to the call of the Holy Spirit. Another hindrance was found tn the failure of pre- vious attempts toward it. Now, he urged ti continuance ol effort; new resolutions, with ever- increasing determivation to keep them, Failure should never paralyze our efforts, but prompt us to bring our weakness to the Lord Jesus, who would render us every assistance. He concluded by ad- dressing himself particularly to the young, and urging them to yield to the call of God. He made a beautiiul allusion to the death of Chief Justice Chase, who, from the time that he stood up in the face of public Koo in Ohio, a young man, to de- jend the black bondwoman, had, in Christian pu- rity, continually striven for a higher and nobler life, presenting an example which all, in their re- spective spheres, would do well to emulate, 8T, ANN’3 (BR. 0.) OHUROE. Forty Hours’ Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Yesterday at high mass was celebrated at this chureh one of the most impressive ceremonies of the Catholic religion, the exposition ef the Blessed Host, The interest excited by this solemn event, whicn takes place annually at St, Ann’s, was evinced by the largely increased congregation that filled nave, aisies and galleries, The tnree altars were literally radiant with myriad lights, and al- most buried beneath the floral treasures poured upon them by the liberal piety of the parishioners. Rev. Father Preston officiated as celebrant at high mass, Rev. Father Poole as deacon and Rev, Father The choir, under the direc- tion of its distinguished organist, Mr, Louis Dachau- er, sang Prince Poniatowski’s q¢rand mass, & very queer, rambling, undecided, patchy compo- sition; a lovely ‘Veni Creator,” an unaccompanied quartet by Dachauer, an “Agnus Dei,” dramatic, melodious and effective, by Niedermeyer, and the benediction hymns, “Parge Lingua’? and “Tantum Ergo.” The solo quartet consists of Mile. Henrietta Corradi, soprano; Mile. Gomien, alto; Herr Gros- chel, tenor, and Signor Succio, bass. They sang with accuracy, expression and a deep sense of the religious character of the music allotted to them. The length of the ceremontes caused the usual ser- mon to be omitted, but before the “Ite missa — Rev. Father Preston made some eloquent remarks on the solemnity of the occasion and the rever- ence with which the exposition of the Sacred Host should be regarded. A procession was then The formed, which passed down the middie aisie and then areund the interior of the church, to altar by the mid- dle First came the cross bearer, with two attendant acolytes; then a long line, in double dies, of bors ig handgome aid taptagal cat: with crimson sashes over eack shoulder; ‘one hundred little iris pink white, with’ fora chapiet wy oan y ila and bou- quets, banners uphel ee lenhaw’ anes end gleam: 8 and satin; and last! ant ol'white-robed. acolytes and thutisera: with, tel swinging bore alol canopy carried by the deacon. every aisle asthe long procession advanced, and flowers were strewn by infant hands in the path of the Holy of Holies, In the evening Niedermeyer’s vespers were chanted oy the choir, and a solemn benediction followed. The scene was one calcu- lated to inspire the coldest heart with religious fervor. 8T. BERNARD'S ROMAN ‘CATHOLIO OHUROH. Laying of the Corner Stone Yesterday by Archbishop McCloskey—Ten Thou- sand Persons Present—Grand Proces- sions of the Clergy, Young Girls in White d Religt Sodalities—Mayor Havemeyer Witnesses the Ceremony— Address by Father O’Farrell—Descrip- tion of the Edifice and Sketch of the Pastor, the Rev. Gabriel Healy. Ten thousand persons were yesterday present at the laying of the corner stone of the new St. Ber- nard’s Reman Catholic church, in West Fourteenth street, on the south side, between Eighth and Ninth avenues. The fair sex was more than usually represented, and the crowds of people who filled streets, sidewalks, stoops and windows, to- gether with the waving flags and banners, made the scene a most picturesque one, seldom seen on this side of the Atlantic, and only occasionally to be witnessed on the banks of the i TIBER, THE DANUBE OR THE MAUZANOZRS, There are but two stories erected as yet of the sacred edifice, and the second story was covered over with a board planking through the éntire sur- face efthe church. This platform wis erected in order that the august ceremonies might be cele- brated thereon. rig: ied Opposite the new edifice 1g the residence of ‘Mayor Mavemeyer, and, from every” Maadee ba corner of vantage in this residence, well-dressed ladies looked on the spectacle. The