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8 se SUNDAY. SOLEMNITIES. August Beckoning with Sound of Sacred Songs to Sombre Autumn, The Way to Heaven Through a Vale of Tears. The Great Mistake of Substituting Z®stheties for Piety. Secular Topics in a Sancti- fied Atmosphere. Views of the Pulpit on State and Charch Education of Children. NEW YORK HERALD. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1}, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET, Rot see; forno man who seeth my face can live.” Saint John in exile was permitted to look for an in- stant across the threshold of the New Jerusalem, and he describes, as far as he may, the brillianey of God; but he says, “And when I saw Him | fell as one dead.” it is to this inheritance, bright beyond description, that God hath chosen to make us meet. An inheritance is not something purchased by gold or earned by THE SWEAT OF THE BROW, Go with me into an earthly palace. See the babe im his cradle, the very picture of complete help- lessness, Yet he is the heir to the throne, and will have a@ million of subjects bowing beneath his oke and a million voices crying ‘‘Hosannas !” to is name, Not through any merit of his own, not by any deed of valor on the tented field, It ts his through inheritance, on account of relationship to akind father, Such, my hearers, is the clatm for inheritance which TRE TRUE CHRISTIAN can present to the Good Father in heaven. He isa Jaithiu} son, a humbie follower, 80 humble that he feels these glories cannot be for him; but for him they are prepared. ‘The Selrighina nh, who Says, bic! Nine tried to do my best, have strictly fol- lowed the precepts of the Lord, Thave been actu- ated by duty, and the tormal Christian, who tollows the service, pays is pew rent, has morning prayer and performs only the outward duties of the Christian, these will fing no place in the inheri- tance. ‘They will be cut off from @ share therein, asa father would cut off an undutiful son, ‘The text furthermore speaks of the fitness necessary to the enjoyment of heaven. We surely must be fitted to enjoy the glorious hereafter by cleansed hearts and souls and purer minds than we bring into the world, Otherwise the glories of heaven would be @ vaeant blank to us, as the glories of nature are to the blind, or the reflnements of Can tne sanishment of Religion from the Schools Be Really Believed in by its Advocates ? Sin Pronounced a Leprosy of the Soul. TRUE FAITH MUST BE DEFINITE. Interesting Discourses by the Rev. Messrs. Kearney, Fulton, Chapin, Free- man, Booth and Others. LONG BRANCH DEVOTIONS. 8T, STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. McGlynn—Sin a Leprosy of the Soul—Penauce Typi- ficd in the Gospel—The Necessity of Frequenting the Sacraments. The high mass at St. Stephen’s yesterday morn- ing was celebrated by the Rev. Father Power with alithe pomp and grandeur of the Roman ritual. The high altar was decorated with flowers, se- lected and arranged with exquisite taste. During the services Mr. Danforth, the organist, performed some selections with artistic skill and finish, Im- mediately after the first Gospel the Rey, Dr. Mc- Glynn ascended the pulpit and preached an earnest | and eloquent discourse on the necessity of ap- | proaching the sacraments, basing his argument on | the historical narrative of the mtraculous cure of the ten lepers, contained in the Gospel of the Sunday—Luke xvii., 11, 19, The historical parts of the Scriptures do not con- twist of a mere narration of facts; they include A SYMBOLICAL MEANING, having special reference to the plan of man’s re- demption and the channels through which the | merits of Christ are to be applied to the soul, | Of separation Was enforced by God when defining | “They shall be taught of God.” Thus, in this day’s | | | | ” " " res u | Gospel, the healing of the lepers is typical of the | far and no further, ‘The truth bad to be impressed | the Mastery” their bright, happy faces aud clear | } musical tones inaking ~ | | far greater miracle of cleansiug men’s souls from | the leprosy of sin in the sacrament of penance. | We know from the old law that persons afficted with that loathsome disease were segregated trom | the people, and not permitted to re-enter society until they became convalescent and personally received permission from the priests to mingle with their friends, The ten lepers thus separated met Jesus on His journey through Samaria and | Galilee, and, standing afar off, called out, “Jesus, | master, have mercy on us.” They did well | to call Him by that sacred name, which | means Saviour, and add the title Master in respect for His almighty power. The heart of Jesus was | moved at the poor wretches’ prayer; yet he did not | at once cure them, but told them to go and show themselves to the priests. *‘And it came to pass, as they went, they were made ciean.”’ Of the ten | only one returned to give thanks. “Were there | mot ten made ciean’ where are the nine?’ The | stranger, the Samaritan, was | THE GRATEFUL ONR, | | given | mate | skill and society to the rude savage. The reverend gentle- man proceeded at some length to discuss the ques- tion of be rege sin and fitness for heaven, and closed with a very eloquent peroration. UNIVERSITY PLACE CHUROH. A Crowded Congregation—Return of the Tourists—Man’s Supremacy Among Created Beings—What Are His Prerog- atives and How They Should Be Ex- ercised, The churches in New York are now beginning to have larger congregations on Sundays, as the autumn draws near and excursionists are wing- ing their way homewards. The University piace church, of which the Rev. Dr. Booth is pastor, was no exception to this rule yesterday, although it is but fair to say that this church has, unlike many other fashionable temples of worship at a very Short distance from it, been open all the summer, THE SERMON in this church was preached yesterday morning by the Rev. Charles A, Aiken, of Princeton, who chose for his text the sixth verse of the eighth Psalm, which reads as follows ;— “Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet.’? Science, said the preacher, is competent to testily as to the truth enunciated in our text, for it comcides and corroborates Scriptural revelation ; it further exhibits man crowned with glory, as being manifestly designed for lordship among the other works of Gud here on earth, and so far science and revelation harmonize. Into a world, with the prerogatives mentioned in our text, came map to obey the Divine Dehests and be THE LORD OF THE EARTH, having supremacy over all things, But here we must pause to observe a most essential fact, that the authority of man o ed In his obedicuce, or, to put it otherwise, his strength was in his weakness. He must rely for strength upon divine aid, which is all that he can rely upon in this world, When God made man and put all things under his feet, the Almighty had to all things, animate and inani- on this sphere, their special qua fications, whieh change not with the ad- vent of later ages. All was arranged by the Almighty, and man was placed in superior power to carry out the great Redeemer’s scheme. Man, with all lis vaunted pretentious of learning, cau