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4 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. July 20—Seventh Sunday ‘After Pentecost. Where the Gospel May Be Heard To-Day. HERALD RELIGIOUS CORRESPONDENCE, Services at Burlington Col- lege, New Jersey. The American Episcopal Church in Hayti Appeals for Aid. The “Invisible Preacher” on the Peni- tent and Impenitent Thieves. A Church for the People, the Poor and the Rich. Offences Against God—Egotism of Mankind. MOVEME OF THE CLERGY. Services To-Day. There will be preaching at the usual hours, morning and evening, in the Methodist Free Tab- ernacie by Rev. Joann E. Cookman, “Truths for Hindered Lives’ 1s Rev. Wayland Hoyt’s subject for the evening ‘service in the Tabernacle Baptist church, Morning service at halli-past ten o'clock. Rev. Frederick Evans preaches morning and evening in the Central Baptist church, At the Westminster Presbyterian church the morning and evening services will be conducted by Rev. J, K. Demarest. Rev. Mr. Deems preaches at half-past ten A. M. and eight P. M. in the Church of the Strangers, “What Jesus Saw in the Young Ruler” is the theme upon which the Rev. L M. Atwood will ad- dress the Fifth Universalist Society at Plimpton Hall at eleven A. M, The Rey. Dr, Anderson preaches this morning and evening in the First Baptist church. The usual Sunday services will be held in the Church of the Atonement, Rev. W. T. Sabine oMci- ating. Rey. P. L. Davies will preach this morning and evening in the Berean Baptist church, At the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity Rey, Dr. Krotel will preach at half-past ten 4. M. Rev. D. B. Jutten preaches, morning and even- ing, in Sixteenth street Baptist church, Preaching at a quarter before eleven A. M. in the Church of the Reformation. Rev. U. T. Tracy will conduct the services, - Rev, W. ©, Stitt, of Piermont, will preach in Dr, Hepworth’s church at half-past ten A. M. aud balf- past seven P. M. To-day and during the heated term the services at St. Ignatius’ church (Dr. Ewer, rector) will be heid at nine and half-past ten A. M. and five P. M. Rev. William Kirkus preaches this evening at St. Luke's Hospital. There will be the customary exercises in Dr. Plagg’s church, in Eighty-fifth street, the Doctor himself preaching. “The Need of Union Between Farmers and Other Workingmen” will be set forth by Mr. George Biair at the Cosmopolitan Conference this after- oon, Bishop Snow's subject (at three P. M., in the University) is “The Three Woe Trumpe:s of the Revelation.” “What Relation Does Spiritualism Sustain to the Vital Reforms of the Age ?’ is the query to be answered by Dr. William White, at Robinson Hall, this evening. Impressive Services at Burlington Col- lege, Burlington, N. J. St. Mary’s College, Burlington, N. J., was the écene of very interesting exercises and impressive services a few days ago, which were witnessea and participated in by a large number of distinguished Episcopal clergy and laity. The exercises took place in the junior hall and were of a literary character, the chief jeature being an exceedingly {teresting essay on an “American View of the Cathedral System,” prepared and delivered by Rev. John Nicholas Stansbury, réctor of Christ Church, Newark. The reverend essayist took strong ground im favor of the introduction in America o! the English cathedral system, claiming ohatit would result in producing a more learned and Anished class of preachers, a more cultivated and beautiful style of music, and in many other ways extend the influence of the Church and do away with congregationalism, which the essayist depre- cated. e reverend gentleman stated, too, in the course of his remarks, that during the past year the Episcopal Charch had made greater progress than any other church, but that the labor was too great for the clergy. Subsequently, in the chapel, the Right Reverend Bishop W, H. Udenheimer conierred on Rev. Mr. Stansbury the degree of B. D., not as @ mere matter of honor, but oi well earned merit. The services attending the conferring of the degree were very impressive. Mr. Stansbury is the clergy- Man whose sermon belore the late Episcopal Dio- cesan Convention of New Jersey, on the subject of clerical sustenance, has occasioned widespread com- ment and dascussion, not only in this country, but in England. Sad Calamity in Hayti—Mi: ings in Ashes—American Phil Pists to the Resepe. A fire was discovered under full headway near midnight of June 3, 1873, in Port au Prince, in the vicinity of the edifices belonging to the American Protestant Mission in that place, which soon com- municated its devouring flames to the said build- ings, and in one short hour the church, pastoral tesience and schoolhouse were all reduced to a heap of ashes, And thus the Christian liberality of the religious denomination tn the States that had conierred this boon upon the Haytian Republic was suddenly lost to this community. But let it not be supposed that the solid advantages of this establish- ment wére by any means confined to a mere sec- tarian influence, or that its benefits were simply of s local nature, The Protestant Episcopal Mission, established at Port au Prince in 1861, was the first \n that series of steps that marked the change in the sentiments of the American people and in the policy of the government of the United States toward the African race in this hemisphere, which the civil war then commencing in that great Re- public inaugurated. Inthe following year (i862) the independence of Hayti was recognized by the American Congress, and the first diplomatic agent accredited by the United States to Hayti was named, In 1865 the treaty of friendship, commerce, kc., was concluded, ratified and’ exchanged be. tween the two Republics. in 1869 this friendly pol- icy reached its culminating point by the appoint- ment of a diplomatic representative of partial African descent to represent the Amer:can people uear the caaeeayiiy aanerin Each one of these litical agents of the American government who as fulfilied lomatic functions in Mayti since 1862, some four in number, have found a congenial home atmosphere in this religious mission, planted here by American charity, and they have succes- sively given to it their ald, countenance and pro- tection. Moreover, Un ited States naval and mer- chant vessels teuching at thia port have found ag! bie place where their crews could assist at public worship, ifso di ; and in seasons of mortality, when death has made its ravi among their crews, they have been gratified in optaining for their dead the decent rites ef Christian sepulture. While this mission station ‘has thus fulfilled the duty of an advanced post of NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. been sent to and educated in the United States, and all of whom have been ordained by American bishops, three of whom have made episcopal visi- tations to this island since 1863, ‘Thus this mission, DOW 30 sadly aMicted, commends itaeli to the sym- pathy of American philanthropists of whatever Dame by these triple claims which we beg leave to recapitulate: First—Bocause it is the initial movement Public events that have marked the favor: inerigan sentiment and policy towards the or! a scries of change in rican race of the New W . Second—liecause tt is an advanced post of American civilization, which hi reated a congenial atmosphere anda home intluence for our diplomatic agents resident in this Republic, as well as tor American travellers Porarily sojourning here, and for the naval and me chant marine of the United States