The New York Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1873, Page 6

6 "RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCR, September 7---Fourteenth Sun- day After Pentecost. RELIGIOUS PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY. A Good Word for the Hebrews. Card from the Rev. De Witt Talmage. Coming Religious Meeting in New Hampshire. ‘ NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1873—QUADRUPLE Suu, |. sermon by Stephen Pearl Andrews in Germania Hall parlors this morning. out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother's eye.” NO SPIRITUALIST. The Alleged Decay of the Catholic | Tne Coming Religious Meeting in the Church, To Tae EDITOR oF THE HERALD:— At a time when there is so much talk about the decay of the Catholic Church it may be interesting to some O/ your readers to have a few statistics as to the state of that ancient institution in countries where but a few years since it was scarcely known, except as a small and insignificant sect, to the majority of the people. I am indebted to the Eeho, London (Englana) paper, for the foliowing statis- tics of the Church in the United States :— It 1s a singular fact that in the United States, where the Roman Catholic Church has simply @ fair fléld, and no favor, that stupendous religious organization his devel- oped itwelt with unusual rapidity and success. Kighty. our, Years ago there were 29,000 Roman Catholics in CS United States; there are now 9,600,000. there was bishopric, there are now 54; besi 6 vicarates apostolic and 4 abbots; there were 21 priests, there are now A 4, ‘are now 47 cathedrals, There are now also 133 there were Sor 4chapels, the 1,557 4,250 churches and 1,744 chape! monasteries of men. and c academies and schools, 288 charitable institutions, seminaries and colleges, in which, among other students, 48 young men are studying for the priesthood. Within the last #5 years the population ot the country i 488 per cent, but the Koman Cathotl population ing the same period increased 34000 per cent, proportion (8,600,000 to 80,40, 00) is wimoat A to & be remembered that American Catholics are thorough ultramonianes. The progress of the Church in England is perhaps even more astounding, because the population Increase of the Catholic Church in| there ts not increased by immigration as if 1s in England and America. MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Modern Spiritualism and Its Opponents. Services To.Day. The pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage, has returned trom his search after fresh inspirations and will afford his congre- gation opportunities for judging of his success this morning and evening, at the Brooklyn Acad- emy of Music. Rev. Dr. Chapin preaches this morning in West Twenty-third street Presbyterian church, and to young men, at eight o’clock P. M., in Association Hall. At the service this morning in Berean Baptist church, Rev. P. L. Davies will discourse upon the rather apropos subject of ‘“‘Returning to the Sanc- tnary.” Evening subject, “Reasonable Service.’” The Fifth Universalist Society will be addressed at eleven o'clock this morning by Rev. A. C., ‘Thomas. The new pastor of Plymouth Baptist church, Rev. Dr. D. Henry Miller, preaches morning and evening. “Help and Hope for the Sinning” is the evening subject of Rev. Wayland Hoyt, who will also con- duct the morning service, in the Tabernacle Bap- tist church, Rey. Dr. N. W. Conkling will preach in the Fourth avenue Presbyterian chuivh chapel at half-past ten o’clock this morning. The Rey. Samuel W. Hamilton, late of Belfast, Ireland, having accepted the invitation of the Scotch Presbyterian church, West Fourteenth street, to become their pastor, commences his laborsin his new fleld this morning, Rev. Dr. McCosh, of Princeton College, will preach in the same church in the evening, and will introduce Mr. Hamilton (one of his favorite pupils while in Queen’s College) to his new pastorate. Rev, Dr. Cheever preaches at half-past ten this morning in the Forty-second street Presbyterian church, The congregation of the Seventéenth street Methodist Episcopal church will be addressed this morning by Rev. W. H. Boole, and in general meet- ings, at half-past six and a quarter before eight P. M., by “Sister” Amanda Smith (colored.) There will be an opening service this morning in St. Stephen’s (Episcopal), the rector, Rev. Dr, Price, oMiciating. Afternoon service at four o'clock. The congregation of the old Heuston street Pres- byterian church will resume worship in the Bleecker Buildings to-day, Rev. W. W. Page preach- ing morning and evening. Services at St. Thomas’ (Rev. Dr. Morgan, rec- tor) at half-past ten A. M. (sermon and holy com- union), and at four P. M. Rev. Halsey W. Knapp preaches in Laight street Baptist Mission at a quarter before eight P. M. And Rey. J. F. McClelland in St. Luke's (Metho- dist) at half-past ten A. M. Rev. W. T. Sabine will conduct the morning and evening services in the Church of the Atonement. Rev. Dr. Batchelder and Rev. Mr. Marshall, with their families, and Miss Cilley, who embark on the next steamer for mission work in India, will ad- dress the Morning Star Mission at half-past two P.M. And they, with others, will also address the “farewell meeting of six missions for India,” this evening, in the Seventeenth street Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Dyke, formerly of Spurgeon’s College, will preach, at this service, and in the morning, at | the same church, his farewell sermons, There will be the usual services, morning ana evening, in St. Mark’s church, Rev. Dr. J. H. Rylance officiating. In the Thirty-fourth street Reformed church, preaching by Rev. Isaac Riley. In the Sixteenth street Baptist church, Rev. D. B, Jutten conducting the services. In the Church of the Strangers, Rev. Dr. Deems preaching. In the Central Baptist church, Rey. Fred. Evans preaching. In the Methoaist Episcopal Free Tabernacle, Rev. Tohn E. Cookman preaching. In the North Presbyterian church, when the pas- tor elect, Rev. 8. B. Rossiter, will address his new charge at both services. In the Sixth avenue Union Reformed church, Rey. William B, Merritt preaching. In the Presbyterian Memorial church, conducted oy Rev. Dr, Robinson, In the old Forsyth street Methodist church, Rev. J. W. Barnhart resuming his ministrations. And in the Fifty-third street Baptist church, the Pastor, Kev. Mr. Pendleton, officiating. There will be a sermon in English at the Russo- Greek chapel this morning. “Touching the Hem of the Lord’s Garment” is the subject which will be treated upon at the re- opening service in the Church of the New Jeru- salem at eleven A. M, The Uburch of the Incarnation will be reopened | ‘with a communion service this morning, “A Great Reviving After Two Days” will be ex- pounded by Bishop Snow, at the University, this | alternoon. Rev. J. V. Osterhaut will to-day resume his } ministrations to the Harlem First Baptists, preach- ing morning and evening. Rey. R. Heber Newton will preach at both ser- vices in Anthon Memorial church to-day. “Nature and Grace,” and “Contentment With | What You Have,” are Dr. Hepworth’s themes for | to-day, at the Church of the Disciples, Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., preaches at half. | past ten A. M. and four P.M., in the temporary | Church of the Holy Trinity. Services in St. Ignatius’ at seven, nine and half- past ten A. M., Rev. Dr. S. H. Meade