family of Mayor Haveméyer, as well ag the residents of the other aristocratic mansions in the block, witnessed the ceremony. Down Fourteenth street there was a perfect jam of people, all well dreased, silent and respectiul. Toward Eighth avenue there was Another dense mags of people, all watching for the advent of the procession, which, when it came, was to pe the signal jor the opening of the ceremony. A platform had been erected fronting the charch, at an elevation of about olght feet, on which & Many large number of ladies were assembled. persons had brought their umbrellas, as the skies were lowering and threatening to enguif the Spectators, a large number of whom were not members of the Roman Catholic faith. From the platform to a private residence across the street was stretched a line, and from the line depended an immense American ensign, displaying THE BEAUTEOUS STARs AND STRIPES, and from the east aud west walls another line was stretched, on which were hung the red, white and blue color of the nation, tte flags of Germany and France, the Harp of Erin, In green and gold, the Scottish Cross of St. ndrew, and 6vor,all swung the great ensign of the Papacy, wit eat muk-white folds fluttering in the uncerti ae mosphere, with the golden fisherman’s crooks, keys aiid tiara of three crowns. About twelve hundred peisona wefe assembled on the platform, among whom were numbered seme of our best known citizens and their families. Everything on the platform was in perfect order for the ceremonie: three large chairs having been placed at the exac' spot on which the altar is to stamd—one for Arch- bishop McCloskey, in the centre; one for Bishop Bacon, of Portland, and one for Bishop McNierney, ot Albany. To show what faith can doit was observabie that every square box used for holding mortar in the construction of the building ha been placed with the precision and regularity only known to the West Point professor, in the numer- ous windows of the church, out of the way of the spectators. At about haif-past three o’cioc! A LOW HUM AMONG THE MULTITUDE of people announced tnat the procession was com- ing. It had been formed at.the old St. Bernard's church, which is situated on Thirteenth street, be- tween Eighth and Ninth avenues, at the rear of the new edifice. The poilce opened a passage for the peocemoe and then camé a moving picture of ealth, beauty and innocence. Thirty young ladies, to the Slory of maidenhood, attired in white, wear- ing pink silk sashes, and pink silk streamers from their hats, marched two by two, carry- ing the banner of the church. ‘nis was the Secolety of the Holy Angels, peing composed of young ladies, daughters of the arishioners of St. Bernard. They were preceded if the acolytes in red soutanes and white sur- plices, the centre acolyte bearing the archiepisco- pal cross. Following the Holy Angels’ Society came about twenty-iour young ladies in white Swiss, with English straw hats trimmed with blue and heavy Mazarin blue silk scarfs across their shoulders. This was the Young Ladies’ So- dality of St, Aloysius, Six young, fresh and fair maidens bore an elegant white silk banner at the head of this division, holding the silken cords in their hands which kept the banner in its place. Then came tbe Young Men’s St. Bernard Sodality, the St Bernard's Mutual Benevolent Societ, and other guilds connected with the parish, all wéaring appropriate badges and silver crosses at their coat lapels. After the societies came the presses ot the clergy, First was to be seen Bishop Bacon, of Portland, an heed looking prelate, who looked to the right lett and CARRIED A SILVER SNUFF BOX in his right hand, and on his left was Bishop Nierney, of Albany, whose features were known to 80 many of our Catholic citizens during his con- nection with the diocese, The Episcopal purple covered their shoulders and the episcopal rings were worn on the fingers of each. And how eee the venerable figure of Archbishop McCloskey, seemingly in broken health, his kindly and refine features expanding at the affectionate looks cast upon him, his gorgeous vestment glorious with gold and precious stones, the mitre on his head and the archiepiscopal crozier borne in his right hand. Then followed the reverend carey of the diocese in white surplices and bearing their ban- ners, tothe number of abeut fifty. Side by side of the Archbishop walked the new Vicar General, Rev. Father Quinn, and as the procession moved to where the altar is to be set up Archbishop McClos- key scattered holy water on the reverent spectators, and the clergy chanted ‘Asperge