visi ing these waters; ant Third—Because it is propagating and making indige- nous on Haytian soil Arnerican ideas of civil and religious liberty, by which the elevation of its people in the scale of moral well being will be accomplished, and the future tranquillity, progress and stability of that alster Hepub Ho—the second independent vation of the New World— will be secured. The religious zeal of one Christian denomination in the United States has taxed its energies during the last twelve years to accomplish all these im- pertant results; and now all that had been so weil done, in a material point of view, to cover the moral vantage ground thus acquired, has been swept away by tnis dreadiul conflagration, ‘The mission buildings, having been situated near an arsenal and powder magazine for lack of means to purchase land in a better situation, an insurance could not be effected on them when they were completed, and therefore their destruction is @ total loss. This appeal is now made to American philanthropists of every name to come forward to the rescue of this mis- sion, how tn ruins, 80 as to enable the congrega- tion to purchase a more eligible site and to erect thereon more substantial edifices than those de- stroyed, and which shall be a worthy token of the randeur of American benevolence and sympathy for the struggling people of this sister Kepublic. To satisfy all imquiries as to the truth of the statements herein made, a8 well as the worthiness of the object and the responsibility of the under- signed, missionary pastor in charge, liberty is taken to refer to Mr. B. F, Whidden, Concord, N. H.; to Mr. Gideon H. Hollister, Bridgeport, Conn, (both ex-diplomatic agents of the United States to Hayti); to Mr. John B, Porter, President of Yale College, New Haven, Conn,, who presided at the public meeting held in April, 1861, to bid God speed to the American Missiouary colony that sailed for Hayt! from New Haven on the 1st day of the fol- lowing May; and, in fine, to the Hon. Sbenezer D. Bassett, the present United States Minister Rest- dent and Consul General ¢t Port au Prince, Fifty thousand dollars will be needed to purchase the site contemplated amd to put up the substantial stone structures that are desirable, J. THEODORE HOLLY, Missionary Pastor in Charge. Port av PRINCE, Hayti, July 4, 1873. P, 8.--Reference 1s also made to the Foreign Committee of the Protestant Episcopal Missionary Board, No. 23 Bible House, New York city, and to the Right Rev. A. C, Coxe. D, D., Buffalo, Y., late visiting Bishop to the American Missions in Hayti The Invisibie Preacher on the Penitent and Impenitent Thievés. To THe EpITOR OF THE HERALD:— There is not, perhaps, a more beautiful, impres- sive or more touching action in the life of Christ than His forgiveness of the thief who was crucified as his companion on Calvary. How spontaneous the poor thief’s profession of faith and prayer and Christ's promise that he should that day be with him in paradise! Now there were two thieves, and both, having been tried by the same laws and sentenced to the same death, naturally must be equally confirmed and depraved criminals; but there was a chord in the heurt of one that had not yet been broken, and it was touched by the brutish remark which his companion addressed to Christ, After blaspheming Him he added, “If Thou be Christ save thyself and us. But the other an- swerlog rebuked him saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation ? And we indeed, justly; for we receive the due re- ward ofour deeds; bat this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day thou shalt be with me in paradise.’ All this must have been the work of a very few moments, for the shadows of death had been deep- ening round them. Yet how strange that the other thief who died impenitent was not touched by those beautiiul words of truth, uttered by his com- panion, and receive the same prompt pardon and promise of a bright home tnat day in_ par- adise, Because the last heart-string (if he had = any) had been long = since broken and there was nothing now to awaken to faith or love or hope or care icr an eternal salvation from a barren body of clay! There are serious lessons to be derived irom this circumstance of the peni- tent and impenitent thieves. Here are two men, picked from the worst class, aud at their deatn only one has enough of charity and faith leit to awaken at the last moment aud secure his salva- tion, But the other, though the name of God and the coming of the Messiah were known to him, his life of sin and Bepece Mons, induiged in to the last, so incrusted his nature that he had neither a heart-string to touch nor a soft spot to pene- trate. Some people never have any heart-strings, and consequently they are never touched, The impenitent thief was one of those. Such people should never delay their repentance to the last moment. Some people have litte charity, and they should not stay their repentance to the end, for the incrustation of sin round the heart and no com- | munication with heaven makes it difficult on the deathbed to reach the heart or bring the thoughts to the great event of the moment. Now, We shall deduce another Jesson from the repentance of the penitent thief, and then we shall have done. Take the whole Christian world and select two-thirds, which we shall call the best Christians, one-half of the two-thirds is a safe ratio to fix as penitents on their dying beds, There was one of the two thieves impenitent, or, to simplify the simple, hali the number that was summoned todie at the same moment. In our tme the world, the flesh and the devil have spread their joys and allurements so broadcast that really it would be too diMcult to record what namber die penitent or not. THE INVISIBLE PREACHER, Offences Against God Offences Against Socicty. To THE EDITOR OF THE MERALD:— When men speak of an offence against God or of a violation of alaw of nature they are guilty of gross egotism and intense absurdity. An offence against God, so-called, is simply an offence against society, wherever or however constituted, or against the material interests of humanity in some relation. There is no alleged offence against the Creator that is not identical with what is held to be an offence against some branch of the human family. Man has set up @ standard in this relation, and by way of giving it permanency and authority attributes its erection to God. A violation of a law of nature being an impossibility has, of course, never taken place. The man who leaps from the steeple of Trinity church and is dashed to pieces on the sidewalkno more violates a law of nature than the person who jumps from a chair to the car- pet. Here again, then, is a confusion of ideas and misapprehension of tacts. Both men perform their respective acts under the same law; but the one chooses to ignore the extent to which it {s appli- cable to him, while the other is more fortunate in this respect. There is nothing simpler in the world, and if these two points were thoroughly un- derstood what a glorious revolution should soon be accomplished in our social and religious condi- tion! Logos, A Charch for the People—The Poor and the Rich. To THE EprTor OF THE HERALD:— Your last Sunday’s correspondent calls for a “church for the people’ as one o! the most em- phatic needs of this metropolis. He is right. He does not want a “hastily-raised, wooden edifice, smelling of paint and shavings, nor a back room of some old tenement, musty and decayed;” and again he is right, But he is not right in thinking, as he apparently does, that