The New York Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1873, Page 8

‘LESSONS OF LIFE. —_>+__—— The Teaching and Counsel of the Pulpit Yesterday. The Work and Reward of Louis Agassiz. The Religion of Minding One’s Own Business. Christmas Sermons—The Pope and the Jesuits Attacked by a Converted Priest—A Personal Saviour—Prin- ciples and Practices of the Puritans —Slavery in Cuba. 8ST, THOMAS’ CHAPEL The First Anniversary of the Chapel The Feast of St. Thomas—The Apos- tolle Injunction, “Rejoice Always” —Ser- mon by the Right Rev. Bishop Potter, Yesterday was the Feast Day of St. Thomas the Apostie and the first anniversary of St. Thomas’ chapel, on Sixtieth street, erected by the parent church, corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-third atreet, and consecrated one year ago. Services were held botl morning and evening, The Right Rey. Horatio Potter, Bishop of the diocese, visited the chapel in the morning, and preached THE SERMON, taking his text from the fourth caapter of Paul's Epistle to the Philipplans—‘ Rejoice in the Lord always; and again I say rejoice. Let your modera- tion be known unto allmen, The Lordis at hand. Be oareful for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgty- ing, let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth al! understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus,” The venerabic Bishop opened by calling attention to the lesson from the gospels for the morning found in tne third chapter of Matthew, as especially instructive at this sea- son. Then, referring to the text, he said it con- tains a precept anda promise. We are required to rejoice in the Lord always, and we are assured that the peace of God shall keep our hearts apd minds in Christ Jesus. This 1s the one apostolic message from the very heart of the Gospel to every believer on earthand in every position. In all trials and tribulations, in poverty and sickness, as weil as on ever: giddy height of power and aifu- ence, we are told lo rejoice always. It is a most wouderlul message to a world full of wars and Tumors of wars, of envy, hate, strife and bitter- ness—wten no iruth and loyalty are free trom mis- representation. Blessed apostle, have you for- gotten that man is born totrouble ¥ How can be obey your bidding’ Such joy seems impossible. From nature cannot be obtained that strength Which we require; from it comes NO HEAVENLY VOICE + to speak peace to us, but thanka be to God there is One who can speak peace to the troubled soul and lead it up toward immortal joy, Even now the angels seein approaching earth, singing, “Glory God in the highest; peace on earth; good will to He who by His death and resurrection caused us to be engraited in the bedy of His Church and has tha said, “He that Selieveth in me shall live though he be dead.’ The Bishop then repeated a number of the promises of the Gospel, and ted that under | the inspiration of th le apostie wrote wheu he said “Reyoice alw: the promises of that Gos- pel which, as it ties over the earth, changes sor- row to joy and causeth the light to chase away the darkuess, He descrived the trials and suferings Of the apostie, amid which bis soul was filled with joy, and thought there was something superhuman ju the happiness and peace afforded the lowly and the suffering through this Gos; Their minds are thereby withdraws trom a contemplation of earth | aud fixed upon that Saviour who has promised eternal life aud joy jn heayen, Thus, too, the Church goes on rejoicing, though death cross her threshoid, end in this season eapeciaily puts on her ROBES OF REJOICING, and repeats the encouraging solicitation, ‘Rejoice always.” He then exhorted his hearers to ask themselves, “iias He washed us in His precious blood 7" and advised them that all who were in sorrow and disquiet from fear of evil would find in a Christian lite a sure reliel, He reierred to tie closing of the solemn season of Advent, which, as it commemorated the coming of Our Lord as an atonement, was also suggestive of that second coming to judge the world, THE ANNIVERSARY, Tn speaking of this, the first anniversary of the chapel, he referred to the parent charch, which is 8000 to Celebrate its semi-centennial, and spoke of its trials aud successes. Forty-seven years ago, When the church edifice was on the corner of Houston street and Broadway, way beyond the more thickly-settied portions of the town, he had received conGrmation then, and in all those many years he had seen the church prospering. He con- G@Tatulated the organization on its scccess, and eulogized tae pastor, who loved them, and whom they would soon co:ue to love for his carnestness and devotedness, and urged upon them renewed endeavors in the service of God. §T. STEPHEN’3 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Close of the Jesuit Mission—24,000 Com- maunicants—Father Tissot, 8. J.,on the Bternity of Hell—Signs of Sgivation and Reprebation. The “mission” conducted by the Jesuits from St. John’s College, Fordham, which closed at St. Ste- phen’s yesterday, has produced a wonderful re- vival of religious fervor and piety in Dr. McGlynn’s flock. During the past two weeks the spacious church has been crowded to its fullest capacity at the tri-daily instruction by thousands of the unde- yout sex. This was due, in a very great measure, to the character of the sermons and the piety of the preachers. The truths of the Gospel were embodied in plain and dignified language and = inculeated by the Rey. Fathers Shea and Tissot with a fervor that Won the hearts of their hearers, The fruits of the Mission were manifested in the vast numbers of men who approached the sacraments. There were 23,000 communicants, a large proportion being of the sterner sex. ‘The high mass yesterday morn- ing was attended by @ large congregation. The Rey. Father Power officiated. Adter tue Grst Gospel the Rev. Father Tissot as- cended the puipit and delivered a telling discourse on the eternity of the paius of hell. He founded his argument ‘mainly on . Christ’s descrip. tion of the last judgment—Matthew, xxv., 31-46. Having quoted the last verse —“And these shail go into everlssidg punishment; but the just into life everlasting’—he endeavored to show that belief in a future state of punish- ment for the wicked is necessary for the well being and stability of society, and said:—The dogma o! the eternity of the pains of hell cannot be proved by reason, upalded by revelation. All that reason can do is to show that it 1s not repug- nant; that there ts nothing in it opposed to the at- tributes of God. Itis 4A MOST RATIONAL BELIRF, iC Words of Jesus Christ and on the au- sett (ed we rf rrch, the only living interpreter hority of the Onul! ouel of His doctrines, In «, CaKNg of | those who die in a state of mortal sin vo"!st Says, “These Shall go Into everlasting datkies,” He could scarcely use plainer or stronger langna,c describe the never-ending tortures aid the infernal dungeon, into which no ray light or comfort shall ever enter. is eternal for the devil Why not man? The devil committed only one It was, indeed, far more grievous a sin man could commit; but the fallen angel got no time for repentance, whereas man has had ample graces, which he abi Again, our Lord, addressing the wicked, si “Depart Irom nie, pid cursed,” &¢, Now,-1i Ohrist intended at any Ang to forgive them He would not curse them, for