me Domihe.”” Among, the clergy were the Rev. Dr. MeGiynn, of St. Stephen’s; Rev. Charles McCready, of St. Stephen’s; Rev. Gabriel He: , of the new St. Bernard’s church; Rev. Dr. McCaffrey, ex-President of Mount St. Mary’s polleas, Emmets- burg, Md. ; Rev. Father Slinger, of the Dominicans, and another Dominican clergyman; Father Tracy, Father McGean, Transfiguration church; Rev. M. J, O'Farrell, of St. Peter's (the orator of the day) ; Rev. Father Rigney, assistant master of ceremo- nies; Father Hughes, of Mott Haven; Fathers Goeckiu, Daubresse and Hudon, of the Company of Jesus; Father Bedfish, of the Missionary Pri¢sts of St. Paul; Father Clowry, of St. Gabriel’s; Rev. Dr. Duify, of St. Joseph's, and many other clergymen of the diocese and from surrounding cities, THE FOUR WALLS OF THE CHURCH were blessed with solemn ceremony, the corner stone was laid by the good Archbishop, and a white wooden cross, eight feet high, was erected to denote the paice on which the sacred mysteries of the New Law were hereafter to be performed. The chants and prayers, used from the Roman Pontifical, were impressive in the highest degree, and the beginning of each was as follows :— EIGHTY-THIRD PSALM.—“Quam dilecta tabernac- ula tua Domine, Virtutum concupiscit, deficit anima mea in atria Domini cor meam et caro mea erultaverunt in Deum vivum.” PRAYER—“ Domine Deus qui iicet coelo et terra non capiaris.”’ PRaYER—‘‘ Domine Jesu Christe, Fili Det Vivi."’ Prayer—‘ Domine Domum Sancti Pater Omni- potens.”” CHant—Mane Surgens Jacob.” ON# HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX@H PSALM.—“Nisi Dominus wdificavit domum." FIFTIETH PSALM—‘Miserere Deus.” EIgnty-Sixth Psatm—‘‘Fundemonta ejus in montibus sanctis.” ‘The address attendant on the laying of the cor- ner stoue was deliveredin a most eloquent manner by the Rev. Michael J. O'Farrell, of St. Peter’s church, Barclay street. He took for his text the line from the * FOURTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF JOSHUA, “What mean those stunes ?" The reverend gen- tleman appropriately referred to the fact that in the preparatory part of the building of all struc- tures, whether literary, artistic or nataral, the juestion was asked ‘What mean those stones the words of Joshua to the Israelites when he bade them take twelve stones out of the bed of the river and build a temple were pecu- priate to this occasion, The ad = been haa did from 4 land \d slavery to a land of freedom and pien- ty. Far higher than Joshua, and greater was this other Joshua who came after the redemption of mankind—Jesus Christ, before whom we ‘all must bow. He has taken us out ofa land of bondage, and for eighteen centuries the Catholic Church, which might have as a symbol twelve apostles, twelve pillars, as a memory of the twelve stones ordered by Joshua for the temple, had stood out against error, heresy and sin, and though the powers and princes of the Old World were ur, the vilest reasons for the destruction of the olic Church, yet it will stand out against them all to the end of time. In this Church said the speaker, your children will be baptized, your oung men and women Will be joined in the holy bands of matrimony. a bond which must never be broken in this world, though pernicious opinions are displayed day after day against it. rev- erend gentieman thea concluded with some good and wholeseme advice to his hearers. After which followed the Pontifical benediction, which was ‘iven; solemnly to the people by the reverend eae and then the ceremon a closed, winc box de; eo a the oa atone laced copper ani len co! paper curreney of the United States, together with COPIES OF THR NEW YORK HERALD | ‘end other daily, weekly and illustrated lournals ; indestractibie copper, having in- seribed the name of the churct patron saint, the year, day and month in which the corner atone of the church was laid, the names of President Grant, Governor Dix, or Havemeyer, the Rev. Arc! McCloskey, . Gabriel . pastor of St. Bernard's church, and his assistants, the Rev. William O'Kelly and the Rev. Patrick Healy. The construction of the edifice and the cost of the ground wiil amount tn total to $120,000. To the untiring energy, unfit g perseverance and G01 ration of the jon him so mock, will be due tnb erection of this tem- le of religion, and it is expected that it will be ly completed and ready for the celebration of mass by the opening week of October. FATHER HEALY is one of the youngest clergymen and one of the hardest working in the diocese. He was educated for the priesthood at Montreal, and, seven