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4 . FAITH AND FASHION. The Beautiful, the Proud, the Rich, the Gay, the Poor, the Sad, the Good and the Sin- ful Bowing in Praise and Prayer. SOUL SUNSHINE sl teen Ee Le The Mystery of the Godhead Once More Manipulated. Ee cesened The Passing of the Papal Col- lection Plate. - CHARTER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Bishop Lynch, of Charleston, on Ger- man Intolerance and Apostasy. A Day of Jubilee Among the Col- ored Methodists. Dr, John Hall’s Delicate Allusion to the Walworth Parricide. Frightful Fruits of Misera- ble Marriages. The’ pleasant sunshine of yesterday was again propitious to the piety of church-goers. Churches ‘were crowded by people of all classes, and pastors ‘were gratified with the attentive and sympathe‘ic Teflection of their thoughts in the perfect masses of bright faces that were eloquently bent toward them in listening attitude during their discourses. Next Sunday it may be anticipated, however, that the fashionable congregations will begin to show some slight depletion, the result of the steady drain of the watering places, which wil! then have become papably strong. Then we shall hear something about how people worship in these abodes of gossip and frivolity when they leave the stately and cir- cumspect city bebind them. Yesterday many mediocre and many able ser- mons were preached in the city, some of the most notable of which will be found reported below. 8T, STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATHOLIO CHDROH. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. McGlynn—The Mystery of the Trinity—The Apostles’ Commission—The Charter of the Cath- olic Church. % Alarge and highly intelligent congregation assem- bled in St, Stephen’s church yesterday morning. The recurrence of the festival of the blessed Trinity gave the pastor, the Rev. Dr. McGlynn, occasion to explain the fundamental mystery of the Chris- tian dispensation. He took as his text the concluding verses of the Gospel according to St. Matthew:—‘“‘And Jesus coming spake to them saying, All power ts given to mein heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations; baptising themin the name of the Father and of the @en and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to odserve all things what- soever [ have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” The Church sets apart this day for the contemplation and honoring of the TRINITY OF PERSONS in the unity of the Godhead; and she appropri- ately presents to us, in the words of the Gospel, at once the divine source of her authority and the supreme and ultimate object of all our faith and worship, in the triune name of God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost. It is in this name that Christ commands we should be initiated into Hits Church, and be born again in the holy sacra- ment of baptism. This mystery is to be the sn- preme object of our endless adorafion, and its contemplation the source of our perfect happiness in hea To the holiest and the best of old, even those who walked:familiarly with God, this mystery ‘was not revealed, It was reserved for that son of man, who was the meekest and hawblest of men, and who yet did not It was reserved for Him who came in “the form of a servant” to be the mau of sorrows and be bruised for our iniquities; but of whom His beloved dis- ciple in the beginning of his history tells us that “the Word was in the fe se and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; and by Him ali things were made and without Him was made nothing that was made, And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory. the glory as of the only begotten of the Fatuer, full of grace and truth.” What was hidden from the wisest aud the best of old is now known, revealed to every httle child. And faith in @ mystery that is incomprehensible to the brightest seraph in heaven is required even of the Uttie child as a condition of the trae mem- bership of the mystic body of Christ. If baptized in infancy others pledge them to this faith; and when at the dawn of reason their Mother Church pre- sents to them the imege of the crucified Saviour - she must reveal to them the mystery that lies hid- den under that symbol, and as she tells them of His suderings she must also tell them ¢‘and He was God.” “Por so hath God loved the word that He hath given sor it his only begotten son.” It is only by the revelation of the distinction of persons in the Godhead that our faith in the divine atonement can be for us more than an un- meaning formula, and that we can understand how a God incarnate could offer true and acceptable sacrifice. The divine nature that He has in one with the Father gives to His sacrifice an infinite and ali-atoning value. While the distinction of persous renders it possible for such a sacrifice to be offered and accepted by a God, the Church teaches what she has been taught, that there is in the one, stmple, tndivisible, SPIRITUAL ESSENCE OF TUE GODHEAD @ real and true distinction of persons—the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, In the Gospel of this day Jesus Christ, in addition toinculcating the dogma of the blessed Trintty, speaks of the absolnte universality of the Church. “Go ye, teach all nations,” teach them all truth in all ages, in ali places until the end of time. That commission, given to the Apostles, constitutes the | glorious charter of the Catholic Church, against which all the power of earth and darkness will fignt in vain. CANAL STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHUROH, The Kingdom of God—Sermon by the Rev. David Mitchell. There was a large congregation at the Canal street Presbyterian church, 17 Greene street, yesterday morning. The Rev. David Mitchell took his text from St. Luke, xvil., 20:—“The kingdom of God cometh not with observation.” The word kingdom, he said, was frequently on the lips of the preacher of the divine Gospel. In this text the ‘poor in spirit were spoken of as the children of the Kingdom of God. Another expression was used synonymously with the kingdom of God—the king- dom of heaven. The kingdem of heaven was in their bearts, but unless they knew something of it now they would not even ultimately attain its greatest glory. The disciples asked Jesus when ‘the kingdom would come. Jesus, in reply, spoke the parable of the nobleman who went away into foreign countries and lett his pggsessions in the hands of trusted friends. Anotbé? time the dis- ciples asked, “Whe would be the greatest man in the kingdom #’ Jesus placed a little child before them and replied, “Oi sich is the kingdom of ueaven." “MY RINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD,” Jesus said, before the representative of the Roman werninent. Some of the disciples were waitin: lor the development of some suck kingdom as tha or Roman government; but when the Pharisees when the kingdom would come, he replied :— “The kingdom of God cometh not with observa- tion’!