officiating at the latter, as also in the evening, at half-past seven o’clock. “Vacation Lessons” will be retaught at Harlem Unity chapel, this morning, by ‘Rev. W. T. Clarke, Rev. Henry Powers will preach in the Church of the Messiah at eleven A. M, The rector of the Church of the Resurrection, Rev. Dr. Flagg, preaches this morning. Rey. Dr. Holme will conduct the morning and evening services in Trinity Baptish church, And Rev, Mr. MacArthur those in Calvary Baptist church. Rev. U. T. Tracy preaches this morning in the Church of the Reformation, Services at haif-past ten A. M. and half-past | Saviour approves such acts, A) turee P. M. in Canal street Presbyterian church. Rey, Dr. Anderson will preach to the First Bap- tists at the usual hours. . ‘Miss Jennie Leys wil! address the Robinson Hali Spiritualists at half-past seven P.M. ‘The Humanitarians will be treated to a scientific the States. in the North of England there have always been many Catholic families since the sub- version of the faith by Henry VIII, but the enormous increase in the number of Catholtes has been chieNy through conversions, and notably since the re-establishment of the hierarchy by His Holiness Pius IX. in 1850, Previous to that, from the time of the “Reformation,” England was divided into districts governed by vicars apostolic; the Pope then created an archbishop and twelve bishops. The present Archbishop is Dr. Manning, who twenty years ago was a minister of the Protestant Established Church, and of the twelve suffragan bishops ten are English, one Scotch and one Irish; then there are three or four coadjutor bishops, abbots, priors and other superiors of the various religious orders, and, sum- marizing the different dioceses, we find by the ‘Kecclesiastical Register” tor 1873 there were on January 1 10 cathedrals, 1,203 churches, 496 regular clergy or clergy of the religious orders, living in 69 monastaries, 1,139 secular clergy or parish priests, 239 convents for women, 18 colleges und numerous schools, semi- naries, reformatories and charitable institutions all over the land. There are 24 peers, including 1 duke, 1 marquis, 7 earls, 4 viscounts and 11 barons, in the House of Lords, and 48 baronets, besides 6 Catholic members of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, and until 1829 every Catholic was debarred trom holding office under the Crown or sitting in Parliament, The conversions from Prot- estantism are amazing. In 1872 there were 000 received in London alone, and almost all are of the educated classes. This has been going on for the past thirty years, About fitteen per cent of the priests are converts trom the clergy of the Established Church. Jesuits, Benedictines, Carmelites, Dominicans, Capuchins and almost every other order of monks and nuns are distributed through the land; and wherever a mission is established a congregation is found, and even ifno Catholics are in the parish but a short time elapses before the influence of Holy Church brings in many who are soon zealous chil- dren of the taith of their fathers, and all this in that great Protestant nation, England! In Scotland too, that most intensely Protestant country, the Uatholic Church is spreading with ra- pldity, and the old Highlanders are returning to ‘he faith of their fathers from the cold and dry bone religion of John Knox; and ere long it is expected that the Pope will restore the hierarchy to that portion of the British Empire, where there are 230 churches, 170 secular and 60 regular clergy of monastic orders, with 8 monastaries for men and 21 convents for women, a college, schools, &c., governed by three vicars apostolic. It should be remarked that in the United States and Great Britain the schools are patronizea largely by Protestants, who rightly consider that their children may be safely entrusted as to their morals, and they are at liberty to attend or absent themselves from the religious exercises as | their conscience desires—a liberty not often allowea in Protestant schvols to Catholic scholars, Notwithstanding the persecutions on the Euro- Poe Continent Protestantism and infidelity make ittle real progress in the hearts of the people; and never during the last two centuries has there been so much devotion to the cause of Catholicity as is now exhibited all over France. The infidelity of the first Kevolution made little lasting impression, and the pigmy proportions of the Hyacinthe and UDollinger sects, neither of which pretend to be Protestants (however heret- ieai) are scarcely wortny of notice. The Archbishop of Westminster (Dr. Manning) recently, in an address to some ladies who had made him an offering of some articles for adorn- ment of his private chapel, said :— And now, my children, I want you to listen tome. I wish to say a Word to you about the state of the Church at thismcment. You ‘will hear people in the world say that she is in her decadence: that she never was so de- based, so weak or so powerless as she is now. Now roe know Spenser's story of the shepherd on the top of a hill, who saw more, therefore, than any one else. Now Tami like that shepherd, an you that the Church was never stronger than she is now ; that she has forth more blossoms of taith, hope and charity, of contrition, too, for the sins of those who biaspheme and despise her. Theretore, instead of being disheartened and feariul at the present’ state of things, let us rejoice and take courage ; for, beli me when | say again that there never was a moiuent when the power oi the Church ot God was greater than it is now, and you yourselves, by your lives, are contributing to this. Let Catholics take courage. God will not refuse to answer the | helt of His people, and tie united eppueions throughout the world during the late Triduum will not go unheeded by Him who said of His Holy Church that “the gates of hell sball not prevail against it;” and truly, if we contemplate the state oi the world now, it would appear that the gates must be very wide open to allow such instruments of Satan as Bismarck the infidel; Vic- tor Emmanuel, the adulterer, sacrilegious robber and rebellions child of the Church, who, with a hypocrisy far more disgusting than the outspoken and brutal apostate, Henry the Eighth, despoils the Church he pretends to protect and reverence, and insults in every conceivable way the peed Father whom he has robbed of his dominions 1n the pretended cause of liberty and the wish of the people; those of the people who support him being tue lowest scrubs who existin every com- munity, but who in all Others are governed ry, the respectable portion ©: society instead of being allowed to govern them. Ii the same class were supported by the government here where would Teligion of any kind be ft A terrible and jearful retribution will, however, fallon the monster's head or his successors, as sure as there is @ God in heaven, and Christ's Holy Church will eventually triumph over all its enemies, for whom, however, like her divine Master, she never ceases to pray. C, SMITH, BROOKLYN, September, 18 A Good Word for the Hebrews. ‘To THE Eprror o¥ THe HERALD:— “Semi-Occasional” has done good service to the cause of religious freedom and the honor of our country by exposing the bigotry and intolerance of a class of persons who are fast bringing the United States into disgrace. i allude to hote keepers and their representatives, who, instead of being, as they should be, a