years ago, was ordained in St. Patrick's Cathedral 1p this city. St. Berpard’s church will be designed in the Gothic order and will be built of Belleville stone, trimmed with Nova Scotia stone. The lot on which the church is to be built ts 126 feet 6 inches in re and 7% feet in width, The edifice will be the full depth of the lot and 67 feet in width. The base- ment of the edifice will be constructed of granite. The former St. Bernard's church in Thirteenth street will, in process of time, be used for school purposes, CHURCH OF THE DISOIPLES, St. Paul and the Old Philosophers—All Systems Dead bat Christianity—Sermon by the Rev. George H. Hepworth. Unpromising as was the weather there was the usual large and fashionable attendance at the ser- vices yesterday morning at {yo Gauroh of the Disciples, corner ot “h avente and Yorty- fifth street, The fev. George B. Hepworth, the reached another in his sertes of able and Instructing discourses on “The Foundations of Christian Faith.’ His text was, Acts xvii., 18— “Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoica encountered him,” The word en- countered, he began, has a meaning in our diction of simply to meet; but in the olden language of feudal times tt meant not only to meet, but, with a hostile intent, 0 * RUN A TIT WITH, ‘ and it was in this dense that Paul met them as in a tournament, Think first of the place in which Paul stood—classic Athens, All around him are the symbols of Pagan worship, in front of him the Acropolis, on whose summit stood an immense statue of Minerva, with a shield and spear. The first thing the returning warrior saw was the shield and spear of this goddess. St. Paul seems to have first found bis way into the market place. At the further end Plato preached his doc- trine, and at the main end Aristotle preached Be porde which ring iy clarion, pot oan '. 081 aa the place whére eople met to tul Git ARS Toles Or the day, to discuss uestions of politics ana finance, and poetry and literature and the fine arts and what not. And St. Paul, the man with the strong, rugged face and broken speech, was to speak to this polished and cultured multitudé, spoke first to the Epicure- ans, telling them that it Was his desire not to win the victors, but to teach them truths. After he had spoken some of them Jaughed, but some walked backward and forward with thoughtful brows and invited him to meet them furthér upon Mars Hill, that they might be away from the mliiltingde. He met them there and told them the story. My féXt is peculiar as to time. While Rome held the body of Athens captive, Athens held, intellectually, the Ppole world captive, I ask myself, then, thts ques- lon—W hat, in that encounter, was the pecultarity that eexpatan ep hire ie “Wbw SYSTEM OF RELIGION? ‘ ‘The Epicti¥ean sata that aman should follow hap- piness. And althotgh the great Master of the philosophy may have had higher views His disciples regarded only physical happiness. St. Paul looked at them and said, I preack a new system that con- tains all yours, but yours is omly a small part of mine. You Epicureans are near-sighted. You took to the temporal; we look to the eternal. Then he turned to the Stoics, who endare all things, and to say nothing is grand. But what a philosophy is this to THE COMMON RUN? To endure is good, but to do no mere is nothing; it 1s to grow into a slave; it is simply endurance because we must, and that terrible word “must” 18 the incarnation of all despotism. To worship Mi- nerva is to think that if we do right she will help us. My religion includes that it tells a man that he must do, for we give him an inspiration that en- ables him to bear gladly and every. not only to endure, but to be thankful to God. Did Epicurus ever dream a dream like that? Did Socrates or Plato ever have such a vision? Never; it was only Christianity, Your masters, where are they? They are sleeping in the grave. My Master burst the grave, and to-day their systems are dead. But Christian- ity 1s an amaranthine flower. ‘That Christianity, which is our delight, stands alone. It docs not HIDE BEHIND A FENCE, Search for yourselves. Learn what is truth and then stand by it always. Beiore Christ was born His birth was herald :d, and over Him the angels sang, “Peace on earth, good will tomen.” Jesus came to prove himself an exceptional character—a character of self-forgetiuiness. By His cross learn the way to heaven. 