—that ts, because it was unseen, ufiielt. The ki of God was spiritual; they could pergelye this from the eg vote uttered {[n regara 6 It, Christ, in all pretensions to kingship, set aside the idea of being @ temporal prince, in the ordinary sense of the word. When the brothers who quar- Fi ge tools the Py the came to Him and asked He id them that He lad not come here to adjust q' rela ADOUL Drop. erty but to piant the eternal trath in the ‘ta of men, What waa it that drew men to Jesus? The NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1873.—TRIPLE teachings. Men of Fy ee Vv right hand of God. He was the sun of right- ‘all icsaer stars moved in was a epiritaal kingdom. ANT year AND OF SILENT GROWTH, It was ever lurking in the hearts of men. The Kingdom of God was like a mustard which grew silently until it spread its very branches toward heaven. The atream that made the greatest noise was the shallow stream. made the Rabe noise in society? Not those who lived for esus Christ. The marderer, the le, they who undermined the very foundations of society, were always before the world. The robber, the parricide, attracted more observation than a Shonen parnest worsere am See it. By ne nary in fore! is an 0 was from garret to purret in this city—were they the ones who attracted the greatest amount of ohser- vation? This wasin harmony with the teachings of nature. Look at the acornin the soil. For the first days it was not seen at all, andit might be that many years might elapse beiore it would at- tain its perfection, Standing before some Alpine mountain they could see how slowly day dawned ae the world. Had they observed the progress of the seasons? During a few weeks Goa HAD THROWN HIS MANTLE OF BEAUTY round the parks and the country. The kingdom of God was not seen by their eye; nevertheless it was ceming continually, it was coming successfully. Nota week passed but some new heart was won over to Christ, The kingdom of God was [ree from all ey ¢ conditions, It was not local, but uni- versal, Kingdom that was confined by so many acres of soll was ever before their cyes, but the kingdom ef Jesus was not, confined to this city or this country. -It stretched up to the Arctic regions, it reigned in every country tn Europe. Wherever God's children were gathered for worship there the Kingdom of God might be found. It was to be found in all lands, no matter what complexion the sun might have een the Indian or African, He asked them to lift up their minds to conceive for one moment the vastness, the universality of this glorious kingdom of heaven. In the contentions that separated nation from nation it was alone that they learned the various national bounds. He thonght the time would come when there would be no such strong demarcation as there was at pres- ent between German, Euglish, French and Ameri- cans, but ALL NATIONS WOULD BE ONE FAMILY worshipping God. ‘This kingdom was iree from all pomp and ceremony. He wished them to bear in mind that the Church, as an organic boty, was not * this kingdom. It was spiritual body and tree from Seremony, It was # kingdom not seen, not felt, except as they felt it in the silent pro- gress of converting men to God. Its conquests were moral and retigious. The Lord’s promise would stand and be fulfilled. Every day the king- dom of God was coming. ‘There was ever an on- ward movement. It was sometimes depressed, but in this day in which they lived they would be destined to see it coming all over the world, Would they be HL athe toity Then they would be- long to the kingdom of Satan, of hell, of darkness; and it was an aw/ul thought to be au enemy of Him who was their friend. - ALL 800L8' CHURCH. The “Strong Consolation” of the Chris- tian—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Beilows. The Rev. Dr. Bellows preacied the sermon at the Church of All Souls yesterday morning. He chose as his text a portion of the eighteenth verse, sixth * chapter of the Epistle to the rews, The “strong consolation,” he said, of which mention was made inthe Epistle was of a kind so marked that all good men could not fail to appreciate its full mean- ing. It implied a trust in an assured hope. What that hope was he who looked forward in his daily strug- gies through life to that day when he would be freed from all the troubles of earth, to begin a life in another world of bliss and happiness, kuew fuil well, The reverend preacher then went on at great length to show what faith was to a good man, and how it sustained him in his toils and troubles, and how it made him strong in the assurance that lile here below was not all that man was created for, Real happiness did not, he said, consist in the mere enjoyment of the things of this world. There was beyond its threshold a something that the Christian looked forward to as he plodded his weary way along, and which was indeed a ‘strong consolation,” The idea that one was iu the enjoy- ment of real happiness in the possession of worldly goods and pleasures, and that beyond them there could be nothing to make happivess more com- plete, was a fallacy made evident every day by ex- traordinary examples. What was money and wealth to him who had not health, or the beautitul sunshine to him who was poverty-stricken at heart? What protection were soldiers and guard to the soul racked with the pangs o' a stricken conscience? Some people wondered why it was what #0 many strange things happen in the worid that seem to them irreconcil- able with the idea of the justice of an all-wise Providence. They consider it unaccountable how death and disease are often allowed to make havoc among the beautiful, the amiable and the autifal and the pure, while the negiigent and the useless are spared. Yet all these things area part and pareel of the operations of a wise Providence, Because the good are often blighted and humbled and made miserable, their affections rent asunder by domestic calamities, and are stricken in various Ways, that isno reason why life in this world should be considered less beautiful, less a thing to be mace bright and pure by self denial and have as. with its every trouble. Ail the evils that befell bumanity in its strugglings only living that made men look forward to au assured hope beyond the grave—to a life that would be free irom pain and misery, The reverend zentle- mag then argued Lo show what he considered to be @n error on the part of some people who looked upon God asa visibie being, God wasa spirit, he said, He was everywhere, and he did not believe confined to any particular space. On the contrary, He filled al! space and was as visible now through faith as He would be when the soul of a man would be freed irom the body. Faith did not, m the next world, make the vision of God as a Sspirtual being any clearer than tt does in this world. Those who in praying to and addressing God prayed to and addressed a particalar body or shape, so to speak, as Jesus Curist, lost sight of the Father in the contempla- tion of the form of the Son. God should be wor- do otherwise. hope to eternal life in heaven was indeed a strong consolation, a trust so sacred and pure that all the troubles of life in this worid became light and easy to bear ior the sake of the happiness to come, CHURCH OF THE COVENANT. Sermon on the Communion by the Dr. Marvin R. Vincent. ‘There was a large and fashionable assemblage at the Church of the Covenant, corner of