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8 A SIMMERING SABBATH. Piety Undergoing Evaporation in the City and Ablution by the Seaside. Melting Ministrations from the Pulpits of the Metropolis. Scientists Trying to Shove God Ont of His Own World and to Replace Him by the Cold Clanking-of a Machine, Trials and Temptations, but an Education for the Eternal Triumph Over Sin, God’s Mercy Like Rain on the New-Mown Grass. BROWN AT LONG BRANCH. God’s Atoning Grace and His For- giveness of Sins. Yesterday was one of those extremely close and hot Sundays which one would suppose should send @ slight shudder of apprehension throngh the con- sciousness of the vertest sinner on the face of the @arth. The duties of piety should be scrupulously and most humbly attended to in _ propitia- tion of the elements and im of the traditions which still warmer place than this terrestial globe where the thermometer is now a hundred degrees in the shade, But erring mortals educate themseives perversely to ignore or banish disa- greeable refleciions, and this fact was illustrated yesterday by the very barren appearance of the interiors of every one of the metropolitan churches, The watering-place tabernacies, however, were more crowded, and where people did not engage in worship of the Living God they not unfrequently bowed the knee to old Neptune on the foaming beach, and had their hair decked with lus salty anointment. Most of the leading pastors of New York congrogations have aban- aoned their flocks for a while, and have gone no one knows where to seek seclusion and to disport themscives unobserved, far from tne critical eyes of parishioners, and they must enjoy, indced, a grateful relief, Yet we are abie to give this morn- ing reports of a number of intelligent and interest- ing discourses, which it is thought are very well Worth perusal. OOLLEGIATE REFORMED DUTOH OHUROH. The Rev. Dr. William Ormiston on the Transfiguration of Jesus and the Truths That It Lilustrated, The Rey. Dr. William Ormiston preached yester- @ay morning from tae text, “Thia ts my beloved Son, hear ye Him.’ Alter an extended explana- tion of the context and (he circumstances attend- ing the appearance of the Son of God to Moses and hint at oa Elias, the speaker said that on that occa sion Jusus was scen just as He now is, The three held converse, and the theme was 4 mighty one. All the prophecies had spoken of one who was to come as the Saviour of the world, Tne subject of the conversation -be- eheeu the Lud, Bias wad stoses was THE CROS3. Leave out the cross, and what is the Bible? What is the gospel? Cease to speak of Jesus, His life and His death, and we might as well suspend ur efforts for salvation. Jesus on the mount, in the pulpit—Jesus everywhere, It must-have, in- , been a moment Of awe when the voice was heard to say, “This is my well beloved Son.’ Jesus’ promises to us are without limit. He suys to us, ‘As the Father joved me 60 Ihave loved ou.” His love ior us grows none the less when we are in suffering or trouble. When gesus s’w men overwkeimed with trovble or in bodily pain He made each instance a special object of His pity. The tremvling disciples in the boat. ‘were quieted by His words from the same reason.” The Voice that spoke at the Transfiguration was one of daty, for we bave the admonition to ‘hear Him.’ The disciple of Christ who to-day labors for the salvation o! souls cannot set himself up as an example to be sollowed. He can only say, With God’s help I will do this or that.’ The Son of Man was alone the truth which He taught. There are men . SKILLED IN SCIENCE who are not good men. ence will never open e gates to tue beauties of the future state. All 1e Tnowledge of the world will not teach us how serve God. We must come to Him in our hu- ity and in our simple manhood and ask Him to help us. We know far too little ol the motives of aod. to fully estimate the purport oi the Trai figuration. Jesus had gone through a baptism ‘Which fitted Him for the trial in the temptation by tan. Moses is a monument of history and a fitting companion for the Son, if ever humanity Were such, Moses once saw the goodness of God ? be:ore him, and Elias had likewise been ad- itted to # more than human knowledge of THE MYSTERIES OF GOD. In this also the existence o1 the Father is brought Dome clearly tous. Our fathers and mothers are ne, but their personality is ciear tous, So in is great scene the Father is made prominent through the Son. A Saviour unites heaven and earth, angels and saints, Think very much of this, who are within the sound of my Voice and pray uch avout it. It gives such a reireshing consola- jon to tne soul. If we forget all that is about the of the mount we shall be all the richer when ‘we come down. BROADWAY TABERNACLE, on by Professor Barbour, of Bangor, Me.—The Gentle Rain Upon the Soul— Ohrist’s Blessing Typified—The Chris- tia Succor in Time of Need. During the absence of the Rey. Dr. Ti country Professor William M. arbour, of Bangor, Me,, was invited to fill his pulpit at the Broadway Tabornacic. Yesterday was Professor Barbour's t appearance in a New York pulpit. Arter the ual ceremonies he took his text from the seventy- ond Psalm, sixth verse, where David says, “He mes Jike rain on the new-mown grass,” ¥! GOD'S MERCY LIKE RAIN, spy its title,” said Professor Barboxr, “tne renty-second Paaim 18 a psalm of or for Solomon, can cnly be so, a8 it looks towards David's ater son. The psalm bears internal evidence this. ‘He’ to whom reference is made shall ve dominion from sea to sca, from the river to ends of the earth, All nations shall serve Him, name shall endure jorever, tinned as long as the sun and moon shall be sed in Him, The beauty of this prophecy is juenily missed by the casual reader. Some do tt see any bicssing in the rain that falls upon wh grass, and this because their attention 1s to the grass which lics cut, But the thought i in some of His ofices the Messiah shall ike rain, Christ shail come with infuence an Autdmn rain on the Geld, a8 showers U.ac er the earth jn the heat of an Oriental reaping luis simile beauliuly exXempliaes IST'S ACTION TOWARDS SUFFERING SOU we can find words of encouragement in the Hication of this metapho fe Saviour’s biessing always comes to who need it most, and we have that, just like the mown hing rain dries up stubbie and becomes white and dies away, Xposed us it isin its barcness Lo the heat of the orbing Sun, So the soul, always Open to the jal want, finds that the grass, comes soul and retresh is the conso: sorrowilul are suil of IEP HAS A WEAKENING INV p hopeiul and couragcous Bat in all tis Christ mov id weak He knows the eral names whieh Onrist ts given in the ch as bread o: jae, and many others, iat He always moves to bloss, Mis prom- ‘full o! suture advents, fie constantly reit that mm Him is faith, in Him is nope, in in Him is saivat.on, and we are bound to that i( 18 His influence wh h, like the gen- “heaven, southes Us iD our afiliction, When Christ moves to bless He comes ib timae When there is no assistance to he consideration | His name suall ve | NEW YOR K HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 28, 18 waved ra i Naiyg so Ping dhe illustrated be revived by » e shorn can only Shing—relveshing showers; and "ARCHED SOUL can only be relieved by the gentile influence of the Saviour, An@ here we enter upon @ chapter of coincidences, © sun which has been a Viessing | in prosperity ig now turned against tho shorn | grass. Autumn rain comes gently, and does much More by ‘this very gentleness than a powerful rain, which would be drunk up Spee ily and leave no traces of itself upon the earth, So it is that Christ comes. The power of gentleness, says Henri Martin, ts irresistible. With the Saviour holiness is the chief end, for it is always dwelt upoi He comes to rescue us from sin.’ DAVID'3S SONG NOT IN VAL In conclusion Professor Barbour ssid:—“How Many of us can testiy that this inspired ode has not come chiming down the ages m vain? How many can sing it, down to the generations that follow? ‘He comes like rain on the mown grass.’ That we know, for so has He come to us in the hour of our helpless, hopeless, levelling aitliction, and we have arisen under His influence refreshed,’ 8T. STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC OHUROE. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. MeGlynn—Self- Denial and Charity~—The Duties of the Rich. The majority of the faith{ul who are accustomed to worship in St. Stephen’s do not permit the thermometer to get the better of their devotion, but assembie in large numbers at the high mass every Sunday morning. And their pastor, the Rev. Dr. McGlynn, is evidently of optnion that even during the heated term the devil does not take a vacation, bat, true to his diabolical mission, Gaily wanuers about “seeking whom he may de- vour.” At the high mass yesterday morning, al-. though the spacious edifice was not thronged, there was a numerous congregation present. ‘The Rev, Father Power sung the mass, After the first gospel the Rey. Dr. McGlynn as- cended the pulpit and preached an excellent sermon on the uso we shouid make of riches. Having read the gospel, Luke xvi., 1-9, and the Epistle to the Romans, viii., 12-17, he said :—It seems tome that ve may profitably invite tne lesson in- culcated in the parable of the unjust steward and the consoling doctrine taught by St. Paul. In the gospel we are told of THE WORLDLY PRUDENCE of the unjust steward, who is commended by his lord for the selfish wisdom by which he made | friends, who might receive him in his hour of need, And our Saviour adds, “Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of iniquity, that when you shall fail they may receive you into everlasting dwellinys.” We should profit by this lesson and convert what might be a source of ruin into a source of salvation; what might be a curse into @ biessing. He tells us ‘to make friends of the mamimon of iniquity ;’’ that ts, to spend our wealth even lavishly on the poer and the needy, by helping their poverty and relieving their wants, and they in return will receive us ‘into everiast- ing dwellings.” The life of Christ, who had no. a piace whereon to lay His head, shows the Te ag ness and vaseness of riches, ol pewer and of dig- nities, Still these base things, because of the value set on them in tnis world, can be made tho occasions of THE MOST HEROIC EFFORT, the most sublime sacrifice. If we convert them to good, charitable uses He promises in exchange His blessing, His gracea, by Which we will be received into the everlasting dwellings of His heavenly Father, There 1s auother reason in the divine phi- losophy why we should deprive ourselves of these earthly things in order to help our needy brethren, Since Adam's ta!l power, riches, honors, all that worldlings prize and to which our hearts cling, have become dangerous to our spiritual welfare. The devii works through them. Tooy are avenues by which he assails our immortalsouls, We should guard these cntranogs, We shouid watch and pray against the enemy within and the cnemies witti- out, Our best weapon will be found in THE PHILOSOPHY OF SELF-DENIAL taught in the gospel and more explicitly incul- cated in the epistle, Pagan philosophers had no such lesson; it belongs only to Christian teaching. We are calied to something better than the chil- dren of the wo.id. “We are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh, tor if you live according to the flesh you shall die; but if by the spirit you mortity the deeds of the fesh you siall live.” The Apostle teils us that we are the sons of adoption, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. We are, thereiere, calied to a better knowle'ge. We must not act like those who are not the sons o1 God. We should have engraven on our hearts the charter of eman- cipation by which Christ has freed us irem bondage and which entitles us to call God “Abba” (Father). If, then, we really believe Christ the incarnate wisdom of God, Whose entire lifa yeas nt in poverty and suffering; af we believe the gocd sensu | of the saints, who looked on it as the height of | folly to value the things of this world, we will | estimate riches at their proper value, 28 & means | by which we can make friends who will wel- come us ‘into haber eta: dwellings.” Let us learn, once jor all, that it 18 omy by depriv- ing ourseives of our superabundance to help Christian charity that we can secure ticse friends, We must even deny ourselves in all things that we may become conformable to the Divine Exemplar | on the Mount. It we are fully awake to the noth- ingness of all things earthly LET US NOT ACT LIKE CHILDREN picking shells on the seashore, heediess of the Voice of the mighty ocean, Let us enter on the road of suffering and seil-denial, the truly royal road trod by the King of Kings; the road from the Last Sapper to the garden o1 Forrows, to the pre- torian court, through the streets of Jerusalem to Calvary. It ts only by being crucified with Christ that we can hope to ascend with Mim. Let those who have corthly distinction, who are eminent tor their talents or their knowledge, or their riches, or their honors beware lest the iowly, the stupid, the ignorant, the poor, the despised may rise up in judgment against them and demand thelr con- demnation from the hands of a just Judge on the day of final reckoning. It is most frequently the case that the poor and illiterate are the most patient scholars in the school of Christ, the school of suffering and affiction. Make trienda, then, of the mammon of iniquity. Give to the poor, help the needy, comfort the stricken, render ail the aid you can to Christian charity and iriends will bid a welcome to the everiasting dwellings of the ingaom of Heaven. CHURCH OF THE SEA AND LAND, The