no more fathom his own organization than he can the hidden mysteries of the solar system. A line the functions of man on earth, and it was laid down that man, with his intelligence, should go so upon him that he was, a OD A CREATOR, but the created; that he was only the creature on earth endowed With a@ soul, and that the laws and ordinances he may enforce must all be in subjec- tion to the higher laws of heaven. Our minds are | filicd with admiration and wonderment when we carelully examine the divine economy oj our being, Allow me to give you an ilustration of the matter, | by making @ practical comparison of the subjec to sow that man rules by fulth, and is only strong | When obeying the divine law. In this world, when @ bad man acquires power, it is soon known, aud the manner in which he has gatoed it. Note how carefully the farmer studies the seasons, their going or coming, and how he endeavors to make industry subservient to his success; his mind is constantly at work, suggest: ing improvements in species of cattle, in seed and a hundred other things. This man feels that when success crowns his efforts it is God that has granted it. Take the shipearpenter, who is constantly devising some new scheme of improve- ment ou the old modei of vessel, which, with al- most identical prow, has cloven the waters from time Immemonal. Inspiration comes from God, Gnuren and the fandamental principles of faith and morals. ‘The Rev. Father Kearney sti) further dweit upon THE PUBLIC SCHOOL QUESTION, and explained to his congregation that Catholtc arochial schools were the best adapted for holic children ; a8 well, if not better, conducted, nd the teachers of them as fully qualified vo give @ secular and business education to children as are those of any other schools, public or private. The young ladies trained those tholic academies and schools conducted by the Sisvers | were well known to be the best educated and the | most polished in the In cencinsion the | reverend gentleman exhorted his congregation to patronize Catholic scnools, and Catholic Sunday Schools In particular, and told parents to be watch- ful of the manner and time at which their children went to day school and Sunday school, FIVE POINTS MISSION. Services of Song and Precept Among the Poor Children—Interesting Sunday Ex- crete Thirty years ago one of the most noted of the criminal haunts in New York was “the Old Brew- ery” in Cross street. It stood on the southerly side of that street, which will not now be found on the city map. Aslight change in the line has #0 cx- tended Park street that the site of the Old Brewery now fronts on it. Leading north from the Brewery was little Water street, crossing Anthony street (now Worth), and terminating in & cul de sac known as Little Cow Bay, which originally extended to the edge of the Collect—a large, deep spring, in which John Fitch made the firat experiments in steam navigation, and whose outflow found its way by the canal (now Canal street) to the North River, and in the oppostte direction sent @ fresh water stream across Chatham street down the line now heid by Roosevelt street to the East River. Opposite the Brewery was the plot bounded by five atreets which gave a name to the neighborhood almost equiva- lent toan earthly hell. Im this infected district “the Brewery,” occupied &s a tenement rookery, was one of the most loathsome parts and its tenants the most degraded and vicious, Now, by a change in street lines, the area once bounded by five streets has become a triangle, formed by Park street, Worth street and Mission place. The dens of infamy which covered it have disappeared and it has become AN OPEN BREATHING SPACE for the benefit of the denizens of the crowdea streets which converge upon it. Little Water street and Cow Bay have disappeared. Anthony street has become Worth street, In place of the Old Brewery are now the large Mission buildings, owned by the New York Ladies’ Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which during twenty-three years of persistent labor has built and paid for the extensive buildings and the land whereon they stand. Across the open space, formerly the Five Points, stands a similar chari- table mstitution, the Five Points House of Industry. A HERALD reporter yesterday afternoon seeing & gathering of bright-iaced children at the “ld Brewery,” and passing with them through the first room, @ Neat chapel which will seat some 300 per- sons, found himself in @ large school-room, occupy- ing the site of the old rear row of tenement apart- ments. Here were nearly 300 boys and girls of from five to fliteen years old, formed in classes for the study of SCRIPTURE LESSONS and religious instruction under the guidance of some twenty ladies and gentlemen residing in various parts Of the city, and some of them owning names Well known 1n business, professional aud social circles, These children are the produce of the neighborhood, including such streets as Baxter, Mott, Muiberry and Park, Some of them have been for years attached to the schools of the Mission, which has rescued them and in many cases assisted their parents to escape from beggary, vagrancy and crime by giving them instruction and employ- ment. , After half an hour passed in the class exercises, the lady who acts as Superintendent, and who at home graces a high social position, stood at a desk on a platform at one end of the room, while one of | | ‘A SCENE OF RARE INTEREST | and beauty. There was no set lecture or address. As the pupils in various parts of the school rose at who came back and, failing at the feet of Jesus, | helped by the study of science. All humanity, with | And so it happens but too tre- When our souis are sick even to | gave glory to God. quently with us. ‘to death with the leprosy of sin we show ourseives to those to Whom Christ has said, “Whatsoever ye | ha!) bind npon earth shall be bound also in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose upon earth shall ibe loosed also in heaven.” The priests to whom we show ourselves are gifted with the power bestowed by the Christ when ‘‘He breathed upon them and | said, Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whose sins ye shail Jorgive they are forgiven them, and whose ‘sins hag | shail retain they are retained.” Many seek the | remedy, many are healed, but comparatively few are grate(ul. Some come at stated times, at Easter or on the eccasions of other great festivals; others when they feel the weigtt of sin and the degrada- tion of being kept separate from “the city of the jast.” But how few return like the stranger in the Gospel and fall at the feet of Jesus! How few Amitate the example of THAT [LLUSTRIOUS PENITENT | ‘who, after she had “washed His feet with her tears” and received an assurance of pardon, sat at the {eet of the Master, looking up to His face and hear- | ing His words! Let us revive the faith that we | Dave in the sacrament of penance and come as Rear to the feet of Jesus as did Mary, who “loved | much.” Wecandoso. Itis no fight of imagina- tion, It 18 plain Catholic doctrine, that when we receive the sacrament of penance the merits of Christ's passion and death are applied to our souls. In