Park 4 ni nd Thirty-fifth street. The Rey, Dr. Marvin R. Vincent, the pastor, preached the discours: subject and text being Philippians tit, as though T had already attained, either w ready perfect; but I follow after, if that may ap- prehend that for which also I am apprehended Christ Jesus.” “If any man,’ he began, “ever had a definite aim in life, it was St, Paul. His hopes and aspirations were sumimed up in oné word— Christ. He expresses a desire that he may know Christ and that he may be so filled with his uncompromising spirit that he may be an aid to the Church. He tells us that he might have been reasonably proud of his lineage, education, endowments and grand opportunities in his pro- fession, but that he only cared for the werk of Christ. He tells them that he is not already per- fect. It is evident that wiule Paul speaks without vanity he holds himself as : A MODEL CHRISTIAN. This relation is very forcibly stated by Paul. was grasped and seized by Christ. The simile of of the racecourse was in his mind, He was in hot pursuit of wealth and worldly distinction when Christ compelied him to stop and change that iron and indomitable will from the pursuit of mere worldly Wealth to the preaching 0! those doctrines which he bas taught, A cho Vessel, he was filled to the brim. Christ was his ali and ail, Presenting at further length the characteristics establishiug Paul as amoral Christian, he eniorced the duty devolving on them as protess#ing Christians to make hin thelr example. 't was peculiarly appropriate todo uns on a day like the present, wuen they were about to renew their profession of Christ. Some fear that they ought not to come to THE COMMUNION TABLE. The sense of faiiure is upon such. When any one proposes to stay from the Lord's Supper on this ac- count ke dishonors Christ and himself, Christian experience is not victory but pursuit, Paul ad- mits that we often stumble, but he says it Is only the proof a probationary eXxistexce. Inasmuch as Rev. He to write, because be should spoil his page with biota, should throw down his pen would it be right for the teacher to permit this’ No; he would teil him i he were a good penman he wouid not be learning to write. And so the Lord's Supper was hot instituted for PERFECT PEOPLE, but for poor and ering men. Christ never treatd His Disciples as perfect men, every one to consider the whole economy of Chris- tianity. Prayer is open to ali and belongs to the Condition Of striving. Take preaching, for example, It is pot the entertainment of congenial minds. It asstimes that Christian men need imstruction, It isa Very false idea that the church is a sort of a saint's test, where safe souls look down upon their brethren at ‘tng in the vatley. Consider the Holy Sacrament. We cannot approach tt too seriously. It 18 & soldier's rations, not a victor’s feast. It was in this spirit that the Jews ate the Passover. It Was instituted because of our weakness. Christ gave here below a strength and an energy .to the | that He was anywhere tn particular—that Le was | shipped as a’spirit, and it would be idolatrous to | The reverend gentleman concluded | by asserting that for the good Christian the assured | they were likely to stumble it was their duty to use all the means in their power | to help them If a iittie boy learning It was the duty of | knew that, try as they would, they would forget His face, It was ial FOR FORGBTFUL SOULS that this ordinance was instituted. Ifin their setf- examinations 1 had asked themse! were wholly eanverted to vhrist Were not,and for this selves unfit to ticipate in the Lord's Supper, let them remember that there are two kinds of conviction—as an act of the will and as a consum- mation of that act. It is like aman enlisting as a soldier, The new dangers and make him sigh for a happy home, but his enlistment now keeps him in his part through dangér and ex- osure. His loyalty remains’ unshaken, and this is ike the Christian. Temptations may often assail him and they may by ig him, but if he stands firm he is a 4 true ier. In conclusion he ui that Christ was the author of their faith and that He would be their finisher. ST, PAUL'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Bailding-Up of Character—Christ the Only Sure Foundation for the the Sum of All His Acts mon by Dr. Foss. The Rev. Dr. Cyrus D. Foss, pastor of the St. Paul's Metnodist Episcopal church, on Fourth ave- nue, preached to @ large and attentive congrega- tion last evening from the passage found in the twentieth verse of the Epistle of Jude:—‘But ye, beloved, butiding up yourselves on your most holy faith.” He said every man is building a fouse in which he must live forever. That house is his own character, There are many builders who, in the prosecution of their work for others, may slight it, but ne 1s indeed a foolish man who neglects the proper construetion of a house for his own use. This illustration is found throughout the Scriptures. The Saviour uses it, in the closing paragraphs of the Sermon on the Mount, where he speaks of the wise man who built his house upon a rock. It ts a favorite illus- tration of the Apostle Paul, who, in his Epistle to the Corinthians, says:—‘Accord- ing to the grace of Ged, which is given unto me as @ wise master builder, I have laid the foundation and another buiideth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.” In the study of architecture there are several things to be considered. There are the plan, the foundation, the materials, the workmanship and the location. All of these are essential to the per- fect structure, In accordance as its use is to be so is the class of the edifice. And, first, the skill of the architect is called on to prepare the plan and to lay the building in its entirety before him for whom it is to be construeted, This accomplished, the location, the foundation and materials are duly considered, The speaker then proceeded to show that any defect in the five points mentioned became fatal to the structure and the consequent necessity for care in every one, and then drew an analogy between this ana the puna ng of character, which every man, either for good or evil, must do for himself, In very many instances the materials and workmanship seem very fair, as represented by SALESMEN AND CABHIERS in the business world, who, perhaps, go on for years respected and esteemed by the community, and yet, in the end, a faultin the construction 1s manifested somewhere, and what seemed so beau- tiful and well-proportioned comes crashing to the He siowed the necessity of a carefuliv prep: | plan of life as a requisite for the building-up of character, the planting of a firm foundation, the care in the selection of materals and in the work- manship, and added:—“I submit that we have reached a point when we are cailed on to build up THE BASE OF CHRISTIANITY, He read from the context to show that we are butiding under the cree of God. Every person in the Holy Trinity as therein stated is assisting Us: This shoutd be carried home to our consideration. ‘Those who have built upon fon other foundation nave found their endeavors uselesg, and in the clos- ing scene of life have cried ont, with Solomon, “All is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there 18 DO prophet under the sun.” After re- ferring to the fact that the edifice man is constantly constructing can only be occupied by himself and one other, that is, the spirit of good or evil, he added, that edifice is man’s self, and itis what he has made it. He cannot get away from it, and at will remain with hig forever.. This is well stated in the conclading chapter of Revela- tions :—‘He that is unjust let him be unjust still, and he that is righteous let him be righteous still.” ‘The acts of man’s life ‘can never be hid, for aside from the book of remembrance, in the final day, he will stand betore God THis SUM OF HIS LABORS, ; whether for good or evil, while upon earth.’ .As a man sows so Shall he reap; that js, of the thing he sows shall he reap; and, in illustration of this, no more terrible idea was ever suggested than that | the miser should retain lis avarice, the licentious | man his lust without the privitege of induiging in | these passions, ‘They thus, like the archfiend i mentioned by Milton, become a torment to them- selvesi:— Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell. In considering how we can best build up a ghar- acter which we would be willing to carry with us to eternity, he urged that Christ is the only sure foundation. He exhorted the young, that they mifht better succeed in the task of constructing, to take every means of mental and bodily culture. The building must be done by days’ work, by persistent plodding labor, without which nothing can be accomplished in life. The architect lays out labor for various persons, but our duty is per- formed in the labors which are assigned us. Bear in mind God’s,grand ideal of A man, and what it is toend in at last. Be sure you do everything for the secret eye of God, and when the universe is gathered for the judgment of the Father then Shall acerue as the result of your labors peace and happiness forever, (FIFTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Dr. Hall’s Sermon—Lite a Perpetual Round of Change, Full of Interest and Variety=The Married Staic—Allusion to the Recent Parricide=The Duties of Parents—The Obligations of Public Men. The Rev. Dr. John Wall preached yesterday at the Filth Avenue Presbyterian church to a large con- gregation, After the usual services and prayers sation of wisdom to the President of the United States and the preservation in ways of integrity and freedom from corruption those having the ad- ministration of power, receiving a fervent re- sponse) De. Hall took his text from the Book of Joshua, third chapter and concluding words of the fourth verse—For ye have not passed this way heretofore.’ It so came to pass, he said, that some things im life which bore a common and fa-- miliur aspect came to be endowed with novelty and beauty when one was placed in new conditions and relations to them, and so it was in the mani- festations of the precious words which God had | given them, Some of them seemed common and of no special application until it pleased God to change the surrounding conditions and relations. The text which he had read partook, he thought, of this general character, and admitted of applica. | changes. Life was made up of continua! progress from change to change ; they were not living in the present, but rather in the future, and their nands, like those of the climbers, were ever stretched above their heads to aid them. UPWARD AND ONWARD. They were not, however, to regard this as a sign of man’s unhappy and unsatisfied condition, but should rather take it as @ proof of God's wisdom und goodness. There was no sameness in life, no dull monotony; life was made full of interest be- cause it was full of variety. They might pervert this feeling in their natures, might grow pettish and dissatisfied and might strike their heads against | | | tion to @ numberless series of conditions and | | | HIE BARS OF CIRCUMSTANCR that God ved around them, but it was, neverthe- less, the t that they were ever passing from such change to change that the text was always applicable—“Ye bave not passed this way hereto- fore.” The next general remark which ie would make in expounding the text was that for all these steps and changes God had fixed special mes and circumstances. When these words were spoken to the people of Israel they were about to enter the promised land. The pillar of fire had been withdrawn and they Were left to seek guidance by such ordinar means as it pleased God to give. Even so, through | all their changes, they might be sure that guidance | was provided if they Only sought it of God. They should cultivate courage and constancy and be steadfast to the end, Among the many changes of life to which the text applied, there Was scarcely | one of greater importance or carrying with it more people about to enter the married state. How oiten were they prepared to enter such state in the true apirit of the text, living each for the other marriages result, if not in. SUCH BLOODY TRAGEDIES as they had seen in the city last week, at least In lifelong miseries and regrets? How often, instead of resembling two streams blending harmoniously fn one, did they not find marriea Fire rather like two frozen pools—cold, stagnant and dead? In this new relationship of life, in thus entering on @ way not passed heretofore, the Divine guidance was especially necessary. Equally important was the relationship of life into which parents entered. They had to guide & young life, to check its temper and restrain ite passions. To them was committed the important task of bringing the YOUNG, PLASTIC CHARACTER into a right mould, so that it might have symmetry of form anid be without flaw, In that most dimeult task tu which they could be engaged they entered groupd, leaving only @shapeless mass of ruins. | red | (the supplication beseeching a providential dispen- | sacred duties and obligations than that of young | and both for God ? How often, rather, did not such | | Struggles against the | the manger words of the text might be also addressed great propriety to wing to undertake im- portant public duties. It so happened that such persons were olten tempted to throw ef all responsibility, to. al their duties, because of censure and Nv often tna te in ete coasts tae A 5 uence, lon the duties which they had unde: But that was not the wisest course to follow. ought te adhere steadfastly to his duties, and ought to display true public spirit, if not Christian = man Recently ® number OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS had been Wee some of the persons appointed being men of Known religion, and it remained to be tested in the eyes of the United States whether they would be able to put down corruption. To them he would say that they nad entered ona new way not passed heretofore, and would exhort them to seek guidgnce from Him who could make them mighty to REPRESS VENALITY and to uphold that which is true and good. In conclusion, Dr, Hall reminded his hearers that the words pf the text were spoken to the Israelites when they were about to cross the Jordan into the ‘Promised Land, ‘They, too, would come to cross the Jordan—the river of death—into the Land of Promise, and he exhorted them to preparedness for that solemn moment, and not to rely on snatch- ing @ hasty introduction to Christ in the last trem: ulous hour of existence. 