public convenience, are really @ public nuisance, and should be “taken down” accordingly. This last act of excluding the | Jews from their ‘‘holsteries” is the climax of their effrontery, and deserves, as it will receive, the con- demnation of every true Christian, When I read “Semi-Occasional’s” earnest and forcible protest in last Sunday’s Heratp I could hardly realize that it was made in our free America, but had in some mysterious way come from Russia or Ronumania, where liberty is Jound only im the dictionaries, end put to this business at once. Christianity can- not permit such acts to be committed in her name, nor will her sons look on with indifference while the struggle is pending. The press, as ever, speak- ing lor the people, is nobly com:ng forward to the rescue. Asa Christian I jeel mortified beyond ex- pr ish iriends, and sincerely hope there never will be occasion hereafter to thus publicly apologize to them for any similar offence committed by ignorant fanatics, who mistake greatly if they think our AMERICAN CHRISTIAN, WASHINGTON, Sept, The Tricky Spiritualists. To THE EpiTor or THE HERALD:— Your caustic criticisms of the bewildered Spirit- Ualists, in a late issue, are proper and well deserved, But, setting aside the tricksters and swindiers at- tached to the sect, the remainder have merely lost their balance wh They attribute everything which they cannot explain to supernatural agency. Are they different, isolated and distinct from the rest of the wortd in this respect ? J think not. In the HERALD Of the past week I read that two young men, While bathing in the raging surf at the sea shore, were overpowered by the waves and lost their lives. All plain enough, it would seem, but | to the wise it seems a ureat mystery. Resolutions have been passed stating that ‘it was the act of Providence”’—-in fact, that an overruling God ip the exercise of His spontaneous love tor His chil- dren, had come down there to the seashore and killed these two talentei young men. ‘To me this seems atupeaity and wrse than infidelity, They transgressed the plain and intelligible laws of nature, and paid the penalty witu their lives, Now, have men who attribute to a supernatural icy Acommon accident of life, which does not admit of a doubt as to its cause, the right to de- nounce as stupid those who have witnessed myste- ries which n0 man has yet explained to them by natural or physical law? “Bnt first cast the beam There must be an | on at this fresh insult offered to our Israclit- | Old Granite State. To THE EpiToR OF THE HERALD:— There is to be held at Woltboro’, N. H., a very important religious meeting (when, our corre- spondent fails to state), the special object of which will be to give an exposition of the ‘‘Pro- phetic Word,” showing the longitude and latitude ofthe old gospel ship at this present time. That “Mysterious Book” of the Bible, Revelation, will Teceive special attention. Large charts and maps will be exhibited, illustrative of the several prophecies to be considered. ‘Ihe signs of the times, together with the fulfilment 0! “prophecy” which Waa given to serve as a “light” in a dark place, ‘til the ‘day dawn,” are believed by “this relig- lous body” to warrant the “appearing of Hm,” “who was and is and 1s to come”’ in 1873, 1t would seem that Mullerism had been raised from the dead. To the astonishment of many it will-be shown that it has never died, but lived and grown in the minds and hearts of many. Princip!es brought out by the learned Jew, Joseph Woll, of Asia, and Edward Irving, of England, and William Miller, of America, more than fifty years ago, are true to-day, This matter, like “sctentific prob- Jems,’? has required time” to fully adjust it. The Scriptures as Authority—The Barren Fig Tree. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Your correspondent ‘Logos’? seems to be trou- bled about the barren fig tree, quoting Scripture as authority, and the regarding of the ‘just and noble Nazarine” as more than a man, If I under- stand him correctly he would bow down to Nature and ignore divine revelation. Would nature ever have taught man to love his neighbor as himselt, to love his enemies, and not to covet and lust? Would nature have ever taught him the necessity of being born again, or regenerated, if he would reach the highest happiness here and hereafter? How absurd for a moment to suppose that our Creator, whose every work manitests love and wisdom, would create man, give him rationality, freedom and conscience, thereby making him a responsible being, capable of doing right or wrong, and yet leave him without any special revelation of His will, or how he should live and conduct him- sell, We may be taught natural truths by search- ing into nature, but not spiritual truths, for they are above nature, Special revelation trom the Lord alone can give to man genuine spiritual truths. Having found such a revelation, Whatis more natural and reasonable than that Man should quote it as authority? What can be More beautiful and sublime than the idea that our Creator has not only given to men at various periods in the world’s ety as they needed, Special revelations of His will adapted. to their wants, but that He also descended and assumed @ humanity, born of a virgin, that He might re- deem man irom falsehood and evil? How do all the other events in the world’s history pale before this? Its reasonableness and grandeur have made the anniversary of the birth of our Saviour into this world a season of joy and gladness, and it will remain so forever. ‘hat more reasonable than the idea that when, from the development of the sciences and the human mind, men should come into a state in which a further revelation from the Lord would be useiul, He should give such a revelation? When on earth, and again, through the prophet St. John, He promised such a revelation of Himself. Now, if your cor- respondent will take the trouble to read the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg he will find that the Lord has not forgotten His promise, and a new world will be opened to his vision, and he will find philosophy more sublime and deeper than nature can give, which will illuminate nature and point through both nature and Divine revelation to nature’s God? No longer need he dwell in the aetter whicn hilleth, but he may delight in the spirit which maketh alive. With the literal sense of the Scriptures the developing sciences of this day will conflict more and more, for science is deiving beneath the appearances of nature. The earth is no longer the centre of the universe, and Many things are not as they seem to the child and the ignorant man. The genuine truths of science are olten clothed im the language of appearances; theretore, God being the anthor of both nature and Divine revelation, the two must be in heemOny, consequently the letter of God’s Word, like works,must contain apparent as well as real truths, Science may unfold natural truths and show their unity and harmony, but revelation from the Lord alone can give us the spiritual Sense ol or untold the sacred Scriptures and show their unity and harmony. ‘The tree signifies natural good in man, The fig, or the fruit of the tree which it should bear, signifies the natural good of man in conjunction with his spiritual good, Now it is evident that if natural good is not conjoined to spiritual good it can bear no genuine spiritual iruit, and it will remain