Christian Victory—Our Lessons of Temptation Resisted and Duty Per- formed—An Education for the Achicve= ment of an Eternal Triumph, Between the showers yesterday morning a well dressed and attentive congregation listened in the Church of Sea and Land, corner of Henry and Market streets, to a sermon from Mr. Heod, in the absence o1 the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Hopper. His theme was the trials and triumpas of a Chris- tian life, upon a text from the First Epistle ot St. John, V., 5—‘Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God” whch men contend earnestly for victory, the speaker urged upon his hearers that no object was 80 Worthy of their utmost endeavor to CONQUER THK TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS which strew our pathway in life, and by vanquish- ing them aequire an education for the triumphal life eternal. No object is so worthy as to overcome | the world through faith im the incarnate Son of | God, who took our sins, sorrows and sufferings upon Himself, fulfilling every jot and tittie of the law that He might become our Saviour and our example in the pursuit of a godly life. This world has many victories g-eater and more glorious in the eye of Him who seeth ull things than those which win the approbation and applause of men, ; A poor widow, touing incessantly and without re- | piming, 9 one bare room, to teed her flock of haif orphan children whose natural supporter has been | taken away, may win every day a better vic- | tory than that which decides the iste of an army or terminates a campaign, Our Divine Redeemer, in His human estate, triumphed over | the temptations of the evil one, as He did also over | | the weakness of the flesh, over pain apd finally over death, So should ail Christians have similar | triumpns, and in the end a like victory awaits them in the vus Fesurrection to the’ painless | and sinless Ie ol heaven, Sasan and his ministers | Of evi constanty lay the snares @ gilded teinpta. | tion in the patio: the sceker after a nobler man. | | hood in Jesus Christ. Osten sin wears a mask, 1 om jor virtue, or, at worst, innocent | How glorious the triumph over these | sed solicitations to sin! Every such victory i s'ep rorward towards a perfect Caristian chat- er. | TRIUMPHS IN ADVERSITY. Sorrow brings its own peculiar victories. Trouble is the common heritage of all the sons of Adam, ; It comes alike to ign and low, to meh and poor, | None can escape its sting, though each condition | has ite special pains. We'may make our troubles | aid us in the development of a periect Christian | mavhood if We study the uses Of adversity. Sor- rows should school us in resignation to the Divine Wil, to @ periect jaith in the wisdom, the kindness and care of Providence. Pain and loss, d:sappoint- | ment and disaster, should bring us to a closer comn- munion with God, a more pericct trast in His love, to & Moro modest estimate of our own strength and wisdom and more tirm reliance | on His fatieriy care Who prowoises that He will not | amtict in vain nov will He disappoint any wao put | | their whole trust in Him, ‘The failure oi ovr plans | for eartily success aud happ.ness should teach 1s | that ail hope ig insecure unless anchored in the sure mercies of God. The path of sorrow, if we | | read aright the lesson teaches, should lead us to that blessed Janu wh sorrow 18 unknown, THE EL PION FOR HEAVEN. A right and faithiul performance of our daily duties is the only means We have to educate us for the enjoyments of heaven and of the spiritual ‘existence beyond the temptations and viciesitndes of this pilgrimage tears. The Christian, without such education, would remain in the helplessness of infancy. By the expericnce he gains in the constant conflict with temptation, only, can he attain a Unristian manhood, and arrive at a full Communion with and trust in the Divine Wisdom, Let us endeavor 80 to uso the lessons of this fleeting and unsatisfactory life that they may prepare us for that blessed im- mortality to which we are invited, Let our faith in the merits and intercession of the Son of God enable us to overcome the world, that as we suffer here, and resist temptation leas 2 His example, we may through blood inherit the eternal rest venlt remaineth for those that love and trust in im, ‘TABERNAOLE BAPTIST OHUROH. The Mysterious Book of Life—The Reve- lations and Their Lessons—Sermon by the Rev, Wayland Hoyt. There was a large congregation at the Taber- nacle Baptist church, Second avenue and Tenth street, yesterday morning. The Rev. Wayland Ho)t preached the sermon. He took his text from the Book of Revelations, v., 7, The Lord stood in His glory, he said, before John, who had received His seven messages for Agia Minor. He saw the twenty-four eldera and the glorious rainbow lifted above the throne, In the hand of the Glorious One on the throne was a book, sealed witn seven seals, He (the preacher) hed no fanoy for explaming such transcendent and celestial scones. Edwin Irving, in London, died of a broken heart because of his many fruitless attempts at explaining these revelations. It was plain that the Lord required a worthy person to open the seals of this holy book. ‘The Lamb opened the book. What was life buta book of mystery, that was scaled with even more than seven seals? There was much trouble; there were hearts BROKEN WITH HOPE3 DEFERRED}; there were emptied hearts.and emptied hands. What was life to them but a book staled with mys- tery? In another point of view, they also found themselves inthe Apostle’s place. There was no place from which they could come to unclasp the book. Had they not shed tears of great bitterness ? Christ was the being that dried the Apostle’s tears. Might their tears be dried away by his revelation ofa particular providence, He would not say any- thing against tie magnificent scientific activity of the age. He was uot at all alraid of the deductions ot Mr. Darwin and Mr. Huxley, who traced the Workings of .he brain to the heat of the sun, When they had reached the trae understanding of the Bible they wouid Gnd that the voice of nature and the voice of the Scriptures were in perfect har- mony. But it was true, nevertheless, that some of tue scienvists tried 10 SHOVE GOD OUT OF His OWN WORLD and to replace Him by the cold clanking of a ma- chine, This was @ matter for the soul. He had a sudicient answer to all these doubts, that the reve- lation of God as given by Curist was never thatofa distant, cast-lrom cold Deity, butof one that was kind, loving and close to them. A women laid her faltering finger upon the hem of His garment, yet the Master distinguished ier touch som that of all the groat trong, aud He raised her up, When they ung Him at the cross He did not forget to pray even at that moment for Lis executioners— “rorgive them, tor they Know not what they do.’’ Christ came upon this earth to give every erring and loving heart the tender care of the glorious Deity. If they could only be sure that pain was only a way to happiness they would say to them- selves that they teared not the changes of this world, but could always place their trust in the Redeemer, Sympatay meant suffering with God. 1t was writ- ten oi the Lord that He SUFFERED WITH ALL HUMAN KIND. This matter of sympathy was a mighty help. It was a mighty help to know that there was at least one heart suffering with theirs, What a comiort it was to knew the wealth of assistance they pos- sessed! How much good they could do with a bright look and @ motive of sympathy! If they cowd not give money they could give at least sym- pathy. The man wae had accumulated wealth was apt to forget the struggies of those who were poor. He had met an English nobleman in Europe who was a true Christian, and told him—“What I have principally to guard against is the feeling of caste which prevails among my own class.” Ruskin saiu—“You must not only give money, but you Inust also give heart.’ Toere was not # throb of aie tiat did not thrill the heart of the Deity. hey had a Redeemer who had been tempted just as they had beea tempted. It was just as dificult jor the Saviour TO FACE THE CROSS as it was for them to face the greatest crisis of physical suflering. And now He reigned all over the world, and He forgot not the sutferiny he had once undergone, It was & twoubiod hoart—wnat Pioriove nears upon the | universal throne, Their Lord was yet their friend. Great was the mystery of the Diviie heart, Their Deity was still their brother and still their friend. Tue Lord also dried their tears by tie revelation of their ultimate giorious destiny, as exemplified in His own. How beaatitul was nature. When He looked upon the more [hated prospect of nature He said to Himself, ‘This belongs to Me, too.” Why * Because it all belonged to the Divine Father, and was he not the Son? The Redeemer's achievement was thelr own; His heaven was theirs, Their eyes would not always be filled with teas, for there was a place yonder where he would wipe away all tears. Not always this hard battle with sin, tor there was a place where there was NO SIN AND NO SUFFERING. A little longer and their hearts would beat forever with a love divine, aad a joy pure and heavenly would be theirs. In the vision of such brightness their tears must be dried. There was a blessing in allthe mystery of this wondrous scroll of life—it Hee that tne Divine heart was still beating for em. 8T. IGNATIUS’ CHUROE. The Rev. Dr. Ewer on the Three Years of Miracles in Palestine. The Rev. Dr. Ewer preached to a small congrega- tion at the Church of St. Ignatius, on Fortieth street, yesterday. He took his text from the chap- ter of St. Mark detailing the miraculous feeding of the multitude, and sald the entire three years spent by the Saviour in Palestine were full of facts, which were aiso prophecies, Every miracle there performed was A TYPE OF SOMETHING IN THE FUTURR. He opened the eyes of the blind, and how have the eyes of the spiritually blind been open since vy His teachings ? He made the deaf to hear, and how have the spiritually deaf been brought back to tual hearing? He made the dumb to speak, and with how many tongues are His truths now uttered? The miracle at the marriage feast and the miracle in the wilderness have a paraliel meaning, and each refers to that feast of centuries, the blessed sacrament. They are, further, typical of man’s physical and spiritual being. His wants are twofold. He requires the bread to strengthen his body, and the wine to exhilarate or refresh his After an ailusion to various worldly strifes in | soul—the wine to raise bis spirits toward THE RTHERKAL HEIGHTS where the blessed Saviour reigns, the bread to give nim strong and tireless wings for the flight. Every act of the tnree years was a hint, A SUGGRSTION OF OTHER GREAT TRUTHS to be promulgated, incidents to occur. The Saviour was accompanied by multitudes wherever He went—on the banks of the Jordan, in the streets of the eee tecdlorc aroun by the limpid watere that lapped tne shore of Gallilee, in th vailey, on the higt hill top they flocked to see and hear Him. And now onthe banks of every river—the Rhine, the Rhone, the Mississippi, the Amuzon, the Ganges—within all the great metropolises of the world, by the shores of every ocean, in the dee | valleys and on the high hiil teps greater multi- tudes are added to His host. He walked the earth in human body, with His gentle hands doing good, to typify His greater body, Mother Church, with her sacraments and ministers, teach- ing gentie mercy and doing good deeds, His body was broken upon the aa to typify the AGONIES AND DIVISIONS of the greater body of the Church, with Greck broken irom Angiican, and both from Rome; her | Strength wasted in divisions aud her force against the hosts of evil weakened, The conversation be- tween the Saviour and the busy Martha and sweet Mary ore typical of the ways of the buay Christian, Who must look to his worldly house, and the re- | ligious follower, Who spends his days in holy con- templation, Let us, then, brethren, meditate with | care upon these three years in Palestine of proph- ecy ard wonders, packed, as they were, with buds ol aiter-coming flowers, SOUTH BAPTIST OHURCH. The Gradual Origin of the Early Cor- ruptions of Christtanity a Beacon of | Warning to Protesiant Christians— Corrupt Practices Growing Out of the | Natural Expansion of the Affectionse The Ambition and Love of Domination of the Clergy—First of a Course of Lee- tures by Dy. J. Dowling. The first of a course of some five or six disconrsoa was preached last evening at the South Baptist | | church, on West Twenty-Bfth street, npon “rhe | Gradual Origin of the Karly Corruptions of Chria- tianity a Beacon of Warning to Protestant Chris. tians,”” by the Dr. pastor, J. Dowling, who | is the author of & Work entitled “Tis | tory of Romanism.” The reverend gen- | tieman announced at the commencement of his digcourse that he had initiated this brief | course of lectures upon the early corruptions of Christianity in compli nee with repeated requests, and, inasmuch, as they were intended for the few stay-at-home hearers. wha micht foal anmoions in, | would 73.