8T, PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, Vicar General Quinn’s First Ser= mon in the Cathedral—His Recollec- tions of His Predecessor—The Work of Father Starrs Admired by a Friend ‘Who Wil! Follow in His Footsteps— The Music and the Ceremonies. ‘The threatening aspect of the weather yester- day would have detained many congregations from attending church, no matter what the text of the sermon to be preached was, but the congregation of the Cathedral, knowing that Father Quinn, the new Vicar General, was to deliver his inaugural sermon, attended high mass yesterday in large numbers, to do honor to the man and the occasion. Besides the large congregation, there were many of Father Quinn’s old parishioners in attendance, all anxious to hear his first words to his new charge. THE MASS was & solemn high mass, with celebrant, deacon and sub-deacon. The ceremonies were gorgeous, grand and imposing, the altar being ablaze with a galaxy of burning tapers and alive with itinerant acolytes, who, with lighted tapers, moved in solemn procession on and off the altar during the celebration. THE MUSIC, which was arranged and rendered under the direc- tion of Mr. Gustave Schmitz, the welhknown organ- ist, was quite equal to any of the previous efforts of the well trained choir, The selections were very apposite to the solemn occasion. The mass was by Torente, in , for four solo voices and chorus. “Laudamus te’ and “Et Incarnatus” were ren- dered in elegant style by Mme. Chomé. Messrs. Biedel and Urches sang the ‘Domine Deus.” THE SERMON, before which was sung “Veni Creator,”’ was deliv- ered by Father Quinn, whose voice was then heard for the first time within the sacred precincts of the Cathedral. The gist of his remarks will be found in the followin, do not suppose there is one among you w! joes not know of the dignity which has lately been conterred upon me. This dignity and Deg rent I snall endeavor to wear in a manner becoming & man and a priest, but how far I will be successiul is ior God to decree and the fu- ture to reveal. When I think of the one whose successor I am I cannot help regretting that he was not spared to continue to fill tits office and discharge its duties. But since it has pleased the Almighty to remove him from the sphere of his usefulness to the haven of his happi- ness and the enjoyment of the reward of his labors, I can see no fitter course than to follow, 43 near a8 I can, in footsteps. If I succeed in this lam confident ail will be well. The late lamented Vicar General was, I believe, the first priest I spoke to when I came to this country; and from the aa, upon which I spoke to him until the day of his death we were stro! friends. In my capacity of friend I had opportunities of senayieg his good qualities, which were many, and which | admired the more as totally lacking in myself. I never considered myself capable of filling the vacancy of @ priest like Father Starrs, but as Ihave been chosen by my superiors to fil the va- ae ibe use my Utmest endeavors to prove worthy of the trust reposed in me. I hope, as we grow older, the ties between us will grow stronger and stronger, lasting even beyond the grave. OHRIST CHURCH. Orphanage and Crime in New York— Sermon by the Rev. E. Cowley. A sermon in behalf of “The Children’s Fold” was preached last evening in Christ church, Thirty-fifth street and Fifth avenue, by the Rev. Edward Cow- ley. The subject of the discourse was orphanage andcrime. The church was, as usual, filled with a fashionable congregation. The sermon opened with a striking reference to THE CASE OF MOSES, who was found friendless among the bulrushes and succored by Pharaoh’s daughter, The thou- sands of friendtess ones in this city were then al- luded to and the necessity of suceoring them urged upon the congregation. ‘The larger portion of those who come to this city come with the inten- tion of stopping here for a time and then passing on to the next. Many of them do pass on, but a large number are forced to remain, and, a8 a result, the poor and unfortunate crowd our streets and corners. | The aick, the poor, the orphan and the criminal come to us from across t and we yare forced to look to their Many of them drift into crimes, Mil our hospitals, | our | re end our prisons. In 1870 there were admitted into the city prisons and 70.000 neanla. whe coat the city $400,000, and since that time the, number has Micadily increased, MMISSIONERS OF CHARITIES AND CORRROEIENS foatusen destitute children in 1871 $191,000, = im the same year the total criminal classes 000. Statiation en aan OF the number of children in the various institutions, and the sermon closed with an ‘appeal on behalf of the special charity for which the sermon was preached. PLYMOUTH