that wondrous tribunal is done over again the scene on Calvary. Angels bear heavenward our sor- | row for sin, Christ presents Hie wounds to His ‘Father in favor of the penitent, heavenly mes- Bevgers bear back the pardon, which is pro- | mounced by the divinely commissioned priest when | says, “I absolve you in the name of tue ther,” &¢. We should bear in mind THE TERRIBLE PRICE ‘It eost Jesns to merit for us the graces which flow through the channels of the sacraments. There fare in every age some who hear the Word of God and keep it—grateful souls, who, once they have ‘Deen cleansed from the filth and disease of sin, re- turn with hearts erat with gratitude, and jook up in His sweet | All the doctors and the best approved theologians @f the Church advise the it : NTATION OF THE SACRAMENTS. recommends @ weekly approuch, id by Weekly he does not mean frequent. In ex: iting you to receive the sacraments weekly I do mot urge to sudden perfection. It is a simple Catholic thuth that if having once found grace and rdon we do not return at short intervals to the hrone of God's grace we will infallibly become cold in our devotions and finally relapse, There are Madyikvown #8 Christians who, uf Christ were to to appear to-day as He ‘did more than 1,800 years ago, and preach the doc- trine He then preached, would revile Him and pro- claim Him a fanatic, a lunatic. But, thank Gc there are others reverence Wis name and His | teachings, who desire to sit at His feet like the | Magdalen and listen wo His words, 7 MURRAY HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, | Or, Chapin, of the Collegiate School, on the Inheritance of the Saints. A somewhat full congregation was assembled at | the church on the corner of Thirty-seventh street and Fifth avenue yesterday, he church was heavily draped with mourning in respect for the memory of Dr. Gardner Spring. Dr. Chapin, a young professor of the Fourteenth street collegiate school, presided, in the absence of Dr. Murray, the regular rector, who is still summering. Dr. Chapin took for his text the twelfth versé of the first chapter of St. Paul’s Epistie to the Colossians— “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the eaints in light.” The reverend gentleman then proceeded to follow out a train of thought which | he bas pursued for several Sundays in the same pulpit regarding THE FITNESS REQUIRED FOR HEAVEN. fye hath not seen, ear hath not heard—nay, it hath not entered in the hearts of men—the won- vers which He prepareth for those who loveth Him. Degeriptions of heaven fall far short of éiving the imagination any idea of its bright fiorios, When Moses asked to see the glories of Mod (NE FY)Ce pnaweiyd Wim, “Aly wage toy canst} tual yi | why God has made our world. | for the ruied, its littleness, feels NEED OF HELP from the Divine Power to strengthen it in its earthly pilgrimage. Man must therefore know nature and worship his God. Knowledge may be sought aiter for its own sake. Suppose for an in- | stant that invention ana fancy were to take the place of well-adopted facts, and that whims and fancies be substituted—why there would be an end of science, till sobriety returned to humantty and gave saner reasoning powers. When science has reached its Jimits it merely ‘ells for an instant from the domestic point of view. Some of the relationships of life are oftimes irksome to man’s rebel ious nature, that he is placed here jor THE BEST DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN RACE. God cares for the ralers in this world, and also A very eminent English writer, while alluding to the Roman Empire, said:—“The members of the Roman Empire understood that there must be a governing power, to which the governed must submit.” in @ family there shouid be mutual love and tenderness, for the iather de- velops his love and dominion over his children, Shall the child’s law be the parents’ law’ No. God forbid! tor that would be in opposition to divine law. We are told in holy writ, ‘Let every soul be Subject to the higher powers.” God does not | taunt us with our weakness, but desires that all our souls may be saved. He is recoguizing the providential decree of obedience due by us to him in spiritual and earthly matters. Man cannot alter the standard of his life in this world, by which he is judged by his fellow men. hus only hope of salvation is in the atoning mercy | of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and he must humbly pray “What must I do to be savea?” and when he teels that God has taken pity on him he can think with rapture over the prophecy, ‘All things are yours, present and to come.” May God grant this ior Christ's sake. Aten. ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAI. The Gospel of the Day by the Rev. Father Kearney—His Views on the School Question—The Responsibilitics of Parents Regarding the Education of Their Children, St. Patrick’s Cathedral was well filed at half- past ten o'clock yesterday by a large and respect- able congregation. The principal families who own their pews in the church could again be recognized in their old places, after having en- joyed the country air for some weeks past, while the ladies looked bright and cheerful, with the raddy glow of health apon their cheeks, The interior of the church wore an unusually cheerful air. The gorgeous sunbeams played upon | the gold and giitter of its magnificent paintings, and though the mass was what the Church terms a@ “Missa Cantata,’ yet the offering up of the sac- rific Salter, a young priest of singular sweetness and talent, Was the celebrant. Of the day from St. Luke xvii, 11-19. The reverend gentleman did not, however, preach upon the OF his discourse to the necessity of EDUCATING CATHOLIC CHILDREN properly, and in Catholic schools, that the parochial schools of St. would open to-morrow, as also the School or Academy of the Sisters of Mercy, in East Houston Street, He said that parents will be held respon- sible before God for the education of their chil- | dren, and explained to them the propriety of train- ing the young mind according to the true prin- ciples on which faith and morals, virtue, piety, worth, manliness and ail the other character- istics — which the of every human being are grounded, All the crimes that are committed and every stain ef guiit which we can trace upon the irreligious hearts of men, and even of women, are attribusable solely to the neglect of their early edu- cation, and when fathers with gray hairs and wrinkled »rows have to bewall the aad deeds of their childyen's career, It is only then, said the eloquent priest, that they see the follies and wrong of civi, yveduca tion to children otherwise than Patrick's parish ennoble mind and = soul | Now I will speak | ! but he must remember | If he has gone astray, | was solemn and edifying. The Rev. Father | A number of handsome- | tunity, | looking acolytes assisted around the sanctuary, | | Alter the chanting ot the gospel the Rev. Father | | Kearney ascended tne puiptt and read the gospel | ext he had read, but turned the subject 1 He announced | he will have @ church building well uncer Way | of texts and listening to instructive and encour- | | at