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. of | terest to attend on these sultry Summer evenings, he should make them suitably brief—vot over thirty minutes to each lectare, and not over one hour to the entire services, The Doctor kept ms word. The servico commenced precisely at eight, and the audience was dismissed at nine, THE SERMON. He announced his text from 2 Thessalonians, il, T—For the mystery of iniquity doth already work.” He said great errors and corruptions are seldom sudden in their origin and birth. They do not spring up all at once. Many of the most unsoriptural dovirines and Corraps ractices that have defaced Christianity may be traded back even to the times of the Apostles themselves, and are frequently alluded to, espectally by the Apostles Paul and John, Some 2 them’ were grafted on notions pompare ares: innocent, and the oi nators of which had, probably, no suspicion of t) mammoth system o! superstition which would grow up from those germs of error. It is truly observed by the author of the atural History of Enthu- siasm’” that each of the great corruptions of later ages took its rise in @ Manner which, it would be [ie to say, Was ean strong Yeprehension, ‘hus the worship of iniages, the invocation of saints and the superstition of relics were, at first, only expansions of the natural feelings of venera- tion and affection cherished towards the memory of those who had suffered and died for the truth. Little did those early Christians who gathered around the gtaves of their martyred brethren to weep over their mutilated remains, and perhaps to carry away @ bandful of dust from the earth that covered them, imagine that in toese natural acts of affection for the departed they were laying the foundation of that superstracture of error and im- postore, reverence ior relics and prayers to the saints, Which, by almost imperceptible a il was raised thereupon, Could they have looked few centuries into {uturity and foreseen the shame- less ‘TRAFFIO IN DEAD MEN'S BONES, by which @ corrupt ana venal priesthood would enrich themselves at the expense of their ignorant dupes, these early disciples would have shrank with just as much pious horror from the prospect a8 any one of us shrinks frem the retrospect of these strong delusions and lying wonders, Equally gradual and almost imperceptible was the working of that leaven of pride and ambition on the part of the professed ministers of Christt- anity, which, by this panlatin process, little by little destroy the _ origin: independence ot the churches, broke down the official equality of the Christian ministry and ad- vanced, stop by s:ep, until a presumptueus mortal dared to usurp “the very throne of Ohrist, the only head of His Charch, and to proclaim him- self as God’s vicegerent Wpon earth. Alter stating that he should in subsequent lectures dwell in de- tail upon the instruction and warning furnished us by this gradual process of usurpation the speaker continued :—It is always dificult to trace impor- tant error to its source, to unovver the secret and hidden springs whence the bitter fountains of cor- rupt doctrine or practice have sprung. If we we! asked, however, what, in our judgment, was the first step in this progress of error in this onward march to ecclesiastical usurpation and tyranny, we should say it was the indulgence in A SPIRIT OF AMBITION AND DOMINATION among the professed ministers of Christianity; the ancient strife renewed which was witnessed and rebuked by Christ himself,even among his own disciples, when He said, “Oneis your master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren.” This was the spirit which eventually led to the destruction of the om- cial parity of the clergy and to the unscriptural claim of some to be not merely the bishop or over- seer of the flock, but to claim to be bishop, or over- seer of his brother ministers ;eplscopus ep/scoporum, a bishop of bishops; pastor pastorum. & shepher of shepherds, and not of the flock. The reverend speaker in concluding briefly mapped out his plan for future lectures of the course, mentioning in ad- dition to this first step in error the destruction of the original independence of the churches and especially in the time of Constantine, the union of the Church with the State, and the claim made in succeeding ages for tradition as of ciordinate authority with the written word of God. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUTH CHURCH Sermon by Bishop Haven, of tho Method= ist Episeopal Church, on the Purpose and Infiaence of Thought—The Bish- op’s Confidence in the Endurability of Religion=The Sanctification of Thought and of the Heart. Bishop Haven, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, preached yesterday in Plymouth church. The threatening aspect of the clouds diminished the attendance in the morning, and there was present scarcely the average vacation congregation. The subject of the Bishop's sermon was “The Power and Influene? of Thought.’ ite eutectua-tor hie text the twenty-third chapter of Proverbs and part of the seventh verse—“For as he thinketh in his heart so is he.” In these words the principle Stated wos that thought was the foundation of character. Jesus was Jesus; Judas was Judas; Peter was Peter, and other men are just what they are on account of their thonghts. There was a kind of thought in which there was no moral charactor whatever, It 1s common to all men, and 18 maniiested in the instinct ot animals. Such were the Labits and instincts of man. Man is the meastre of the universe; he is, indeed a micro- cosm. It is by this principle of thought that man becomes virtuous. é most common manifesta- tions are A WANT OF THOUGHT a vapid and empty thought. These were described, some what in detail, after which the main purport of of the discourse was reached, by the assertion that “though in the heart and heart in the thought made the man.”’ Religion in the heart made the Christian. Christ was the frst who saw this—he first to prociaim it, whis was the cardinal truth of the Bible. Are we conscious that our thoughts need rectification? Sin grew from both—from the thoughtand from the heart. The whole current, then of the being could be changed _by this rectification. It was said that the fendency of the age was not in favor of the Christian retig- ton; but he believed that there was more correct Christian thought than there ever was. He be- lleved that the world to-day is better, is animated by higet purposes than it ever was, has more non- est, praying hearts than it ever had. He did not share in the prognostication that infidelity would sweoep away the foundations of religion. He believed that religion was too strong to be consid- erably undermined, and that its ioundations go down much lower than any sapper has ever reached. In the relation of thought to PERSONAL LIFK how, then, was it with those whom he was ad- dressing ? In that inquiry he meant more than the formal application to the close of @ sermon. All preaching was simply designed togive momentum, power to that inquiry. God had designed men for mental activity. Were they readers of the Bible, and did they pray for wisdom? Did broad carry out Christ’s direction, and enter into their closets One hour's sober, prayerful thought each day would make each man a Christian, Our best friend is with us when we are alone. The design of Christ and His teaching was to make this earth an antechamber to heaven. The language of the Saviour is—‘“Son or daughter, give me thy heart.” SERVICES AT LONG BRANCH. isin