that would be to suppose that He had acted rashly, or against His wisdom, which cannot be supposed Without blasphemy, ‘The doctrine of the eternity of the pains of hell is intimately connected with that of the immortal ity af the soul, Although we are but ol yesterday We shall live for all eternity; and if we die enemies Of God we shall always continue His enomies, be- cause Were Is no means of redemption BEYOND THE GRAVE. The stain of sin remains, and the justice of God demands a fitting punishment, Whiie in hell the sinner curses God and every moment widens the gull that gio him from his Creator, We are all exposed to go to hell, because we are Fn to commit mortal sin. The eternity of the pains is a matter of vast importance to us. We have every reason to sear, and must “work Out our salvation in fear and trembling.” There Are, however, signs of salvation and signs of repro- bation. A horror and detesiation of sin and sor- row tor mortal sin area good sign; but familiarity ‘With mortal sin and carelessness about recovering God's friendship are almost certain marks of repro- dation, Love oj our divine Lord ts also an excellent q iN Of salvation, Respect and love for the Blessed ain Mary is A sure sign of cloction. ‘A ger- 0 us & child is born, to us a son is given”— | | Centre of the hope of all humanity. | a Ch than | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1873—WITH SUPPLEMENT. vant of Mary cannot go every true servant of Mary has @ horror of sin, Lastly, | would say that tenderness with regara to the poor and the aflicted is sure to merit eternal life if it proceed from @ proper supernatural mo- tive. The reasons which Ohrist assigns for inviting “the blessed of His Father’ to possess the kingdom are because in the persons of the hungry, the thirsty, the sick and the imprisoned they Telleved the misery and helped the wants of Jesus. And the reasons which gives for His wrath against the wicked are that did not either feed the hungry or clothe the ed or perform any of the obligatory works of fraternal charity. Let us make those marks of election ours by prayer and devo- tion to the Sacred Heart, OLD JOHN STREET CHURCH A Christmas Sermon by the Rev. N. G. Cheney. The Old Jonn street Methodtst Episcopal church, between Nassau and William streets, was exceed- ingly well attended yesterday morning. The pastor, the Rev. N. G. Cheney, read, as tntrodue- tory to (he sermon, portions of the second chapter of Luke and the second chapter of Matthew, and then solected the tenth verse of the latter— “When they saw the star, they rejoiced with ex- ceeding great joy'—as tne basis of his remarks. He said, in substance, that the Lord made us to be a happy people; but there is more misery tn the world than anything else, Happiness is so transi- tory that whem it comes there ts the fear that it will soon fade away and plunge us in deeper gloom and sorrow. Buta good Goa has ordered that at different times a little sunshine shall drive out the darkness; a smile to chase away the tears; a little green spot to appear in our lives, which to us is as the oasis to the Bedown of the desert, where we can snuff the balmiost of air, and from which start out in our wanderings along the sandy plain with RENEWED HOPE AND CHEER. There is such a thing as happiness, and such @ state is often reached when the fortunate man may seem the unbappiest, It isa paradox that one can be happy when all happiness is seemingly with- drawn from one. He may be sick or poor and without frrends, in an earthly sense, but witha spiritual understanding of what paging ts, that mun is biessed. Think you that a cultured and re- fined man, one who delights in the pure and beaa- utul, could spend his time in brothe!s and along the wharves, and think you that he whose soul is cuitnred and refined will not be better and purer because of such refinement? And so, that wits all the cares, all the labors and tne death that are our share, there Is happiness, Mr. Cheney then di- rected his discourse to the season celebrating the seven of the Lurd, Everybody, satd he, feels pet- er AT CHRISTMAS TIMB, All is sweet and pleasant. Even the storm seems beautiful, and the fakes strike your face witha thrill. This is a soason of gifts, and it ts a precious custom, Christmas forces a man to recognize that there are others tn the world besides himself, and | as the day is universally observed throughout tho | universe—for there are Christians almost every- | where oa earth—it conduces to happiness and con- | tentment. Itis the time when children are made happy, and he would not deny a child the right to be joyial, even if it were in the house of God, as that joy and that glee are of as much value as the rayer of the saints. Never abuse the little ones by denying them their pleasuroa, There is more music in this scason than in any other. The peoplo have got into the custem of putting up green trees about their doors and shops and they seem like signs of immortality, and then the store windows are guyly dressed aud | the chlldren feast their eyes on the pretty thing: they contain, Tue preacher liked all tis ao especially the joy of the children; it makes us all hai Jesus as the harbinger of peace and hope. In all this WO can Seo the offect of the atonement; | itis Jesus everywhere, in the green twigs and branches, tn the music, in the joy of the Pagel] Jesus everywhere. He has come. Mr. Cheney then toid the children the story of the star that guided the wise men to the place where Jesus was, say- ing that the Father over all was in THAT FLOOD OF SONG heard by the shepherds. It teiis us that there is a { baim to ali wounded souls in the darkest hours, and that God is near. The pastor still further elucidated tho story of the nativity of Christ in tho most attractive manner to the younger portion of the congregation, tracing the life of Jesus from the manger to His crucifixion, while occasionally this | story was interspersed with fitting truths for the older people toremember and profit by, Behind | that little babe was the Maker of the universe, tho This ts the y presents, Beloved, will you not give Jesus istmas present’ Write your names in tie Book of Lite! Let this Christmas be solemn, let it be grave; let it be joyful, let ft be ruil of laughter time f | indeed ve w “Giory t6 God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men,” LYEIO HALL Make-Up of the New England Pilgrims— Heterogeneousness of Character, but Unity of Spirit—Sermon by the Rev, 0. B. Frothingham. The subject of Mr. Frothingham's discourse yes- terday morning, “The Puritan Spirit,’ was one calculated to attract a very large assemblage, and the result was that the hall was crowded to its utmost capacity. He took no text, but pluuged directly into his subject, saying that the 22d day vast significance through the whole modern world. ) Tefer, he said, to the LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS on the rock of Plymouth, and I intend to dwell on the spirit of this event, and not of its history. By the spirit [mean the intentions ana purposes of that little band of men and women. They were a community, and iucluded people from every condi- tion of life—the rich, the poor, the rude, the refined, the learned, the illiterate. They numbered among them some of the finest scholars, some of the greatest poets and some of the dcepest think- ers of their generation. The