accursed. In other words, tf we are actuated by no higher mo- tives than those which @re purely sensual and selfish, our fig tree bears nothing but leaves, or moral truths which do not affect our lives, Adam and Eve covered their nakedness with such fig leaves or moral truths. The sacred Scriptures were written in accordance with the law el correspond- ences between spiritual and natural things, and can only be unfolded by the aid o1 this newly re- vealed science or law, and when so interpreted they can never conflict with the genuine truths of science. Through Emanuel Swedenborg the Lord revealed to man the spiritual sense of the sacred Scriptures about a century ago, at the very hour when scepticism and unbelief threatened to over- | whelm the world; and these revelations will yet reunite religion and life, the Bible aad science; they disarm scepticism, for they demonstrate the most periect harmony between the works and Word of God. iE A Card from Mr. Talmage, The directors of the Academy of Music having informed us that we may occupy that building next Sabbath a week, September 7, the officers of my church concluded not te begin service until that day. I take this opportunity of thanking the neigh- boring churches for the offer of their buildings. F, DE WITT TALMAGE, Pastor of Brooklyn Tabernacle. August 29, 1873. Dedication of the New Jewish Temple Anshi Chesed, The inchoative services in this imposing and ca- pacious edifice, just completed, will be held on Friday next, Rev. Dr. Isaac M. Wise preaching the dedicatory sermon, and Rev. Dr. Milziener offerin; the opening orison, in German. The augmente RS will be led by the cantor, the Rey. M. Gold- stein. A Revival Tour. Rev. Mr. Patterson, the Scottish Evangelist, has accepted the invitation to visit California and the Pacific on a revival tour this fall, Ministerial Movements and Changes. EPISCOPALIAN, Rey. Samuel R. Johnson, well known in Indiana Episcopal circles, died in Lafayette last week. He settled in Lafayette in 1836, ana has ever since been closely identified with the Episcopal Church movements, working earnestly and efficiently to advance the cause. In 1842 he was elected Bishop of the diocese, but declined the honor on the | @round that 1t was not his proper sphere of useful- | ness, He was regarded by all who knew him as a noble type ofthe Christian gentleman. “The sum of $38,000 has been raised for a Protestant Episco- pal church in Rome. Rev. A. C. Abrams has be- come assistant to the Rev. Dr. Clark, Elizabeth, N.J. Rev. C. F, Hoffman has resigned the rec- torship of St. Philip’s parish, Philipsetown, N. Y. Rev. R. J. McBryde has resigned the rectorship of the Church of the Ascension, Amherst Court House, Va. Rev. Algernon Mor- ton has accepted an election to St Timothy's parish, Philadelphia, Pa. The walls of the new edl- fice for the Church of the Holy Trinity, at Forty- second street and Madison avenue, Rev. 8. H. Tyng, Jr., pastor, are approaching completion. The stracture has a frontage of 150 feet on the ave- nue and 91 feet on Forty-second street. It is built of brick and stone. Rev. Mr. Morris A. Tyng, the only reinaining member of the faculty of the Theo- logical Seminary of Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio, whose students last year dwindled down to two, has finally resigned and left the institution to its fate. Right Rev. Charles Todd Quintard, Epis- copalian Bishop of Tennessee, is now unable to attend to his duties because of tilness. A new church, a memorial of Rev. Robert Williams, the father of Southern Methodism, is in progress. of erection at Portsmouth, Va. Old St. Luke’s Episcopal church, tn Hudson street, has been closed since the 1st of August, and extensive repairs have been in progress, The whole interior tras been newly painted and the ceiling frescoed. The old-fashioned square pews have been cut down, the doors removed and new ends and ratls | of black walnut supplied, One row of the pews has also been removed, in order to widen the centre aisle. The effort to establish a German Episcopal church in this country has completely Jailed, About a year ago ten ministers belonging to the United Synod in the West went over to the Protestant Episcopal Church, but the people failed to follow them, and the result is that one of these ministers has gone into the Catholic Church, another into the Keformed Church, @ few went back to the United Synod, one hag joined the La- theran Church ond a few are still batting between conflicting opinions, ROMAN CATHOLIC, Cardinal de Silvestri has been named to the Suburban See of Sabina, rendered vacant by the death of Cardinal Milesi Ferret There are abouc - ming 120,000 Catholics im Berlin and about 8,950,679 1n the Empire. After @ delightiul sojourn of three pens ‘chins spent in Rome, Switzerland and relan 1e ‘ev. Father Corcoran, pastor 0’ St. Joseph’s church, Brooklyn, returned on last Wed- nesday week, He has brought with him the Pope’s blessing ior himself and his people. The beautilul Gothic church of San Bartolomeo, at Seville, has been utterly rained by the Communists, It was one of the best churches of its class in the city. The Syndic of Parma, Italy, Signor Veglio, has ordered the church of Madonna de Fontanellato to be closed ‘“untilfurther orders,” in order to pre- vent pilgrimages, First they prohibit the pil- grimages and now they ciose the churches, It is said that the Spanish government (?) intends sell- ing all the Church levees belonging to Spain in Rome. It is valued at 20,000,000 francs, The Cath- olic Review sharply chides Rey. Dr. Goble, the Baptist missionary in Japan, for writing home begging letters for money to build a frame church in Yokohama while he has a good house of his own, keeps two carr! horses and carriage, and has large landea investments in that city. Bishop Grace has dedicated the diocese of St. Paul, Minn., to “the Sacred Heart of our Lord,’’ and recom- mendsthe establishment o/ confraternities. to the Sacred Heart in every part of the diocese. The chapel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Chester, Pa., was dedicated on Sunday last, The Bishop of Cleveland wl lay tl corner stone of the new St, Stepnen’s church, in that city, to-day. On the 28th inst. he will lay the corner stone of St. Mary’s new church in Cleve- land, and on October 5 he will dedicate the new Church of St. Joseph, also in that city. Rev. Father Fay, of Windsor Locks, has been transferre 1 to Coichester, Conn, The corner stone Oi the new: Cathoiic church in Newton, Mass., was laid last Sunday by Bishop Williams. Anew Catholic uni- versity, giving full classical, theological, scientific avd commercial courses, is to be established im- mediately near St. Joseph, Mo. One hundred and fifty acres of land have been given for the site, and a delegation of brothers from the famous Notre Dame University in Indiana are in St. Joseph mak- ing preliminary arrangements. The institution will opened during the present month. The St. Xavier's College for the education of young ladies, at Chicago, is penny completed, and will cost about $175,000, Bishop McCloskey, of Louisville, will to-day lay the corner stone of St. Cecilia’s church, in that city, of which Rev. F. McDonald, a Carmehte priest, will nave charge. congregation of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart has been established in the archdiocese of Toronto. There are about eight or nine millions of tie