a true church for the people means a church for the poor people alone, Let his rich man build the handsomest church edifice in the city, decorate it in the most costly manner, furnish it with the easiest seats, equip it with the finest choir and amply endow it as a per- fectly seif-supporting institution, and yet if he calls it the poor people’s church, or if in any way it gets that name or has that air, it will be @ failure. Poor people do not like to have all on Sunday, and by the Church of Christ. They will carefully keep away from a charity church, however attractive in other respects, which is set apart exclusively for them asa class. They are quick to perceive, disguise it as you may, that such @ church is intended to perpetuate a distine- tion which itis the very ousiness of Christianity to practically obliterate. The common people heard Christ “gladly,” because they were made to forget their poverty and obscurity in listening to his glorious doctrine of the essential equality and cant and important only as they affect the eternal thing—character, a doctrine’ which he both reached and lived, and which drew them, and Ras ever since drawn all classes into bis Church. wie, ae true Church for the people will be one which does not, either by its architecture, ritual or method of support, obtrusively bid for the American civilization it aiso has conferred, at the same time, the benefits of American Christianity on the people of Hayti by laying ior them the foun- dation of a better future jor this Republic, in raising up a native clergy to the number of twelve, some of whom within the !ast seven years have special recognition of either rich or poor. There are, unquestionably, many churches in this cft, which are so obviously built by, and for, the ric’ as to repel the poor from their doors. Even though in terms the poor are freely invited, the useless luxury and costiiness—the ostentation of wealtu— | pastor of Greene street Methodist Episcopal charch, negative the call; the poor can have no home feel- ing and no geli-respect there, But there are ao many churches in New York im which the rich and poor worship side by aide, in the real spirit of the Master. Your correspondent’s want 1s more nearly met, and being met, than he ij ines, The great cost of lots in centrai an ccensible loca- tions has been one difficulty in the way of getting the real church for the people. But the fashion of elaborate mediwval church architecture, absurdly continued to this day, or the ambition oi newly-rich congrega- tions to have showy churches—churehes whose in- harmonious proportions and meretricious decora- tions are so fur from genuine art as to have & degrading rather thun an elevating and refining effect—has been the real difficulty. But, in proof that this tendency is being corrected, | refer you, among others, but a8 more typical than any others within my knowledge of the true church of the eople, to the Church of the Disciples, Rev. Mr. lepworth’s; the Church of the Holy Trinity (now building), Kev. Mr, ‘Tyne. Jr.'4, and the Church of; out Saviour (now building) Rev, J. M, Pullman’s. In the case of the frye m ntione: the Cou idea has doubtiess been too ely subordinated to the single purpose of preaching; it is simply @ religious lecture room, and aside Pom, that use it has no grace or beauty that men should degirg it, Ih the other two the ideas of inatruclidh and devotion are well blended. They are not “sheet- iron tabernacies,” they are not ‘ecclesiastical parlors,” but substantial structures of brick and stone, depending for architectural effect, not le 4 costly material or elaborate stone ervne, ut upon simpucity, harmony and elegance of design. thelr central and sccessible location, the beauty, convenience and Lomelikeness of their interior arrangement, their jarge seating capacity (about two thousand each, { believe), combined with their moderate cost, make them, 80 Jar as externals go, true churches for the people. The pews, I under- stand, will not be sold, but will be allotted among the congregations upon an equitable plan, whicn has heretofore given entire satisfaction. No poor man need lack & permanent and attractive place of worship. He can wave his own famil seat here at his own rice. The ric mun Of cultivated tastes (not that the two things always go together) can find here the gratification of those tastes, with something deeper and better superadded. ‘The one thing which these churches will not minister to is the mere ostentation of his wealth. The poor man, who desires to provide moral and religious culture jor his children (the condition and the ¢esire do not always go together) can here gratily that desire perfectly. ‘These churches, and there are doubtless others which might be mentioned, are the true churches for the people. They are pursuing, with eminent zeal, persistence and ability, one single object— the welfare of humanity; and they are pursuing It in the Spirit of Christ. As to doctrinal tenets— & secondary Matter—they are respectively Congre- gational, Episcopalian and Universalist. OBSEKVER. Christian Consolation to Israciites in ‘France. European journals have mentioned the destruc- tion by fire of the Jewish Synagogue of Bordeaux, France, His Eminence Cardinal Donnet on the same day sent his Vicar General, the Abbé Fonte- neau, to the Grand Rabbi to express his great con- cern for the disastet which had befallen the Jewish community of Bordeaux, and to assure him of bis readiness to assist, in case there should be any necessity of having recourse to subscriptions, to re-erect the building. ‘The rabbi expressed his deep gratitude to the envoy for the kind attention of such a proceeding. An hour aiter the President of the Consistory of the Reformed Church made a similar move, and the venerable chiet of the Israelites was profound), moved by the marks of sympathy which proceeded from such high authorities, and it was with tears ip his eyes that be thanked tn the name of his ‘lock the religious heads of the Catholic and Protestant churcies, The Cross tn China, An English press correspondent gives a glowing | account of the opening of a Roman Catholic church | on the well known Feng-wan-shan, near Shanghae, } China :—With the peculiar propensity for elevation | that distinguishes Catholic missionaries in china— and that has caused so much irritation in the case of the Cathedral at Pekin, built close to the nm- | peror’s palace—the top of the highest of these hills | has been selected as a fitting site for a pretty | church, which was opened with all due ceremony | on the 1st of May, by the Bishop of Kiangnan, in the presence of a large number of Chinese, Uhris- tans and lookers on. PRESBYTERIAN. The United Presbyterian Church in this country is gradually adopting the revised version of the Psalms, which ls a much smoother and more grace- jul arrangement than that of Rouse, In many of the churches of this denomination organs are now permitted in the Sunday schools. Dr. Herrick Jonnson, President of the Presbyterian Board of Education, and vr. F, H, Wolcott, Chairman of the General Assembly's Committee on Education, have issued an appealto the Church to liquidate the debt of the Educational Board, now amounting to $62,000. Two financial agents have been appointed to go through the Presbyterian churches, East and West, and lay this matter before them, and the pastors are invited to co-operate with these agents; $27,000 is needed at once to make the May appropriations to the students now past due. The Presbyterian church at Fort Collins, Col., nas secured the