CENTENARY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. “Forgiveness of Sins a: God’s Aton- by the Kev. Mr. Lona BRAXcn, July 27, 1873. A threatening thunder shower, and which threat ‘was carried out with enlivening earnestness, kept most of our watering place fashionabies this morn- ing away from church, The result was a very slim attendance at our church edifices. Even President Grant seems to have neen infected with the gen- eral fear of getting wet, for ho was not to be seen in his accustomed pew at the Centenary Methodist church in the village. But few were present, and the services, such as they were, seemed rather like camp meeting exercises than the customary stated Sunday morning services, 1t is probably a portion of the fruit of the recent Ocean Grove camp meeting. The sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Brown, the pastor. He took for his text I. John, i, 9—If we confess our sins He is faithful and Just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness,” He took it for granted, he began, that SINNERS IN THEIR SOBER MOMENTS would lixe to be converted, On the part of Chris- tians the desire is, In their sober moments, to at- tain a higher plane of Christian life, If either took the first step they were more sure of attaining the desired result, The first step was confes- | sion, There 18 only one kind of confession that is salutary. ‘ihere is a disposition to hide one’s fauits. They will contess generally, but Will bot come down to particulars, Many would rather cut off their right arm than tell their neigubors the secrets of their hearts and lives, Pharaoh confessed his sins when the thunders of God's wrath were visited apon him, When the storms passed away he was as hardened, as defiant as ever. Judas threw down the hood money, The prodigal son confessed to his father, His con- fession was genuine, There was no | alllation jor his sins, and his father forgave him. It they come in the same spirit to God Ne would forgive them, It was true no one was converted except through the atonement, & confes: was necessary a8 preliminary pardon, Confession of sins was made one 9} the conditions 104's jorgivencss, ‘They must come in God's appointed way. The pardoning power rested with God alone, There was ONLY ONE MEDIATOR between God and man, and this was Jesus Christ. No poye or priest could forgive sina, A boy feeling anguish on account of his sins asked his father who forgave hig sing, ‘The priest.” answered the yet | | father. “But who forgives the priest?” ed VEMENT;' the'‘ton, Sern bishop, “Wao mc fe THE FARMERS M0 t bishop?” “The archbishop,” ho forgives ti archbishop?” “A cardinal.” “Who inves tl cardinal?” ‘The Pope.” “Who forgives the Pope” “The Lord Jesus Christ." “Well, I_ will 0,” said the son, “to the Lord Jesua ‘hrist."” That son was right. He went to the fountain head of the great pardoning power. The whole thing was clear and exact. in- tended that they should be pardoned and [ree from ain. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all ain, from all unrighteousness. Jt was certainty a mystery how Christ's blood, shed eighteen hundred ears ago, could cleanse men of their sins to-day. it was not for them to try and solve this mystery, ‘They Knew the great t and that should be ‘0 enough. THE NEWLY CONVERTED who had experienced the benefits of Bweet rdon he OUI Sag keep up the standard and tr; od continue the enjoyment of this sweetness, When Christ went to heal a blind man touched the eyes and asked him if he could fee, “1 see men as trees walking.” Another touch fod the man’s sight was wholly restored. 80 many of them needed The Patrons of Husbandry in) the West. ‘What the Order Has Accomplished—A Mombete’ thip of 67,650—Gratifying Results of Buy- ing a-d Gelling on the Co-operative Plan—Two Millions Saved to the Towa Farmers Sines January. A Des Moines correspondents in Friday's Chicaga; Tribune gives valuable statistics as to the work of the granges. The Order was founded in Washing» one more Divine touch. God was able to save to | ton in 1867, and since then Mr. Wilson, Secreta: the uttermost. Now was the time to accept this saving grace, Men who do not attend to their busi- ness at the proper time become bankrupt. They should go to God now—go thia very hour, This might be the last day of their lives. He wanted to sing a hymn and they might join in the chorus. vusting & 9 Suggestion into effect, he proceeded pies an in the chorus:— whit ry *, hitor than snow: Now'wam meecd shall bo ‘whiter than snow. This closed the sermon by Rev. Mr. Brown, but tho train of thought and argument was taken ap by Rev. Mr. Monell, who also occupied the pulpit. ‘was indescribably good for roylding, for them such a way of salvation. He jolned in the urgent entreaties to come to God now, to prepare them- selves to become the occapants of heaven. ‘Was & good place and they ought all to be Singing another bymp, anotper Prayer, with singing the Doxology and thé bened: services closed. and thep, ction, the THE LONG ISLAND FIRES. The Showers Extinguishing the Flames= Incidents and Losses, On Saturday night rain commenced falling over the region at the east end of Long Island fur sev- eral days previously devastated by the forest and showers have since succecded at inte: As the fires had previously been mostly subdued, through the long continued and strenuous exer- tions of the inhabitants, it 1s now hoped that all danger from the further spread of the dames is past, although it is probable that the fire will smoulder in the swampy places for some time to come and will not be entirely extinguished before the coming of the Fal rains. The theory of the scientists that at Des Moines, reports it has formed a home ai habitation in uwenty-six States and Territories,, and in twenty-one States there are State organ}- zations. The number of granges 1s roughly esth to | mated at 4,500, with an average membership of the congregation joined heartily | 50, making a total membership of 225,000. fk Towa there are 1,760 granges—an inorease of over 1,000 since January 1, The average ni ber of members in each grange is put at } low estimate—making a total membership of 87,500, of whom one-fourth are women and young men bev tween eighteen and twenty-one, leaving an aduls maembership of 67,650, which may be regarded as gisaven he political or voting poWer of the Organization, in that State alone, SOCIALLY the Order has accomplished much good. Horeto. fore the farmers, especially in the sparsely settled districts, know little or nothing of each other, sol- dom came in contact, were without the mental stimulant generated by the friction of mind against mind, and the smaller amenities of life and the social intercourse which make up so much of man’s brief carcer were sadly lacking. The grange brought them together. It was established for their benefit; they gravitated toward it; and soon the cohesive power