faithful aggregated to this arch-confraternity. The head honse on this Continent will be established at Niagara Falls, on the Canada side, attached to the chapel of Our Lady of Peace, at which the Holy Father has siteady granted a plenary indulgence to all pilgrims who there confe: communicate and pray for the extension of the Ohurch. One of the Fathers ot the order has arrived in Toronto, and is now preparing for others to follow. To-day the corner stone of a new Catholic church will be laid in Canton, East Baltimore, Forty-six Ger- man societies, a battalion of cavalry and several colored societies and twelve bands will parade on the occasion, Rey, Father Owen B. Corrigan, lately ordained, has qi returned from Rome, after an absence irom is home Haleinore) of four years. After pursuin; & course O/ preparatory studies at the Seminary o! St. Sulpice, in Baltimore, he accompanied Arch- bishop Spaulding to Kome in order to enter the American College there, then Lately Or eaniea, and where he completed his studies. ther Corrigan oMiciated at the church of St. Mary “Star of the Sea,” Baltimore, on SUAGAT IAs, where he preached an effective discourse. Being a native of the parish and well known, his presence attracted a large congregation, Father Corrigan, it is reported, will take Father Keane’s place in Washington until that gentleman’s return from Europe. PRESBYTERIAN, Dr. ©. 0, Baldwin, of the Presbyterian Board, will goon return to China and resume his labors in Focchow. The Southern Presbyterian Church is also about to increase its missions in that count: Rev. J. W. Davis, of North Carolina; Mr. G. Painter, of Virginia, and Miss A. 0. Safford, of Georgia, have recently leit their homes to reinforce the China Mission, and were to take passage on the steamer which left San Francisco on Monday last. The Rey. A. H. Kellogg, tele yith this city, has accepted the call of the Central Presbyterian church of Philadelphia. Rev. William Jones, of Tuscarora, N. Y., has accepted a call to the Nesha- Presbyterian church, of Warwick, near Hartsville, N. Y. Dr. McCosh opposes giving pub- lic lands to agricultural colleges, and would have instead tne mo invested to sup- port local high schools. He says the record ot the agricultural colleges, so-called, shows they have entirely failed in accomplisning the pur- pose of their creation, Rev. Joseph McNab has demitted the pastoral charge of the United Presby- terian church of Oil City, Pa. The Presbytery of Long Island will meet at Port Jefferson on Tuesday next, A missionary convention is to be held in the First church at Cleveland, Ohio, on tne 10th and th of this month, in the interest of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church. Rev. James H. Walker, pastor of the Reunion Presbyte- Tita church, Chicago, has returned from his sum- mer Vitgation tour. Rev. G. O. Noyes, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Evanston, lil., returned from his summer vacation last week. ‘The Presby- terians of Fairmount, Neb., are building a house of worship for themselves, which they expect to dedicate before»’Christmas. The church was organized only one year ago. Rev. Thomas McCann, of erick. Md. has gone to a charge in Scranton, Pa, The Rev. H. W. Cong- don, late of Watertown, N. Y., has accepted a call to the Presbyterian church in Condersport, Pa. Rev. 8. M. Hamilton, of Beliast, Ireland, who has been called to the pastorate of the Scotch Presby- terian church, Fourteenth street, New York, will begin his labors there to-day, at which time he will be introduced by President McCosh, of Princeton College, under whom Mr. Hamilton studied in Cond Coilege, Beliast. Dr, John Hall, of the itth avenue Presbyterian church, is expected home from Europe about October 1, Meantime his uipit will be occupied by eminent ministers, The resbyterian church, of Lyons, N. ¥., have called Rev, A. A. Wood, D. D., of Geneva to their pastor- ate. Rev. W. T. Beatty's church in Pittsburg, are about to build a new house of worship. Rev. A. G. Wilcox, of Lockport, N. Y., has gone to Varrys- burg, Pa. Rev. E. B, Kaftensperger, of Cleveland, Ohio, has been chosen pastor of the Presbyterian church, at Cumberland,’Md., who have just dedi- cated a $40,000 edifice. Rev. J.T. Pollock, late of Monroeville, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian charch at Tifin, Ohio. METHODIST, Bishop Janes was able to sit up on Monday and write a note to the Erie Conterence regretting his inability to preside over that body. Bishop Haven will take his place there. Bishop Haven expects leave Boston for Virginia, where, in Manassas, he will dedicate a church September 14, and thence to his home in Atlanta, Ga., in a few days. His library is already packed ior transier. Bishop Peck recived a very hearty welcome from his old .riends and colleagues tn San Francisco on bis recent ar- rival there, Rev. Dr. Nelson, book agent here, has gone to visit his friends of the Erie Conference, now in session at Brookville, N. Y. He dedicated a new Methodist talons a church at Pittston, Pa., on Aleit eet tas . Dashiell and Eddy, the mis- sionary secretaries, have leit the city on a mis- sionary tour among the Western Cunierences. Dr. Reid, another of the secretaries, left on Monday for the Erie Conference, and before he returns he will visit ten other conferences aiso. The Atlanta Ad- vocate applauds the heroism of Revs. E. M. Lock- ‘wood, of Jonesboro’, M. M. Callen, of Chattanooga, and —— Black, of Greenville, Tenn., for nobly standing at their posts and doing their duty while the cholera raged around them. A private letter from London states that Rev. William Arthur, who had hoped to attend the session of the Evangelical Alliance in this city, will be prevented from comin; by feebie health, No Old Country Methodist woul receive a warmer welcome from his American brethren than Mr. Arthur. Rev. B. D, Ames, of the Troy Conference, Principal of the seminary at Me- chanicsville, N, Y., reached this city from Europe on Tuesday of last week. Rev. Dr. , H. Payne and Rey. H. W. Warren and families, of Philadelphia, returned trom Europe safe and well on Sunuay last alter an absence of about six months, Rev. George R. Sanderson, long a well known and esteemed minister of the Canada Wesleyan Conference, has been making a brief visit in this city and vicinity. He participated in the Sunday morning service at Sea Clit. Rev. Gideon Draper, of the New York Oonterenc hile in Geneva, Switzerland, preached several Sabbaths in the American chapel in that city. The people were so well pleased that they have extended to him an invitation to become their pastor, and he has accepted the invitation. will, therefore, remain in Geneva for the next year, and possibly longer. Methodists in the vi- cinity of New York avenue, Brooklyn, have just purchased the Protestant Episcopal church on the corner of New York avenue and Herkimer street, and will soon openin it the full services ofa regular congregation. ‘he edifice is well located and‘in good condition, and meets a want long felt by Methodists in that vicinity. Rev. 5. Faliows, D. D., Superintendent of Pubiic Instruction in Wis- consin, 4s elected President of Illinois Wes eyan University. Rev. Robert Crook, L.L. D., the distin- guished President of the Methodist College at Bel- fast, Ireland, and the successor of Kev, Wilifam Arthur in that institution, is on his way ro visit America, in the hope that he may