services of Rev. Joseph Pat- terson, late of the Presbytery of Steubenville, N. Y. Rev. W. C. Falconer, of First Cnurch, Parkers- burg, West Va., has received a unanimous call from the Presbyterian church of Uniontown, Pa. Rev. D. E. Finks, of the last class of Auburn Theo- logical Seminary, has entered upon his work at Fairplay, Dudley, Alma and Quartzville, Col. Rev. J. H. Dikingham, of Sé. Louis Presbytery, has been called to the church at Paola, Kan. The Seminary at Auburn, N. Y., for the removal of which to Aurora Colonel Morgan, of the latter place, had offered ample grounds and an endowment of $300,000, is to remain where it is. Sixty days were allowed in which the Presbyterians of Auburn might raise among them, selves or outside $225,000, and to which Colonel Morgan agreed to add $76,000, and at the expira- tion of the lime specified (July 8) the amount was pledged and the Seminary ts to remain undisturbed, Mr. E. S. Fitz, of Andover Seminary, was called to the pastorate of Park street church, West Spring- fleld; but the council called to ordain him voted to postpone the ordinativn indefinitely on learnin, that during his Seminary course he nad supplie the pulpit for two years by exchange, inst the rules of the Semihary. ie reasurer of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions has received up to July 14 $60,463 toward liquidating the debt of that Board. This, too, mainly by church collections since the adjourn- ment of the General Assembly. Rev. Dr. Irving, the Missionary Secretary, returned from Europe last week. He avtended the Presbyterian Asseim- blies in Great Britain and was cordially received and heartily welcomed. A Presbyterian church of twenty-six members, was organized three weeks ago at Bad Axe, Michigan, by vy. John Kay, E. P. Ciark, Rev. D. J. Satterpied, of Allegheny Theo- logical Seminary has just been ordained and in- stalled pastor of the sbyterian church at Bea- ver, Pa. Rev. Benjamin C. Henry, of Princeton Seminary, has been ordained at Sharpsburg, Pa, and eeu amissiopary to China, Rev. Dr. F. S. Jewell has resigned his charge at Greenbush, N. Y., and received $200 as a METHOD! parting gift. ist. Rev. Drs. Dewart and Nelles, of the Canadian Conference, have gone to England as fraternal dele- eS to the British Conference, which meets at lewcastle-upon-Tyne July 30. Rev. Julius Field, of the New York East Conference, and now a resident of Durham, Conn., is now aged seventy-four years, and is the only minister now living who was a member of the New York Preachers’ Association in 1827. He paid a brief visit to this city last Mon- day and looked inon his brethven in the meeting. Rey. Dr. Fowler, President of the Northwestern University, laid the corner stone of the New Jersey street Methodist Episcopal church, Buffalo, N. Y., on Saturday, 12th instant. Rev. J, H, Beardsicy, of the Colorado Conference, has returned from his Bu- ropean vacation tour. Rev. Richard Wheatley, this city, sailed for England last week, io be absent two months. Rev. R. B. Pope, of St. Paui’s church, Toledo, Ohio, assumes the pastorate of William street Methodist Episcopal church, Delaware, Ohio, and Rev. P. 8. Donelson, ). D., iate President of | brotherhood of men—transicnt conditions, signifi- | | the pastorate of St. Paul’s church, Toledo. | T. R. Stratton, of the Newark Conterence, is pros- | their poverty always fung in their faces, least of | the Female College, in Dela’ ucceeds: — in| ev. trated with a severe attack of rheumatism, brought on by overwork in trying to raise $6,000 to liqui- date a mortgage and @ court judgment upon the Unionville Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was lately maooed pastor, He saved the church, but not himseli, Rev. Join Wilson, A. Be New Jersey Vonference, has resigned his charge and intends to sail ior Europe tue latter part of this month, where he expects to spend the Win- ter. , Rev. L. R. Dunn, of the Newark Conference, now at Paterson, has given a communiéation to the Paterson press, in which he gives facts and figures to show that the statement in regard to the “decline of Methodism” is not correct. Rev. Abram M. Harris, of the New- ark Conference, left for Arizona, July 15, to labor among the Indians. A new church is to be erected at Westficld. I'he pastor, Rev, 0.8. Ry- man, has secured nearly ten thousand dollars towards it. Bishop Richardson and Rev. J. Lean, of the Canada Methodist Episcopal chureh, and Rey. Dr. Ryerson, of the Wesleyan Methodists of Canada, attended the Methodist Conference Cen- tennial in Philadelphia last week, The first Meth- odist Episcopal church of Sing Sing have secured jots and intend sho tiy to erect a new house of worship. Rev. Dr. Moody and Rev. W. H. Lawder, of Chicago, are recovering from a severe and pto- tracted iliness. The cee and members of Lockland charge, nine miies from Cincinnat! Rev. S. B. Smith, pastor, have obtained $20,' in cash and subscriptions for the purpae church that will cost when completed about $30,000, Rev, E. P. F, Wells, 01 the st. Louis Conference, aod stationed at Smithton, has been transfel to the Indiana Conterence, to take eflect August 1. Twenty-eight students graduated this year at the Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, One Of them ts the son of Bishop Haven. Bishop Wiley is visitng the churel in Maine. He spent Sunday, July 13 Rockland, and expected to be in Bangor on the 20th and in Portland on the 27th, The Methodist Episcopal church in Bedford, Pa., which has been for some time closed for repairs, will be opened to-day. Bishop Simpson and Vv. Dr. Leech, Of Baltimore, will assist the pastor, Rev. Dr. S. L. Burman, in the reopening services, na DeraaeaLine ano ie v. L. F, McKinney, of Bridgeton, Me., ac- cepted @ call to the Universe ist chorch in South New Market, The society is erect. nz a new house of worship, v. A. Battles, of West Newton, Mass., has re to Supply the Universalist church in Dexter, Me. Kev. W, H. Ryder on the 2d of June accepted @call from the Universalist parish in Maiden, Mass., and commenced his labors there the pd of July. Rev. R. Breare has removed to Ayer's village, mainder of his lie. The Universalists and Unita- rians of Littleton, N. H., have made an arrange- nient with Rev. J. P. Atkinson, of Laconia, whereby he is to supply preaching every other Sab- bath during the year, Rev, J. Crehore has accepted @ call from the Universalist parish in Canton, N. Y. Rev. E. L. Conger, of the Universalist church, in Concord, N. H., i recreating himself in lowa. Rev, T. 0. Druley has closed his pastorate at Black Kiver Falls, Wis., and has gone to Boston, Ind. Rev. S. 5. Davis bas c.osed his pastorate with the Univer- salist church #t Mechanics’ Falls, Rev. Anson Titus, Jr,, has accepted the charge of the Univer- salist Seolety at West ‘aterville, N. Y. Rey. J. F, Gates has accepted the pastor- ate of the Universalist Society in Springfeld, Vt. Rev. C. P, Nash has taken charge of the small Uni- versalist societies in Concord and» Liberty, Mich, Rev. H. B. Smith, of Boone, lowa, is now pastor of the Universalist church at Peoria, Il. Rev. Charles M. Whittlesey ts called unanimously to the Congregational church at Spencerport, N. Y. The contributions of the Boston churches to the Amer- ican Board jor the current year amount to more than $36,360, including the funds which reach the treasury through the medium of the Woman’s Board, The First Congregational church of West Spring- field have extended a call to Rev. L, D, Calkins, of Muncy, Pa., to become their pastor. Rev. J. Clem- ent French, of the Westminster Congregationat churen, Brooklyn, is taking his vacation in Wil- liamstown, Mass, Rev. Henry L. kdwards, of North Middleboro Congregational church, has been appointed Superintendent of Schools in Northamp- ton, Mass. Kev. H. J. Brodwell, of New Haven, has’taken charge of the Congregational church at Southwest Bend, Me. Rev. Jesse Brush, of North Cornwall, has taken the torate of the Congrega- tional church at Berlin, Conn, ° BAPTIST, Rev. Dr. Olmstead, editor and publisher of the Watchman and Reflector, has sailed for Europe in the hope of regaining his health, impatred by severe labor, Dr. Heman Lincoln, of Newton Theological Institution, recently made @ visit to Philadelphia and its vicinity. He spent Sabbath, July 6, with the Baptist church at New Britain, the field of his early labors, Sunday, the 13th, he spent with the Roxboro church. Lancaster, Pa., has more than twenty thousand inhabitants, but only one small Baptist soctety, which is without a church building, ‘The society is preparing to build a $10,000 church, There is not another Baptist church within twenty miles of Lancaster, from which it would appear that the denomination has not avery strong hola upon the “Pennsylvania Dutchmen.’ Tne Baptists recently dedicated a church at Somers’ Point, N.J., with a debt of $450, which they are now seeking by the aid of friends elsewhere to pay off. ‘This is the second Baptist church in Atlantic county, N. J., and their combined macro raaty is but, ninety-six, and this, we are told, represents the Baptist strength of the county. The oldest Baptist church now in existence in England is at Hill Clif, and was founded in 1523, just 360 years ago. The Second Baptist church of Chicago has a membership of 1,217. bebe the past year the receipts for all pur- poses to which the church contributes, amounted to $26,462 41. The Rev, George M. Stone, D. D., finds that, though arrangements were made to lighten his pastoral work, his health 1s too much impaired to continue serving the Union Baptist church, Milwaukee, and has resigned. The North Bapust church of Camden, N. J., have extended a call to Rev. KR. G, Moses, B, A., late of Falmouth, England, Our brother has been supplying the pul: pit of the Bedford avenue church, Brooktyn, during the protracted sickness of Rev. H. Hutchings, and his» preaching has heard with unusuai satisfaction. -The cently converted Rabbi Jaeger, of Mobile, has returned to that city a preacher of his new found faith in Jesus of Nazareth. He has been warmly received there. The people of Richmond, Peversburg, erry and other places in Vir- ginia, where he has lately been preaching, also received him very kindly, and many Israelites have been among his auditors, The Rabbi has joined the Baptist Church. Rev. Dr. R. Jeffrey has resigned his pastes of the Ninth street Baptist church, Cincinnati, Ohio, to take the Presidency of Mr. Talmadge’s Tabernacle College tor lay workers in Brooklyn. After a pastorate of half a century the Rev. Dr. Cole has resigned his charge at Lockport, IIL, and intends tor the rest of his life to remain in quiet at Highland Park. Ill. Rev. Galusha Ander- son, D. D., who has for the last seven years ably and acceptably filled the chair of Sacred Rhetoric and Pastoral Duties, has resigned his Professorship in Newton Theological Institute. Rev. C. Pat- tengill has just closed a six years’ pastorate at Pal- myra, N. Y., and removed to Gloversville to another charge. The only Baptist church in Lyons, N, Y., has just been disbanded. Rev, L. M.S. Haynes. of Watertown, N. Y., has accepted the pastorate of the cj church at Norwich, N. Y.,and will com- mence is labors with it in September. Rev. F. 5. Witterfor Fort Heward, Wis., is spending the Sum- mer among his friends in the East. On the 8th inst. J. R. Smith, of the Rochester Seminary, was ordained to the Son ministry in the Baptist church in Royalton, N.Y. The day previous Syl- vester Burnham, & graduate of Newton ‘Theological Seminary, was ordained at Holyoke, Mass. W. W. Pattengill was also ordained and installed pastor oft the Baptist church in Sagenaw City, Mich., July 1, Rev, J. W. Stone has resigned his pastorate at East Aurora, N. Y., to take effect August 31. Rev, H. A. Cordo, of Jersey City, goes to Trenton, N.J. Rev. J.B. Robinson goes from Newton to Milford, Mass.; Rev. J. H. Learned from Sterling, Mass., to Woodstock. and Rev, J. W. Dick irom Stull itiver to Thompson, Coun, Rev. W. H. Walker foes from Mason Village to Warner, N. H. Rev. R. . Darling resigns hia charge ofthe colored Baptist ‘church at Quincy, Ill, Rev. 8. J. Hayes, of Romeo, has accepted a call to Corrinna, Mich, EPISCOPALIAN. Bishob Hare, of Nebraska, wants an Indian boarding school established by his Church in the Yancton ency, Dakota. ishop Wilmer, of Alabama, thinks the tendency of the hymnology of the Church is to run into prayer rather than to praise and salvation, as it should do, He thinks, therefore, that any selection of hymns for public worship should abound in praise. A Christian Israelite, laboring as a missionary among the Je’ of Philadelphia, under the auspices of the Prote: tant Episcopal Church, reports that during last year he made 234 visits, oMciated on 264 occasions, distributed 22,000 pages of tracts, at a considerable expense, and yet he cannot rejoice in the turnin of a single Jew to the faith of Jesus Christ. < church guild nas been formed by the Episcopalians of Chicago for disseminating the doctrines of their Church and prosecuting charitable labors. Rev. _Dr. Lee, rector of Fredericton, New Brunswick, was drowned -at Westileld, July 7, while bathing. It is supposed he was seized with cramps. Rev. Andrew Oliver, D, D., of Anna dale, has been elected Professor of Biblical Learn- ing and Interpretation of Scripture in the Episco- pal General Seminary in New York. Bishop Hun- ‘ngton, of Central New York, is spending his vaca- tion at Hadley, Mass. Rev. Henry R. Pyne has been transferred trom Central New York to Maine, where he has accepted the rectorship of Christ church, Eastport. Rev. Augustus J, Tardy, Jr., has been appointed to serve in Christ Church, New Orleans, during the absence of the assistant minis- ter, the Rev. Campbell Fair, for the Summer in bs a Rev. F. M. McAllister, the rector of St. John’s Episcopal church in Kingston, N.Y. ted a call from a church a8 accep in Elizabeth, N. J. The Church of the Ascension in Baltimore, whose edifice was recently destroyed by fire, have. secured 1 ig Of their insurance, and are about to rebuild. They have called as their assistant pastor Rev. A.J. Graves, of Washington, D. ©. Rev. Mr. Cathell, the rector, continues with them. The Rev. Mr. Ancient bas been elected an honorary member of the Royal Halifax Yacht Club, and presented with a purse of $200 by some of the members, The Rev. ''. B. Lyman, of San Francisce, who was recently elected Assistant Bishop of North Carolina, has accepted the honor and arrived in Baltimore a few days ba from whence he sailed for Europe yesterday. 