OHUROH, BROOKLYN, A Cluster of Babies for Baptism at Plymouth Church—A Young Noncom- formist and Protester—An Illegible Notice and a Hearty Laugh—A Sermom About Babies and Advice to Persoms About to Marry by Mr. Beecher. It was “baby Sunday” at Plymouth church yes terday morning. The bread, Catholic and large hearted announcement of Mr. Beecher given last week that the children of all parents, whether the latter were believers or not, needing baptism might come afd welcome, resulted in the presen- tation to hith, just before the prayer thas preceded the sermon, of twenty babies, borne in the arms of their fathers, and accompanied by their mothers. One little fellow, whose moter and father are members of the church, turne tase resolutely away from the pastor atthe supreme moment, when the baptizer’s moistened hands should be placed on his head, and with no lan- guage but a strong, healthy, good-natured cry, ap- Pealed to the congregation against the novel pro-, Menke ae “nella brought out a ini mous smile, whieh Mr. Beecher turned to spiritual account in a few words spoken, before leading the congregation in prayer. He said that it always seemed to him remarkable that childrem behaved so well at baptism. They did not offer one thousandth part of the resistance to an ordl- nance they did not understand that grown | people did to the strivings of the Spirit of God,’ which they did underatand, and which they too often willully put aside, One of the heartiest Jaughs probably ever heard on a Sunday morning was brought out yesterday morning, by a comment of Mr. Beecher’s on ges: AN ILLEGIBLE NOTIOR dent to him trea He kept the audience waiting in silence a few monménts wile ke looked down half a sheet of note paper, evidently in great per- plexity, then taking his eye from the paper he said :—‘I wish that people who send me notices to read would remember that Iam getting older. T don’t want them to write in a larger’ hand, but I do want them to write in {0K and not in colored water.” He thea- read the notice, with frequent trippings, and after laboring through it, he came to the fol- lowing concluding line. “Further particulars will be given in the daily papers.” On reading this he ex- Claimed with a heartiness that was irresistible and which was received with a peal of laughter, “Thank God!’ An appropriate sermon about babies was preached and the text was selected from the eighteenth chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew and the tenth verse:—‘Take heed that ye despise noi one of these little ones, for £ Say unto you, that in heaven their angels do al- Way: pel ie mabe aE patie ie oe heaven.’ wags the time, said Mr. Beecher, throu ng Ht ike temperate Zone when there isa COmIAg forth of life, when the trees and hedges re- new their leaves and biossoms, and when the ani- mals rejoice in their own rude way. The feeling the delight of sense are a6 a orsal, = beautiful e universal, and when ghingrens tor all children are beautiful to those who own them, in common with the animals, mbo}.and play ina manner that to the thought- nt beholact is extremely Se In the specta- cle ef the gantbols ofthe animal kingdom there was no feeling of nivral responsibility to cloud the en- joyment of the spectacle, but ne man could look upon young childreit@nd forecast their probable future without a feelly% of Sadness. He should, therefore, look at ox gone % THE DARK. ef childnood, because he heer? thousands of godly men and bes “hen, children joy belittied by this feeling. ee 1 xe in tite. were largely dependent for their cl Sah. and upon their organization, both physical am best Men and women of impaired physical consti are permitted to have offspring, People come gether in the married state with iil-assorted faculties, aud with temperaments calcviated to make their lives miserable all their sien J There is no angei standing to warn them of tl folly. After thousands of hag and alter scienc® has done all that it can, the instruction that is given to persons about to marry ts very obscure. Probably they are but twenty years of age. How little do they know of themselves, how ill-prepared are they to be wise tor their children! What would ebe thought of a child who was sent upon the stormy sea in a schoener, lully equipped, as far as locomotive power was concerned, but no one with him to guide the ship, and he was told to do the best he could to make a successful voyage ? Yet that is the way many children were sent upen their journey of life—children who are born, in conse- quence of the ignorance of their parents, withous