restore his fail- ing health, He will be present here at the session of the Evangelical Alliance. bishop Wightman, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, spent sun- day last in Chillicothe, Mo., en route to the West- ern Conference, Bishop Doggett (Church South) is ‘on his way to the Pacific coast, where he is to pre- side at the. annual conference sessions ol his h, Union Methodist Episcopal chapel, New , is enjoying @ precious revival. seekers have been counted present at once. Over forty Dr | Dailey, presiding elder of Baton Rouge District, La., 18 how on a Visit among his old friends in Indiana. | | ulated with the virus Of modern Spiritualism, and ® Baptist. The Baptist chapel in Paris is to be dedicated on the 14th inst., Sunday next. The Baptists of Ohris- map, lil, will dedicate @ church to-day. The Fifth Baptist church of Chicago disbanded a few days ago, and immediately alter reoryanized under the title of the Temple Baptist chureh, oi Chicago, and calied Key, N. F. Raviin, @ weaithy iron mine owner, Of Missouri, to be their pastor, He will not only serve them without salary, but will, by his own means, relieve their pecuniary necessities. Rey. J. H. Appleton, of Brooklyn, has been called to the pastorate of the Baptist church at Bethlehem, Pa, The Baptists at Union Lakes, Minn., are pacing @ new meeting house, which will soon be ready for dedication. Rev. A. b, White has resigned his pastorate at East inaw, Mich, om account of ill health. Hey. Tt. Batloy has Iton, N. Ju, to take effect October 1. signed his pares at Fairbault, Minn. Rev. Galusha Ander- se son, D. D., has at last accepted the pastorate of the Song Place church, Brgoklyp., aud deckued the several college calls that he nad. Rev. L. Grenell, dr., of Kingston, has been called to Bay City, Mich. The Rev, Hoary Miller, D. D., commences his labors 48 pastor of Plymouth Baptist church, Fifty- first s:reet, New York, to-day. A meeting of Bap- tist delegaves ts to be held at illion, N. Y., on Tues day and Wedn next, for the-purpose of form- ing a Baptist onary Union for that section of the State. Ret Di of tanta, Ga., who has spent cation in this city and leit for his own home. The Baptist church ‘in Mel- rose, Mass. Rev. A. Barrelle, pastor, has sold its house of wu orenie the Roman Catholies, It will be removed, and the Baptists will build anew on the same site. The Baptists of Philadelphia will dedicate the North Star ion chapel to-day. A new Baptist church was dedicated. at Dempsey- town, Pa., august 24. Cost of edifice $3,000. A new Baptist church at Veray, Ind., will be dedi- cated next Sabbath. Cost of building $25,000, Rev. E. K. Chandler has closed his labors with the North Baptist church of roatanacolle, Ind. The Judson Mission in Indianapolis has been organized into a church, unuer the charge of Rev, H. Smith. Rev. J. R. Kendrick, D. D., late of the Tabernacle church, New York, has been called to the Poughkeepsie church; hopes are entertained that he will accept the call. MISCELLANEOUS, The Executive Committee of the City Mission an- nounce to their iriends that they have purchased, on tavorable terms, the building No. 135 Green- wich street, which has been improved and ar- ranged for the use of the Mission in the First wara. For thirty-seven years Rey. George Hatt (Presby- terian) has labored in this field. The committee ask the business men of the ward for $7,000. the sum required to meet the outlay of the purchase. The Rev. N. L. Rice, D.D,, formerly of this city, and now President of Fulton College, Missouri, has been spending his vacation with friends in Vir- ginia. He has been quite ill, but is now convalescing. Rev. William Brown, of Sherburne, Mass. has become pastor of the Unitarian church at Walpole, N. H. Pustor Wenner, of Christ's German Lutheran church, in this city, is represented as & very busy pastor. He preaches four times every Sunday, takes part in two Sunday schools, and atten | besides, to baptisms, marriages, visitation of the sick and junerals, The Rev. T. Grosshusch, of Newtonburg (pe) Reformed church, has re- moved to Lanesville, Harrison county, Ind, The Ger- man Evangelical Association, whose headquarters are in this city, will hoid a general convention here on the 28th inst.. to last till October 1, on which occasion Mr. J. Haisser, a theological student of the Sheboygan Mission Institute, will be con- secrated and set apart a8 a missionary to Inala, The Heidelberg Reformed church, of Philadelphia, have purchased ground on Oxiord and Nineteenth streets, and are about to build a nouse of worship for themseives. A second Reformed church of sixty members has been organized at Waynes- boro, Pa, Rev. E. P. Tagore, pastor of the Middle Reformed Dutch ¢ lurch, Brooklyn, is ex- pected home from Europe toward the end of this week,. Rev. 0, W. Fritts, of Fishkill landing Re- formed Dutch church, is expected home about the same time. Rey, Albert Bowers, of Macon, Mo., has accepted a call to the Congregational church at Huntington, West Va., where he began labor September 1, v. W. H. Ten Eyck, D. D., has re- signed his pastorate of the Reformed church, at Astoria, subject to the order of the North Classis, of Long Island. Rey. D, W. Richardson, of Easton, Mass., accepts a call to the First Congregational church in Hoyalston, Mass., and Rev. F. P. Chapin, of Amherst, @ call to the First church in Wey- mouth, Mass, Galesburgh, Ill., has just sent two missionaries to the foreign field, one from each of the Congregational churches there. The Rev. W. H. Fish, Jr,, late of Northampton, Mass., has been appointed Yissionary of the Carter lane Mission, London, ana will enter upon his duties oi October. The new ED be of the Congregation “Anshi Chesed,” of Philadelphia, in New Market street, above Popa, was consecrated on the 5th ofSeptember. Kev. I. Stemple is the rabbi of the congregation, which is mainly a secession from the Congregation “Adas Jeshurun,” ot that city. The new synagogue was formerly a Baptist churel but of course has been considerably remodelle: and renovated. SPIRITUALISM. The Churches versus Modern Spiritual- ism. Catholicism and modern Spiritualism form the zenith and nadir of the religious world of Europe and America. Protestantism, with all its sects, Tanges between these. Catholicism is governed by fixed principles, emanating from a so-styled infal- luble head. The measure of Protestantism cannot be taken, for it varies in every one of its very nu- merous divisions. It is, as its name implies, a negative religion. The present gaseous state of modern Spiritualism also repels close exami- nation, but it seems evidently destined to present to the world the antipode of Catholicism, by asserting for mankind, in matters social and religious, a claim to the very wildest kind of freedom. In the battle which must occur sooner or later between these faiths there are only two positijns capable of being logically defended, They are absolute authority on the one side, unrestrained liberty or license on the other. There is no middle'point capable of being main- tained in this encounter. Catholicism declares for the iormer of these positions, modern Spiritualism is developing into the latcer. In spite of the pres- ent wealth, power and prestige of the Protestant churches, it is believed that eventually disintegra- tion will compel them to range their forces for the encounter under one or the other of the above- mentioned