present, will then cease, her assistants opened a piano. This was a signal | for all the school to join in singing, the recitation aging remarks by the Superintendent and the Mis- sionary, the Rev. James N, Shaifer, All the chil- dren joined in singing such pieces as “Jerusatem, the Golden,” “Jesus Loves Me” and “Waiting ( acall and recited a Scripture verse the Superin- tendent would add a 1ew words to clinch upon | their young minds the import of the words they | had repeated, explaining their sense and enlarging | upon them ina practical and most effective man- | | Der. She ulso read reports concerning the condi- | tion. and prospects of several children for whom | the Mission had procured homes in the country, | and expressea her happiness and that of her asso- clates that those had been destitute and abandoned in the city had found happiness with | those who leve and will properly provide tor tuem. At the close it was announced that THE DAY SCHOOL OF THE MISSION would open to- Its average daily attefidance has been 400, and a committee of the Board of Kdu- cation, who Visited the school before the v: n, certified that its teaching was satisfactory, ‘Though under Methodist auspices, the Mission proposes to be wholly undenominational—to teach piety, mor- ality, industry, sovriety aud truth, with the ele- ments of usetul education, Attached to the Mis- sion is a large, free reading room, with a library of 1,000 standard volumes, donations from citizens. Here are reguiar les of the city news- papers, given to the Mission by the sev- eral publishers. The room is open every evening, and is usually thronged, so that fre- quently it has 200 readers in an evening, who pass an hour here which might probably have otherwise been thrown away, or worse, An industrial school, in which girls are taught to earn their living, is an- other part of the mission work, as is also the find- ing employment tor boys and girls and their parents. It also furnishes apartments for seven- teen poor families. Besides this the missionary holds religious services every Sunday night, which are very well attended and of great interest. From the old scenes of the Brewery and its crimes the change to an institution of charity and education 1s indeed a reform which should gratily and encourage those by whose labor it has been wrought. RUSSO-GREEK CHAPEL. The Service Yesterday—Prospects of the Mission—The Mennonite Immigration trom Father Bjcrring’s Standpoint. Never since the Rev. Father Bjerring began his ministrations in his private house, in Second ave- nue, was the need of a church or chapel so felt as it was yesterday, when the little room was crowded | almost to suffocation, After the summer vacation the regular services were resumed yesterday, and were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Bjerring in English, and the responses given in part in English and in Russian by his assistant. The choral part of the service was very badly rendered, and was asub- ject of comment by some of tue worshippers. This choir should feel an interest in the services them- selves, apart from the interest which their salary gives them, and should study during the week to SHOW THEMSELVES APPROVED not only of man but of God when they appear in the sanctuary on the Sabbath It is to be hoped that Father Bjerring will give them some kindlyadvice on this point during the week, so that next Sabbath’s return will find the choir aud their singing both in first rate order, 1p a few weeks more Father Bjerring will have a new assistant from Russia, who will render the re- sponses wholly in Engtish, so that the anomaly of having them rendered in English and Russian, a8 His present helper is about to return to Russia, The services yesterday began at half-past ten o'clock A, M., Which will be the regular hour here- after, instead of cleven o'clock as heretofore, and on every second Sabbath, beginning next Sanday, | Father Bjerring will preach a sermon in English. Next Sunday he will give his congregation @ brief | historical SKETCH OF THE GREEK CHURCH and of its doctrines and discipline, so that those | who may be desirous to know what Greek Catho- | les do or do not believe will then have an oppor- 80 far as the capacity of the httie chapel will admit, to hear for themselves. And since the outside of No, 951 Second avenue shows no sign of being @ place of religious Worship, and strangers have difficulty Sometimes to find it, Father Bjerring intends by | hext Sabbath to place a cross and a sign Dearing the inscription, “Orthedox Russian-6reek Chapel, over his front door, so that noone need go astray herealter. He hopes that by next year this time toward completion, The Russian Minister has written to St. Petersburg, setting forth the neces- sity for ite speedy erection, and has received assur- ances that it will be attended to without delay, YESTERDAY'S SIMPLE SERVICE. There was nothing more than ordinary in the service yesterday, ‘Tle usual prayers were recited for the unity of Christians, for the stability and peuce of the imperial samily and throne of Russi and jor the governing authorities of the Unite of both States and for the ecek lands, on, people were dismissed with the benediction. meat ite clone of the service ‘ihe writer engaged ig in conversation, which he naturally touched on’ “1 ‘te course THE MENNONITE IMMIGRATION which {8 now attracting so much attention here and on the other side of the Atlantic. Father 4 Oh Yynced Wid Thy Gootrnes Of the | Megs WOO hie Up Jail Woaceyes Wa DeRReRUROD for conscience sake, but has a firm belief that the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ will ultimately conquer the world, not only doubts but denies that these people are competion to leave Russia be- cause of persecution. He states that these Mennon- ites left sia orig: to escape the military service of that government. They found refuge in Russia under the government of Catherine, and obtained exemption irom military service there for filty years, it as that cood lady died in 1727, and their fitty years of e have long ago ex- ired, and the government of Alexander II. 1s en- forcing the laws of the land uniformly towards all classes and in every part of the Empire, the non- fighting subjects are leaving THE REALMS OF THE CZAR ss and seeking those of Cesar Ulysses. The Emperor's government has not tried to enforce its military jaws heretofore on tflese people, and now when it does they flee at the first approach of a military uniform or @ rife. And as the government of Russia can no more grant exemption to one class ol her citizens at the expense of another than this government can, the Mennonites, like other sub- Jects of the Empire, must take the consequences of ‘the enforcement of the laws. Hence the imperial government has said substantially just what Secretary Fish is reported to have answered the delegation from these Russian emigrants who asked Nim for exemption from military duty. This Father Bjerring declares 18 the extent of the “per- secution,”’ 80 called, of the Mennonites, ‘Only this nd nothing more,”” BROOKLYN CHURCHES. 