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a 6 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. —— June Pentecost or Whit Sunday. - RELIGIOUS PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY. Herald Religious Communion Table. eeeeereeteececemal SCIENCE AND PRAYER. An Answer to Professor Tyndall. PASTORAL MISSIONS IN FLORIDA. The Established Church Pulpits. THE PROPHECY OF ST. MALACHY AGAIN, Catholicism on the Banks of the Hudson. /CATHOLICISM AT THE NORTH POLE. Interview with a Missionary in Lapland. Substantial Aid Wanted for Laplanders. the The Feast of Weeks---A Jewish Festival. ent Cal MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Services To-Day. Rev. R. J. Nevin, of St. Paul’s, in Rome, will preach to-day in Calvary church, at half-past ten A. M. and four P. M. “Suicide; Its Guilt and Consequences,” will be Dr. Holmes’ subject this evening at Trinity Bap- tist church. The Doctor will preach the sixth an- Mmual sermon at half-past ten A. M. At the services this morning in Zion Episcopal church there will be special musical exercises. Rev. Dr. Talmage will preach to the Tabernacie congregation at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, morning and evening. At the Methodist Free Tabernacle Rev. John E. Cookman preaches morning and evening. “Murmurings” will be the basis of Rev. Wayland Hoyt’s discourse this evening, at Tabernacle Bap- ist church, Morning service as usual. Rey, Dr. Brice will preach in the morning and Rev. Dr. Potter, of Grace church, in the evening at the new St. Stephen's, Rev. W, H. Pendleton preaches upon special sub~ jects, morning and evening, at Fitty-third street Baptist church. Rev. E. C. Sweetser will preach bis farewell ser- mons this morning and evening at Bleecker street Universalist church, At Berean Baptist church Rev. P. preaches morning and evening. Atthe Church of the Reformation there will be services morning, afternoon (children’s) and even- ing by Rev. U. T. Tracy. Rey. Dr. Anderson preaches, morning and even- ing, at the First Baptist church. Rev. H. D. Northrop preaches at West Twenty- third street Presbyterian cnurcn, morning and evening. At St. Luke’s (Methodist); Rev. J. F. McClelland preaches morning and evening. Father Beeson, of Oregon, will give a discourse In Rev. Dr. Chapin’s churen, this evening, at eight o'clock, on “The responsibility of Christians rela- tive to the Modoc and other Indian wars.” The Bishop of New York will administer the rite of Confirmation, at half-past ten A. M., in the Free Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Sunday sciioo} fes- tival at half-past three P. M. Rev. J. K. Demarest preaches in Westminster Presbyterian church at the usval hours, morning and evening. Rev. Dr. Flagg preaches this morning in the Eighty-fifth street church, and Rev. E. H. Kettell in the evening. Confirmation services at Rodof Snolom temple, under conduct of Dr, A, Hain, at eleven o'clock aM. Whitsuntide services at the usual hours in Christ church, by Rev. Dr. Hugh Miller Thompson. At Anthon Memorial chureh Rev. Rt. Heber New- | ton preaches at balf-past tea A. Choral service | at half-past three P. M. | Services at the Russian-Greek chapel (in English) L. Davis at ten A. M. At Fourteenth street Presbyterian church Rev. | Robert Sloss 7 ches morning aud evening. Preaching, morning and evening, in Central Baptist church, by Rev. Frederick Evans. Services, as asual, in Laight street Baptist church, by Rev. H, W. Kuapp. Rey. J. W. Barnhart preaches in Forsyth street Methodist church, morning and evening. “The True Church a Burdensome Stone” is the | subject upon which Bishop Snow will dilate, at | three o’clock, in the University. The congregation of St. Paw (Reformed) will worship at the Harvard Rooms, morning and even- | lng. Rev. F. V. D. Garretison preaches. Special Whitsunday services at St. Thomas’, under conduct of Rey. Dr. Morgan, at nine and half-past ten A. M. and four P. M. Rey. W. ©, Dawson preaches at the Church of Christ, morning and evening. Rev. Dr. Samson will officiate in Baptist church at the morning and services, “What Do We Mean by the Providence of Goa’ is Rev. G. H. Hepworth’s morning subject, and “Some of the Head Winds of Life's Voyage” his evening subject at the Church of the Disciples. At Canal street Presbyterian church, Rev. David Mitchel! preaches at half-past ten A. M. and at hall- past three P. M. At All Saints’ Rev. Wm. N. Donnell will preach | in the morning and evening. Plymouth eventng Chaplain Laval wil m er at the Episcopal servicer in Bice: T street mission morning and afternoon. ° Scionce and Preyer—An Answer to Pro- fessor Tyndali=Mr. Guiton’s and Pro« | terest of relig ‘NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1873-—QUADRUPLE SHEET. be done.” The prayer of the Christian % always subservient to the better knowl- edge, wisdom, judgment of the One to whom it is addresse Har is, therefor, in effect, a desire expressed, a prayer urged, that the mind and desires of the applicant may conform to the excellent knowledge and sovereign will of the Father, to whom it is offered, In all other forms of prayer ‘the applicant insists upon his own better knowledge and wisdom as to what he juires ; and in no case 1s willing to submit that point to another. Whereas the Christain is taught that he can by no possibility knew what is for Sim- self. “As directed he offers up his orisons to his Heavenly Father, beagey & praying for those things which he tuinks inay be best tor but always, nevertheless, “Thy will be done.' And thus the Christian's prayer, if persisted 1n, must always be favorably answered by conforming his mind to that of the will of his Heavenly Father. Yours truly, WM. COVENTRY H. WADDELL. VALHALLA, May, 1873. Pastoral Mission in Florida. To THE Epiror oF THE HERALD :— The Right Rev. Augustine Verot, Bishop of St. Augustine, Fla., has been visiting Key West, Fla., recentiy in the interest of his pastoral mission. During his stay there he administered confirmation to about seventy persons, fifteen of whom were Cubans. He also presided at a literary soirée given at the Convent of Mary Immaculate. The pro. gramme comprised the usual tableau, musical and other exercises, and exhibited in its rendition a high degree of efficiency on the part of the pupils. ‘The convent and schgol are under the direction of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, resided over by Mother Felicity, and were estab- ished at Key West some five years ago, the en- couragement offered to such a work being not.only the local wants ef Southern Florida, but as offering to many Northern students an educational institu- tion of a fret class character, that would attract poe from the North whose health required a jouthern residence during @ period of the year that would constitute a full term. In this the Sisters have not been disappointed, as the number of pupils at present will average 100 for the past ear, although, thus far, this realization of their hopes has been centined to local needs, They are striving to build ® new house, with larger accom- modations, when they hope to receive a larger ac- cession of boarders