principles. CATHOLIO SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS. Catholicism is the true foe of modern Spiritnal- ism. Both of them assume to receive direct aid from the spirit world. Antagonistic and uncom- promising on all other points, they appear to meet on the plane of spiritual manifestations, What is still more singular, these manifestations seem to increase in the Catholic Church in numbers and magnitude of proportion sufficient to neutralize the effects of those of its more modern opponent. Thus in California we have an attested case of the appearance of the ‘stigmata’ on the person of a va- Brooklyn, has He | maiden; of the repeated ministrations of the spirit of a daughter to her father in Colorado; while, in Europe, all France is on its Knees betore the marvellous cures that have been wrought, in thousands of instances, by Our Lady of Lourdes, ANTITHESES BETWEEN CATHOLICISM AND MODERN SPIRITUALISM, But it is only on the plane of the spiritually mar- vellous that these two adversaries condescend to meet. Onall others they are wide as the poles apart. To the Catholic modern Spiritualism is the Hitting termination of the right of private judg- ment established by Protestantism. To him Epis- copalianism is the root out of which nave grown the multifarious branches of Presbytertanism, Methodism, &c., terminating with Oneida Com- munism, Mormonism and modern Spiritualism. He recognizes in the latter the natural chaos into which things lapse when the governing principle has been withdrawn. The modern Spiritualist, on the contrary, perceives in the Catholic his firm and unyielding foe. He condemns the latter as inimical to progress, and consequently detri- mental to humanity; he scorns the inttexibility of his creed, which the modern Spiritualist asserts has been four times amended, if not altered, before it received the name of Catholicism, viz.:—in the time of Seth, in the time of Noah, in the time of Moses, and in the time of Christ. The Modern Spiritualist meets the Catholic’s individuality with collectivism, his imperialism with democracy, and his s.rict monogamy with the unlicensed ireedom of the affections. It {s true that, in the spiritual field, both claim to use immateria) weapons; but the Catholic declares that his arms were fashioned in heaven, and condemns his adversaries as having been tempered in hell. To conclude the para- graph—Catholicism is the oldest religious corpora- tion that the world has ever known, while modern bd cheeriuliy recognizes all creeds, even that of its opponent, the Catholic, as important parts of its own development. MODERN SPIRITUALISM AND THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES. It is casy to perceive the effect that modern Spiritualism will produce upon the Protestant churches, They are the main sources from whence it draws its recruits. Its success in them is in pro- portion to the so-called liberalism that they pos- sess, The conservative elements in them will and do incline to Catholicism, but the radical elements will naturally fall a prey to modern Spiritualism, Already staid Episcopalianism appears to be sun- dering; every aay the barrier 1s rising higher and higner which must eventually cause @ division im its membership. From the Chureh to Catholicism 18 but a step that many (very many) of its com- municants have logically taken. The Presbyterians and the Baptists will naturally gravitate towards the law and order party also, The Duten Re- formers, and especially the Methodists and Inde- pendents, it 1s claimed, are now more or less inoc- have suffered in coasequence; ant the Universal- ists and Unitarians are its proper prey. Modern Spiritualists already boast that these latter iaiths are oe ceiere and joa their clergy are tore infected than their peop! PROTESTANT CLERICAL COQUETRY WITH MODERN SPIRITUALISM. The reason why the defection should prove more general on the part of tire ag J o1 these last mentioned churcnes 1s obvious. Notwithstanding the promise contained in St. Mark Xvb, 17, 18, which, without limitation by time, invested all be- lievers with supernatural gilts, Protestant churches are ge! lly apt to deny that miracu- lous powers are delegate rit of in- istii ‘on the testant ute, for Victory over oat ressed (by author pecr maniner whatever. Some- Spiritual —_ phe- 1a .the jate case | 80 that nothing dl Of me Rev. Mr. Watson, OF the Methodist and it may be said to affect, more or all owl munisters who follow it sieadily. Some! ti who do not become outspoken converts become really auxiliaries to the spreading of modern Spiritualism without so intending. They are apt to relate their experiences to their flocks, and the flocks follow their pastors. ‘The Rev. Mr, our minister, attends séances, why should not It has not injured him nor shaken his fait wi should ic burt me or overthrow mine?” This sound argument, but sometimes experience inval- idates its conclusions. PROTESTANTISM VERSUS MODERN SPIRITUALISM, According to the published statements of moders Spiritualists, the Protestant churches are tralf filled with believers in special spiritual communt- cations. Against such communications the Protea- tant churches have no delence, except that of a de- nial of their truthfulness, Rebutwing this disclaim modern Spiritualists present hosts of statemen from the Bible itsell recording similar expe! ences, and justifying belief in the same, one ot which has been already quoted. It ia true there are some ministers who admit that there are supernatural powers exhibited in the manifestations, but ascribe such powers to evil agencies alone. ‘These would treat all the unfortunate mediums as Cotton Mather treated the witches; but it is somewhat too late in the day for such proceedings, Many fall back on their dignity, and assert ail such exhibitions: to be mere Jugglery. Well, modern Spiritualists themselvea admit that many knaveries are practised by mediums, Andrew Jackson Davis, the apostle of the movement, asserted that he believed that eighty per cent of the manifestattons were manu- factured. It is natural that there should be some knavery occasionally exhibited. People who pay $5 for a séance require something tor their money. If the spirits will not aupeay tn propria pers they are sometimes “simulated,” as in the late case of the medium, Mr. Gordon. ' But whether the exnibitions be fraudulent or genuiue, or both, it 1a evident that the Protestant churches have formed, a8 yet, no settled plan on which to combine to stop the spreading of modern Spiritualism. CATHOLICISM VERSUS MODERN SPIRITUALISM. The action of the Catholic Church with regard to modern Spiritualism comes next in order. Unlike Protestantism it both admits and sanctions the use of miracles periormed by spiritual nctes within its pale. ‘The marvel ous is as well recog nized by it as it was by the Disciples in the time of Christ. It does not deny but that spiritual manti- festations may and do occur independent o1 its operations; but all such manifestations are con- demned by it, ag contraband articles are con- demned by regular Custom House officials. They are illegitimate productions, and consequently must not be witnessed by good Catholics. Its com- municants cannot, therefore, be perverted to modern Spiritualism without their first breaking the rules of their Church, which forbid attendance on all unsanctioned exhibitions of a spiri nature. It is by these means the Catholic