8T, PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, The Church Milltant—Her Endless Strug- ®les and Victories—The Successors of the Fisherman Reviewed by Bishop Lynch—Colicction for the Pope. High mass was celebrated yesterday by Father McNamee. The choir, under Professor G, Schmita, rendered General's mass in © major. It being ‘Trinity Sunday, a collection was taken upin aid of the Holy Father, which, owing to. Bishop Lynch’s discourse, may be presumed tg have far exceeded any of previous years, It speaks ill for the de- votedness of the parishioners to have subscribed only $800 on former occasions, Alter the chanting of the “Vent Creator” the Right Rev. Dr. Lynch,’ Bishop of Charleston, ascended the pulpit, and, having read the Gospel of the aay, said that he would not speak on the great mystery which the Church commemorated—the mystery of the Holy Trinity—but he would say a iew words in relation to the Holy Father. The oration was pregnant with historic lore and vivid “pictures of what was achieved by the Roman pentiils in by- gone times, He alluded in very feeling terms to the present Pope, and was dignifledly severe on : ‘THE LAWS OF GERMANY, which deprive Catholics of religious liberty, To do Justice to the discourse tt would be necessary to Teport itinfull. From age to age the faithful have substantially manifested their unity by supporting the Holy See; but never before did the‘father of the faithful make so powerful or 80 tenuer an appeal to the charity of his children than he did on this occasion. He appealed to them under circum: stances of heart-rendiog aMuctions, which forcibiy call to mind the fierce struggles of the Church in its earliest existence. Long centuries ago the na- tions were plunged into the depths of paganism, and the world was full of follies and disorders and iniquities. Everything was in contusion and men worshipped images of metal and stone. In the midst of this disorganization the supreme God sent His beloved Son to recall mey from their evil ways and to leave bekind Him theSHoly Church to be the guide of man until the end of time, Then the king- doms and empires ARRAYED THEMSELVES AGAINST this Church; national pride combated her in her onward march, We know the history of the for- midabie struggles which she was compelled te un- dergo durimg the first three centuries. The man who sat upon the imperial throne of Rome lifted his arm against her; and, long and fierce though the struggle was, she never let fajl the banner of the cross, Constantine himself became a Chris- tian, Then it was that Christiamity achieved a brilliant triumph; but her battics were not yet at an end, The proud rulers of the earth sought again to subdue her, and to com- pel her to change her laws. But the Church could yield nothing to error, and her career was one of incessant conquest. Amid all these owers of darknesa there was one prominent individual who stood forth— the pastor of the Universal Church, The very first successor of Christ, after having witnessed the beheading of Paul, was single eut for destruction; and, in sigbt of the Seven Hills, he was crucified, like his Master, In the sixth persecution, which was the hitherto most bloody, the cruel Emperor who the of ; determined to AUNT THE CHRISTIANS through the caves beneath the ground, to annihi- late them, to destroy tffe Pontiff and to prevent the election of a successor, Decius would rather have lost his throne than witness the election of a suc- cessor to the fisherman. And for two long years the clergy were unable to come together, but they at length baMied the designs of their enemies and Kept intact the line of pontif’s, From that day to the present how many pious popes have there not been cast into prison or sent into exile for their zealous labors But, despite ali opposition, the banner of truth which was raised on the day of Pentecost has never yet gone down. In this our own day the Supreme Pontiff has witnessed the establishment oi a new empire in the promulga- tion of laws equal to those of JULIAN THE APOSTATE. And even Italy, the land which ought to be tne protector of the pastor, has had a hand in wrest- ing from him his little dominion, That dominion. was only a small portion of Italy, and Italy is but a@ smali part of Europe. Its government was the most ancient in existence, venerable for its dignity, venerable for the reputa- tion of its members, venerable for the justice of its laws, In the face of these facts might com- bated right, and ts victorious, but only for the time being. The conquest gained over right can- not endure forever. If ever there was a day which onght to have appeared dark to the eyes of politicians it was the day which ushered in the present century. Then it seemed as if the days of decius had returned, The Cardinals were forbid- den to assemble, the Reccentns. Ponti had ex- pired in capitivity and Rome was in the possession of hostile hands, Nevertheisss, the Church eventu- ally overcame ail hig tat pod We need have no fears ag to what the final issue of the present state of affairs willbe. In Rome to-day THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY is making laws, not only in oppesition to the, laws or ey => but destructive, as fat as possible, of the Church itself, And the tender-hearted pontif® is a prisoner in the Vatican, and dare not put his foot in the streets of the city, Only a few days ago & cardinal was maitreated by the people, The infuriated populace are not content with this, but they are crying out war against everything sacred—war against the religious houses, wat against God Himsell. But the Holy Father remains strong in THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF RIGHT, and right must be triumphant in tie end. He will also be strengthened by the Knowledge that he has the sympatiiy and support of the entire Catholic world im these his days of affliction, From this very pulpit, some time ayo, Went iorth the soul-stirrin words of sympathy from the glorious prelate o' New York which were borne in print to the re- motest bounds of the earth and sent a thrill through the entire Christian world, They evoked aspirit and a fecling which are not yet extin+ guished, and which, the speaker trusted, will be manifested not merely by pecuniary contributions, but by continued and fervent prayer for the safety of the venerable Ponti, the restoration of his | rights and the peace and prosperity of the uni- versal Church. COLLEGIATE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH The Rev. Dr. William Ormiston on the Saving Power of God. The Rey. Dr. Ormiston preached yesterday morn, | ing at the Collegiate Reformed Dutch church, on Filth avenue, at the corner of Twenty-ninth street, from the text (Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians, i., 19) :—""What is the exceeding greatness of His power to us who believe’? The preaeher began by explaining the context and -by showing the cir- | cumstances under which Paul wrote these words, It was not an easy thing even for Goud to save a ruined world. The salvation of a human soul from the roin of perdition is the grandest manifestation of the power of the Almighty, This power is analo- gous to that which brought the Lord Jesus from the grave and raised Him to power ana eternal giory. This is the spirit of the simile used by the apostie Paul in that God reaches down rom heaven and raises each poor soul which is added to the kingdom. Each soul to-day allied to God has been as much the direct agency of divine power as if the body had been raised from the grave, There 1s not @ person living who has been pierced by the ar- rows ot divine love but has felt that the suaft came from the divine bow, 17 18 VERY HARD TO DO RIGHT. It is like rolling a stone up hill and Qnding it rol back cach time. The discouragements in the first of a Christian’s life are terrible. ‘The death, burial and resurregtion of Christ ts per- haps the most clearly proved of any fact Mm Biblical history. The power that could raise the dead can raise any of us. His resurrection is a type of ours, for John says that “when we see Him we shal be hike Him.” As He was raised, so shail we be; if we suffer with Him we shall reign with kim, The near- ness of Christ to humanity can be seen from to the final icine of the ascension. Asababe in Bethlehem He was so charming that we cannot but love Him. The sor- row!ul man as He Sppested years after attracts us by brotherly sympa’ ar. It was in His humanity that He attached people to Him and in His divine wer that he saved them. To all who this morn- ing surround the altar of repentance, in whatever art of the globe, is poured out the divine ace ‘om the same great source. There can be no fears for the saiety ofthe Charch ander such tec- torate. The woes of earth affect all of us, hut we should remember that God's power. ora Purchase of the Attorney Street Church for the Colored Methodists of the East Side of the City—A Day of Jubilee Among Them—Dedicatory Sermon by Bishop Janes. Yesterday was a day of jubilee for the colored Methodists of the eastern portion of the city, the City Church Extension and Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with the liberality which has characterized its movements since its Organization, having authorized the purchase of a spacious, neat and comfortably furnished edifice, for the occupancy of the Emmanuel colored congregation, gathered by their Allen street mis- sion, The church is located in Attorney strect, between Delancey and Rivington streets, and was formerly occupied by the Methodist Protestants (White)—a distinct branch of the.great Methodist progeny. It was purchased for $30,000, the half of which amount was paid when the negotiation was closed, and since then $9,000 have been subscribed towards cancelling the remaining indebtedness. It was announced yesterday that Mr. J. B. Cornell, the President of the Missionary Society, gave $3,500 of that amount, and it was confidently hoped that the entire sum would be obtained throughout the day. Bishop Janes conduc:ed the opening services yesterday morning, in the presence of a congrega- tion composed of white and colored Methodists, the latter, of course, predominating. After Rev. J. B, Merwin read the Scriptures and the cholr sung a hymn, commencing, I love Thy kingdom, Lord, ‘Tie house of Thine dbode, Bishop Janes proceeded to deliver an able dts- course, taking for his text the twenty- ta verse of the first chapter of Colossians—Whom we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.” In his introductory remarks the Bishop said that few tings were more edifying than GOOD EXAMPLES, and the higher the service in which the example was furnished the more important was its instruc- tion. There was no higher service tn the world than preaching the Gospel, and the example of St. Paulin preaching Christ was worthy of imitation. The preacher said that in order to preach Christ successfally his character must be fully described, and proceeded to delineate the excellencies of Jesus Christ, who com- bined the human and the diving natures, who was the Author of all religious teachings, the Giver of the Bible, the Kedeemer of the world by His vicarious death upon the cross, and the Victor over the grave by rising from it. He was also the Mediator and Supreme Lord of his people, and the object of all worship. Christ was thé theme on which the apostles dwelt, and how, he (the Bishop) asked, could any minister who Knew the true Goa and tne one Saviour—who had any appreciation of spiritual interests and the immensity of human destinies, who understood that this is a state of probation and that everything that pertains to the eternal world is to be determined here—preach anything else but Christ, and Him crucified ? ‘The Bishop went ow to show at length tne duty of ministers, to warn every man of his sinfulstate, and remarked that there was a wonderfui mistake in the public mind tn reference to THE CRIMINALITY OF CHILDREN. Just as soon as they know good from evil they are responsible, and if they do wrong they become guilty before God, andif they die in their sins where God and Christ are they cannot come, Children ought to be warned of the danger of dyin in their guilt and being lost forever, and it shoul be the great concern of the pulpit and the Sunday school to lead them to repent of their sins and to obtain forgiveness of God that they might be pre- jared for death and the future. The yout ould e warned of the Gangae of contracting habits of drinking intoxicating liquor, of using tobacco, of profanity and of jove for evil society, and of resist- ing the gracious influences of the divine spirit. The middle-aged and the hoary-headed sinner should also be admonished and encouraged to accept the offers of the Gospel, The reason for this warn- ing must be assigned by the Christian minister, for it was notamere arbitrary announcement to yersens that they are in peril, but it is because the fact exists. MANKIND ARE IN IMMINENT PERIL because they had broken God’s law, and they were rapidly passing to the judgment seat. The great issues of eternity were before them, and unless they obtained the remission of their sins through believing in Christ, and the transformation of their souls by the Divine spirit, they would be banishea from God and the glory of His power. Bearing in Tmind, no doubt, . Beecner’s recent discourse setting forth the proposition that every one who had a spark of geodness would get to heaven, the Bishop said :—How unreasonable is that SYMPATHY WITH HUMANITY that continues to cry “Peace,” and to say pleasant things to lull men to sleep, and to encourage thera to hope for goodness and glory while they are liv- ing in their carnal state and in their criminality before God! The warnings of God in His Word were selemn—‘The wages of sin is death; the wicked shall be turned into hell with all the nations that forget God.” in the further elucida- tion of his theme the speaker pointed out how the preacher and the Sunday school teacher could efi- ciently perform their Coe im warning and teachin: others the way of salvation, and in conclusion sal that they would be rewarded by presenting those committed to their instruction “periect in Christ Jesus” at last. Physical infirmity would remain with a renewed soul, but the pense of grace was such that the motives and affections might be purified, and although such might err in judgment it would be said of them, “Tiley are good.” He hoped that the spirit of his text would be in tne mind and heart of every man who should there- alter occupy that pulpit. In the afternoon addresses were delivered by General Fisk, Dr. Dashtell and other friends oj the enterprise, and it was announced that Rev. J. Parker would preach in the evening. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUTH CHURCH, Mr. Beecher Absent—Th¢ Justice of God— The Fall of the Angels—An Exhortation to Justice and Mercy=An Unusually Interesting Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Murray. hs Plymouth pulpit was occupied yesterday morn- ing by the Rev. Mr. Murray, of Park street church, Boston, Mr. Beecher, for once, making an ex- change. There seemed to be no falling otf in the attendance, as 13 usually the case in Mr. Beecher's absence. Mr. Murray delivered a very interest- ing discourse on the justice of God, His text was Psalm IXxxix, fourteenth verse— “Justice and judgment are the habita- tion of thy throne.” I wish to speak to you this morning of the justice of God, or Divine justice. Not a tew say that the pulpits are reticent on this subject. Idesire that none may say it of me. I believe tn the fathernood of God and in His justice, No one can comprefiend the greatness of God’s love who does not know that justice under- lies it. Twill separate my sermon into two heaas— First, the justice of God to His people; second, the justice of God as the rule of His conduct. God is His own governor; no counsellors sit with Him; He has no opposition even in thought, and before the glory of the invisible universe the highest archangel hides his face, and to the authority of the one central Will everything is subject. So you see the government of God is God Himself. Task you to inquire what would be the predomi- nating principle, the corner stone, on which this structure is laid. God has for His subjects two classes, the just and the unjust. Were all the sub- Jects pure and right-mninded the severer elements of God's government would be hidaen; for such a State where there would be nothing to restrain, jvhere nothing would occur to ruie the mind, love vould undoubtedly bein the ascendant; but it is not so. As far back as the annals extend KVIL HAS CONTENDED WITH GOOD. Will you consider, now, the fall of the angels? I make no attempt to explain that most mysterious ow, being they could fall; but such was the fact. For once, at least, the chariot of God has been forced to battle, and God stood victor on that awful field. What did He do? He showed no maudlin pity; he paid no attention to their pleadings for mercy— their sin was Dapardionabias hell was the appro- priate place for them, and into it they went, faded and fell, and God's pure ones rejoiced, The next instance was God's treatment of our progenitor, Adam, Vast periods of time had been | employed to create world worthy of man, until such a result was obtained that God pronounced it At last man, endowed with reason, was rood. L th. Thus situated, endowed with placed on the e every blessing, there was only one injunction laid | upon bim, P AND THIS HE DISODEYED, And what followed? This man, who yielded to temptation through love—this man, whose pareit- age linked him to the celestial orders—must lie, for this one slip, fall forever? Would not God modify His rules for once, and let His favorite go free ? Here was a golden opportunity for God to forgive; but here are facts, not theory. He did what He said He would. The justice of God had been tampered with; the penalty must drop. The universe had -heard His prociamation, and the universe looked to see if He would keep His word, Would He consign His favorite to dark- ness? Calvary showed them how He loved jus- tice, and for the first time heaven felt the inflext. bility of its King, and so jor the second time did God make a revelation of Himself. At the coming of the Saviour a crisis had come; man was losing his superiority to tbe beasts of the fields; the tendency was to grow more gross. Now, ifever, something must be done. Lost and ruine: as they were, God still loved his children, 30 He decided they should be redeemed, Would the ay 2 of the angels do it? Could the love of upsell Tue element oLjustice Game (Qs TAR ron and far above the world, | and spoke. No t was enough, Inted nts hand abote eae Princtpalities [ pointed to the heart of the and then, for the third time” was a revelation of Justice such as heaven ee comet foros, New, tne ras of ts contact Toe dotags of Goa ara ol con watohed by intelligent spectators, and Gea aaee stan’ that the ne This i * beyond or tall ahert of justice, or will over be te. voked; claims of justice must be complied with before the milder nature can come out. ‘The Bter- hal cannot rebel against His own nature and re- ry é Ce aah wee this coasicersioe which a aven against our progenitor. Nothing short of death would do. Thus it was that Goat goeramcnt a tan ite Bad araee that His authority might be vindicated aid ADAM WAS LosT. We stand under the shadow of that old, old curse iat An inexorable pressure is brought to bear on juman souls. What chance is there, then, for man oy a ie fy to the utvermost parts of the east mee eaten GOD 18 THERE. ie justice God is as & circumference about sin, There is no mask or mantle that cam conceal the ace of sin from God. Now, if aoming can shield you from the wrath of God, tr fou_can’ Save yourself, what will be the result? © imagine but one possible contingency—that God will lower His demands. I mention this because you think that God will frais 300 Who is go in- sane as toimagine that God at this late day will revoke His decision? Who is fool enough to argue that, worm as he is, the Creator will cease to act in accordance with His strict rules? ee thou pe Grenier ee and majestic is iy 2; DO jon rut countenance | beautiful are thy closed lips; deautiful : Ments gf faultiess drapery, and thy hand of snow, balancfag the impartial scales. O Just hear thou our prayer, and descend to-day and stand be- fore this people! Thou art needed; come clothed in a beauty beyond the beauty in which the Greeks carved thee, and stand revealed before us. Come not alone, but bring thy sister, Mercy; let thy voloe mingle with hers, saying, Here we stand, twin at- tributes of God, born of His love; the one to pro- io 8 TAAOEEDS ae Crige Sy pens be the ty. ‘hen shall we say, O God, justice aud judgment are the habitation of thy throne, CHURCH OF THE ROLY OROSS, Dedication of a New Catholic Church at Flatbush—A Large Congregation and Auspicious Opening—Sermon by Bishop Loughlin, on Sanctification. In the leafy, truly rural village of Flatbush, @ new church was yesterday dedicated to the service of the Catholic religion, Tnis church is the “Church of the Holy Cross,’ and the building of it was commenced about a year ago, It is in the Gothio style of architecttre and the material used ts brick and stone. The cost has been $32,000, and it will Seat 800 worshippers, The architect is Mr. Houghton, of Exchange place, New Yorks, and he appears to have done his work very creditably. The old frame church, which was dedicated six years ago, is at the rear of the old church, and will be utilized for School and parochial purposes, Yesterday the weather was so balmy, the air so invigorating, the breeze that fluttered tne leaves and stirred the blood so suggestive of a ride into the rural lanes and under shady trees, that it was not surprising to the common sense observer to find that the Flatbush avenue cars arriving about church time from the oly nearly emptied themselves of their occupants when they arrived at the village lane im which the church is situated. ‘The result was that the building was crowded with A TOWN AND COUNTRY CONGREGATION of devout worshippers. The Gedicatory and the ordinary services were performed _ by the following clergy:--The Right Rev. John Loughlin, D. D., celebrant; Father McCullum, deacon; Father T. 0. Reilly, sub-deacon; Fatver Nevin, and the pastor of the church, Father O'Doherty. In the gallery has been erected a small but powerful and mellow- toned organ, by Mr. Henry Erben, ef New York. The organist 1s M. Cortada. The choir was com- posed of the following:—Soprano, Mrs.. Moore; alto, Mra, Southwell; tenor, Mr. Doyle; basso, Mr. Dalion. During he = servik was sung “Meridiatus,'’ for four voices; ‘Milardi,” and the trio, Verdi’s “Jesu del Veivi,” all of which were , well rendered. Bisho} Loughlin selected the fot- lowing as the text for his sermon—the first clause of the third verse of tourtiPchapter of St. Paul’s Firat Epistle to the Thessalonians :—*‘For this is the will of God, even your sanctification.” “God,” said the Bishop, “has lett eet undone that we may be sanctified. The end cone t by God in His work for us is our salvation and our sanctification. That was the end proposed by God in giving us exist- ence. Now, if this is the end proposed by God, it is reasomable to inguire what are the means pro- vided by which this sanctification is to be carried out by us? In the Gospel He had declared to us what the arrangement was. It was an arrange- ment between God and His Blessed Son, and it was A VERY SIMPLE ARRANGEMENT. Every human power was used to prevent it being carried out, but what was man’s efforts as ‘ainst God’s efforts? It was a grand scene, this addressing man by God, and giving to men this giorious commission of being the depositary and revealer of His truth, God so unityig men to Him- self that henceforth they were uot to proclaim their own notions, their own ideas, but were to be inspired only by the trath of God.’ They were told to teach the jaethtge henceforth ‘the command- ments that I have given you;” and these were not to be regulaied by their own private judgment. “rhe words that have re- ceived, I have given you,” said our blessed Lord. This, then, was part of the Divine arrange- ment. Now men must be enlightened andssancti- fled by this tiMith. But there is hesitation In put- ting confidence in men who profess to be the teach- ers of this truth, It is said that a Catholic is re. strained of his liberty; but he is not restrained of his liberty, for he who hears and receives thia truth 1s not listening to @ man merely; he is not bound to the voice of man; it is the voice of God, and itis the truth in God that makes him free, Man is either to obey the truth im God or the spirit that is within him, and man is either for God or against Him. There is no medium point; there is no fellowship between light and darkness, be- tween , CHRIST AND BELIAL. “He who is not with me,” says the Son of at “43 against me.”’ .It is net bondage, therefore, bul liberty ye are called upon to enjoy. The Catholic may be said by men to be a slave, but there is na siavery where this liberty is enjoyed. Where thera is truth there is liberty. Besides the truth by which men are to be sanctified there are other means, They are very simple, but they are alsa very grand, Simple, because they are the result of Almighty condescension ; simple, ¢ He knew the nature of our hearts; simple, because we are but small babes. We as men are grand and truly great; we are made so by our character. We are reat because we are made in the image and the jikeness of God. Great, because we have been re- deemed by the precious blood of Christ; great, be- cause We are sanctified by this, and because it is the will of God that we should be sanctified. There is a@ wonderful harmony, too, in the simplicity and the greatness of the means provided for our sanc- tification. This was made manifest in the sim aud the holy sacrament of baptism, and all tie other sacraments, especially in thay sacrament of love by which God manifests Himséif to men in a most peculiar way, in which He says, “He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My biood abideth with Me.” Who is it that makes man small and contemptible? Man himself. see how God loves him, how He magnifies him. See how He desires to be united with him in time, that he may be united to Him in eternity. The Bishop concluded his sermon by a few words of practical application, and added his great thankfulness and congratala- tions at seeing so beautiful a church dedicated to the service of God, SOUTH PRESBYTERIAN CHUROH. lation Services—Drs. Cuyler, Wells and Evans Officiating. There was quite a large congregation last even- ing at the South Presbyterian church, at the cor- ner of Clinton and Amity streets, Brooklyn, to Witness the installation of the Rev. Dr. Alexander | Reed, pastor-elect o/ the church. After the sing- | ing of a hymn and a prayer had been offered tne Rev. Dr. Cuyler preached the installation sermon, speaking in the highest terms of the ability of the reverend gentieman and his qualification for the osition to Which he had been called. The Rev. vs, Wells and Evans alse took part in the services. EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE. A meeting of the Evangelical Alliance was held in Dr. Burchardt’s church, West Thirteenth street, last evening. The meeting was largely attended, and was called for the purpose of porfecting the arrangements for the Conference of the Evan. elical Alliance, to be held in this city October 2, The Rey. Dr. Holdrich epened the meeting by prayer. Rev. Philip Schaif delivered a lengthy address, giving an exhaustive analysis of the ob- jects of the Alliance. The Rev, John Hall recounted the advantages to be derived from personal con- tact with the distinguished European divines that are expected atthe Conference. The expenses of some fifty of them would have to be paid, and 30,000 would be necessary to wart the expenses. rhe Rev. H. B. Chapin stated that $1) ad al- ready been raised, and that there would be no dif- ficnity in raising the other $12,000. A collection was then taken up and the meeting adjourned, THR HAMILTON AVENUE FERRY AOOl The friends of the unfortunate man who met with the awtul death of being crushed between the guards of the ferryboat Baiticand the “rack’? im the slip of the Hamilton avenue ferry, New Y have reported that the deceased was nai Antonio Reyes. He was a native of Gaba, cightess ioe of age, and resided at 86 Sixth avenue. had Bet bagm found. i l