and obtatn Northern support. Among those present at the exhibition were Rev. Father Beauchamp, Rev. Father Allard, pastor here of St. Mary's, Star of the Sea, and the Kev. Father La Rocque, his assistant. In the course of the exercises a diploma and medal were presented by the Right Rev. Bishop to the third graduate, after which the prelate made the customar harge to the pupils as to the new course of life, with new surroundings, that their companion was about to enter upon. The Sisters of this Order became very popular here, on the occasion of the last visit of the small- pox, by their untiring efforts to extend relief to the sick, The hospital for the infected was placed under their charge. and the recoilection of their fearless aud caretul nursing still remains active in the minds of the people. + The Church of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, has re- cently undergone extensive repairs and enlarge- ment. The Catholic people here, aithough in fair proportion (that is, leaving out the Cubans) to other Christians, is not wealthy, and the work upon the building has been almost completely inter- rupted for want of funds. The Bishop was to have delivered a lecture on Monday evening, May 19; bat there being no intelligence of the Likelihood of the quarantine at Havana being raised, and fearing i! it were not he might be detained too long, he availed himself of the privilege extended him of going North to Cedar Keys in the government st ner Geranium, proceeding thither on special service. The Prophecy of St. Malachy Again, To THE Epiror OF THE HERALD:— Thave read with interest the articles which have appeared in the HERALD recently relating to the prophecy of St. Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh. ‘The most interesting ef these articles is that which was printed in your issue of the 6th inst. It con- cluded as follows :— One Hundred and First—We are now at Pius IX., the 101st Pope on the list. He got the pre-an- nouncement “Crux de Cruce,” * * * such are the prophecies and their applications, attributed to St. Malachy, of Ireland, on the Popes of Rome, * * * They present the question, ts Pius IX. the last of the Popes ? Your talented correspondent. patie had a copy of the prophecies attributed to St. Malaca: betore him when he prepared the articles for the HERALD. Why be has terminated the prophecy of St. Malachy with the demise of the 101st Pope trom Celestine L., namely, the present Pontiff, Pius IX., is more than | can tell; pose, 80 prevalent now p mely, to create a “se Wus his object he has certainly succ: tain extent. The prophecy attributed to St. Malachy actually inciudes the pontticates of ten additional occupants, of the chair of St. Peter aiter Pius LX. 1 was re- minded of th ju reading the letter of your cor- respondent “David O’Keeifee,” which appeared in the HEBALD of this morning. Mr. O’Keetlee refers to a work edited by the late Nicholas O’Kearny, of Dublin. Knowing that [ had copy ot Mr. O’Kearay’s book tying around “in a promiscuous manner,” as Mrs. Partington would say, I thought Ywould’ hant it upand see what Mr,’ O’Kearny had to say on the subject. The book ts now before me. ifind that the prophecy of St. Malachy begins with Pope Celestine 1143, and goes on in regu. lar order, pretty much as your correspondent of tne 6th has stated, until Pius LX. (the 10lst from eeded toa cer- Ol.—Crux de Crace—Pius I TO BE FI on in coe) de medietate lune, fe labore sults. —Gloriw Oliv ema Sancta Romane Ecclesi« tis gut pascet oves in multis (ribula- Uomibus, qu ta certs sept collis dirurtur et pil 6x treme: abit populum suum, From the above you will see, if there is any re- liance to be placed in the prophecy, that we are to have a f more Popes to govern the Church Catholic alter is shall please God to call the present distinguished Ponttil to his reward. lf you consider wwe preceding worth a place in the HERALD please have it primted therein for the information of many of your readers, and by so doing conter a favor on an exile from LOUGHGALL, In’ persc sedebit & New York, May 18, 1873. Catholicism on the Hudson, To THE Epiror oF THE HERALD:— About a year ago Kev. James Fitzsimmons, late assistant pastor of the Church of Holy Innocents, was appointed to take charge of St. , Rhinect On bis arrival he visited the parts of lis mission and saw at a glance He went to work and established seven Sunday schools im the following piaces:—Hyde Park, Tivoli, Staatsburg, Rhineciiff, Barrytown, Rhinebeck and Reahook. Ladies who had the in- nm at heart willingly took charge of them in their respective localities. A certain hour each day was appointed for the children to embie, and Father Fitzsimmons might be ay gmat one of his mis- and Wxpiain to the little at truths of their holy faith; and in, ord to encourage? them he offered as prizes beautifully bound velvet prayer books, which were wou by the following named chil- dren:—Miss Mary Abn Karly, of Rhineclitf; Miss Walsh, of Staatsburg; Miss Ellie Tierney, of Hyde Park, and Mr. Nicholas Kiernan, of Staatsburg. Thus the good work went on until late in the Fall, But no sooner did the first symptoms of Spring appear the good Father resumed his labors alnong the children, and on the sth of April had the great sat: vl over three hundred children communion. Satisfied with the r rs among the chy n, ne turned his attention to the admits, and bad a mission ed on the zotu of April, which lasted two wecks, and was | conducted with great success by Fathers Byrne and | Vowers, of the Dominican Order. The mission closed on Sunday, the 4th of May, and on the 7th of May the Most Kev. Archbishop McCloskey, attended by his se: ary, Key. Jolin Farrelly, and assisted by Kev. Edward Briody, Bartholomew Galligany John Kergan and Charles Coriey, administered the sacrament of coniirmation to 439 children and adults, At eleven o'clock A. M. the children were formed. into line by Father Fitzsimmons, and as the bell tolied they commenced to march from the college hal to the church. Rarely, itever, such a sight was witnessed betore on tie banks of the Hudson, The boys were dressed in their best attire, and each wore a beautiful rosette on the leit arm. The girls. dressed in white, encircled with a blue sash, weartng long white veils which fell gracefully over the back, and crowned with white wreaths, moved gentiy along, displaying the greatest humility and recoliection. ‘The church Was tastefully decorated for the occasion, and was literally packed, yet the most perfect order and line ‘were displayed throughout the fessor Martin’s Theories About Prayer. | To Tue Epitor of THE HERALD: Mr. Galton’s recent stat: al argument, which endeavors to show that the people who pray do not live any longer, don't get well any sooner, don’t get any richer, don’t make any better in- vestments, than the people who don’t pray, really has no bearing at ail on the so-called prayer test, ‘The Christian’s prayer is, of course, the point npon ‘which the controversy arises, in contradistinction from all other torms of prayer. The difference is very material between the Onristian prayer ana all other forms of prayer as Gefined by the Master himself. See the model form, “Our Father who art in heaven,” &c., &., ‘embodying the important and expression, gevertheless, “Thy Will as celebrated by Rey. John Kegan, at | the conclusion of which the Most Rev. Arch- | bishop delivered a beautiful and appropriate dis- | course to the children, and in the end passed the highest encomium on Father Fitzsimmons for the | manner he had prepared and tnstracted the chil- | drea of scattered mission for the reception | of the ment. AN OBSERVER, Congregational Singing. To THY Epiror oF THE HERALD :— When speaking of the introduction of congregas tional singing in the Church of St. Stephens the other day you say “that is the great lack of the Church in this age.” Your remark contains a great truth, and there will be a hearty response from the hearts of thousands of your readers, It 18 a fact Fecomuized by the mass of Worshippers, and your . advocating congregational singing be appre- ciated by them. ere You say the people take Mttle, if any, part in the services, and no wonder that after a while they lose all interest in them save that whi springs being entertained or amused. To me it has often been cause for re- gret that con; tions should allow a few singers to do all the si . Singing is praise, and should be participated in by all the people. A few years ago i was placed in a very ridiculous position in a quarts choir, It happened that two members of the choir were absent, and it devolved upen the other member and myself to do the singing. The frst hymn commenced— Lord, how delightfut 'tis to see Awhile assembly worship thee! and, although I was paid, I felt it was wrong to be in such a position, It is very pleasant to hear four singers sing some of the lovely compositions of the great masters; but whoever looks upon it as Praise to God ?’ Who ever in the congregation feels that he has, as it were, approached the Great Maker, through the singing of @ quartet in the gallery? No one would ever think of mak- ing @ comparison between such @ choir and the grandeur of the sioging of a large congregation. uccess Gepends a great deal upon the people tak- ing part in the singing. There is @ grandeur and au elevating influence in the harmonies set forth from @.mass of voices, The people sing at Dr. Hall’s church, at Henry Ward Beecher’s and at Spurgeon’s Tanernacle, London, and where more successtul churches than they? What 1s wanted are congregational rehearsals, and, if possible, re- hearsals of the same tubes and hymns in the week that will be sung on the following Sunday. If the suvject is taken up by the MERALD I have no doubt as to the result, 8. A Religious Reception at Flushing, L. I. To Tne Epivor or THE HERALD:— ‘The interesting ceremony of reception took place in St. Joseph’s Convent chapel, Flushing, May 26, at three P, M. Six young ladies received the vell from the Right Rev. Dr. Loughlin, assisted by several clergymen. The scene in the chapel was a beautiful one. one portion of the edifice bane filled with tne darkly veiled religieuses, who with bowed heads and clasped han besought blessings on the aspirants, while the other contained the pupiis- of the academy, robed in white, whose youthful countenances exhibited the interest and impressive- ness, incident on seeing one of their number con- secrate herself to God. The music was of the finest selection, the “Tantem Ergo” being yay, well rendered. Tne ceremony closed with benedic- tion. A. PUPIL, The Established Church Pulpits—Oc- casional Preaching by Non-Conformist and Missionary Ciergymen Denied— The American and Scotch Episcopal Churches—Debate in the House of Com- mons—Mr. Gladstone’s Views=Dr. Liv- ingstone as a Pulpit Orator. A debate very recently took place in the House of Commons on a bill to confer authority on in- cumbents of livings, with the consent of the bishop, to allow persons not in communion witn the Established Church, to preach occasionally in the pulpits of that Church. The proposition has been laid before Parliament on former occasions, but a majority was always found against it, There is so much energy and activity among the various non-conforming bodies, and so much desire among many persons in the Estab- lished Church to hear their speakers, that the change, it was urged, would be useful and accept- able when carried out under proper regulations, ‘The Church buildings in question being the prop- erty of the nation, and not owned by a portion less than one-half of the population, the proposition was accordingly supported on grounds of wisdom and justice. The incumbents, it appears, have been free since 1840 to invite to their pulpits and to join in the services clergymen who belong to the EPISCOPAL CHURCHES OF AMERICA AND OF SCOTLAND, The Irish Episcopalian ministers have been always welcome, and it has been frequently gaid, even by the London Times, that it is a relief to listen to one of these clerical orators in contrast with the mon- otcnous and vapid style of too many of their English brethren. But, should a clergyman of the Establish- mont desire to get the assistance of minister of the Established Church of Scotland, or the Free Church of Scotland, or of any one who was not a member of the English Established Church, or if le wished his congregation to hear any AMERICAN OR GERMAN MISSIONARIES it was found that an act allowed in the colonies was prohibited by law in England. ‘The interesting fact came out that to preach in the churches it is not necessary to be in orders, and that in the very earliest ages of Christianity men who were not or- dained either deacon or priest were allowed by authority of bishop to deliver discourses to the people when assembled for worship. Preaching is not a priestly office or sacrificial tunction any more than reading the Lord’s Prayer. Mr. Cow- per-Temple, who had the bill in charge, saw no reason on earth why aman of knowledge, intelli- gence and experience should not be allowed to ad- dress people in a church if it were thought bene- ficial. Mr, Thomas Hughes asked if, «DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE, the eminent missionary, were staying wee a church clergyman, would there be any improp¥iety in asking that celebrated man to OMciate in the pulpit? The Established Church was a department of State, and Parliament could regulate it as much as any other department of State. In opposition it was said that there never was a church that ad- mitted hostile preachers to its sanctuaries, and that in the Episcopal Church of America, the daughter of the Established Churcn in England, the same rule existed. There have been excep- tions, however, ‘The American and Scotch churches, though not having exactly the same prayer books, have yet the same creed in the main. MR. GLADSTONE came out boldly against the measure. The Non- conformists were indifferent on the subject. which may account for the Premter’s course. He ac- knowledged the good intent of those who brought the bill forward. It had been rejected last year, and it ought not to be called up again, thus wast- ing valuable time. The rights of minorities were entitled to respect, but the rights of majorities were aiso entitled to protection, It was proposed to permit addresses to be delivered in places of worship of the Established Church by persozs who would be placed under no limit or responsibility whatever. They were to be subject to nothing be- forehand, and if they chose to present what they knew to be odious and detestable to the congrega- tion and opposed to its laws as a religious community they were to be subject to no reproof. Of course the opposition ef Mr. Gladstone settled the fate of the bill and a desire was expressed to withdraw it, in accordance with his wish. Thig would not be allowed and on a division 53 votes out of 252 were recorded for its passage. There was no great feeling in its favor, but fears were expressed that some strong-minded women from the United States might get into the church, while others hela that if Mr. Giadstone himself, Mr. Disraeli, John Bright, Spurgeon, or Henry Ward Beecher were announced to preach under the dome of St. Paul's, what crowds of all classes would press to listen to their words! Catholicity at the North Pole—Interview with a Missionary in Lapland—Estab- lishment of the North Polar Mission— The Climate=The Inhabitants, Father Dumahut, Apostolic Missionary im Lap, land, ig at present staying in this city, the guest of the Redemptorist Fathers in Third street. In an interview with a HERALD reporter the fol- lowing conversation took place :— ReEPoRTER—Father, I have called on you, in the interests of the readers of the HERALD, to learn all about the Catholic missions in Lapland and some interesting facts about that land of eternal frosts and snows. Father DumancT—It will give me much pleasure to supply the great journal which you represent with a brief sketch of the labors of the Catholic missionaries in Lapland, of whom I am an humble representative in this wonderful country. It may not be amiss to state that the missions in those high latitudes are of comparatively recent date; they were established by the present Pontif, Pius IX., in 1866. In that yeur a Polish priest was’ sent to explore the country and visit the Norwegian peasant on the coast and the Lapiander in his tent, He was kindly received by the wretched natives, who, although cut off trom all intercourse with the other members of the great human family, are by no means wanting in hospitality. On his return to Rome this visiting missionary communicated to the Pope and to the College of the Propaganda the results of his journey. He found the country mountainous and barren, the climate almest un- endurable, and the roads dangereus on account ef wild beasts, After some consultation the mission established under the name of THE NORTH POLE MISSION, It included Iceland, Greenland, the Farte and Shetland islands, the Orkneys und the regions situated north of Hudson Bay. The first mission was opened in 1856, at the mouth of a small river in the Valley of Alten, in 70 degrees of north latitude, neara bias partly peopled by immigrant Iaplanders and inhabitants of Finland, Having overcome the difficulties of learning the language, the missionaries soon saw their labors crowned by several conversions, and the first Catholic station established. Numerous conversions fol- lowed and many stations were established at the principal centres of the country. To-day we have about three thousand Catholics, fiiteen priests, three of whom are natives; several chapels and schools, ae the past few years many stations have been established along the coast ot Norway, and chapels erected at Bergen and Frederikshad. At Tromso, the principal station in Lapland, we have a large school, With a seminary attached, in which there aré young men preparing tor the sacred ministry. Before { left I iad the honor and happiness to open a chapel at Hammerter, the most northern city of Europe. So you see our prospects are very encouraging. ReEPORTER—Who is the local superior of the mis- sion? Farner DumanctT—The Right Rev. B. Bernard, Apostolic Prefect of Norway and Lapland. He isa ative of the diocese of Roots. Franes. and wes the first to volunteer his services to Cathoficise the ioe of ee Dee regions. wIEy ? REPORTER—' natives Father DowanvrBuch ase have any rel beliet profess Lutheranism; but tho vast are sunk in the mire of and ition. REPORTER—Have the Catholic con’ full reli- gious liberty? Father DuMagut—Ni they have; bat the constitution of Norway ex: Catholics irom all offices of trust, and does not permit a Jesuit or mouk to nettle th the country; 2, that Catholicity is, to some er a religion. The King, Oscar IL, is said to be personaly liberal; but Liat he will scarcely dare run counter to the con- atitution. . RepoxTeR—Reverend father, may I ask you to give me some idea of Lapland? Father Drmasur—Cortainiy, Lapland comprises the region between 64 and 71 degrees north lati- tude, and 34 and 41 degrees longitude. The cou try is very mountainous; some 48 6,200 feet above the level of watered, and in the summer the lakes and rivers supply the natives with excellent fish, In the in- terior it is fearfully cold, the thermometer ranging from 54 to 68 degrees below zero Fahrenhett. RerorTER—How do the-missionaries manage to exist in such @ climate ? Father DuManUT—Oh, we follow the exampie of the natives, and always dress in a kind of cariboe skin. The reindeer, which abounds in the high he sea. It is well latitudes, supplies the greater part of the wants of those simple people. It serves as @ beast of burden, and it is wonderful with what rapidity they travel, yoked to little sleds, two and 3 half feet long. The milk and flesh of these useful animals furnish i food, which is eaten without bread. For drink they use snow water. We (I mean the missionaries) have to conform to the necessities of the country and the customs oi the inhabitants. REPORTER—The Winter must be frightfully se- vere? Father DuManHuT—Yes; it is difficult to give you a clear idea of its intense cold. The Winter lasts nearly nine months, during which we have a night two and @ half months long. The darkness of that long Winter night is jonally enlivened by the extraordinary brightness of the moon and the Stars, as well as by the aurora borealis, which dis- plays a sublime splendor. REPORTER.—How about the Summer? FatherDumAnutT—the heat 1s never very warm. No corn or fruit is produced in that land of snow. During the Summer season there is a day that lasts three months, and in the month of June the sun never disappears below the horizon. REPORTER—The inhabitants must be physically strong to bear the rs Of such a climate. Father DuMAHUT—' ey are of medium size, thin and wiry, with long black hair. Their mouths are very large, their eyes sunken and their faces round. The dazzling reflection of the snow and the smoke in their huts causes a variety of opthal- mic diseases. You may think the lot of a missionary priest in Lapland hard and cheerless, but I assure you the docility with which the people hear the Word of God and the satisfaction of rescuing them from ignorance, error and vice amply compensate us for all our privations and labors. REPORTER—May Lask you, Father, the object of your visit to America? Father DumanuT—My visit to America, like every act of my life since my ordination, is for the spiritual good of the poor Teva thaia The good people of Montreal and New Orleans have contrib- uted very liberally in aid of the “North Polar Mis- sion;” and Ihave no doubt that if the generous people of New York knew oO! our spiritual poverty they would not require to be asked for Beth The reporter, having thanked Father Dumahut for his courtesy and wished him success on his mission, took lus leave. The Feast of Weeks—A Jewish Festival. Yesterday evening the Jewish festival of Shevuot, or Feast of Weeks, began. It comes inopportunely here at this season, since 1t was designed to com- memorate the goodness of Almighty God in giving prosperous harvests, of whose first fruits, whether of wheat or barley, or other grain, the people of Israel were to present offerings to God. The sea- son has been too far behind with us here to admit of harvest offerings on this the Ist day of June, 1873, But at other times and in other places even now the Scriptural injunction as found in Exo- dus, xxxiv., 22; Leviticus, xxiil., and Deuteronomy, Xvi., 9, can be literally fulfilled. The festival con- tinues seven Sabbaths, or a week of weeks, even seven weeks. It was ordained, before the Isracl- ites entered into the Promised Land, and so strict was its enlorcement that they were restrained by statute irom eating either bread or parched corn or green ears until the self-same day that they had brought AN OFFERING UNTO THEIR GOD. They were to bring a sheaf ior & weave offering unto the priest, and the day after the first Sabbata they were to begin to count fifty days, so that seven Sabbaths might be included in the festival. Other offerings of lambs, kids and young builocks were also made at the same time, and at the end of the seven weeks the festival of the ingathering of harvest commenced. This Feast of Weeks is one of the principal Jewish feasts, and, with the Passover, is, perhaps, more generally kept than any other. Itis one of the three great festivals which, tu ancient times, called all the males of the Lord’s people from every part of the earth to go up to Jerusalem to appear before Him in the temple. But, like other festivals of its kind, it does not command the same attention here that itdoes in Europe, nor in this age as it did centuries ago. It is, however, more popular than some others. It does not demand so much self-denial as the Passover, the Tabernacles or others; it occurs at a season of the year when nature 18 arrayed in her gayest attire and itis a feast of rejoicing and not of sorrow. In modern times it has come to be identified more or less with the giving of THE LAW ON MOUNT SINAI, whereby a nation of slaves was seiected and or- dained to become a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. If cannot be denied that the Sinaitic code surpasses all other enactments. It sustains the pout and teaches man how he may enjoy the bene- fits derived from other sources by turning his course neavenward. The observer of God’s laws alone is happy. He blesses not only himself, but by his teachings and example is made a perpetual bene- diction to others. It 1s this law which has kept Israel a separate and a united people, scattered as they have veen for centuries to the tour corners of the earth, and it is obedience to this law that shall keep them one forever, not only with themselves, but with God. ——— Church and State in Asia. By advices from Rangoon, India, we learn that Juswunt Sing, the new Maharajah of Joodpoor, feasted the Brahmins for a number of days, dnd won their good will by distributing 125,000 rupees among them and assigning to them five villages for religious purposes. Church Fair in Brooklyn. A fair is now in progress inthe tent erected on the grounds adjoining the Church of the Nativity, corner of Madison street and Clason avenue, Brooklyn. The interior arrangements and display are the counterpart of the fair recently held in aid of the cathedral, Jay street. Tne proceeds are to to aid in liquidating the debt of the new church, of which Rev. M. G, Moran is pastor. ‘The fair, which is well deserving a visit, will be continued during the week. or Ministerial Movements and Chan; PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. T. B. McFalls, a Presbyterian minister, for- merly amember of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, died in Washing- ton city, May 22. The Synod of Belfast, Ireland,. has renewed the proposition for a “Pan Presbyter- ian Council’ in an overture sent to the Irish Gene- rahAssembly. The disendowed Presbyterian min- isters of Ireland, it appears, receive larger salaries under the voluntary principle than they did be- fore. The sustentation fund for the year just closed amounted to $125,000, gold, which gave to caeh minister a supplemental dividend of $100, gold, above the old sum. Rev. Joseph Elliott, who was until recently minister of the Con. gregational church, Halifax, N. 8. has ap- plied to be received into the Canada Pres- byterian church. The Rev. Frederick Home, late of the Synod of the Church of Scotland, and who was located in Bathurst, has also applicd to be ad- mitted a minister of the Canada Assembly, A regular Presbyterian service will be maintained in Vienna during the Exposition, Clergymen of the Church of Scotland will conduct the aiternoon services. Rev. Dr. Moore, & minister of the Irish church, will officiate in the morning. RevgC. H. Park has been installed ae of the Presbyterian church at Circleville, N. Y. Rev. Thomas C. Easton, A. M., has received a cali to the First Presbyterian church in Belvidere, Boone county, Ill.; salar: $2,000, With vacation of two months. Rev. D. G. Bradford hag uumed the pasterate of the First Presbyterian church of Lafayette, Ind, Mr. W. 0. Goodloe was recently ordained and installed pastor of the Presbyterian church at Mount Sterling, Ky. The Presbyterian Mission Boards closed their ecclest- astical year with a debt of $128,000, and when they went to the General Assembly at Baltimore @ mo- tion was made to curtail expenditures, which 80 aroused the enthusiasm and zeal of the delegates present that they started subscriptions in the As- sembly, aiter the’ Methodist fashion, and in a tew minutes $75,000 of the entire indebtedness was wedged. It was believed that the remainder would bo raised betore adjournment. If so this would make the grand totul of $582,000 contributed ror missionary purposes by the Presbyterian churches during the year. The General Assembly of the Cum-- berland Presbyterian church, which met at Hunts- ville, Ala., last week, has 100 preabyteries, 1,000 ministers’ and 90,000 communicants. It has two universities and ehh colleges under its contro! and its total contributions for last year amount to more than halfa million of dollars. The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland has expended in its foreign mission work last year nearly twenty thousand dollars more than {ts receipts. It has built a church and school at Jerez, 5) of $10,000; in China and Rajportana, India, it has expended nearly twenty thousand dol- lars more, and has, odes gent out eight new missionaries to dgereavuelds of labor, The General aks rise as high | Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland is gv; & little trouble en its nands in this wise:—Re' condemned in a civil court, having let the case go by default, His presbytery then took the matter in hand and also convicted him, but he bas pealed te the General id cnreasene 7, and expected, he, too, civil courts.’ ‘The anti-unionists also threaten to sue the Assembly for certain ecclesiastical proper. ty, which they 48 the original true-blue Free hurchmen. ROMAN CATHOLIC, Next Sunday being Trinity Sunday the annual collection for the Pope will be taken up in all the churches of this diocese anid the arch-diocese of Baltimore. The month of May has been celebrated throughout Rome with great piety. The churches of santa Maria a,Popolo, S. Carlo @ Catinari, 8. Carlo a Corso, Santa Marie Maggiore and Gesu have been densely thronged at every service. Nor are the little altars at the street corners forgotten; but, notwithstanding, the buzzuré are briliiantly il- luminated at night and adorned with flowers. The Sacrament of Confirmation was administered on Ascension Thursday to crowds of children and a good number of adults; in the churches of the As- sumption (Jay and York streets) and Holy Trinity (Montrose avenue), A Roman correspondent of the Catholic Review writes that in the Italian capital, on the evening of tee Ag two well-known and highly respectable pries' Were going quietly home through the Campo Fiore when some of our neo Romans thought fit te insult them, and one of them received a very cruel blow on the head, which nearly stunned him. A crowd soon fermed, and Many honest persons, indignant at this outrage, beiriended the two priests. The Rev. #ather Cor- coran, pastor of St. Joseph’s church, took his de- parture for Europe in the Cunard steamer Russia on Wedne: the 2ist inst. The Fes to the shrine of Carravagio, North Italy, seems to have been @ most brilliant success; over fifteen thou- sand persons from Milan, Lodi, Pavia, Paira, Ore- mona and Bresica assisted. The congregation of the Passionists, which is very widely extended, has since 1830 been greatly revived in England, Ireland, Belgium and Australia. In this country it has now five houses. Last week Archbishop Bayley con- firmed 1,420 persons in Washington, D. C., 200 of whom were converts. A new Catholic university, ving full courses of sacred and secular educa- jon, is to be founded near St. Joseph, Mo. The Brothers from Notre Dame University, in Indiana, are peeing 9 the arrangements, and 150 acres of land have been given for the site of the new insti- tution. A House of the Good Shepherd is in course of erection, which promises to be’ great ornament to Ocean Hi il, East New York. The Right Rev. T. F. Hendricken, Bishop of the Diocese of Provi- dence, and his Secretary, the Rev. Father Sullivan, sailed for Europe on Wednesday, the 14th of May. Rev. Wm, F. Sheehan, of West Troy, N. Y., sailed a week ago for Europe, intending to visit Rome and the Pope before return in the Fall. A short time ago, while Rev. Father Early, President of the Jesuit Colle; in Georgetown, D. ©. was talking to Archbishop Bayley, in that city, ne was suddenly stricken with paralysis, which has now proved fatal. The editor ot the Freeman's Journal transmitted yesterday by steamer a bill of exchange for $874 91—a birth- day present to the Pope trom the readers of the Journal, Archbishop McCloskey has administered the rite of confirmation to 1,346 children in this city since May 21. The’ Easter collections for the Roman Catholic Srptae Asylums, in the churches of this city, amount to $24,664 87. The ‘mission’ at St. John’s church, Brooklyn, after a very fruit- ful season, closed on the 26th. ‘rhe new church of St. Anthony, at Greenpoint, L. I., will be 160 feet long and 73 feet wide. The spire will be 210 feet. ‘The material will be brick, trimmed with Nova Scotia stone. The death is announced of Rev. Henry Wiiliam Wilberforce, som of the great philanthropist, who, about twenty years ago, be- came a convert to Romanism, and was for man: ae proprietor of the Catholic Standard. 4 rother is the Episcopal Bishop Winchester, BAPTIST. The Baptist church in Chester, Pa., have give their pastor, Kev. A. F. Shanafeit, four months’ va- cation for a trip to Europe. He will sall early in June. Rev. D. McLaughlin, of Clarksburg, W. Va., being in ill health, has gone to Pack’s Ferry, W. Va., to spend the Summer. The missionary contribu. tions of the Baptists of Kentucky during the past year were $23,000, at least $3,000 more than the ag- gregate of preceding years. There are two en- dowed male Baptist col eges in Kentucky, one at Georgetown afd one at Russellville—Betnel,” These Celt ba have about two hundred and. flity students, of whom forty have the ministry in view. The Baptists are the most numerous denomination of Christians in the State of Kentucky, numbering 1,191 churches, 614 ministers and 120,000 members, of whom at 80,000 are colored. ‘The latter have a General which meets in ‘August in Paris, Ky. The Virginia Baptist State Convention held ite annual session last week at Alexandria. A large proportion of the pastors and delegates were slaves previons to the war. Rev. W. A. Caplinger has just accepted the pastorate of the Baptist church at Greenwood, Ind. The Rey. Jacob Merris has assumed the pas- torate of the ices church at Sharpsville, Pa. A Baptist chdrch of thirty-three members has been organized at Greensburg, Pa., over whom Kev. R. n will take the pastoral oversigat. The Rev. J. H..Ruby, lately of Omaha, Neb., having committed some ‘indiscretions prejudicial to his ministerial character while temporarily supplying the Baptist church, he has been expelled from the pulpit and from iellowship in the church, whose members declare that he is “unworthy the confi- dence of the churches or membership in a Chris- tiau church.” The First Baptist church of Cleveland, uhio, have extended a call to the Rev. A. J. F. Behrends, of Yonkers. It is thougnt the invitation will be accepted. At St. Paul, Minn., a Baptist church is being built, which, with the grounds, will cost about one hun- dred thousand dollars. It is said to be the wealthiest Baptist church west of the Mississippi River, The Baptist churches at Middletown, N. J., and Roxborough, Pa., retain the apostolic cus- tom of “laying on of hands” on all baptized believ- ers. The churches of the “Six Principle Baptists” in Rhode Island also practise the rite, The. Rev. Handel G. Nott, father of the late Rev. A. Kingman Nott, a few years ago pastor of the First. Baptist church of New York, died recently in Rochester, N. Y. Rev. A. Edson has resigned his pas- torate in Fall River, Mass., and all three of the Baptist churches there are pastorless. Rey. W. B. Gillette has lately closed his long and successful pastorate at Shiloh, N. J., and entered on mission- ary work for the Western Seventh-day Baptist Association. EPISCOPALIAN. A memorial against Romish practices in the Church of England, signed by upwards of sixty thousand persons, has been presented to the Arch- bishops of the Church. The memorialsts asked that the Bishops of the Church should exercise their authority for the entire suppression of cere- monies and practices adjudged to be illegal; to protect them and their families in the admission of candidates to holy orders, in the peg cortng I or curates and the distribution of patronage, from the teaching which, when taken in its plain and ob- vious meaning, is subversive of those truths to which their Protestant Church, as keeper and wit- ness of Holy Writ, had ever borne its !aithful test! mony. The Archbishops undertook to draw up and circulate a reply, and further promised that every- thing in their power should be done to prevent in- fractions of the law. At the late session of the Lrish Synod a resolution was introduced explanatory of the Black Rubric denying the “real presence” in the eucharistic clements. But after much discus- sion it Was shown from the Bennett case that the Courts took no cognizance whatever of the Rubric or the declaration attached thereto, and that such a resolution as proposed would be worse than useless. It was, therefore, laid aside, The restoration of the Cathedral of Chester, Eng- land, is nearly completed. All the south side and part of the north are finished. An Evangelical Union church has been established at Constantino- ple, the object of which is to supply some of the re- ligious wants of the large number of British and American residents at Constantiple, many of them engineers in the service of the Turkisn government. There are morning rvices in the two English _ Episcopal churches; but the proposed church will provide afternoon and evening services for Protestants of other denominations, of which Episcopalians are also Willing to avail themselves. ‘he Church Mis- sionary Suciety of Great Britain ordained two native preachers in India last year, who had been educated in the Divinity School at Lahore. Good and attentive congrega 3, it is said, can be obtained in the large towns and in some of tie country villages, and an increasing interest is manifested in the teachings of Christianity, ‘The mual Convention of the Diocese of Long Island t in Brooklyn last weex; from the committecs' reports it appears that the receipts to the fund for the aged and infirm clergy amounted to $6,47: during the year and tife disbursements to $5,750. The permanent fund amounts to $21,728, ‘The dio- cese gave but $153 toward the seminary fhongh it had three students to the semina: Episcopa! fund consists now of $52,922. 1 ar’s receipts thereto were $5,209 and tle disbursements therefrom $5,202. St. Andrew’s church, at Rich- mond, 8, L, having been de built, was dedicated last Sunday. The friends of the Established Church in England are greatiy ex- cited over the rumor that Mr. Gladstone intends to bring in # bill disestablishing the Cnurcn of Great Britain. METHODIST, ; The Rey. 3. W. Waugh, D. D., left Chicago for his work in India May 14, intending to embark at San Francisco June 1, He takes with bim a fine set of astronomical instruments, the gift of a Methodist layman, The South Harlem Methodist Episcopal church of this city held irs anniversary on Tuurs- day last and had an enjoyable occasion. The cor- ner stone of the new Methodist Episcopal church fat Clarence, Western New York, Rev. J. B. Wright, astor, will be laid on Wednesday next, The new ‘Kendree church, Washington city, Rev. G. W. Couper, pastor, ia nearly completed, and wiil be dedicated by Bishop Ames June 15, Bishop andrews 1s to preach the annual sermon before Simpson Centenary Coligge mext Sunday. A writer tn the Tund, The by fire and re- | Evangelical Sontagsdiatt, published in Germany. expects that the delegates h, Geautagert, gelical Alliance in New York will use their influence With that body that the Methodists be compelled either to withdraw trom Germ: or be expelled the Alliance. So writes Dr. Jacoby, the inan-American Methodist missionary to a erm paper. The First Methodist Epi chureh. aw on was reopened and rededicat Sua- duw by Drs, Chapman and Wiiey and BishopJanem. The Maine Conference at its recent session made ro" for a semi-centennial celebration, to be eld af its next or fiftieth session. Rev. T. L, Blood, of the New England Conference, has ieft for 8 visit South fer his health. He will visit the cipai Southern cities. A meetil Ger ’s church, Philadelphia, 20,in the in- terests of the Phinp Embury menument enterprise. Rev. Bishop Simpson, Rev. Thomas T. Tasker, Sr., and Rev. James Marsden delivered addresses. Bishop Foster He was go at once spending about three weeks in Sweden and Norway. Thence he will proceed to Calw, Germany, where he willpreside at the Conference of Germany and Switzerland, whose session opens July 2 Thence the Bishop journey through France, Lire and Portugal, to sail from Lisbon for Montevideo, Buenos Ayres and Other points in South America, The statistics of the Wesleyan Methodist Society in Germany. for 1872, as published in Der Methodtsten Herald, are aa follows:—Number of halls and preaching places, 165; increase during the year,9. Preachers, assist- ants and agents, 19; increase, 2. Local preachers and exhorters, 56; increase, 14. Sunday schools, 18; increase, 9. Sunday school teachers, 65; im- crease, 33. Sunday scholars, 854; increase, 362, Full members, 1,896; increase, 88. Members on trial, 40; increase, 6, Hearers, 6,278; There is a erent revival in progress at A gusta, Ga. There have been already over 150 conversions, aud the work continues with great ower. More tau two hundred and fifty members ve been added to the different charges. The growth of Methodism in the West is very remark- able. A year ago Rev. R. H. Crane, of the Detroit Conference, was transferred to the Michigan Colony in Nebraska, nearly one hundred miles west of the peesaine, eider’s mits, and where, but a snore ime since, the howling of the wolf and the tramp of the buttalo were the ers sounds heard in that wilderness. ril 13, 1872, witnessed the or- ganization of the first religtous society in that re- gion. Soon others sprang up around it, and at the recent session of the Conference the region waa made into a presiding elder’s district, with the presiding elder residing at Kearny Junction, or forty miles west. v. Dr. Punshon, President of the Canada Wesleyan Conference, sailed for England on the 24th instant. He is announced to reach in London, #. behalf of tne new estminster Chapel, on fhe 10th of June. A party of Virginia Methodist ministers left Port laouth on Wednesday evening for an excursion te New Yerk and Eastern cities. They travel by water. ‘the party consists of Drs. I. B. Edw: and J. Granberry, and Revs. A. ©. Bledsoe and B, F, Woodward, of Richmond: Rev. R. N. Sledd, of Petersburg, and Rev. P. A. Peterson, of Norioik, Presid! Elder of the district. They are minis of the highest attainments and the first orators the connection. Doubtless many of our congrega. tions would be pleased to have an opportunity o8 listening to these distinguished clergymen during. their trip North. MISCELLANEOUS. The average salary of 61,000 Protestant clergy men in the United States.is computed at $700 am nually. Probably more than one-third of tie whole receive not more than $600. According to Com- missioner Wells’ report, a trained artisan receivea for 313 working days an avefage of $4 per day, of $1,250 annually, almost double the payment of the clergy, Tle General Synod of the Lutheran Churoh holds its twenty-sixth session in Canton, Ohio, om Wednesday, June 11, The sixth annual convention of the Susquehanna Synod will be held in the Evan- gelical Lutheran church, at Hughesville, Penn., be~ ginning on June 5. Rev. H. Seifert (Lutheran) renee the Rebersberg charge and accepted a to the Jennervilie charge, Penn. The Reformed Germans dedicated a new church in Philadelphia on May 18. It is a handsome stone structure in which the Germanic-Gotnic style of architecture prevails, The voluntary principle having been in- troduced lately into the Reform church at Oley, Pa., by Rev. Mr. Hotfman, the benevolent contribue tions have trebled under its influence. Rev. J. Jo Leberman, of the Theologieal Seminary at Tiffin, 0., has taken charge of the Reformed church at Louise ville, 0. The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America will meet in stated session in the Second Reformed church of New Brunswick, on Wednesday, June 4, 1873, at three o’clock P. M. The Synodical sermon will be preached on the even- ing of that day by Rev. Joachim Elmendorf, D. D. the President of the last Synod. Five hundred copies of the Béble in the Chinese language are in circula~ tion in Japan among the more cuitivated senate who can read Chinese. The Bibie in Japanese soon be ready for distribution. On the 7th of June the foundations of the new tab ernacie are to be laid, for the use of Mr. Talmage’s congregation. Nearly all the poe ministers of tle city are to bear a part. uring the month of May, eleven missionaries— seven men and five wemen—sail under the ap- pointment of the American Board. Of these five return to their former fields of labor. The re- maiuder are beginning their mission work. Nearly twenty years have elapsed since a mission waa started in Cwsarea. The first Sabbatn congrega- tion numbered thirty, who listened attentively ta the Gospel, and soon a church was organized with eight members. The werk has continued to ro; per, and now we find a Protestant community of More than a thousand; Sabbath schools number- ing over seven hundred pupils; four strong churches, with nearly three hundred members, active and earnest in the support of their schools for the education of their chiidren; the Gospel preached in more than a dozen towns out- side of Cwsarea; a lively mterest awakened in behalf of the women, and a fine clasa or youne men in fa oti for the Mra Rev. H. eilman has resignea charge of the Reformed church of Lewisburg, Pa. The Hermitage church, in Tennessce, was rebbed last week of the Bible and hymn-book on its pulpit. The Bible was presented to Ganeral Andrew Jack- son by a lady at Washington during his Presiden- tial term, and was used in his family until hia death, alter which it was presented by Mrs, An- drew Jackson to Mrs, Marion Adams. For a lon; tine it was taken from the Hermitage to the churcl every Sabbath and returned after the services. At the close of the war it had become so worn that it became necessary to have it rebound and some of the lost pages replaced by those taken from other Pk it remained at the church after that until stolen. FORTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE. Israel’s Relation to God=—The Great Betrothal and Its Results—Care for the Poor Children During the Sume- mer—Discourse by Rev. Mr. Isaacs. Yesterday being the eve of one of the three great festivals of the Jewish Church Rev. Mr. Isaaca preachea a brief discourse on the characteristics of God’s vetrothal to Israel. The attendance of wore shippers was comparatively good, though the ante- preaching services were somewhat prolonged, owing partly to the fact that certain mem. bers of the congregation took turns to read some portion of the Torah, Mr, Isaaca prefaced his discourse with a few remarks touching gthe Festival of Shevnot, or Feast of Weeks, which begins to-day and céntinues for seven weeks. Standing here on the threshold of another of our great festivals, he said, I had de- signed to defer any remarks I might have to make thereon until to-morrow. I thought also that the attendance would be small on account of the op- pressive weather we have had. But THIS DAY IS SO PLEASANT and the congregation so large I will offer a few re~ marks on the words of the prophet Hosea, ii., 21— “T will betroth thee unto me forever in righteous- ness and in justice, in 1aithfulness and in everlast- ing kindness.’ These words, the minister said, were known and were treasured in the olden times. They were tied around the centre finger three times, that they might be remembered and that the ple might know that they were God's betroti ones, This prophecy was given at a time whem Hosea was leading the people who did not -deserve his care or instruction, It was atime when they were given to idolatry, and upon one occasion the» rophet addressed the Lerd God asking him to let isyael go and choose for himself another people who should be more upright and obedfent. Ot prophets at different umes did the same thing, but they did not know nor understand the character and attrivates of the Lord. Hosea was told that whatever Israel might do the Almighty was still betrothed to them forever. There have alwi been some who have been betrothed unto tl Lord in righteousness and in justice and in ever- lasting kindness. Agath, the Lord has betrothed us to Himself in justice and we should all be just; in peace and in Kindness so that we should live in peace with and show kindness one to another; not, power for the sake of being recompensed the THE KINDNESS WE DO TO THE DEAD not be returned to us again, Mr. Isaacs wae glad, he said, that he could see this spirit of kimd- ness manifested toward the poor children for whose benefit arrangements were seing made bythe weuithy ere they leit the city for the Summer to give the little ones an opportunity to breathe the pure country air from time to time. We must not tor- get our young ones, but by precept and example teach them to know the Lord. Mr. Isaacs ad- dressed a few words then to a youth who had been admitted to read the Torah. He cpmplimented him on the diligence and faithfulness of his parents who would train the lad up in the way that he should go, and the youth himse { who had shown such proficiency in his studies, {He commended him to OBEY THE LORD and to make His fear his deligit—not the fear of the Lord, which produces terror, but that which is the beginning of wisdom—tie fear which is be- gotten of love and which 1s @ certain protection im every {ime of troubie. He urged him also te obey his parents, that his days might be long in the land, as the Lord had promised they should be, and urged @ general adherence to the precepts of the law. Religious services will be held in the syma- gogues to-day, with preaching in many of but there will be very little othor observances: the feptivel during ita cumtinuance. again.