Paritans were many, their soul was one, and it ts of this spirit that made them one of which Iam to speak. In what did that spirit essentially consist’ The Puritans were the Protestants of the Protestants. They were believers in the doctrine of justification by faith, This meant that every one that believed and trusted in the merits of Christ, ‘that believed im the Holy Scripture ana was faithfultd the revealed Word, stood face to face with the Lord Christ, This soul, whether rich or poor, educated or ignorant, could go to Christ without any introduction, They were opposed to the Pope of Rome and to every other Pope. Every ecclesiastical institution that served to introduce them to their Master was an obstacle and an im pertinence. How must they have felt toward the King? He bad coutrol over conscience. Whata man’s religion was concerned fis private soul, It inyoived his strength in temptation and his everlasting felicity. He would sacrifice anything rather than have any one domineer over his birtn- right. The men who dared to join the baud took their lives in their own hands, There was the rack, the dungeon, the stake, exile and utter mis- ery for their Children. They were dreadfully per- secuted during the reign of Henry VIIL, until tt seemed as though every particle of humanity must be crushed out ofthem, It is not enough to say that they were merely Protestants, Their idea was to start A NBW CHURCH AND A NEW SOCIETY. ‘Their religion was the simplest, They were Calvinists and stanch believers. They believed tn the depravity of human nature with all their mindg, They believed in a future of endless bilss or of end- less Woe, They believed every word of the Bible | and revered the Lord's Day. ‘There were no seep- tes or doubters amongthem. ‘They were be- licyers, and they would have despised themselves if they had been paycning else, heir ghurch waa not @ hierarchy, buf a spiritual society. They made no confession Of sins and asked nd gbsolution, They read the Seriptures without questions, - stead of the ygie piraal service they sung their own bywas, ey chose their own pastors and teachers, They married without a minister, At | thelr meetings women and young people were allowed to speak, ‘Iney were foun- tains of law, apd from them pmapated judgment, All womeil Ware disfrancnised. Tue ti’ had not come for them to admit women. Alter all their | government was an aristocracy. A person to bea | voter must belong to some church in tne colony. How can men who have no conception of law enact laws’ Can corrupt men build up an incorrupt government? ‘They centred justice in the church Members or saints, ag the kings and emperors do in themselves, The Puritan was a reformer, He leit his dear Old England, the home of his fathers and the scene of all bis early enjoyments, and crossed the sea, landing on an inhospitable shore, that he might build up a new society, The evils in the Old World he would have to pull up,by the roote, and he was not strong enough; but kere he could build his society on tresh soil, It was a very high tdea—a glorious dream—and the epirit that they had was as brave and beautiful as has ever been seen on this planet. They were NOT DREAMERS, The Bible was their book of laws, and they took the Old Testament in preference to the New, We say the code was very severe. It was very stern, but they did not make it, They accepted it be- cause it was the purest. While they studied its austere provisions they studied its sweet provisions too. No man could be imprisoned for debt uniess it was proven that he was withholding what he could pay. The greatest of our historians et that up to the time of his writing no nation in Europe had so humane a criminal law as that of the New England Puritans. The Puritans were the children of an epoch; they were not for all Uine, but for their own timo. Question the dog- trine of total depravity on which they roated and to perdition,” Decanse | their whole system dro} and praise and pleasure: and, this done, it will | of December recalls one of those events that are of | It has shaped some of our noblest institations. I | The spiritual aris- tocracy is gone. Even in these later times we have ‘seen the Puritan spirit in all its beauty and splendor—in the emancipation of slaves, The leaders had this Puritan spirit. They spoke of slavery not as a blunder or anachro- nism, but as a guilt before God. They levelled their invectives against this institution simply as fol- lowers of Christ. This is the last time that the Puritan spirit can assert itself with such domineer- ing torce. We shall not speak of it when tho question of SLAVERY IN 1UBA comes up. The Puritan spirit has had its day. We respect the Men and women who take up the cause of women. Women should be allowed all the ad. vantages of education. We do not say, in the name of God. You cannot appeal to any iundamental code and call it Christ's word. We must respect one agother's minds, We may respect the reform- ers who advocate the cause of tne Indians, The Puritans studied texts, we study facts; they believed in Scriptures; we believe in the books of scientific men. They had few books and knew nothing of the world outside, That time has passed by, and we should kuow better than to take a position like that of the Puritans, The Puritans made & priceless bequest to the world—the supremacy of conscience in the Individual. It was a colony of copsctence. They had a prodigious selfrespect. Every man’s conscience Was a Gibraltar, They did not waste their lives in complications that would drag them down to degradation. It was not for men who were the disciples of Christ to be the leaders of a ring and make poor men pay for the luxuries they enjoyed, They dared not sin, and no trick ever clung to their consciences. THEIR WEAK-KNERD DESCENDANTS think they are assailed by a thousand temptations, and that the Puritans had support for their virtue which they have vot. Did the Puritan make bis own conscience, or did the Bible give itto him? It was bora of experience. The Puritan had the experience of one nation—we have the experience of all mankind. There will be a hell as long as there is such a thing aga guilty conscience ora shameful life. The Puritan’s conscience had no stronger a support than ours have, Those bravo and noble souls! When wiil we sacrifice so much and do such noble deeds? GRAOB CHURCH, Wrench Service Yesterday=Sermon by a Converted PriesteA Bitter Attack en the Pope and the Jesuits. Yesterday afteraoon the Rey. C, Miel, originallya Catholié priest, of Paris, but now a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, preached to a large audience in Grace church, on Broadway and Tenth street. The celebrated sexton, better known as “Grace church Brown,’ stated toa HERALD re- porter that it was the first “foreign” sermon he had ever heard preached in the church. The pastor, before the discourse was given, said to the congregation that the Rev. Mr. Miel was known to him, and that he heartily endorsed the address he Was about to make, which had in view the evan- gelization of the French people in this country and the turning of them from Romanism. The ex-priest then began his discourse, He prefaced his remarks by stating that he should speak with moderation and simplicity. He then spoke as foilows:—New Year's Day, in the year of our Lord 1870, was and ever will be - A MARKED DATE in the