6 Episcopalians of Nor- wich, N. Y., bave broken Usha for a new church edifice ia that a Some of the Western Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church seem to be petty tyrants in their own way, A congregation in St. Clair, Mich., a short time ago, wished to get rid of their rector, and re- quested him to resign. He refused, unless the bishop consented. Bishop McCloskey bade him remain at his post, and be did, The vestry, theretore, locked up the church and kept thekeys. The Bishop came and broke open the doors of the church and rein- stated the rector in possession. But the vestry began then to repair the church and removed the seats therefrom altogether. The minister put in other seats, and holds possession and periorms services every Sabbath to a small gathering, and the case is to go to the courts for final adjudication. This isthe second “muss” Bishop McCloskey has had with churches in his diocese within three rs. Bishop Whitehouse, oi Illinois, another Episcopal sutocrat haa not succeeded so well with the recusant Mr. Cheney or his church. ROMAN CATHOLIC, The pastoral letter of the Fiftn Council of Quebec, just published here, declares, in regard to Papal efallibility, that it is a gift from God, and the ex- istence thereof cannot be ou under the pl that man is subject to error, to ignorance, to pas- sion and prejudices; for the grace of God is more powerful than all human weakness, and to deny the infallibility of the Roman Pontif would be to shake the very inspiration of the Holy Scriptures themselves; Yor injailibility is less than inspiration, id if the former be regarded a8 impossible and absurd, the inspiration of the authors who wrote the sacred books must be strictly denied. Our Lord, infinitely wise and mercifui, it adds, has vouchsafed to give us, in the Roman Pontiff, a guide whose voice can never lead the Holy Church astray in all that regards the faith of her children, or the conduct they should joliow to reach heaven. But and will immediately commence #& stone the Pope is Dot infallible in all things, but only in 'ass., Where he expects to spend the re-* that which regards faith or morals; and even then he 1s infallibie ouly when he mpesks as “Pastor and Doctor of all Christians, and defines, by virtue of his apostolic authority, doctrine re- arding faith or morals to be held by the universal /hurch.” The pastoral discusres the qaestions of education, emigration, intemperance and kindred topics. It recommends that Cathotie children be sent oniy to ic educational institutions. Touching intemperance it says:—This degrading vice of Late gvorogt this vice 80 fatal to the fortune peace of families, to the health and to the life of its unhappy victims, this vice, in fine, which nay, with truth, be ed one of the wide gates of hell—intemperance, by im- Rereriieing ‘amilies and diminisning the spirit of faith, iorces @ certain number of the writers’ coun- trymen to go to the United States. And this is a result which they eet, deplore and desire to see stopped. Father Olarence Watworth and niece ed for Europe on Wednesday. N. .Blanchet, of Oregon, accompanied by his brother, the Bisbop of Nesquaily, and Revs. 5, Goens, of Oregon City; J. De Cane, of Salem, Ore- gon: &, ©, Thiebau, of St. Louis, and P, Macken, of he Dalies, left here last week for Victoria, to ‘at- tend the consecration of Bishop Seghers, of the diocese of Vancouver's Island, of which he haa hitherto been administrator. On Monday Rev. Father Fulton, President of Boston Colle; re- ceived the abjuration and submission of v. Charies R, Brainard, Episcopal clergyman, formeriy rector of the church in Qu ncy, Mass, but ior about & year past residing in Middleboro’, Mass., during which time he has been under the instruction and spiritual guidance of Father Ful- ton. He received conditional baptism, according to the usual custom where any doubt exists as to the entire regularity of the previous baptism. The grand national Cathedral of lielund ts to be opened and dedicated in Armagh on the 24th of August. Archbishop Manning and Father Burke are to preach at the dedicatory services, The Church of the Assumption, Brookline, Mass., lost its pastor, Rev. Peter F, Lamo, by death, on the 5th inst. The Rev. Father Corby, pe raty Baeeuient of the Unt- versity of Notre Dame, was last year-assigned as a Superior of a new coilege and pastor of the Irish parish at Watertown, Wisconsin. He has com- pleted arrangements for tme erection of a large church to accommodate the people in that Monseigneur Bouret, Bishop of Rodez, succeed the late Cardinal Billet as Archbishop of Chambery. The Lazarist Fathers are building @ magnificent church in New Orieans, un- der the patronage of St. Joseph. A convent, under the patronage of St. Cecelia, is about to be erected jor the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart o/ Mary, at Scranton, Pa. Tne Catholic clergy of the diocese of Boston went on retreat last week at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester. The Most Rev. Arch- bishop of New Orleans has decided ade the crea- ion of @ provincial council of the Catholic Militant Union of the Cross, which shall be the governing body of the Union in the Ecclesiastical province of New Orleans. There was an impesing proces- sion of Catholics on July 7 to the shrine of ‘Thomas & Becket, at Canterbury, and now another pilgrimage in bonor of the Sacred Heart 1s talked of in London, to take place early in September, the pilgrims to visit Para le Monial, France. bishop cheno, of Tarbes, France, has been raised to the Archlepiscopal See of Chambéry, and is succeeded in his bishopric by the Above Langenieux, Vicar General of Paris, The Abbe Ladon has been ap- pointed Bishop of Nevers, to succeed Bishop For- cade, translated to the archiepiscopal See of Aix, and the Archpriest of St. Jacques, at Douay, has been created Bishop of Amiens, France. The Ke- demptorist Fathers of Riedishcim, Germany, have been obliged to quit their house in a most ruthless and inconsiderate manner. No warning was given them. At eleven o'clock in the day, Jnne 20, they were ordered to close their church and quit the house at once. They were subsequently given three weeks to settle up their affairs and decide where they would go. MISCELLANEOUS. Bishop Glossbrenner, 01 the United Brethren in Christ, declines the D.D.8 conferred on him by Otterbein University and Lebanon Valley College. He says that he is not egotistic enough to accept a title which he feels disqualified to wear. A es 4 of the Bible in Persian has been presented to the Shah by Sir Henry Rawlinson on behalf of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Rev. J. 'T. Gra- cey, of Chicago, has been compelled, from failing health, to cease pubiic services, He ts at Clifton Springs, N. Y., under medical treatment. A reli- ious discussion, to continue six d will be held in the Court House in Rushville, ., com- mencing August 6, between Rev. R. Smithson, oi the Episcopal Methodist Church, and Rev. J. Mugh ing twis noon. Bishop, of Salina, Kan., and J. I. Lapale; Levanon, Ky., have received the honerary d of D. D. from Highland University, Kansas, H. N. Barnum, a missionary at Hanpoot, has received @ similar honor from Amherst lege. A Protestant missionary im the Island of Tahiti writes encouragingly of religious movements. there. His letters give an account of a revival in the Society Islands and of the firm stand which the Queen has taken in promoting the interests of the evangelical faith. Sunday schools are gradu- ally being established in Russia, and they are slowly gaining ground. The Spanish Protestant churches lately held their third annual assembly at Madrid. Twenty-three churches were represented. = of the Universalist Church, each speak- in the forenoon and twice in the aiter- Cooper, of Atchison, Ruane 2 Trinity College, Dublin, has conierred the degree of ctor of Divinity upon the Rey. Edward Forbes, “in recognition of his fortitude and zealous discharge of his duties in Paris during the desperate regime of the Com- mune.” Rey. T. ©. Trowbridge, of the Ainerican Board, has succeeded in raising $15,000 in Great Britain for the proposed native college in Aintab, Syria, and he is now on his way to this country, or soon Will be, to present the cause to the American public, irom whom he hopes to secure at least sixty or seventy thousand dollars more. On the 8th of July tho Classis of Albany metat the Re- formed church of New Salem, and ordained Mr. Nicholas Pearse, and installed him over the churches of New Salem and Clarksville. On the loth instant Rev. M. V. Schoonmaker was ordained and installed pastor of the Reformed Dutch church at Guilford, N.Y, Rev. J. H. Pitcher will be in- stalled pastor of the Reformed Dutch charcn at Westerlo, Y., on September 2. The Young Men's Christian Assoctation of Baltimore will hold fourteen open air meetings on the Sabbath, These meetings are conducted by jay members of the asso- cition, Anew Reformed church was organized last Sunday week at Three Bridges, N. J., with thirty-one members. Rev. Lewis Francis, formerly a Congrega- tionalist, has become a Reformed minister and accepted the pastorate of the Reformed Dutch church at Greenpoint, L. I. He will be installed therein September 18. Mr. William Ferris having been cailed and accepted the pastorate of the Re- formed church of East Williamsburg, L. L., wili be ordained and instailed therein September 25. A conference ef Disciples of Christ will be held at Cincinnati, Ohio, commeucing September 8 The Reformed German church at Littlestown, Pa., has called Rev. J. Ault, of Mechanicsville, to be their pastor, The Reformed Dutch Christians of Kresge- ville, Pa., are about to build a church for them- selves. Rev. Dr. Van Nest, of Florence, has come to this country (and is now stopping in this city) as delegate from the Evangelical Committee of the Free Church of Italy, to thank American Christians for the help so kindl, tendered last year to their representatives, and to seek & continuation of the same. Rev. H. O. Pen- tevost, who recently resigned the pastorate of tne Baptist church at Rockville Centre, L. L, it is said is soon to become the pastor of a Keformed church near the same place, whick has just been or- ganized, Pee LEXINGTON AVENUE SYNAGOGUE. Israel’s Punishment Compared with That of Other Nations—The Mercies of the Lord Toward His People—Discourse by Rev. Dr. Huebsch. Next Friday the Jewish month of Ab begins, and the Sabbath week following the event, so sad to every orthodox Jewish heart—namely, the destruc- tion of the Temple at Jerusalem—will be com- memorated. The services connected with this memorial are of mournful character, and are de- signed to awaken {ceiings of contrition for the sins of the people which called tor such a catastrophe and purposes of amendment and a better life for he future. The lamentations of Jeremiah and certain of the penitential psaims of David, to- gether with elegiac poems of more modern compo- sition, are read and sung in the synagogues. In view of this event, therefore, whose coming memo- rial he announced, Dr. [Huebsch yesterday called the attention of his congregation to the difference between the punishment inflicted by God upon the Israclites and that laid upon other nations of antiquity. The basia of his re- marks was Isaiah, xxvil., 6, 13, inclusive. This paragraph declares that Israel is deserving of pun- isament for their sins, but tuat God will afflict them in measure only, He will not-leave them wholly unpunished, but neither will He do unto them as Ile intended to do te the nations that oppressed Israel. The Lord declares that He will cause them tat come of Jacob to take root and blossom and bud and bear fruit. or. Huebsch remarked that he would WRITE THESE WORDS IN GOLDEN LETTERS Lida the tablets of their hearts and of their tem- » Israci has many vices, but they have truth for their basis. And that wich remains will still be valuable for the salvation of the people. The prophet, therefore, asks, Will He smite them (Israel) as He smote those that smote Him? Babylon, Assyria and Midian and otner nations that oppressed Israel have disappeared altogether from the face of the earth; but Israel has been spared, His Gerakan Was measured and not absolute, God jd not smite them as He smote their oppressors, But, as with a whirlwind, He scattered them over the face of the carth and rooted them out of their own land. An this He did to make apparent His none of mercy toward the race and to cause 18 law to be remembered among ajl nations, And when these purposes are tulfilled then shall the outcasts come from Egypt and irom Assyria and irom the islands of the sea, whither THR ALMIGHTY HATH SCATTERED THEM, and they shall worship the Lord in the hol, tain, even in Jerusalem. Israel has alwa; past and aiuture, but here and now they have a Present. And now is the time for Israel to head off their sins and turn to the Lord with purpose of heart, lest He return and smite them, as He smote those that smote them, The Doctor gave @ running commentary upon the paragraph read, and with a ractical idea, keeping in mind the event which he Israelites ara ty eam=-marate 40 S00R, Archbishop F._ herd Convent—Nine Leeply Interested in the Scene—Three Make the Solemn |Profession and Six Receive the White Veil. As the faint light of dawning day began to streak the eastern horizon with its gollien and purple lines the joyous tolling of the convent bell an- nounced to the outside world that the white-robed Sisters of the Good Shepherd were early astir, and the friends of the expectant wardens hurried their steps ag they advanced to the entrance of the plain structure that §pwers beside the East River at Ninetieth street, and whose walls enclose @ goodly congregation of spotless virgins, whose entire lives are devoted to the reclamation of the unfortunate and fallen women of this vast city. Ascending the stairs and passing the portals of the grated parlors, the visitors found themselves within a plain, neat chapel, a gallery surrounding three sides, the chastely decorated altar at the fourth side, & high grating separating the altar from the body of the chapel. Ow the floor, directly in front of this grating, was spread a bright carpet, on which the Participants in the ceremony were to kneel and, later, prostrate themselves, On the several altara shone burning tapers amid the gloom and perfume Of freshly culled fowers, whose sweetness wasrich reward for the labor of those fond religieuses who cultivated and watched each opening bud with a mother’s care. Around the walls of the chapel were hung many paintings trom scenes in the life of tie “Good Shepherd,” who gave His life for His sheep, and im whose steps the “Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd” have walked for years, But the attention does not linger long upon the objects which adorn the chapel, for the procession enters, and with slow and solemn tread the devout nuns pass down the side aisle and up the centre, each with ented taper taking her pace at right or left in her high-backed “stall,” and when tne prioress reaches her post all bow down, and every knee i bent as the Rev, Father De Labayes begins the. celebration of the mass, At the conclusion of the mass the six young la dies who were to receive the white veil the “novice” knelt betore the opened grate, facing the altar, and the reverend father interrogated each one as to her desires, and from each he recetved the clear, firm response, ‘The mercy of God and the holy habit of religion.” Six months had been passed by these young la dies in their preparation for this important mo- ment, and, when questioned as to this being the free choice of each one, the fervent responses left no doubt that their choice was voluntary, and that each was actuated by the sole life to the good of her fellow-creatures. as the candidates for the “holy habit’ were clothed in the white draperies of fashionable ' society they retired from the chapel to put off the vanities of the world and shortly returned, clothed in the whit “habit” of the religious community, and kneeling again before the altar they received the white veil to hide trom their eyes the world, whose vanities and vexations they had exchanged for the privations and peace of the cloister. The cincture was then bound about the white robe and the choir mantle laid upon the young shoulders ta be kept, ‘without spot,’ until those who receve it here are called to put on that other robe and “fol- low the Lamb” in that train of virgins whose ‘‘gar- ments shine as the sun,’’ because of the glory 01 Him that leadeth them. When the clothing of the six novices had been completed they retired from before the altar to give place to other three who had passed through the two years’ probation and had only learned the more fully to appreciate the blessings that flow trom the sweet service of the sanctuary; for to those devout women the cloister is indeed a sanctified spot. When the three novices presented themselves at the foot of the altar the reverend Father de. manded of them their request, and they replied that they wished to make the vows that would bind them forever to the service of God in the community of the Ladies of Charity of the Good Shepherd. The lady Prioress and her assistant s| near, and when asked if the community consent to receive them and if their novitiate been satisfactory the Prioress replied in the affir- mative, and the novices then read the “act of pro» fession,” and atits conclusion signed each Mier own name to the vows which she had written with her own hand, the black veil was placed upon the head, the silver heart suspended from the neck and left resting upon the bosom, where all can see this mark of devotion to that model of all virtues, the mother of Christ, and a crown of white roses Placed upon the heads of those who had “made # vow to the Lord.” At a signal of the lady Prioresa the newly professed and the newly clothed al) prostrated themselves before ‘the altar, the other members of the community advanced from their places“in the choir, nd gathering in an unbroken .ank about their prostrate companions they held the black pall above the silent forms while the choristers intoned a solemn strain, whose mournful cadence fell like a requiem upon the ear. When this dirge-like music ceased the officiating clergyman sprinkled the rostrate forms with holy water trumpet ones bade them arise and come to life. The pall was withdrawn, the new novices and the newly. professed arose, and while a hymn of trium peeieny through the fragrant air the Lady Prior estowed the kiss of peace upon each of the triple trio, and they in turn conveyed it to the other mem- bers of the community. When this affecting scene had closed the procession reformed and proceeded ta the parlors of the community, where the articles of the profession and clothing are entered in the registry and signed by the newly professed and habited. With mind and soul filled with awe the invited guests lingered in the sacred stillness of the chapel until summoned to the parlors to greet their loved ones; and could the cynic or misanthrope have contemplated the scene as a fond mother embraced her happy daughter, or an affectionate aister wept with joy at the sight of her childhood’s companion clothed m the pure white garb of this saintly order, the sneer of contempt might no longer mock at religion. But for those who renounce the world three is no longer a charm in its assoctations, and in taking the “nabit” of the religieuxe they take also a new name. Those wha yesterday made their vows were known in the world as Miss Bridget Langton, but in the cloister as Sister Mary Scholastica; Miss Mary Gt!sen, ag Sister Mary Perpetua, and Miss Ellen Connolly aa Sister Mary Julianna. The young ladies who re. ceived the white veil of the noviciate were Miss Mary Keon, sister M. Rose; Miss Mary O’Netl, sister M. Aurelia; Miss Ellen Welch, Sister M. Bertha; Miss Mary Farrelly, Sister M. Sabina; Miss Mary Denin, Sister Mary of the Holy Innocents, and Mise othe Reirdon took the name of Sister Mary lalina. ST. STEPHEN'S NEW OHURCH, BROOKLYN. The corner stone of St. Stephen’s new church, in course of construction, corner of Summit and Hicks streets, Brooklyn, will be laid, with appro- priate ceremonies, at four o’clock this afternoon. The various church, temperance and benevolent societies will parade, and the oceasion will be one of much Right Rev. Bishop Loughlin will officiate and preach. The edifice, when finished, will be one of the handsomest in the city. It will be 162x72 feet and will have a spire 210 feet high. Philadelphia pressed brick, Belleville brown free- stone and Nova Scotia treestone will be the mate- rials used. The cost of the building when com- plete, which will probably be early next Summer, Mahe about one hundred and thirty thousand SINGULAR JERSEY ce TO A MARYLAND MURDER, Frightfal Fate of a Monmouth County Rover—A Singular Family History. The HERALD Of the 13th inst. related the detaila of the execution at Prince Frederick, Calvert county, Md., of a negro named Albert Saunders, for the murder of a man supposed to be Eugene Archibald Burdell, which took place on the 26th of last December. Burdell travelled about, following the cailing of@ clock cleaner. He called at tne lace of a Mr. Howe, some distance from Prince idward, on the evenifig above stated, and asked lor lodgings. Howe had no accommodations, but re- ferred the traveller to another place, Saunders was present and volunteered to pilot the way. A few baie aiter the body of the stranger was found ina uly % some boys hunting a hare, The skull had een fractured by ® bludgeon, and the body robbed. Saunders was arrested, tried, found guilty of the murder and executed. It now trans. pires that Burdell was not the murdered man’s name and that he was not a Frenchman, as he nad himself represented, but was @ native of Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, and his name was James Madison “Bedie, son of James Bedle, and a relative of the distinguished Hudson Rete jurist, Judge Joseph Bedie. You Bedle from ois youth was a rover, He was n without talent and was a sert of Jack-of-all-trades. In 1863 he left home aud turned up in Louisiana ag @ school teacher. He next was heard of ag A LIEUTENANT IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE, but during the battle of Williamsburg, while bear- ing despatches trom General Joe Johnston to Jeffer- son Davis, turned hus back on the Conf 'y and made his way into the federal lines, and surren. dered to the Third New Jersey rej nt. He soon after visited his home in Monmouth and Stayed there till 1867, when he started off again, and thenceforth changed his name to Burdell, under which name he communicated with his friends accordingly. The account of the mur. der escaped his friends’ notice, but not that of the execution. of Farmingdale. on to Maryland to recover the body and bring it ta New Jersey. It is related as a singular coincidence that Bedle’s uncle, Elijah Bedie, was murdered in Mopmouth county half a ay, ago by a negra slave named Tony, belonging to Joseph Dorset, of Betl ear Keyport. of course, got Jer- by itie then Short Jona ithly. in Freehold, lesire to devote her