8T. JOHN'S METHODIST CHURCH. The Great Mistake of jtituting stheties for Picty—Christ a Living Reality—True Religion Must Be Defi- nite—Sermon by Rev. J. M. Freeman. The pulpit of St. John’s Methodist church was oc- cupied yesterday by Rev. J. M. Freeman, one of the Secretaries of the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church, He preached an in- teresting discoaorse, taking his text from four verses of the first chapter of the Gospel by St. John—“Again the next day after John stood and two of his disciples, and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed vesus. Then Jesus turned and saw then following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Master), where dwellest thou? He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt and abode with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.’’ ‘The preacher said that in this gospel we had the reminiscences of an old man who wrote animated with a genuine love of his theme. It was not de- signed that this Renee commenced in the manner in which it did. The writer seemed to give to the world an account of the HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE, and the resemblance between tne first chapter of the Old Testament and the first chapter of the Gospel of John was not accidental. hile Moses intended to give us the genesis of creation, John meant to give us the genesis of redemption, As the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep, so the heart of the natural Man was in a state of moral chaos, shrouded in darkness deeper far than that heavy death-pall which overhung the land of Egypt, and the same majestic voice which in creation suid, “Let there be light, and there was light,’ spoke to the trembling, contrite sinner and DARKNESS FLEW AWAY before the coming o/ the glorious Son of Righteous- ness. John was walking along with bis disciples and said to them, ‘Behold the Lamb of God!” They left him and followed Jesus. Had John the Baptist been @ man whose soul had no vision be- yond the narrow boundary of his own immediate sphere he never would have brought those men to Jesus, God never chooses narrow men to be great reformers. He (the speaker) believed that the reat business of the ministry and of the Christian Shurch ought to be to bring men to Jesus; not to make them Methodists, Calvanists, Baptists or Congregationalists, but to make them Christians and not to swell the numbers of our LITTLE, NARROW SECTS, for if a man was not first converted he would make avery poor member of any Christian denomina- tion, There were many who, when they wisned to form an estimate of Christianity, were very sure to select the very worst specimen they could find, If there Was a poor lame sheep that went hobbling along they took him as a specimen o/ the flock. But itwould be weil to look Se Cheats Pein and at the type of expertonce an ie MAAN 2B Le! by nis first dl intes. ne thing was ésee: Matt enuine retigious life, and eet ¢) e itty Many sought to tind & life Of piety in some other way than by following the Lord Jesus Christ. He was to be sought from’ Pure motive. Herod sought the thfant Jesus in order that he might slay Him, And there were those in this day who were actuated by the same motive, The men who were studying the Scriptures for the simple purpose of finding lauit with them and PICKING FLAWS in them were seeking Jesus only to put Him to death. It was possible to seek Jesus because it was fashionable and considered a correct thing in society to be a church member and a contributor to benevolent enterprises. No man could under- stand what Jesus was able to do for him until he sought Him with full purpose of heart, Another Jact suggested by the passage under consideration Was that a true religious experience was living and real. With many people RELIGION WAS SIMPLY AN IDEALITY, for they looked at everything with a poetic gaze, while others were 80 practical that they could not look at @ picture with enjoy- ment unless they could understand precisely who made it “and what it was wort, Such persons were like the lady who loeked at @ landscape painted by an eminent artist and said, ‘I never saw nature look like that,” and was met with the caustic reply:—‘Don’t you wish you could, madam?’ Some people were intensely “pious” when they could worship in an elegant editice, and have choice music, and listen to an eloquent orator, but such persons made a great mistake in substituting esthetics for piety. Christ Was present to the true worshipper, however, whether in the lofty cathedral or in the log hut. The preacher dwelt with eloquence and fervor upon the fact that a true religious experience was definite and that Jesus was a living reality to those who jollowed Him closely and continuously, In conclu- sion Mr. Freeman said that the great life work of the Christian should be to bring men to Jesus, and urged the congregation to follow the example of the Master who went about doing good. OHEIST CHURCH. The Word of God Christ’s Instrumental- ity for Salvation—Sermon by the Rey. Charles E. D. Grimith. The beauttful weather yesterday morning drew many from their homes tothe elegant temple on Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, in which the Rev. A. H. Partridge ministers, although the close, humid at- mosphere prevented some irom attending who would otherwise have doue so, The music was under charge of Mr. William Richardson, the accomplished organist, assisted by a volunteer choir directed by Mr. Henry M. Bartlett, and was well rendered, The “Te Deum," by Jackson, was a special feature. The rector conducted the ser- vices t the Creed, and the visiting clergyman, the Rev, C. E. D. Griffith, connected with the Protes- ‘ant Episcopal Missions in Kansas, then proceeded with the service, taking his text from Isaiah, lv., 10, 11. He began by Instancing the equal vehemence of men and of God in deciaring the READINESS OF THE CREATOR TO PARDON the iniquity of His creatures, There are men who realize the hideousness of sin, the degrading power of all rebellious assaults on God, and who cannot see how it is possible tor wickedness, such as ail men commit, to be forgiven, It is for this Clase such strong assurances of pardon and mercy are given, G even confirming it by an oath, swearing by Himself, Mercy to sinners was His purpose from the day of transgression in Eden, and that purpose is unchangeable, 1t was forme: into the Word, written and sure, And this Word was made the divige agency to produce penivence that should appropriate mercy, The rain falls, pure and refreshing from heaven's fountains, with no stain of earth, but instinct with psi phd 8 cahphed So comes the Word trom God's pure and holy fountains of love. It is recorded im- perishably—man'the instrument, God the speaker. True, the Word records human weaknesses and sins, but it uses them as we ought to—for INSTRUCTION AND REPROOF, Further, God makes use of fallible, even wicked mento disseminate his Word. He spoke as forve- fully era David, the murderer and adulterer, as through David, the guileiess siiepherd boy, Those who recorded God’s words were not mere organs, made vocal by another’s breath, but they perceived and accepted for them- selves the trutte they prociaimed. God speaks to men as they are constituted, and