of mutual kindness, good wil and titerest bound them together to promote t! common welfare. eoeive : orders irom the granger, The agent receives for implements, groceries, dry goods, boots an shoes, pianos—in short, for pay tht and every- thing’ they need, and buya in buik, the prin- ciple being that the more he buys the less ne Tt 1s just the difference between whole- and retail. They claim to purchase at about pays. fale and price as country dealers, earnil along continued drought in any locality can be |\ the profits absorbed by middlemen, whether deal- terminated by building great fires, which will pro- duce large volumes-of smoke, appears in this cage to be entirely supported; for the great fires which ‘, have been promoted by the drought which had previously almost burned up the crops of the east end of the island are speedily followed by a wide- spread and copious rainfall, There are various theories to account for the origin of the fire which did so much damage in the vicinity of Patchogue; but they are not of so much consequence as the inconvenience and actual suffering which it has entailed. It appears to have firet started near the Oakdale station, on the South Sido Railroad; to have burned northerly until it reached tho track of the Long Island road near Lakeland, and then to have taken a southeasterly course towards Patchogue, where its progress was finally stayed, as before described. 't is estimated that this fire must have burned over an area of from thirty to fifty miles, where now nothing ts to be seen but a seared and blackened country. The settlers in the region travorsed by the flames were small German farmers, who have renerally lost all their possessions, including their ive stock. At Sandy Hollow, about three miles northwest of Patchogue, was a neat tarmhouse, with see a ee belonging toa German family, who lost everything. Five miles further on, in the same direction, at the corner of Ocean avenue and a road leading to Sayville, a handsome property belonging to a Mr. Oabble was burned. Southeast- erly from Eohemtanville, which was entirely Gestroyed, on Broadway avenue, between Holbrook station and Patchogue, four farmhouses with their outbuildings were destroyed, the own- ers being Messrs. deroux, Jobs, Masseler and Bealers. At Edenvale, about three miles west of Fetohogue, the first building burned was the house of Mr. W. J. Spence. Next followed a large house owned by a Mr. Plerce, of Brooklyn, and valued at from three thousand dollars to four thousand dol- lars. The house of Mary Conness, living alone in the woods, was also destroyed. There appears to be some doubt about the correctness of the report that three children had been burned to death at Bohemianville, but the narrow escapes were quite numerous, both of children and adults. An aj roximation of the damage to unproved property in this vicinity shows the following fizure: At Edenvale, $4,000; at Bohemlanville, $3,000; on Broadway avenue, $4,000. The losses in burned crops and woodlands cannot yet be properly esti- Mated, and they ‘all principally upon people who can ill afford them. At the west end of Patchogue Mr. Charles Price lost a valuable piece of timber. The piace just purchased by ex-Congressman Roosevelt, near Sayville, barely escaped destruc- tion, On the line of the Long Island Railroad, below Holbrook station, John Geroe lost his house and barn, with all his furniture and farming implo- ments, eset | to about $3,000. Mr. Headley, near by, save his house, but lost all bi crops and farmin; implements. The entire settlement of Holbrook only escaped destrac- tion by a fortunate shift of the wind, the people, having thoir effects cred ready for dying. irs. Cornish’s house, at Waverley station, was burned, and the ratlroad depot was on fire several times, but was finally saved. North of the railroad, in the direction of Lake Ronkonkoma, the damage was but slight, the fire having been got under con- trol early on Saturday. There were many rumors er heavy losses of stock, and even of human life, but they could not be traced to any reliable source, and probably had no foundation. In this neighbor- hood, as well asin the vicinity of Patchogue, the fires were entirely under control on Satur nd the rains that have since occurred have doubtless served to render assurance doubly sure, Some time must elapse before the actual damage to even improved property can be ascertained, BUFFALO PARK ENTRIES, a BurFFALd, N. Y., Jaly 26, 1873, A large crowd assembled at the Tift House to- night, to witness the opening of the entries for the August races at Buffalo Park for promiums amounting to $70,000. Sixty-nine entries were made, and a number notified by telegraph that they had forwarded their entries by mail, which cannot reach here before to-morrow or Monday. The toliowing ts the list so far as called :— No. 1<P $4,000, tor hors 'o. 1—Purso of 1,000, for horses that nm t better than 2:4. J.M. & Nye's (Flint. Mich ee Membrino Gilt, J. ford, Mass.)b. m. Kate Gilbert, A. Paterson's (New York) br. s. Manhattan, B. Mace's (New York) & yee D. Mace's (New York) c. & Fearnaught, Jr. Daley's (New York) bik. g. Ar- thur, D. P. Farts (New York) tb g. Barney Kelly, Thomas Brown’ St. Catharines, Ont) s. ¢, Caledonia Chiet, John W. Weighes (Rochester) c. s. Planter, OC. Legyett’s (Springfleld, Ohio) b, s. Mambrino Star. No. 2—Purse of $10,000, for horses that never trotted betier than 2:27. John KeKee’s ff sharon, Pa.) Brother Jonathan, J. J. Bowen's (of Modford, Mass.) (of New York) bil York) Rocheste' Of iy, F. .. Y.) By St. vidence, R. 1) bd. (of Piiladeiphia) Ada‘n Goldsmith's (of Alexander Lewis’ (ot 8. Green's (ot Utica, N. Y.) Oliver's (of Cinein: Tho mas L, Young. yw four-year-olls, wad not called. It will pe filled SECOND DAY. No. 4—Purss of $20,00), for horses that never trotted better than2:21. J. J. Bowen's (ot Medfor.t, Masa.) bik. K: Camors, B. Mace’s (of New York) b. g.'Sensation, D. Mace's ‘of Now York) c. g. Judge Fullerton, Alden Gold. smith’s (or Bloomington) b. g. Gloster, ©. 8, Green's (of Utica, N.Y.) c.& Lucille Gold Dust, A.B. Brown s (of Bunalo) bg. Derby, John W. Irving's (of New York) b. g. Jim Trying. urse $2.00, for horses that neyer trotted 2:15, J. W. Myers’ (Toledo) br. g. Vanity Fair, Ferguson's (New Yors) bom. Miss Mi ew York) r. g. Walter, P. Daicy Arthur, L, Benham’s (Buffalo) 4. Ro n W Wright's (Rochester) c. g. den, U. It . Archie, John S, Stephenson's rN, bro Kimble's (Buttaio) b. (Buffalo) b. s Willie Golddust, THIRD DAY, No. 6—Purse of $10,000, for horses that never trottet better ih J.J. Bowen's (Medford, Flagler, George M, Ferguson's (New York) wv. Prince, D, Mace's (New York) c. g. Mavor Allet "3 (Philadelphia) b, g. Hotspur, Alden G ng Grove) b. &. Gloster, W. H. Crawford's ha W. Conway, Alexander Lewis’ 6 J. G, Brown, 7—Purae $10,000, for h W, Jolin 8, Mok | 4 | ros that never trotted better | (Sharon, Pa.) b. g. Brother iJ. M. French's (Detroi York) b a, 8, than ' Jonathan, tori br. m. Cosette, nicer,’ A. ‘ fn Van New Rochester) b. g. St. James, (Philadelphia) 8. Star ot Philadelphy v 's (fliusville) Db. m. (i D Si efatimerili) Amar Collins, ban POURTH DAY, No, 8—Purso $1,500, for fly and under. A. ©. Wallace's (Manchest Wallace, 8. P, Dorsay's (Louisyilie, Ky, n Golddust, 4 Purse $7,008). free to all. John W. Irving's (New . Jim Irving, D. Pafer'a (New York) b. im American Girl, Badd Doble's (Phitadelphis) b. i. Gold: amith Maid, O. A. Wickok’s (Trenton, N. J.) b, mm. Lucy, Dan Mace's (New York) Ju ig ullerton, No. 10: ‘wes that never trotted bet- for than 2 (Toledo, Ohio) br. 8, Vanity Fair, B. Mace's (New York) r, g. Walter, D, Mace’s (Ne York) ¢. s Fearnangh, Jr P, Daley's, (New York) bik, Arjbur, L, Benham’s (Suffalo) r. & Royal George, J: John W. Wright's (Rochester) g. Piander, J. 3. sronhog son's (Buftalo) r. 8. Willie Golddust, Leggetts (Suringfeld) b.g. Membrino Star, hers or agents. Manutacturers write to Mr. Wilson that their agencies cost them from twenty-fivd thousand dollars to sixty thousand dollars an- ually, and they were willing to reduce the prico of machines in proportion a8 they could reduce their agencies by selling directly to granges. In some of the country towns there were too many stores for the population. When the granges to purchase in large quantities the small lealers were forced out of business. Mr, Wilson id they were non-producers, and eked a bare liv- img out of communities on which they were bur. le! The dealors vis rematned were ieee by in@reased trade, as the granges made it a rul Ff rs consistent with their interest, to on- dourage e Merchants and home manutsotares, The agent iat e8 to the nearest town to see i he can deal there reasonable terms; if not, he er towih until finally he goes to hicago for ge purchases — frans 16 State agent was entrusted with a1 la — red as he received orders-r the same granges and bought at. whole- gale. At the ontsot, whn)eale dealers and manu-, facturers in Chicago, 3 a =F St. Louis BEI at wholosale rates to the granges on the grour that it would ruin their country customers; MW eventually they dismounted from their high horse: and are now very willing to solicit orders and offer, special inducements to granges. ‘There are agents of the Order in Chicago look: ng alter its interests and watching the markets. They have agents at the stock yards; “and, by the way,’’ observed Mr. Wilson, “the rates charged at theso same stock yards are exorbitant and oppressive on the pro- ducer. Itis a close corporation—a monopoly, ee Sea eae ing. Enrongh, thet nges by purchasin, / ne ee apue judged from the following fygures, which are official:— I Sn goo, is offered granges dor..§ No. 5, regular price $50, is 0: ee No, & regular rice $55, 1s offered gran, No. 7, regular price $60, is offered gratiges for.. No. 8, regular price $65, 1s offered granzes for.. 30 These are the rates for one machine; the name of the mannitacturers I am prohibited from pub- Sat fi Following are the rates for another ma- chine :— Price HE is offered granges for. 30 22 Price $70 is offered granges for. Price $73 is offered granges fur. 83 is offered granges for Price $95 is offered yranges for. Corresponding reductions a priced machines. . ORGANS, A certain organ alae: instruments to granges at the fol No. 20, grange price $135, retail price. No. 9, grange price $155, retail price, No, 40, grange price $168, reta‘l price. No. 25, grange price $190, retail price. Grand church organ, grange price $300, retail PICC.... +... offers to farnish lowing rates :— 235 ono SCALES. An agent for acertain scale company offers tq, furnish stock scales at a discount of 50 per cent, aa follows :— Four-ton scale, with beam box,,.. Four-ton scale, without beam box. The portable or smaller scales are offered at & discount of 3344 per cent. Two other scale manu- factories offer a discount of 25 per cent:— VARIOUS IMPLEMENTS. An Illinois manufactory senda the following price list, with inducements for cash:— PRICE List, ith eight-foot elevator... 200 Junior farm sheller, with eight-foot clevator..., 185 | ack,» ray Combined walking dnd ridi Farmer’a Friend” . Bulky bay ral ° Walking cultivator, ‘Tne O1 ra’, Lightning feed grinder. Little Giant stalk cutter, One-handle revolving hay make. Champion hay ¢arrier. Horse hay fork. fle grain sepa ickles and section: dinary use, DISCOUNTS FOR CASH, On shellers afd power: 15 «per cent of in Wagol . 20 percent of iy . 83% per cent of On all otherarticies in hat . ir cent off Another Slinois firm offers to furnish implements in sections u! lowa where they have no agencies as follow: We will end you one of our 12-inch gangs for $755 retail ied $95, A 12-ingi gang and cultivator combined, $1005 retail priw, $125. A lé-tnei gang plough, ; Tetall price, $100. Aléinh gang and cultivator comoined, $1055 retail prbe, $130. A 141i single plough, $50; retail price, $65. A 1¢-4ich single plough and cultivator combined, $75; retail price, £05. A 16-inch single plough, with 3-horse hitching ar- rangement, $55; retail [bene aks A Iéinch single plough and cultivator combined, $80; retail price, $100, Asuiky corn cultivator, $40; retail price, $55. A #alk cutter, $45; retail price, $55. (Tle avove price incluaes large 15-inch rolling castor, cutter, doubletrees, whiMetrees and neck- yoke aid 3-horae hitching arrangement, for the gang ploughs; doubletrees and neck-yoke for single Plongh and cultivator.) An lowa manufactory offers to deduct 30 per cent (rom the retail prices on stirring ploughs, cas¢ steol ploughs, tron land-side centre-moles, tron land- shle cast steel motes, double shovels, single shovels, rolling coulters with clasp, and 25 per cent from the retail prices of the following:— Doubie cultivators, latest style; breaking ploughs of all sizes, rotary harvows and joint harrows, MOWERS. gricattural Works” at St. Louis offers to Lacertain style of mower at the following Feornessssae ‘foot cat, price, $110; with per cent off, $85. 4'4-foot one, price, $140; with per cent od, $90. CORN SHELLERS, A firm offers to sell corn shellers as follows :— —- —sheller, retail price, $15; grange price, 10 59, : Double sheller, retail prico, $30; grange price, 2 1. Double sheller and mower, retail price, $35; rice, $24 50. orang? ntent Sheller, retail price, $25; grange price, $17 50. : pore tron sholler, retail price, $15; grange price, Ma ROAD SCRAPRRS are offered by the mantacturers with the follow. ements ing ier bottom 34-inch, with chain bali, round or square pomt, retail price, $13; with per cent ee bottom. 32-inch, with chain ball, ronnd or square point, retail price, $12 50; with per cent og, be * tool bottom, 30-inch, with chain ball, round or square point, retail price, $12; with per cent of, 4 40, . fron bottom, 34-inch, with chain ball, round or CONTINUED ON NINTH PAG?