history of Christianity. On that day Pio Nono proclaimed to the four quarters of the world that he was infallible. What was the result? Why, the new Catholics sprung up in Germany, who would not be trammelled in their religious belief by such a behest, and likewise the great reformer, Pere Hyacinthe. The whele civilized worid discussed the dogma, and, with but few exceptions, it was looked upon as a monstrous innovation and assumption on the part of the person who siyics himself the head of the Roman Catholic Church and the apostulic repre- gentative of St. Peter on earth, The Society ot Jesuits saw With pain tts effect, for the Pope's ag- grandizement is their aggrandizement, and his losa of prestige and power reacted upon them. That Society, which fought against the scepticism of the cizhteenth century, hag 1elt terribly humili- ared and sorrowful since the dogma in question Was published. Among the ranks of the Jesuits, as I well Know, said tae speaker, are men won- drously instructed and learned, who can reply with astonishing facility to all questious of doctrine, but that avails them naught, either in a worldly or spiritual ie. The Jesuits affect to be the PROTECTORS OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, Is itso? [ask you, No, no—a thousand times no. Their bygone power bas been immense, and the | highest dignitaries of the Romish Church have trembled at their displeasure. In controversy with Protestants the Jesusts have shown apuity and pete severance, and, when they have failed, vilitying and ex-commanication have been called iD asa last resort. Thus have the bDobie attributes of the Christian religion been misused, and the sanctity of our Saviour’s love bas been made light of, and men have deigned to assume before ugh Heaven | the character of God oncarth, What a mockery! What A DELUSION! Then we have the enslavement of the miracles—the apparition of the Virgin Mary to aD ignerant peasaut girl and all the Lourdes inven- tions. The press has been gagged and public schools have been closed by men of the Dupanloup school. The irrepressible confict is, hewever, bound to be continued yet for loug years to come, till the rationalism now eee in Italy, the posi- tivism reigning in France and the sectarianism existing in Engiand, and general disbelief in God existing in so Many lands, and diligently fomented by the Rormisn Church, come to on end, Religion should come to ug CoM with all its heavenly purity, and free of priestly and Jesuit. ieal intrigues. The speaker then stated that the movement he was engaged in was one dear to his heart, and he looked pot it a8 a most important jeature in the history of this country, viz,, the con- version of men, who had been Catholics like him- self, to Protestantism. He hoped that his hearers would give liberally to tbe cause of spreadin, Christ's pure word in the United States, and Go: | would bless them for their generosity, BLEECKER STREET UNIVERSALIST CHUROE | The Religion of Minding One’s Own Busines:—Discourse by the Rev. E. Z. Sweetser. The Rey. E, C. Sweetser, pastor of the Bleecker street Universalist church, yesterday morning preached 4 discourse on “The Religion of Minding One’s Own Business,” which contained some very excellent advice. The minister selected as his | text the answer of Christ to Simon Peter, who had asked what the beloved Apostle John was to do, “What is that te thee? Follow thou me.""—John Xxi., 22 Ihe pastor opened his discourse by briefly sketching the character of Simon Peter, who was earnest, bold, yet impulsive at times, and so orant by INTENT UPON HIS OPINIONS that he even disputed with his master, Christ, who was the incarnation of humanity as Judas was the incarnation of the reverse. The traits of | character that made Peter a troublesome disciple later made him a popular apoatie. It was his de- sire to have his own way that caused Christ to re- | prove him s0 often. Christ dountiess saw his faults, and for this reason took him close to His heart, und after the resurreclion, when he found that Simon Peter had GONE BACK TO FISHING, He asked, “Simon Peter, lovest thou me? One would suppose that at such a time Peter would call out as Paul did, “Lord, what wouldst thou have me do?’ But, on the contrary, turning to John, who was : CLOSE TO ‘THR LORD'S BRgast he asked:—"Lord. what will you have this man do’? Then it was that Ohrist apswered as in the text, It was the gentle and Christ-line way of eling Peter iy mind bis own business. We, my fecbieh, are ail tog much like Peter, Christ says | to as:—"What ts that to thee? Follow me,” 4 Orne us that Ohristianity cals upon every man not to MEPPLE WITH HIS NEIGHBOR'S RIGHTS, Fach man has a realm of his 9wn, and no ma Ff a right to intrude thereon. His éonscience 2 tid Iie of this realm, and no one has the right to udge another's couscience, If neighbor's con- lence permits him to eat a certain kind of meat or worship in a peculivr blag that does not affect the community at large; it 1s a matter between lim and his God, We have no right to interfere with nun. A MAN'S PASTES ARE IIS HOME. which no man can asstinre £0 control. We cannot keep our own houses in order while we are lookin out of the windows to watch our neighbors, Chris! calls upon us to follow Him in His spirit of forgive- ness and self-sacrifice. Let us respect other men’s consciences and tastes and don’t seek an excuse for the neglect of our own duties. Some people are not satisfied with prying Into their neighbors’ affairs, but seek to solve the MYSTEBIES OF GOD'S WISDOM. They are not satisfied to know and do their own part till they know God’s part. If men would attend to their own religious duties, and let God attend to His affairs, we would best serve God, Who does not want us to do His work. If we can- not realize Lis objects we may speculate upon them, but we must not let speculation stand in the way of our duties to God and our fellow men. We know our duty and our destiny, and that is enough, When we go beyond that THE TOMB INTERVEN! and over it is written, “What is that to thee? Fol- low thou me,’’ Our duty Is to obey the commands of God. He is responsible for the commandments, and when we begin to falter and higglo with con- scionce we are in a dangerous business, O breth- ren, would that when we are inciinea to do so a voice thore powerful than the thunders of Sinia would cry, “What ta that to thee? Follow thou me.” To do God's will is everything. Simon Peter took tho Lord's rebuke and followed it. t us erform it, leaving God's part to be worked out In \ia own good way. TWENTY-THIRED STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Christ’s Birth and Influence om the World—Sermon by the Rev. H. D. Northrop. The Rev. H. D. Northrop preached a Christmas sermon yesterday at the Twenty-third street Pres- byterian church to a very full congregation. The subject of the sermon was, of course, “Tne Birth of Christ and Its Influence Upon the World.’ ‘The reverend gentleman began by saying that in the festivities attending the season of Christmas and the enjoyments in which we indulged during that time we were apt to forget tho religious sig- nificance of the event, and to wander away from the thought of the immense meaning to ail of us of the event which we are pleased to believe took place on that day. It is exceedingly ex- ceptional that one should not at least be interesied in this Cnild of God, When we consider the number of books that have been written about Him; how in almost ail books that are written we find His name mentioned tn some manner, we come to some faint realiaation of the wonderful In- fluence Christ exerts in the world. Thq world seems too smail to contain him. The metropolis stands in the street when JESUS OF NAZARBTIL PASSES BY. Princes go out to meet Him, and kings of the earth come to see the brightness of His msing. Around Him a giory burns, before which angels veil their faces. The army Of prophetic utterances on the one hand and the army of corresponding events on the other have risen up, and by one masterly charge have swept the field of the doubting philos- ophers in open conflict, and have wrenched vic- tory from apparent dofeat, routing the hosts of boastful unbelief, We should have to bury pity before we cond call the Bible a fable, The apeekee then spoke of the pedigree of Christ, and how all the prophecies were fulliled by the descent of Christ from David. The coming of the wise men from the East was a wonderful prophecy also, and has a mysterious but deep sig- nificance, It sometimes happens along these rivers of ours, sald the preacher, which, from shore to shore, are the HIGHWAYS OF HUMANITY, that the heavy mist comes down, blinds the eye and hides the landmark, Then, through the 0 scure fog, you may hear the signat bell, saying to the treighted boat, with unmistaken tones, “This is the way, this the landing, this the destination.’ The song of angels that nigae ringing out over Judean hills told whither the dispensation which went be- tore had been drifting—told what was the destina- tion of all the former ages. Prophecy was murky and tnysterious, Yet through the shadowed gloom it found its way to Bethlehem and to the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in the manger. The preacher then argued that the lttle Child in the manger, weak and poor, had shown more power in this world than all the heroes, the con- querors, the poots and those who seem to be mi- raculous, He overtons them all; and yet some are found who deny Him. And so in a sense profound is fie the Holy Uhild Jesus, the Prince of Peace. 1t was the intancy of a superhuman man according to the testimony of the apostles, by prophecy, by His own sublime life and by the homage of the world, The preacher drew & contrast between the life of those who believed in this feeble Child and the horrors of the lives of those who did not. Purity, happiness, peace in one; drunkenness, iury, vio- lence in the other, UNITY CHAPEL. Principles and Practices of the Puri- tans—Forefathers Day and the Fathers of Our Civilization—3ermon by the Rev. W. T. Clarke. The Rev, W. T. Clarke preached to a goodly sized congregation yesterday morning on ‘The Puritans in America.” He took no toxt, but after the simple but somewuat novel ritual, in which the congroga- tion took part, he began by saying: Ivis Forefathers Day. Tae Puritan was a hero without knowing it. Wo write history but he made it. He would have burned the house over his head rather than have had a novel inside of it, but he lived the romance of modern times. Down at Ply- mouth, where they had been collecting relics for half a century, thoy have only a paltry gathering to show, such as pieces of crockery, an old flint lock with which Miles Standish may have killed @ half dozen Indians, and a spinning wheel at whicn Priscilla Millen may have been at work when John Alden came to press his elder’s suit and ended by pressing his own. The place is steeped in an indefinadle spirit, bracing as the east wind, but impalpable as the air, You look for the Puritan, bet find only an epitaph and an in- fluence, Tie old Puritans were so intent on doing the business they had in hand that they could not stop to posture before a looking glass and get a photographer to picture them at prayer. The Puritans were THE ENGLISH COME-OUTERS and Transcendentatists of the sixteenth and sey- enteenth centuries. The Keformation strack Eng- land sidewise and only one-half of it wes con- verted. Henry VIII. and Elizabeth mixed a little Rome and a little reason together to make a re- ligion which should satisfy everybody. But there were courageous Catholics who were dis- obliging enough not to be content, while thousands of Protestants pearented against what they termed vbe mongrel religion as a Hew idolatry. They were persecuted, but the more thumbscrews the more thinking. Some of them fied to Holland, but got homesick there. It was under a foreign rule. They didn’t like the free and easy ways and religion of the Hollanders. They feared the intermarriage of their children with the Lowlanders, and the thought Of becoming the grandiather of a Dutca baby made their hair siand on end. They couldn’t understand Dutch, and questioned whether God could be wor- shipped in such a Church. ‘hey said, “Anywhere but here.’ Non-conformists had multiplied in England, and tie seeds of emigration filled the air, They plucked taemseives up by the roots for a new planting, and Letatt for America, in face of policy, in. Genance of political economy, upen a principle. The heroism of their trust lett their significant enterprise to HISTORIC IMMORTALITY. ‘The preacher quoted from their words and writ- ings to show that tuey felt they were charged with @ Mission and responsibility lor its success. The compact in the cabin of the Mayflower showed what they thought and felt. Their Church and school were the sced germs of our Clvyilization. Their landing was no such picturesque affair as modern imagination has made it, ney didn’t stand an hour or two in the wintry surf for posterity to ad- mire their pose, but got Out of It soon as possible, Once here they struck root. They did not want wealth, but home, They had come not to look, but to stay. The moral intrepiaity and cuiture of @ thousand years were im their blood, and blood 1 more than bluster. Other non-con- ormists foliowed, But they did not agree. The Massachusetts colonists were theocrats, They tried to found a theocracy. It was not re. ligious liberty that they wanted, but a common. wealth built on Old Testament principles, and as rigid and exclusive as any the world had seen. The Connecticut colonists were Calvinists of the bluest school, while the Plymoutu colonists were Independents. The ’ FAITH OF THB NEW ENGLAND PrrayTang was as many-colored as Joseph's coat; but they a re repudiating the taanufactured religions of thd nga court, which was neither Romap por anything else, Roger Williams was, hettor Puritan than the Puritans, They got tired of per. secuting for opinion’s sako.. New necessities and interests brought them together. Noo-couformity was only rationalism in the making. Every year thought broadened, and they began to see that if freefom is not safe without religion, religion is never saie till 1t is free. Their history is @ sertes of surpri: ‘hey planted a principle in a confined uate it a oR room for expan- lon, and its or % bro yogae] it wi platited and a trells pice ay e hey Yi dediod on a brook which broadened and deepened until they found themselves on the shorejess gea, The fare thing about them was their loyalty to the ost they knew, They LiVED THRIR FAITIC STRAIGHT OU, Most men have opinions, but nothing ¢ ise, But Opinions are leaves, while convictioi id A trod, Most men are buried in opinions beautiful as the golden and se te foliago of the trost-touched forest, but fit only to kindle the fire of yeagee or fertilize the sentiments of the beart. The Puritans had convictions and sacri- ficed everything for them, They lived up to thelr Heht till Ite begins broadened and its glow warmed tieir souls, and tucy Were gcse bY its irradia- tious, They were THE RADICALS OF THEIR AGR. Tt 18 easy to ridicule reformers and tdealists, Nobody wants @ snapping turtle tor a companion, Nor a porcupine for a bedtellow, Bat moral quall- ties are moro than peculiarities of manner or augalarities of character, The old Puritans looked into the heavens and saw what they thought was the truth of God shining there, and they hitched their wagon to that star and it drew them to a new worid and made them the pioneers of a dem- Ocratic civilization and the founders of a new Dationality. Their lesson to us is faith tp ideas and fidelity in truth, Which 18 the moral gravita- tion of tho universe. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. ss a PLYMOUTH OHUROH. Plymouth Pulpit and Theatrical An- nouncements—A Sermon by Mr. Beecher on a Personal Saviour=The Story of His Conversion. Among the announcements sent to Plymouth pulpit yesterday was ono relating to a dramatic per- formance, and this is the way Mr. Beeoher got over Le take the same warning ond, knowing our duty, | it; Altern” “ing the usual routine notices of church services, he said, holding @ circular letter in his hand, “I have ap announcement here that places me somewhat in a difficulty. I cannot say I do not know what to do, fori do. It is an announcement that the ‘amarinth’ will give a dramatic entertain- ment in the Brooklyn Academy of Music, on Satur- day evening next, and that the proceeds of the entertaiment will be given to the poor of Brooklyn, Now, I want the poor of Brooklyn to get as much as they can, for they want tt; bat Idon’t want to give countenance to dramatic entertainments, and therefore I will not read this circular.” Mr, Beecher put the paper on one side and proceeded to read a request for plum cake from the Mission children, but before he could do this he had to walt until the noise of the laughter caused by his dramatic an- nouncement and his clever way of dodging it had died away. The subject of his ser- mon was, “A Personal Saviour,” and to those who are ever murmuring that Mr. Beecher does not “preach Christ’ this sermon was a re- buke and an answer. The text selected was the tenth and the last clause of the twenty-seventh verse of the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians :— “That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work and in- creasing in the knowledge of God, which is Christ in you tho hope of glory." To walk worthity, as in- terpreted here, and to growin the knowledge or God, and to issue this as a command, requires but very few words, but the thing itself 1s THE ELABORATION OF AGES. Wrong methods of teaching have affected tho growth of philosophy, of science, of theology and of the science of mind. When right methods are found, and they have been developed and illus- trated, the knowledgo of the Lord has grown. As we are to pe saved by faitn in the Lord Jeaus Christ, it is @ matter of transcondant importance that we should know Christ, and should know Him to Increase in knowledge. Are the methods tn use of the presentation of Christ the best that could be adopted ? Are the methods of study the wisest and the best? It is to the consideration of these two questions that I wish, said Mr. Beecher, to devote this sermon this morning. To the disciples the Lord was an object of the intensest admiration and love. They loved Jesus with a devoted onthu- stasm, with @ heroic, pervonal iriendship. It was the fidetity of a clansman to his chief. Does this friendship exist pow? 1 do not ask is it expressed; of words there are more than enough. The question Are wo better than the Apostles? That Christ is a nelgh- bor to @ great many persons, doubtless is true, but with how many does he dwell in their housc- holds. Thjs intense personal love of the Lord Jesus Christ is pot a characteristic of our Chris- tianity to-day. Have the methods by which Christ has been preached had anything to do with this declension? This continuous preaching of that form of faith, that liturgy, which perished 2,009 : YEARS 40, does not develop this personal relationship. Our enthusiasm to be worth anything must be devel- oped by that which is inside of us. Now tho Chris- tianity that wag developed through the Greek plulosophy was a presentation of Christ Jesus on this dynastic relation, and @ man received through this phsychological {a as instead the love of God. And this was as tbo you were to present to a& ian who was a lover of fowerg a hortus siccus, instead of the flowers in their life and boauty, there were the doad and perfect skeletons, but With nothing to love. BStillfurther, if we come down to the Romans we find how jargely the le; element is introduced in the teaching of Corist. During all early life of siniulness, when I was trying to adapt my slow and stumping life to what I hear 1 did not want to know about my sintulness, for heard enough of that, I heard ynuch about the atonement of Christ, but never of Carist. 1 was to hear about Him after certain enigmas had been solved. It you went successfully through certain gradations, you were to reach along, a!ter scaling Mountains of certain forms, and then it was to be shown to you that there waa a Christ. But Christ, as a great cause of transformation, was nevar shown tome. When [ came to my majority, one of the most extraordinary EPOCUS OF MY LIFE, I never know how it came about, yet there was realaizod by me a personal Christ, Something to start from on the piane of salvation; a personal Christ that was a sometding done in me, some- thing that I might come to in every hour of need. Taat was indecd the joy and the revelation of my lite, Ishowd have never been here to-day, or tor the last quarter century, but tor that view of Christ which arose within me, witn healing in its beams The bad habits which a philosopnic teaching has left cling to a Protestant theology. A personal Saviour must be staked from the standpoint of one’s own self. ’Tis not the relation of Christ to God, ’Tis not the relation of Christ to a personal government, or to history, or to theology. It ia the relation’ of the Lord ‘Jesus as representing 9 to you, and $9 our personal unity, to our understanding, to o' very God ur imagination, to our moral sepag, to our ,condition, to our strifes, to our awakenings ai! £0 our own ersonal knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Tis, hen, brings us back to the Apostles’ experience; from the prevailing external elements of teaching to the truth of a universal Lord Jesus, by faith in whom each and all of us are to be saved. This, thon, teaches us what ought to be the sources of one thought of God, By which I mean that no man zy DEFINE GoD. No man can take a pencil and mark the features and say, ‘Thus far is God and no furtuer.”” Of the pees of God, how can I understand it? The qual- ty of the Divine nature, who oan comprehend it? You bring me @ glass of water. I know that it is water; but 1 may not know of the wonderiul Springs of the mountains, of the cascades, of the brooks that run to the river; of the rivers that make the vast ocean, Even if you pu a drop. upon my finger, I know that t is water. I know it ts not wood. { know that it Is water. I hold the minia- ture of mother in my hand, and memories come crowding in upon me, suffusing my eyes with a@ flim of tears, and it is very precious to me. Some one looks over my shoulder and says,“Woat’s that?’ Isay, ‘rhat’s my mother.’ Ho says no, It 18 a piece of tyory painted, and that it is a dump sign. I say tt is my mother. Isay Christ 1s my God, just as I say that that picture is my mother. Twill not pormit you to drive me into those fine fancies aud intricacies. I simply say what tt is that hols it to ny mind, — It has to me a personal gratification and a glory that is beneath the out- ward sign. Whew Christ is presented to me [ want Hun; not.a multiplication tabie. [won't say how can three be one, and one three. I know He ta Christ to me by royal rights, tor He has presented to me a glory vhat the earth bas never declared. Christ stands as the revealer and tne father of every soul. This 19 not merely as good nature, or 97, indiiference; it 1s the parent's regard for bis C12 a@ parent's love, sceking the race not bega”.se tt is good, but to make thom good, He that ‘ives only to degrade is infernal. je that Jove only as the fire ioves, loves only for ashes. kyery man is to seck Jesus Christ, then, by *, personal helpfulness, ‘The way of salvation tg te way of a heart faith in Christ. A reception Of Christ in His relation to our soul 18 of {2% more importance to us than Christ's relaylou to theology, or to the Ohureb, or to the Apostles, What ts Chitst to you, Is THE STARTING POINT ‘of ourearcer. When fhe Java had been out on the Atlantic for several days in the fog the captain's first des.re was not to know what the ship's rela- tion fo pavigation was, what tt bad to do with astfohoiny, but he took the observations for the sake of the ship. ‘he sciences of navigation and astronomy were good, but the main thing then was the ship, No man can have another map’s Christ. When the physician stands 6ver you itis your sickness, not somebody oise’s that he constdering. When tbat irlgate went over to Ireland with food for the starviny thansanits nm pose somebody had gone down to the dock when she arrived and sald, before we take out the flour, the corn and beef Iet us look at this matter in the ligat of naval architecture, in relation to the gov- ¢p of nations, and the rfent of a federal na. won Bee y food to other nations." Men would have shoutéd, “Get away! let's have the tood; our fathers, our mothors, our sisters are starving.” So itis you may talk about discipline, tho relation of the Church to the creeds, but l preach Curist and Him crucified, Men are starving for this truth, and ou trouble me and yourselves with your theories and your crue notions about discipline and creed. Curis, too, is our burden bearer, aud there is 99 urdenh you are carrying He wiligiot help you to boar, Méd cry fot ite as thirsty an cry for water, and Christ says, “Iam the life.” Oue of the glories, too, of the incarnation is that Christ was a little chud, and there is nothing sweeter io the life of Christ than the joys of Jesus. Thos Christ is our universal deliverer; Hoe comes to men in their Tere in their highest hak (oy a come nd choord thom, and says, “ome unto me, all yo Wistare weary, dil ye that tabys *24 are heavy jaaei. SEVENTH AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH. Dr. Wild on Professor Agassiz. The Seventh avenue Methodist Episcopal church Was well filled yesterday morning. After the usual opening services Dr. Wild announcod his text to be from Revelations xiv., 13—"And their works do follow them.” The reverend Doctor held that Christianity was not merely an abstract sentiment of the soul; it was an intelligent and vital unton between the Creator and the creatare—a union in strength and essence equal to our knowledge of God and constant conformity to His will, It was an old time error that porsists in measuring a man’s religion by his feelmg. Such Christians were not lar removed in experience from the ox that feeds well, then resta in sweet (to him) con- tentment. In religion a man Pan, have a feeling in Christianity and never enor he highest joys in ‘a that experience. James the Scotch en- ineer, Was as good A man as Wesley, Kegarded jn the light of a pablic benefactor, perhaps he had wens baka being oe gid Ol steam as @ pro- welling force, and in that respec one fie sould “bo remembered’ giatorully, "Due . pertained to ti @ million rese His had been the Wesley's discoveries had soul, and the gratitude of ones clustered about his name, nobler work. During ‘the past week a great and food man bad gone {rom among as—one whom merica well might weep and science mourn its loss. Louis iz had been one of our greatest benefactors, brain work had Goated into every brary, and all had been profited thereby, He was the son of six generauions of clorgymen—an tn~ stance which spoke pretty well for ministers, whose sons wero always considered the worst im the wom. His industry was remarkable, Once, upon an fnvitation being extended to him to joa @ party, whose dividends would amply reward him for it, he refused upon tho ground that he had not time to make money. It was plain that he was not a born American. By personal contact with the late Professor he had known him to be true, brave-hearted, honest-minded and a Chris- tian gentleman, working his religion into ever; scientific exploration and discovery. From ail this he had been called; but ois works followed bim. ho Doser closed his remarks by pointing out the beauties of such @ life, and expressed a fervent desire that his people might, in a similar manner, leave a record that should be fragrant with good works and unforgetable, HANSON PLACE BAPTIST CHURCH, Louis Agassiz—Lessons from His Lifem “Unto Every One That Hath Shall Be Given”—Scrmon by the Rev. Dr. Fulton. The Hanson place Baptist church was, a3 usaal, well filled yesterday, and the Rev. Dr. Justin D. Fulton preached upon the subject of “Louis Agase 8iz—God’s Care for Him and God's Care for All who Serve Him.” He chose his text from Luke, xix. 26—“Unto every one that hath shall be given.’” He commenced by saying the. air 1s full of mourn- ful farewells for the dead. On every hand the great are falling. He then referred to the late ocean disaster, which bad taken away Rufus W. Peckham, an honored Judge and a noble man, standing at his post, helping all, cheering all and aying with a brave heart and in calm assurance of a better life. The calamity of that disaster, so awful and painful in its character, has scarcely passed before death holds up to our eyes another Picture, It is that of an honored man, having ful- filled life’s mission, and having finished life’s work, sitting beside the river, his face in the sunshine of the other world, listening as best he could to the reading of his wife until the voices of the an- qelic throng camo g0 near that he gave his thought to them, and, fol ring: the convoy, passed yy shod across the river into the realm of eterni Youth, where the inbabitant shall not say, “I am sick.” When Judge Nelson, ripe in fame and rich in nonor, fell asleep the Christian pul blessea God tor tis goodness and faithfulness to the chil dren of men, But death appears also in ANOTHER GUISE. Not in the swilt, rushing calamity does he come, nor in the Bota gees