their ‘words again partake of their individuality. Isaiah, with bis directness; Jeremiah, wita his figures and intense hos, and St. John, with his sim. icity and jon, h, in his own way, illus- ‘ated this facs. No imperfection of Christ's hu- ity dims His divinity; 80 speech, the human element, does not mar the trath of God’s Word. It 4s purified from error as the water is purified in nature’s laboratory while ascending from the Sparkling spring and the slimy pool; from tne riing brook and the miasmatic morass; ‘om the bread, limpid lake and ocean and the pestilential swamp and stag. pant bayon, The and the § snow do not return void, but accomplish their work. The speaker here indulged in # beautiful delinea- tien of the action of we rain Crops and the dew, concluding by the ication that God’s promises accomplish a like work in the soul, causing THE GREEN SPOTS IN THE DESERT OF LiFe and giving vitalizing power to the Word, even as Mga) SUL TES VALQUMDR POWCE LO Le dais LXE} juien He War ChE Sanibel“ drew tho J jlig's duti¢sy It 18 Just as senstnle for the farmer to say that the | sword snd won distinction { the battlefield, ugh, the harrow, the drill, the reaper and the | just as well as citizens of other denomination hresher produce the harvest as it is for men to lence, as faithful citizens, we have a night td say—and many do say it in these days—that it is | demand that the money we pay to the State for the Church, the ministry and sacra- | educational Rae be returned to us and not be ments that produce the heavenly increase. | applied tor education of pupils. By our standard of authority the great fe only work of quickening souls to penitence and life is ASK BACK WHAT WE HAVE ALRRADY Parp. attributed to the Word. jumerous Scriptural uotations were given in support of this view. ‘the Word not only has germinant power: it is highly nutritive. No one will say God designed the rain to destroy the harvests in tempests, or that the ocean should rise in its often witnessed, The rain that 18 intended to nourish the €arth and bring forth bountiful har- vests also nourishes thorns and trees that bear POISONOUS FRUITS. The cloud that holds the cooling, beneficent wrath and | with it and with all similar systems from whelm the mariner, yet tcese dire results are | of St. Peter to the present time, Their in order that we may be aided in estab com- mon schools meonesis so called, Asa the Methodis: tists, Quakers, &c., have en satisfied with the present system of State educat tion, whereas the Catholics have been Qtssatisied the daya very plain for this. Apart from the fact that a sectarian book is read in Sinn otnnew axe known as public schools, there are histories read which: misrepresent and falsify facts bearing on the career of the Church of Christ; there are reading lessons shower harbors also the hot thunderbolt. Torrents | taught and works on profane science peru bear away the wealth of flelds and avalanches wrap whole villages in an icy shroud; yet the ratn und snow are sent for good, It is not a poison- ous liquid that enters the plant whose ut is poison ; it is not a death-impregnated element that rages in the torrent and thundersin the avalanche, So if God’s blessed Word does not sanctify the human soul it hardens it, The same Word that 18 mercy to the penitent is doom to the rebellious. ‘The same truths feed the justified seul and over- whelm and destroy the impenitent sinner, Ask the Christian why he soll p sunsping r storm, and he will tell yeu that “whatsoever 4 man soweth that shall he also reap,” he is scattering broadcast the seeds of a glorious har- vest. We have the seedtime and we shall have the harvest. Angels shall greet us, and Jesus meet us in the bursting garne! ind He shall gay to us, reaping as we have sowed, faithful servant, I will crown you with everMsting Joys. LEFFERTS PABK SERVICE, The Necessity for Repentance and the Motives Therefor—Sermon by Rev. Mr. MacFayden. Probably the largest congregation that hes gathered in Lefferts Park at religious service this season was there yesterday, to listen toa plain, practical sermon by Rev. Mr.Mac Fay den, now temporarily supplying Dr. Scudder’s pulpit. About 3,000 persons were present on the plattorm and perhaps aS many a8 more flitted about the grounds. The preacher’s theme was repentance, and was based upon John the Baptist’s cry in the wilderness of Judea—Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ He showed the necessity, in the first place, for repentance on the part of every man, because all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. He aiso distin- guished between the different kinds of repentance, ard showed how utterly worthless that repentance is which must be done over again and again, and then explained the nature of true repentance, which presupposes a forsaking of sin, ceasing to do eviland learning to do well; and then pomtedly dwelt upon those to whom this CALL TO REPENTANCE is sent—“ye.” Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, The motive for repentance is given in the last clause of the text and the mean- ing of this ianguage was plainly set fortn by Mr. MacFayden. ‘The kingdom of heaven, he said, meant the Gospel dispensation which was then just at hand in the rson and teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ. le illustrated m various ways how this Gospel leads men to repentance; how the Saviour’s look broke faithless Peter's heart, so that he went out of the judgment hal of Pilate’ and wept bitterly alter he had denied his Lord and Master. He also callea attention to the fact that this Gospel dispensation will cease some day. It will no longer be at hand, perhaps, for some who were then listening to hima, it Was not at hand for Judas aiter he had soki his Lord for thirty pieces of silver, and he went and hanged himseif. He thereiore urged upon the vast assembly before him the importance of immediate repentance while the kingdom of heaven is thus at hand and within reach of all men. Several ministers of other churches were present as auditors, and the earnestness of the preacher, coupled with the practical simplicity with which he treated his subject, seemed to make a deep impres- sion upon the audience, Hence at the close of the sermon, and when some restless ones had changed places and some feartul ones had lett altogether because of the t catshing rain, when an opportu- nity was afforded by leader, Mr, O'Donnell, a goodly number stood up, Sermo, ett SOME WITH TZARPUL EYES, and asked sae prayers 01 believers present in their aan number of written requests by parents ind friends in behalf ef their loved ones was also presented, but for lack of time were not read. The substance only was given, and a half pour was spent in earnest, fervent prayer for those per- sons, But the opening rainclouds began to pour down their aqueous contents, and the meeting was cut short by half an hour on that account. Next Sunday, the leader announced, that he expected Rev. Dr. Fulton, of the Haason place Baptist church, to preach in the park, but he could not yet say positively that he would dogo, SERViCZS IN JERSEY CITY. ST, PATRICK’S CHURCH. The Common School System of Educa= tion—The State Teaches Human Science, but Rejects the Science of God—Tnhe Catholic Position—Sermon by, Canon Moynahan. For some time past the Catholics of St. Patrick’s parish have been obliged to attend divine service in the chapel attached to the new church now rap- idly approaching completion. The new stone building promises to be one of which the diocese may Well be proud, it being among the most com- modious and artistic in design that can be founa in New Jersey, The site on which it rests com- mands a view of New York, the har- bor and surrounding country and is within a biock of the proposed new Boulevard. In this magnificent edifice the peopte are mainly indebted to the untiring labors of their pastor, Father Hennessy. lt was announced yester- day that the parish schools, including the Sister’s Academy, Would ve re-opened to-day, and this an- nouncement, coupled with the fact that the great mass of the people entertain very vague and erroneous notions of what the Catholics really claim in the matter of public education, was aeemed an appropriate occasion for the delivery of a dis- course on that all-important topic. It became known that the very Rev, Canon Moynahan would preach, and the chapel was densely thronged in conse- quence, Father Moynahan has been a parish priest in New Orleans Jor twenty-seven years, and is tem- porarily sojourning here at present, His discourse | Some may think this second birth a evidently made a deep impression on the minds of his hearers, as may be inferred from the following synopsis, which, however, does but little justice to the speaker’s remarks. He took his text from St, Paul's First Epistie to Timothy, v., v. s— “But if any man have not care of his own, and es- pecially of those of his house, he hath denied the Jaith and is worse than an infidel.” By these words Jesus Christ, speaking through the lips of the Apostie Paul, lays a solemn injunction on all men to care tor those of their household—not merely to care for them in a temporal sense, by furnishing them with food and raiment and making them proficient in human sciences, which are of littie value in fitting them for eternity, but by exercising over them a epeeitaal care and advancing them in the science of God, that they may become worthy to serve Him™ forever in the better world beyond the grave, This being undeniabie, tt is not dificult to per- ceive that the words of the text refer to the great obligation which parents owe to their children as Tegards their early training. From time to time it has been given out trom every pulpit—because it 1s the mission of the ministry to preserve the de- posits of the faith and to hand down from e to age the doctrine pure and unsullied that has been received from Christ—it has been given out that parents should, with all earnestness, CONSIDER THIS GRRAT CONTRACT that they have made with God to bring up their children in the way of righteousness, to make them faithiul members of the Church and Of society, and worthy heirs of heaven. Ifa man possess a nobie horse or even a dog he will not suffer that animal to grow up to an old age without breaking him in— nay, he will give him to the best trainer. And if this be admitted (with rej to animals) is it not infinitely more true of young children? The young mind is like the meited wax which, if not moulded in due time, becomes insusceptiblg of 1m- pressions. Unless you educate the chila~ in his younger years you cannot teach him when he grows old the duties he owes both to God and to his fellow man, “Train up @ young man according to the way in which he should go, and when he 1s old he will not depart from it.” Now, the State pretends to attempt soto train children in her common Schools, and TI doubt not put that in many cases the State does so in good faith and with the best intentions. Hence I yield to no man in giving the State full credit for her efforts in this direction, and I applaud her for the interest she takes in our youth. But I contend that no State can feel as great an interest in her children as the Catholic father feels in his children, tn obedience to the command of Christ. But if we Catholics believe that we cannot con- scientiously obey the solemn injunction of Christ by sending our children to schools as they are at Present constituted by the State, it is wrong to make us pay taxes to sup) such schools. The avowed and sole object of the State in educating our children ieording to ns present system is to make them good citizens of the State. But surely we can make as citizens of the State as she can, We are just a8 good and as faithful citi | not I shall be unharmed. vens as are many Others in the iand. had no hand in bringing on the war, We and and | Christ, co) ‘ell done, good and | to be content 1 whicit not only tend to poison the souls of youn, Catholics but to uproot from tke minds of all the pupils, irrespective of their religion, the very idea of God himself. Is not this ebjection fit to be made by men of all other religious persuasions as weil as- vy us? 1s it not their interest as well as ours to cry out against such an injustice? We ought to act. like brothers in @ common cause. At all eve! we are all citizens, living under one flag, and we ought to be liberally disposed towagds eac! other, loving even our enemies, ¢ amends us, We concede the right o: other sects to enjoy what systems of education they plana, and they have the right to ask State aid when they please. We ask the same right, and we do so in no spirit of hostility to any sect or party. 1 know it 1s said that, all religious training ig banished from the public scheols, we cuene send our Cl dren so thee, lea the religious training to thé pastor and the parents. Now, it is certain, as a rule, that the pas- Vor has not ene-tenth of the time sufficiént to in- culcate the principles of morality and the great. truths of religion into the ‘mipds of se chile dren; and ag for the parents, they até not gians. Even if there were many parents biiedngr ed to instruct theiy children thoroughly, theré are thousands of others, doctors, lawyers, mechanics, laborers, &c., who have scarcely a re moment from the busy avocations of feta teach their little ones the neoe: trutha. Hence to: leave the religious training of youth exclusively tothe pastor and the ents is in most case@ virtually to deprive the children of such education. The school system, therefore, which refuses to recognize God and the science pf God isa sadly defective and injurious system. ‘And hence also it is that the ignoring of religion in the schoola indirectly anti-catholic, But 18 THE STATS REALLY IN BARNEST when it says “banish all teaching about God and His holy religion and let us have a school system. without God; only by banishing God can there be harmony.” ‘This is, indeed, repeating the cold words uttered by the innkeepers of Bethlehem when they told Joseph, and Mary that bore the Saviour, ‘“‘we have no room for you.” Kducation and religion are the two ports of the man, All education which 1s without religion is vitiated, Just as the blood of the infant that is allowed to drink sustenance from the breast of a diseased nurse. It cannot be possible that the State which contains many great secular scholars can drive religien from the schools and trom the State ana throw it into the sanctuary. Would to God that the day were at hand when the State will give aid to Catholics in bringing into their schools re- ligion and the King of kings—the Father, Son and: Holy Ghost. In like manner as we build up the loaf in the family and afterwards distribute a por< tion of it to each member, so also do we, a¢ Catholies, ask back irom the State @ portion of the taxes that the State collects from all her subjectg- lor educational purposes, Confiding in the justice our claims, let us seek this in God's name, havin all due respect for the feelings of others, The! will there occasion for increased harmony be~ tween Catholics and Protestants, Harmony exists at present, thank God. We never will attack from our pulpits the opinions or the religion of our dis senting brethren, No; but when we are attacked, like the general on the battle ficid, we will resist. We will come out with our pens and answer those attacks in atience and in charity. May we never have greater occagion to re- sist attacks than at present! Thanks to the intelligence of our American dissenting: brothers, the public sentiment—the public press— is liberal, The press of New York and its vicinity is especially liberal and tolerant; and the NEW YorK HERALD is, perhaps, pre-emment in thi respect. It respects the convictions of every part; anu sect, and makes no violent attack upon any of them. In the hope that this state of things might long continue, wishing he could open the gates of Paradise to the whole human race, and urgin; hearers to send their children to the Catholia schools and to support them, the reverend gentle« man concluded his discourse with a beautiful pic ture of the reward that is to crowu such deeds in gue wero couice is pa SERVICES AT LONG BRANCH. Sea Side Chapel—The Doctrine of Regen« eration—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Robert Given, United States Navy Chaplain, LONG BRANCH, Augg$t 31, 1873. Summer’s closing Sabbath, and bringing with it essentially the close of the fashionable season licre, though many will remain for a month longer to en- joy the glorious beauties of the coming mont) at the sea shore, and really, if people only knew ‘t,. the most enjoyable month to spend here, fou. J large and fashionable congregations at all tte places of worship. The pre-eminently fashionable people most largely attend, however, the Sea side chapel, and this notwithstanding they are called on regularly each Sabbath to add their con« tripations toward lessening the incubus of debs Still remaining on the church. After the prefatory exercises this morning there was the usual appeab jor contributions. The encouraging fact was stated, . however, that the debt of $7,000, existing at the opening of the season, had been decreased more than one-half, and the confident bellef expressed that another season of like liberal contributions would find the debt all paid. The sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Robert Given, Chaplain of the: Naval Asylum at Philadelphia. His subject was regeneration, and the basis of his discourse the text John itl, 3—“Except a man be bornagain ha cannot enter the kingdom of God.” The text, he began, was a@ very familiar one. No one could live in this world without perceiving evidences about him of the existence of God, knowing that there is a God, ang with death staring one in the face each one aska himself the question what is to become of him after death? Those of them believing in the divina authenticity of the Scriptures attach the utmost importance to this question, Such of us know that itis NECESSARY TO BE BORN AGAIN, No matter how success{w a mun is in this world,. how large his wealth, how high his soctal posi- tion, how resplendant his talents and great hig fame, uf he loses his soul, to him life if a great failure. Now what is it to be born again t hearer mystery. It was not so. It was simple and within the com- Prehension of tue most stupid. It was a matten clear to the intellect, This change is a radical change. It is called in the Scripture sometimes conversion, sometimes sanctification, sometimea redemption, sometimes simply a change. He did not wish to be speculative. This change had nothin, to do with the outward man, no further than the outer life is linkea with the spiritual ‘life. The appetites and passions remain the same. feature is & change in man’s relation to God, MAN IN HIS NATURAL STATR does not glorify God; but purified through the blood of Christ, by the agency of the Holy Ghost, and @ great chal comes over him. While in China, as he was talking to a heathen, he pointed to the heavens and to beautiful nature all about him, te convince him of the existence of a God. Tha heathen looked at him blankly, and such is th natural man. They are without understanding o' God, as Stated in the Scriptures. Dwelling turther on this point, he showed how the memory and the reason were related to onr conception of God. Men remembered what they were interested in. If he should tell a ludi- crous story now and then, they would remember it and remember him on account of the. association but he verily believed that there were many listen- ing to his sermon who could not tell where tex im was. If aman toves God he will be interested al that concerns God's work here. The man who ip the rebellion offered his tortune and his life to hig country was the true patriot. Such a man loved his country and esteemed no sacrifice too greatia his country’s bebalf. Conversion makes one a child, A CHILD OF GOD, This was the whoie ereceee of being born again, If the sinner gets within the shadow even of tie Cross the blood of Jesus cleanses from all sin, Con- verted, we become co-heirs with Jesus Christ. Soma lead that God is a God of love and merctfful, and’ ‘at for this reason all mankind will be |. Man, think if they can only ba through ti tes an enter heaven they will be all right, no. tminter ho: sintul they have been. This is a mistake, for tue sinful, unregenerated man neaven would be THE HOTTEST HELL imaginable. There must be no sin there. If there, was no sin in this world this would be as good a heaven as any one wants. The sinner in heaven could not withstand the gaze of God, and he wouid, be thankful for a hell to screen him from that gaze, If we could get into heaven without the ty moral fitness we would be most unhappy. ‘Tal of God's love, It would not be love to His childre: to admit the unsanctified into His presence, an would not be @ fulfilment of His promises to Hig! eee RNOe RT Ae is no other name giver under heaven by which we can enter the kin, of God, The 7 vibe EVIDENCE OF CHANGE is that we have changed irom alienation to close relationship with God. Now then love God and trust in him. It was this trust in God that madq the late Admiral Farragnt, under whom he had tha honor of serving, the great moral hero he was, When chided for his reckless exposure of his life ha said, “If God Wills that bshail be killed I will, and I shall do Jeave the rest in lis hands.” It was in chiseptrt he counselled, iu cyuclusion, they should discharg