Church guards its people from the iniection of moderm spiritualism, CLUSION. oon In terminating this second paper on modern Spiritualism it is well to glance at its present post- tion, in order to show the necessity that exists for bringing it beiore the notice of the people. Prob- ably no faith that the world has ever known has extended so widely in so short a space of time ag modern Spiritualism, About twenty-five years se RX.5 in H it was commenced in & cottage at Rochester, N. now its unearthly drum beats are to be heard every civilized nation, and in the city of New York its table tippings and turnings have been more or less practised in very many houses. Besides this, it has in the United States two regular monthly Magazines, four accredited weekly newspapers and about @ score of irregular presses whica tamper with it. In Great Britain it has three Monthiies and about four Added to these it is well represented by resses in Germany, France, Denmark, Spain, ussi Italy and Mexico, and has its organs: in Australia and British India. It has lately held here two tr geen meetin; ne in Vineland, N. J., which was reported in the New YorE HERALD, and one since at Silver Lake Grove, Mass., at which it was estimated 8,000 people were en- camped for nearly a fortnight—the estimates of the Boston papers, on special days, ranning as high as 18,000, On the 16th inst. it proposes to commence holding a Convention at Chicago, to continue in session some days. These statements tend to show that modern Spiritualism 1s becom- ing @ power in the land, justify the attention that has been given to it here, and prove that the record of its doings is not unworthy oi the serious atten- tion of the American public. THIRTY-FOURTH STREET SYNA- GOGUE. The Mockery of Lip Service to God While the Heart is Far from Him— Hollowness of Social Life and Profes- sions—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Vidaver. Dr. Vidaver, having resumed preaching after his vacation, a ‘air congregation gathered in the Synagogue in Thirty-fourth street yesterday. It was clearly manifest, however, that a great many Members are still absent in the country. The Doc- tor gave those who were present a plain, practical discourse on their proiessions and practices before God and the world, His text was Deuteronomy xxili., 23—“Thou shalt guard the words of thy lips and be not defiled with them,” &c. The text, he said, was divided into two parts, each of which contains a sublime precept and a divine admont- tion. The first bids us guard our lips in our inter- course with men, and the second admonishes us to look well to our words in our in- tercourse with the Lord our God. And in the faithful keeping of these two precepts and admonitions depend all the law and the prophets. We must keep watch over the door of our lips and guard whatever cometh out of our mouths. ‘fhe law of God must appear to the eye of every true searcher after truth tne foundation upon which our material as well as our spiritual interests must be placed, and we should be ever ready to say, with the psalmist, “Oh, how I love thy law!’ For not oniy does this law teach us how to grapple with the gigantic monsters of evil all around us, but it shows us also, in its microscopic mirror, the little sins and follies which we are not very apt to think as of any great consequence, but which, nevertheless, gradually eat up the vitals of our souls. Now the text admonishes us against these little sins. We must GUARD THE WORDS OF OUR LIPS. Do you know anything more common in your daily life and in your intercourse with men, the Doctor asked, than the words we speak with our lips? We are very careful of our sanitary laws, lorbidden shall enter our lips or defile our bodies; but we take not the least care, he remarked, that nothing immoral and unholy proceeds out of out mouths, by which others may be contaminated. The text does not refer to the terrible sins of violating vows, contracts and promises made with and to our fellow men. No. It does not to those words that are as Ch Sats and that poison other souls; but it admonishes us against words of faise- hood, whose appearance is not displeasing, because they are sugar-coated with flattery and syco- phancy. Agaimst such words it would guard us— against those sins that are practised every day in the most cultivated and fashionable society. Every word against our neighbors, however mellifuous and succulent and sweet it may be, is an mi- nation to God. The Doctor here gave tilustrations oi the flattery and insincerity of fashionable so- ciety, while in their hearts they abhor one an- other, And he asked, how often we hear the most sacred professions 01 friendship and esteem made in social relations, while in heart they are empty and shallow? There may no harm appear in these words in our own aig yat to God, who loves sin- rity and truth, they are nisl ‘ABOMINABLE LIRS, Yon hear them every vay and in every society; insidious falsehoods they are in the sight of a just and holy God. But how shall we remedy this evil ? Education and culture wili not do it. These merely enable men and women to use their tongues to hide their thoughts. We are careful not to come in contact with thieves and burglars and counter- feiters; we guard against their entrance into our stores and dwellings, but we make no provision whatever against those counterfeiters who intest our parlors every day. Let your tongues, sald the tor, be the mirror of pure minds, and whoever Winkeep guard over his lips will be happy here and herea! ir. ‘The second part of the text bids us ho careful in our intercourse with the Aimignty. Be not in haste to the Almighty, for God is in heaven and thou upon earth; thereore let thy words be Jew. Praying to God without devotion in the heart = worse than idle. The Doctor here gave illustra- tions, some of which aptly fitted, not only his own, but mayy other Jewish and Christian congrega- tions in the city, where the prayers are burried through as if @ prize awaited the persons who should finish them first. Then, again, compiimen- tary kinds o! prayers, in which men, seek, by inter- changeably complimenting themselves and the pa! Utd to secure His blessing upon their en- eer ses. Then, again, there are prayers made with the lips while the heart is away in the store or the counting house or on the sea—any where, in fact, but where it pretends to be communing with God, Such prayers are DOWNRIGHT MOCKERY AND FALSEHOOD in the eyes of God. Deep emotions, like deep waters, run silently. The Doctor cited the praying Hannah in the temple, who, because of the deptu of her devotion, did not see BU, the priest, pacing up and down near her, and he, fer the same reagon, did not near her prayers. The ancient rabbies coud find no other word to express prayer than one which signifies the services of the heart. The Doctor re- ferred to the zeal of Israelites about the holidays and festivals, when they make promises to God, but do not keep them. He urged his people, thereto: to keep their vows to God faithfully. The present neration, he said, needs the admonition of the ext ag much aa any that has gone botore it, for it is more like the generation to whom Micah prophe- sied than any other. Their lipsare full of lying and deceit, for while they fromisg with their lips th lie in their hearts. Hence we need the admont tions of the text—first for our intercourse with ont {9 our intercourse Witt