the means of acquiring a knowledge of the laws of the world, society, or themselves. Consider, too, how little those are likely to know who are made teachers of children. Consider this, too, in the light of Calvinism, and if you follow the irresistible lo; of that system, and foliow it out to its legiti- mate conciusion, I cannot see how a man dare to enter inte the tamily state. The chances of failure in lite, looked at in this aspect, seem to measa@ hundred to one against success. In support of this view Mr. Beecher read a letter that he had received from a lady, in which the dread of bring- ing children into the worid to take this dreadful risk had prevented her assuming the crown of wifehood, and THE JOYS OF MATERNITY. ‘ To all this, however, there was a bright side; for Christ had said that to all children there was a special ministration. Leaving out the question of the disabilities under which so many children are brougnt into life, let us see in how many ways the birth of children inspire us to better living and doing; inspires the brain to an action that results in disinterested affection. There is an untold amount of resources of a nobler life that would not be brought out in us except for our love of children, The preacher here dwelt upon maternal love and instanced the affection of every one in his father’s family of eleven children, He concluded by giving advice to persons avout to marry, urging more caution in the selection of partners for life, and said that he had no objection to love at first sight if it were sustained and strengthened by the second sight. 8T, JOHN’S CATHEDRAL, NEWARK. Bishop Corrigan Begins Work—He Con. firms a Hundred Persons in Newark— Highly Interesting Services. St. John’s, the parent Catholie church of Newark, yesterday celebrated the anniversary of its conse- cration in @ most solemn and interesting man- ner. There were three services, at all of which the newly consecrated Bishop of the diocese, Right Rev. Dr. M. A. Corrigan, was present, for- mally beginning the earnest work assigned him as “a prince of the Church.”* In the morning, at half-past nine o'clock, the sacred edifice was filled to overfowing with the friends of about one hundred persons—young anda old—who had assembied for confirmation at the hands of the new and youthful Bishop, In his address to the children Bishop Corrigan took occa sion to express his gratefulness for having been invited to ofMictate on such an occasion in the very church in which he himseif had been confirmed. It was a singular fact, discovered by one of the Seton Hall College Seminaries, through finding an old book, that this very day (yesterday) thirty-five td the fourth Sunday after Easter, when ‘ather Moran was pastor, CONFIRMATION SERVICES were held in St. John’s, at which Bishop Dubois, of New are oiticlated, Seventy-five persons trom Orange, Elizabeth and surrounding points were confirmed. Bishop Hughes, afterwat rcehbishop, Bishop Bay- fev the sermon the same day. ey, in one year, confirmed in the same churca 1,000 persons. After the confirmation the solemn high mass was celebrated. THE BISHOP PREACHED on the sacred beauty of the blessed Virgin. In the evening after vi rs there were a procession of the children and @ sermon by the Rev. Father McGovern, of Bergen Point. The children, aiter speaking their little set speeches, presented their bea: tint floral offerin with which at the close the statue of the Virgin Mary was crowned. Be- sides the Bishop and the pastor, Rev. Father Kil- len, there were present Very Rev. G. H. Doane, Vicar General; Rev. Fathers’ James H. Corrigan, Cody, Schneider and Kane. To-day Bishep Corti gan will be aoe in St. Peter's, Jersey City, at a meeting of the Catholic Union. “APTER MANY YEARS.” “Do Unto Others As You Would That They Should Do Unto You.” Ona bright Autumn day in 1358, as John Fitzgerald and his playmate, James McDonald, were playing on the towpath of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, James missed his footing and fell into the water, which, but for the daring and presence of mind of his companion, would have closed over him, McDonald went away, Fitzgerald did not know where, and they were lost to each other until atew days since, when Fitzgerald received a check from Japan for $1,000 from a J. McDonald, accompanying which was a letter which awakened in Fitzgeraid’a mind what had for years been a slumbering recol- lection, He remembered his old playmate, and wrote him a letter of thanks for his kind rewar enclosing many hopes for the continuance of success 1Q far-off Japan,