ate of gradual decay, but like @ giant he Jays and on the throat of the strong frame of Louis Agassiz. Tho 0 erp is iron. power can loosen {t. Medicine fils in its might and skill seems to lose its cunning. The man whe has scajed mountains, played wita icebergs ip the sea and with glaciers on the land; who hus been temperate, careful and painstaking, is in the hands of the King of Terrors. He dies amid those who love him and who would gladly have died to have saved bim. Why do we pause to-day to think of these men? There is but one answer—“Unta every one that hath shall be givep.”” These meq Whoin we honor had in them somothing honorabie end lovable. God builds on facts and not on shams, and the life of Louls Agassiz makes the fact appear. fire reverend speaker drew from the trainimy in youth of Agassiz by his mother LESSONS FOR ALL PARENTS in the education of their children, He counseled them to watch them and keep their bodies strong. Give them air, exercise, healthy, stinvulating leasure and abundance of sleep. He was never dle; he studied hard; he thought, and thinking iifted him to a plane with thinkers. How came he Rong the great? Simply because God gives to those who have, and to no others. Let us not forget that it was all through the self-sacrifice, the economy and the self-denyal practised in the parsonage of Ober that the boy got his start. It was his consecration to study that encouraged nig parents to id on ‘until acquirement became a fortuno, aud the helpless boy became the helpful wan, This principle should eS the young. Those who have, obtain. It isan empty Well that remains undisturbed, It is a desert waste that remains wnealtivated. The boy that reveals talent and industry’ gets on. The world loves to build on fact that it may build wisely and weil, The parents might have been sordid aod narrow. Had this boy been taken out of school because the mother preferred finery or ease to the growth of her child, the world would never have Seen this man. Isit not possible thatsome of us are making as great mistakes in reiusing to gacri- fice the pleasures of to-day upon the altar of our child’s weal and humanity’s interests * He had LOYALTY TO GOD. We know that Darwin has come; that eforts have beon made to weaken tne hold of the people on the Word of God through scientiic conjecture, How grand to sec in the Provicence which placed ‘asaiz in Harvard indications that God will are for His own and thata verre who are loyal to the Most High shall be ennobled by gifts aud blessings iust make rich and that add no scrrow! What is true of the nation Is true ofthe individual, It pays to love and honor God, It ts wisdem which commands every individual to love with all th mind, the heart and the soul Loyalty to Gor helped the great naturalist to see God’s power everywhere. He believed that be discovered in the book of nature manifestatioas of a mind as power- ful, as prolific, and the acts of an Iinteliigence as sublime, as provident, and the works of @ wisdom as infinite as wise. He saw in nature the most palpable demonstrations of the existence of a personal God, author of all things and ruler of the universe and dispenser of al good. This he read in the works of creation. Isit strange that God sbould open before him a door to wider and still wider fields of usefulvess, until He made this favorite child the teacher of all peoples and of all climes? He worked with God, and he worked for God, and is ready to take the advantage of events as they come marchingon. Continuing to enumerate his virtues, the reverend preacher said:—He was trutoful. Mcn could depend upon his word, It is said that a company of savans felt that he had made a serious mistake. He had, gov~ erned by the data furnished, declared that an ant. Tal cou'd not bea fish, The wise men disagreed with him and expected a victory over him. He came in, saw the animal and pronounced it a fish without hesitation, saying, “l was quite wrong,” aud pointed out certain traits which settled the question at once, There could not well be oppost- tion to such a man. Envy was forestalled and Jeal- ousy disarmed, and yet he might have retused to admit a mistake and fought for an error, but he would have lost the confidence and respect of hia fellows a8 have thousands or others, In congiugicn Dr. Fulton drew the following morafseted carés for thows wna aay Him, “There is above us and «bout ds an infinite God who watches our development and growth and builds on character developed in the super- structure of hope. Let, then, the question be asked, “What have we on which God can build ? Have we love for God and loyalty to truth ? Is Jesus Christ king, and are we servants in the realm? Do we husband time, improve talent, develop all the facal- ties of our being?” Then be assured God's eye is on us, aud He will build on us. He wili guide ua into ways of Use ant unto paths of peace, for “unto every one that hath shall be given.” ZION HOME POR THE AGED IN BROOKLYN, The new house for aged and indigent colored people, in Dean street, near ‘troy avenue, Brook+ lyn, was dedicated with appropriate sérvices peterday, in presence of a numerous assemblage, ‘nis institution, Which is somewhat shuilar to the Ohurch Charity Foundation Work, is a creation o1 the Zion in iureh, T and Bleecker streets, Now York. The latter congregation recently purchased a plot of ground and bulit a hoase for the commen sable purpose ia question, Bishop Clinton, of Philadelphia, oMct ated yesterday. Herkimer ot West THE 1URF IN CALIFORNIA. —, (From the San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 12) A fair attendance was at the Ocean View Riding Park yesterday afternoon to witness the two rud- Titig Faces advertised to take piace over that course, Although {t had been raining more or less for a week past, the track was much better than could have been expected under the circamstances, but, of course, no very fast time was anticipated. The afternoon was a pleasant one, and all enjoyed the sport, with perhaps the excoption of those who bet their money on the Asa Pr This was a match race paw son James Halstead's b, ” ‘ y Naa QA's Dg stonewall Tack: W, RacOR Are qulie a iumbor o Po0ois sold om aide, The. “sail gollin, . ig for $80, While his cot this race, Stone , $40 to 350. George How. petitor would bring tro. “sa W, Clark handled gon rode Stonewall Jackson « oe acnda th Bulletneck, hot riders packing 12 M4Ns the horses wore sent round to the haltaniie po” 8 little before three P.M. Stonowall had the pours On the first roneats to get off the flag fell, with Jackson two lengths in the ivad, Builetneck soon rushed alongside, however, and thus they ran to the entrance of the homestretch, where Bullet heck showed tn front apparently by hall a tength, He tnaintamned this advantage to witiun 100 yards of the outcome, when Stonewall passod ahead very easily, Bulletneck having the appearance of being pulled. In fact, the boy made no apparent effort to win the race, in the opinion of nearly att horsemen present having neither whtp nor spur, Stonewall Jackson came in abour three te} advance, Winner of the mateh in 62% secon: Judges should have called tt no race, and ¢ placed @ new rider on the beaten horse and ruu tt over again, or declared the race of altogetuer, SECOND RACK. An excellent race now took place—one mile aud QOONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE,