The New York Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1874, Page 8

FAITH. Services and in the City and Suburbs. DEDICATION OF TALMAGE’S TABERNACLE. Archbishop McCloskey on the Lenten Season, Powers on Washington and the Average | Congressman of To-Day. America and Romanism by | Dr. Fulton. ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL The Devotion of “Forty Hoars’—Sermon by Archbishop McCloskey. The services at half-past ten yesterday morning al the Cathearal were rendered more than usually doteresting by the devotion of the “forty hours,’” which was begun after the mass was ended, This, devotion is one Which needs nO explanauon for a Catholic, and so 1t may be mentioned in brief for the information of non-Catholies that it consists chiefly in the “expose "to speak technically ac- cording to the Church, of the blessed sacrament in ‘the church, where, for tne duration of forty hours, the faithiu] can adore the Lord and Saviour “veiled inthe mystery of the encharist.”’ The ser- vices attendant upon the exposure of the sacra- ment yesterday were very attractive, pontifical robes, from the altar down and through the side aisies of the church, Over the Archbishop was borne A CANOPY OF GOLD CLOTH, which was supported by four gentlemen of the congregation, who were preceded by thirty-six boys attired in the white-and-red robes usually worn by boys who “serve the altar.” During the procession from the altar through the cathe- drai aisies the choir and the altar boys alternately sang verses from the Latin hymus that are gener- ally sung at “Benediction.” the Archbishop delivered ap eloquent sermon after the Gospel had been read, during which he took Oecarion to call the attention of the congre- gation to THE SEASON OF LENT and to the significance it hud for all Christians. He pievured in glowing colors the scene of the en- tre Catholic World during tuis holy season pros- trate before the Lord and Saviour, begging lor mercy and strength to endure the trials and temp- tations they bad to contend with. It was a season, he said, when Chrisuaus went, as It were, out Into @ wilderness, 1! not of the body at least of the spirit, and tore themselve3 away from the gayeties, the pleasures, the idie and frivolous amusements of our every-day ile, and united one With the other im waging a holy warfare against the enemy of our souis—ine spirit of evil. It was a time when we were to gather strengtn to strive against temptation and sin, particuiariy the sin of impurity—that enemy which aroused our basest Passions, which led us into intemperance and in- Sox ication, and brought us down to THB LEVEL OF THE BRUTE. Hie Grace, alter speaking at great length con- cerning the love God manifested for mankind in Deing constantly present for the adoration of the Jaitniul in the biessed sacrament, went on to show how the present was the acceptable Ume for all that were heavily laden and over-burdened to go to Christ for strength and assisiance. He concluded, in referring to che difficulties a Chris- tian had to contend with on earth in order to lead @ good ilfe, by saying that we should aj] fignt the good fight weil; that it was true tnat we nave to struggle to overcome our bad incitnations, that Many 0: us hac to suffer wrongs, privations and even the pangs of destitution at times; but that for all that we should so exert ourseives as not to | allow ourselves to faint by the wayside. The Saviour, who was with al] who tried to do His will in all things, would be with us if we struggied Mantuily. He woulda strengthen us and bear us up. Though the journey might ve long and weari- some He had gone before us, and ali He wanted us to do was to follow in His lootsteps, which led to Heaven, where peace would be everlasting for the soul. We should therefore cheer up and ve of good courage, for the day might not be far distant when ‘we wouid find ourselves at the end of the journey— eternity. If we rap the race well to the goal our triumph would ve secure, for the privattous of this life, after all, were but for atime, while the rewards to be given to those who ceded not to the | enemy was life everlasting. “Greatness of Washington”™—The Aver- age Congressman of To-day and the Abominable Selfishness and Greed of Conspicaous Politicians—Sermon by the Rev. Henry Powers. ‘The Rev. Henry Powers, pastor of the Church of the Messian, Park avenue and Thirty-lourth street, selected, as the subject of nis discourse yesterday morning, “The Greatness of Washington,” a theme appropriate to the day and asion, the text be- ing, Hebrews, ui., 5—*Faithful in all bis house.’ Mr. Powers commenced in quoting a tate writer, who said, that “the names and memories of great men are the dowry ofa nation. Widowhood, over- throw, desertion, even slavery, cannot take away | from her this sacred inheritance. Whenever mational life begins to quicken * * * the dead beroes rise in the memories of men and appear to the living to stand by in solemn spectator- ship and approval. No country can be lost which feela herself overlooked by sach giorioas witnesses. They are the salt of the earth in death as well as life. What they did once their descend- ants have stil] and always a right to do after them; and their example lives in their country, a con- tinua stimulant and encouragement for hin who bas the soul to adopt it,” ferred to another writer who held that “in the production of Washington it really appears as if Dature was endeavoring to improve upon nersei;’’ and like the lovely masterpiece of the German Brtist, to exuibit in one glow of associated beauty the pride ol every mode! and the perfection of every master. But it has sometimes been doubted whether | ‘Washington was thus truly and compietel: eat and bere what Carlyle and others ay Sboar bint ‘Was instanced—though te did not shine like Alex- ander, Ciesar or Napoleon, Wastington was a good man, but was not great. There is an element of truthfulness in such remarks as these, continued the preacher; for really Washington was Bot distinguished in the preponderance of any one | ig faculty WHICh he posse or deed which performed, He had no special delicacy of san, ip any respect, or fineness o} organization. {all thatis called genius, in the proper and re- @trictea sense of that word, he seemed w be en- Surely destitate, and yet WASHINGTON WAS REALLY Great. First, tn the bulk and compactness of his practi- aa powers, the solidity, the strength, and the per- ct poise of those facuities which we do uot usually pesociate With genius, but which, nevertueless, are the spiritual substratum of every nature that is really eMcient and reliable, for the systematic and complete periormance of the work it 1s called to do in this woria, Tuas point was jurtuer elucidated by the great understanding of Washington; his good judgment, and great talent of administration; and reierence was made to Patrick Henry’s estimate of bim wien egeee from the first Continental Congress; ana so ashington was great intel- Jectualy, in the mass, the gravity and the majesty ‘with which by nature the strong qualities of our common humanity aggregated and displayed in him. The exceilency and chief distinction of Washington's greatness was, however, in the sec- ond place, mora\. in all the relations of iile, as citizen and soldier and statesman, as private man and Christian, he leit beuind nim, as a priceless in- heritance to his countrymen, the example of a stainless life; the inspiration and the joy of @ great, honest, pure and noble character, With the largeness of bis being Washington could not Jong have played @ subordinate or trivial part im prac life, but be might have made, lad he n do 80, bis energy and power of influence to minister in starting ways to his owa aggrandizement and at the expense of the general well-being. But what was tne fact? Though possessed of the strongest passions, he yet Subjected them all to the most rigia rule. ihe Jower Names of lis being beat in Vain against the ramparts of iis irou will Self-control was his crowning virtue, There pave been many men, Goubiless, who nave possessed the power of their Naming passions in an emergency f te of a selfish regard; butin Wasning- ton’s case the will itweif that ruled bim was oy aity to AN IDEA OP RIGHT, to a conception of persona devotion unto others, and all the powers of ls inajestic nature and the resources of is loity position were subordinated and wielded in harmony therewith, From the be- ermons Yesterday | The sacred | host was Lorne by the Archbishop, arrayed in his | The pastor also re- | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1874.—-TRIPLE SHEET. death not a word or act of his bic life but was dictated apparently y tate e devotion. In proof of this compare bim now with those two men Whose careers Were outwardly 80 similar to his own, vis. Cesar and Napoieon. Im contrast with their splen- did victomes and the subjugation of great nations to their will, the explois of Washington | seem poor and swall. But we must remember that their achevements were stimulated by selfish- ness and gimbition, and that they were all in the lane of passions, whose gale they trimmed their sails to go by. It is easy comparatively to scud before the wand, but p is better displayed tn bea inso harbor against the breeze, around the points and among the shoals, than m the quickest run across ocean. Another point under this head was in considering the brillant achievements that some have said Washington would have surprised men with, if his laculties had been put to the service of lust tor dominion, If tus was so that rule of his spirit which made hima refuse such distincuon made him greater than Alexander or Napoleon. And here Was instanced Washington's retusal, after the War Jor independence, to become a king, It ia a Stung response to those who wouid say that though Wash- ington had the power, he had not the SppOrtnniay. to achieve greatness as did Alexander or Napoleon, In the religious character o! Washington there ap- pear the same peculiarities Which mark his other Teiations in life and show the GRANDEUR OF THE MAN, | He bad mueh of tue principle though but little, it | must be conlessed, of the sentiment of devouon. | it does not appear that he took @ deep and | spiritual delight in religious questions any more | than in poetry, or Works Of art, or im the beauties Oo! nature, ‘the truth 18 that his natural disposi- tion did not incline him that way, and hence, ap- | parentiy, he was more moral than pious, neverthe- jess he had a devout reverence for the first cause | o} all things, and a subiime and never tailing trust in that Providence which Wwatehes over the | afairs alike of nations and of men. He spoke ; once of “the pure and benign light of reveiation,”? [and of “the Divine Author of our blessed | Trengion.” But precisely what his theological | Opinions were it is not easy to determme, for on that matter he held his peace. And yet in his latter years he had no more belief in the popular theology than had Joba Adams or Benjamin Franko, although, unlike them, he was not given to speculations. His whole religious life was free from cant and bigotry and intolerance. Wasning- | tous religton was in his general devoutness and his continual trust in God; in his selt-command and in his relation to the nation’s crime, slavery. He thought slavery wrong and wicked, and set tree his bondmen by ‘his last will. And this was the kind of religion which Washington lived and tillus- trated, and not simply professed, throughout bis | entire career, And now, is it not, should it not be on the part Of us all, @ cause of the liveliest: gratitude to God, on this the anniver sary ol the birthday of such @ nobie man, that he was put INTO OUR COUNTRY’S HISTORY, as Moses and Samuel were put into the history of Palestine, to make it great and good and glorious in the eyes of all mankind? It is sometimes said » that the cnaracter of Jesus is too exceptional ana too high for all men everywhere and ubder all the | conditions of life toimitate. However this may | be, certainly the reverence and admiration which We sould all of us feel and pay towards the Father of his Country should call upon as, in the name ot | consistency and all holy a-piration, to examine ourseives and see if there be in us, a8 there was in | Dim, tue same love of truth, this devotion to the Tight, this fidehty to trust and this upward and onward jook towards all that is wisest and best both here and hereatier. And if that | Were 80, let each one of us ask himself, frst, | this practical question :—Could there be to day in that capital founded by Washington and contaln- ) ing his marble effigy, a timeserver, a demagogue, a trifer with the right and true interests of his | country, a brutal scorner of the laws of virtue and devotion? And if such a one should betthere among ‘the so-called rulers Of the land, whose Jault is it that he is there—his alone, or ours alsot Can the peo- pie themselves have had before them when choos- working in one map. And God is working to-dar, as he was then, by truth, Providence and by a Jor the salvation of man, He requires OBEDIENCE, SERVICE AND LOVE. God ts reasonabie in his demands; he asks no un- reasonable service. It is possible Jor acnild or & | man to commence in an instant to serve Him with fidelity. God loves righteousness and He will have it, and moving in the.lune of His purpose you are on a summer sea; but resist amd you aré on an ocean Of God's power, subject to indignation, wo troubles, losses and tions. Can you, dare you meet them with the assurance that behind them all is the terrible Jepovah? Be warned by the example of Pharoah and his terrible fate, God ts Ol motives of fear and of love, But He will not choose for the man—the man must will for himself. 8T. STEPHEN'S CHUROH. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. McGlynn—The Past id Ite Lessoms—Lenten Lecture by the Rev. Father McCready. A large congregation attended the high mass at this church yesterday. The Lenten season always brings to St. Stephen’s worshippers irom all parts of the city. It would seem that the stay-at-homes, | themselves, like to be religious as fashionably as they can, and when guardian angels so far prevail Upon them as to go tochurch these good people appear in pews, looking as if they had done a ser- Vice to heaven and earth by their extraordinary condescension. Young people, who don’t think | Seriously about existence at all, evidently feel ta | this last-named sort of way, and do, no doubt, leave the church elate under the overwhelming re- having said Lheir prayers, even in Lent. ‘The high mass was celebrated by the Rey. Father Fiynn aad the sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. McGlynn. The preacier, before reading the Gospel | of the day, spoke of the charch debt, urging the | parishioners to give [iid towards liquidation of the heavy debt which sull hung over the church. He alluded in complimentary terms to the prompt response that had been given by some gentiemen who worshipped in that church, their means allowed them, should participate in the payment of the debt. ‘The church edifice was @ noole one, and was scmething to hand down to those who should come alter them, and, consider- ing that this obligation on the part of the parish- joners was 80 ong pending, he felt it to be bis duty now to take up this burden and dispose of it, Dr. MeGiynn then read tne Gospel of the day, from the fourth chapter of Mattnew, in whieh is recited the lesson of our Lord’s fast of forty days. Taking this story as his text, he Weut on to instruct his hearers as to how the Lenten fast should be ob- served, Our Lord’s fast was intended, no doubt, to show us and all Christians the need there was | of seif-mortitication. ‘The world and its vanities | Were so alluring and poor humanity was so weak tite, so that by withdrawing the soul trom earthly things we should be reminded of our duty to our Creator, And thus in the wisdom of the Church we were told, a8 all the teachings of the Church toid us, toimiiate the Master in this self-denial, petual remindings of the love and o1 the mercy and the affection for men of Jesus. | Rev. Fatner Mccready delivered the first of the | series of Sunday Lenten sermons. ‘The discourse | was upon penance, che preacher showing the ne- | cessity there was of atonement to the Almighty for offences against Him. He explained the nature of penance, its necessity, the manner and jorm of | | it and its effects; and in so doing he drew vivid | pictures of the Jife of a sinner, Whose remorse and sell-accusings were in themselves conclusive | proois of the link that bound the human soul to its maker. In this season of Lent especialiy we ought | to take to heart the duties we owe to God and to ibg bach representatives this incarnate ideal of | seize upon this opportunity which the Church so What a statesman should be, and are they holding LOW the statesmen who have read this lie of Wash- ibgton and who are Met om the city that bears his pame to the duty of laboring in a spirit like his for | generously offered to those who were wandering, and who, uniortunately, will not think of the one great object Jor whicn they were created—that they might love and serve God here and be happy the business and the true enlargement of the great | with him iorever hereaiter, estates they guard? What is the spirit in which ‘the pusiness of the nation 1s transacted by the AVERAGE CONGRESSMAN OF TO-DAY 81, ANN’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 38 it is described to us in the records of his | wpe Nature and Uses of Penance and dumgs? Let Abraham Lincoln give us the an- swer, One montn alter his first accession to tne Presidency he said the ofice-seekers demanded all his ume, “Sittung here, where ai) the avenues to public patronage seem to come together in a knot, 1t does appear to me that our people are fast approaching the point where it can be said that | seven-elghths ol them are trying to find out how to live at the expense vi the other eighth.”” then, must be our sad reflections to-day when we perceive that this abominabie selfishness and greed has not been buried in the graves of | hair @ million men, but stands instead upon those graves in the persons of our most conspicuous politicians that it may scramble with @ better chance for place! What, therefore, We need to learn, one and all, from the example | of Washington, ts to be faithiul as he was—iaith- fui in atiour house. Had Washington failed in Hdelity to his great cali—nad ne said to himself, as “My circumstances are easy enough here, amid my parks and farms and forests, and, therefore, I will not hazard my happiness upon the issue o1 a contict between my jeeble country and the most powerial Empire of the world ;” or, If after having taken tne chief command, he had uscd bis place and his power for bimseif more than forthe dis- charge ol the great duties to which he was called, | We should pave now to mourn, as we read ot it, | and lament that tus another dark page had been | added to tne RECORD OF HUMAN FRAILTY. | And yet it would have been but a specimen in jarger type of that practical infidelity and moral re woich sO many are printing y upon their allowance of time | and opportunity. Every private soldier is required to be jaituiul as muen us every officer who hag | charge of @ campaign. Every common citizen is required to rule his passions and discipline his facaities as the great founder of our freedom did. Notevery man is called as was Washington to create 4 Ration, or as was Lincoln, to save it from | destruction; but certainly every human soul is called to save itself from itself through devotion to ; God and humanity and good—to save its life by losing it. and jose its life by saving it, alter the Manner of Jesus and all that are with Him truly great. In the last place, Mr. Powers said that irom the exampie of Washington we learn toat our religion should be one of principles and services, mstead of emotions and sacrifices stuuply. This idea the preacher relerred to eloquently aud at length, toucaing upon the poinis that possibiy if Washington could have manifested more or the enthusiasm of religion it might have been better, , and yet the danger ever is oi substituting pletisu, for practical religion, and this was a danger to be guarded against hot only in their own church but in the country at large. Such was he. His course is run; But while the races of mankind endure, Let his great example stand | Colossai—seen of every land— | To keep the soldier from the statesman pure, Til), in all lands, aud throagh all human story path of duty is the way to glory. NOBTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Sermon by Rev. 8S. B. Rossiter—God Working with Man Individually—The Example of Pharaoh. The text chosen was Exodus, x,, 20—‘But the Lore nardened Pharaoh’s heart, 80 that he would not let the children of Israc] go.” We speak with considerable pride of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, of feedie colonies throwing off the yoke imposed upon them by @ strong monarchy. Eng- land dated its liberty from the passage of the Magna Charta, wrung from the king by the bold barons, Every country can refer to some incident or circumstance from which it grew greater in power. But no event can compare, in the ex- celience and grandeur of its attending circum. stances, with the deliverance of the chil- dren of Israel from the Egyptian king, Two hundred years before the deliverance the | Isreelites came into Egypt and settled in the country ander favorable circumstances, They In- | creased from sevea tamities to two millions, Toey never jost their national character; they were among the Egyptians, but notof them, They ac- Knowledged the king’s sovereignty, bat, at the same time, they kept up a form of government distinct irom Egypt. Thus Moses jound them. They never transierred their allegiance to the gods o' Egypt. They had the right to seek a home elsewhere; the right to demand liberty to leave the country. This people, originally iree, never having travsferred tueir allegiance to the king, and suffering under @ malignant tyranny, were Justified in seeking another land. But Pharoah stood in the way. | permission, nor would he let them by reason of the miraculous demonstrations, and God inter- | posed, ‘Lhe contest was BETWEEN GOD AND PHAROAH. ‘The road to the promised jand lay through the | wing’s heart. It is noticeable how God tries to ob- | tain His will through the heart. Again and again | we meet with tnis peculiar action. The heart must incline to His way, or He refuses to act. | Pharaoh must be made to consent; he must alluw | them to go of his own accord. It takes Almighty wer to conquer the wiil of man. Long ago Aris- | Lotle settled tour causes of human actions—em- cient, occasional, material and final cause. Under | which meaning did the word God hardened his | heart come? Efictent cause seldom or ever enters | into the moral sphere, GOD NEVER SAYS YOU MUST, he says you ought. He does not compel by force— he proceeds by reason and judgment. In this case God was fighting with a sinful, obstinate man, God’s just demand was the occasion of the hard. hess of bis heart. Circumstances tended to in- crease the hardness, and he became msensible to night, and to reason more inflexible. Pharaoh stands in the Bible a monument for all time of God's power and man’s impotent conquered at last. Aman might as well attempt to resist the | Tising tide as the will of God. Pharaoh was com- pelled at jast, terror stricken, to say, “Rise up, go forth from my people and bless me.’? | from this narrative no national deliverance trom ee leo eee of God dealing with indi- vidual man, ane | | What, | many among us are now saying to themselves, | They could not go without bis | We draw | We have by the word of Hie trath | was seen by some of the vest of his stock. auiHg ot hy Fespobsibie EXseLce Univ the Gay | BLU froM the wwe Of Moses the evidence of God's | priest turned away; he Way LOL Ol Lis occupation, the Parable of the Prodigal Son— Lenten Musical Services. According to previous announcement Very Rev. Thomas 8. Preston, pastor of the above beautiful little church, on Twelith street, preached at high mass on “The Nature and Uses of Penance.” He dwelt particularily on the holy sacrament of pen- ance as represented by coniession, and cautioned the congregation not to forget the importance of seeking reconciliation with God and making atone- | Inent jor past transgressions by means of tis this the acceptable time. flesh during the divine The present | date of the Church, and no true Catholic should disregard such commands, The mass sung on this sacrament mortificauon at of was Haydn’s First Mass. M. Dachauer, the organ- ist, putposes giving one of Haydn’s immortal works on each Sunday during Lent. The most at- tractive feature of the first mass is the “Agnus | Dei,” a well spring of melody and harmony, Mile. | Corradi and Mile. Gomien sang beiore the sermon a “Veni Creator,” by Wederlin, and the entire first movement of Rossini’s “Stabat Mater,” was | rendered with real devotional expression and thorough musical effect at tue Ofertory by the choir, A beautiful, unaccompanied quartet by Auber, “O Salutaris,”’ was an appropriate selec- ton at the Elevation. In the evening Rev, H, 8 Lake preached the first’ of a series of six Lenten sermons on the parable of the prodigal son, The subject | 18 subdivided as follows sor each Sunday:—1. “Revolt of the Prodigal—Temptation to Sin;” 2 Trial of the Prodigal—Occasions of Sin;"" 3. “Fall of the Prodigal—sins of the Wealthy:’’ 4 “Degradation of the Prodigal—Mortal sin; 5. “Repentance of the Prodigal—Contrition for Sin; 6. “Forgiveness of the Prodigai—Mercy of God Towards Sinners.” The abat Mater’? of Gordigiani, or rather a coliection of the best sacred melodies and concerted pieces of this eminent composer, who has been termed the Italian Schubert, with the words of the “stabat Mater” substituted for the original prayers, was sung by the choir, under the direction of M. Louis Dachaver, the solo quartet being Mile. uctavie Gomien, Herr Plueger and M. Succio. It is a work of remarkable power and its How of melody and contrapuntal efects possess irresistible attrac- tions, It was given with rare elect. Gounod’s “Stabat Mater? will be sung on next Sunday evening. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUTH CHURCH | Mr. Beecher on Christian Benevolence | The Rich Debtors to the Needy—The | Strong Bownd to Save the Weak— | Universal Brotherhood—The American | Home Missionaries. | Mr. Beecher yesterday morning preacned a charity sermon for the benelit o! the American Home Missionary Society, for which the annual conection of Plymouth church was taken up at the close of the discourse, words of St. Paul recorded in the Hpistie to the Romans i., 14 and 15—"I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians; both to the wise and to the unwise, So, a8 much as in me is I am | ready to preach the Gospel to you that are at Rome also.” According to the popular Jewish idea the whole human race were divided imto the precions few who were Jews, and the unfortunate outside world the Gentiles, whom they reckoned to embrace all the scraps, the odds d ends of humanity not worthy of notice by those of the favored stock. So among tue Gre ‘Phe cultivated, civilized world to them were Greeks; the outsideis, unfortunate and despicable barbarians—dogs who might appro- priate the crumbs o! Greek culture, but having no rights to consideration as fellow men. ‘The Jews recognized their duty to each other within their own nation, but outsiders Were not considered to have any claims upon a Jew. The race—the nation jounded the obligation of man to man in that con- dition of Gevelopment which Paul sought to im- prove. Nor has his teaching yet become the adopted rule of national lite among Christian peo- le. Fore than Christ and Paul. In ruder times and nations the shipwrecked stranger was considered to have forfeited his life or liberty to the people among whom the winds and waves had thrown um. A STRANGE OX IN THE PARMYARD is gored by all, and a new iow is pecked at by all, so @ foreigner is reckoned an outsider at whom all may gird. Kindness in the earlier stages oi civil- ized growth is confined to the family. It 1s limitea by selFinterest and expended only on a man’s own, where he will profit by it. So it is still, except when the teaching of the Gospel of Chriat haa ex- tended tbe obligation, to embrace all humanity. | Fg bo gene precept eplorces a higher law— | that o DISINTERESTED BENEVOLENCE. ‘This law requires us to do good to ali in the pro- portion in which they need—to our neighbor, to those around us, to ail with waom we come in con- tact or whom our benefactions may be able wo reach. Are our neighbors those only who are near, or of our race or set’ Not so is the teaching of the Scripture [read this morning, in which the out cast was succored by the Samaritan, Now ail | mations have some chimney by which they let off the smoke of their scorn, Ail people have somebody to damn, some on whom to let loose their hatred. Each sect has some other sect whom it consid heterodox. The Samaritans were a mixed race, partly of Hebrew origin, and thus claimed to be legitimate, so the Jews #0 hated their Samaritan neighbors, rivals, that you might have almost THOUGHT THE JEWS WERE CHRISTIANS. Tt would make a Jew swear any time to seea Samaritan even in his prayers. Now, this poor Jew, fallen by the wayside, robbed and es he reasons with man; He works upon him with | Who ordinarily allow their souls to take care of | fection that they have been guilty of the crime of | the | but he desired that all the parishioners, so tar as | that tt was necessary to subdue the carnal appe- | jugt as the Church warmed our hearts with its per- | In the evening, at half-past seven o'clock, the | mitential season is a special man- | occasiun—the “Gloria’’ being, of course, omitted— | He chose as his text the | We, too, still imitate the Jews and Greeks | ‘The Levite gave him a wide berth; he was not of his family. A Samari one ot the hated rival Mationahty, saw him, pitied him, bound up his wounds, carried him to an inn and 4n ad- vance for his care. He was, /% Christ’s rule, the po ipa of the poor Jew, no is oak pela bor? He who needs your aid. So i in text, acknowledged himself debtor to the Greeks, He took nothing irom their literature, their art, or their science. He wrote with as little relerence to | these a8 though be bad lived in the Pyramids, yet | he considered that he owed them Cl Jove, | He borrowed not religion from the arecian pol theism, but to Greeks, and to the whole outsi wortd of barbarians he owed the debt of a common humanity. He preached the doctrine that WHORVER HAS OWES HIM WHO HAS NOT the world over, Ke “4 ratio of a4 supply by others’ need; no! comine! ciple } equivalents. ’ No man, lives to oe ag ‘His lite should be a ransom for all. So churches should not alone take care of thelr own metmpers—a mutual insurapce—but should work for the good of ail men, In social circles we should recognize the same in- The strong are for the wor’. | | junction. In some families children are ouly used to letch apd carry, and kept merciless subjection. They should have their weakness wiser and moe experi- enced, till they, in their turn, should come to be tne props and stays o! old age. The strong be- long to the weak; the rich to the needy. In literature we hardly yet find the recognition of these great truths, The age of Paul was al- most heathenish tn its negligence o1 the ta Of the common people and the duty of the ‘better classes” to a universal brotherhood. We show some progress since then, but even now we hear of the audience “small but select ;’? and when it is | large, who compose it? Gog and Magons the rab- | bie public, Are they notmen? In the great day | will they be by clothes and queues? It is | natural for the wise, the learned, tne votaries of science, to associate with those who have similar stes and pursuits. Yet science is most valuable | for the help tt 18 capable of extending to man; Lot Jor its own 3ake, bot for its useiuiness. Man 1s WORTH MORE THAN ALL SCIENCE, | Man is the most precious thing on this earth, as the Son of God, Happtiy in our age both litera- | ture and science are being compelled to serve man | as they should, to becowe the ailmoners of Goa, | Class distinctions in society may exist so as to do | no harm if the richer, higher, more cultured serve the Jess fortunate and recognize the common | aided by the hay, old 8 Ol | brotherhood. Christ ate with pabicane, harlots and common sinners to show sympathy for | even the lowest and worst, Le led tne bind man forth leaning on His arm that he might feel the throb o! His joving heart before He gave him his | sight. There 1s no other gift so precious as one’s | own self, We have no right to trust communities other than by the rule that those who have are debtors to those who have not, Acolony of highly civilized people are fatal to surrounding barva- rians, 1 am among the descendants and venerators | of New England, Truly I take up my cross and BAT A DINNER AT DELMONICO'S | in their honor. Yet they made sad work with the Indians, | believe they did as they thought best. | It was hard for the inferior race. So we still crowd | them steadily, and musi soon drive them from the | | face of the globe. We act on the lion’s ethics, | that to the strong belongs the prey. That law is | not in accordance with Christ’s precepts. To deny | is my duty. lamachild of the Home Missionary | Society. It helped to pay my first small salary in new place with a handful o! parishioners and ameet- | mg house not hait g0 large asour lecture room. | With the money o1 the Home Missionary Society I came irom Indiana to New England for my wife; | long journey then, It has now more than 1,000 | good men at work tor men’s good. In all the war- ; Scarred South, the West, Northwest, Southwest— all through the nation its migsionaries are doing | good service. Next to THE METHODIST CIRCUIT RIDERS | they are the most useful men we have in carrying the Gospel tothe poorand the neglected. I ask | | your contributions to-day in aid of this blessed | i | | Bociety. | TALMAGE’S NEW TABERNACLE. | The Dedication Services—Description of the New Edifice—Paying Of the Church Debt—§35,000 Subscribed Yes- terday—Sermon by Dr. Sunderland and Addresses of Mr. Talmage, Henry Ward Beecner, Dr. Daryea and Others, Yesterday was dedication day au Rey. T. De Witt | Talmage’s new Tabernacle, on Schermerhorn | street, near Third avenne. There was a tremen- | dous rush to the Tabernacle in the morning, and | | long before the services opened the building was densely crowded, The aisles were packed, and even the steps of the preacher's platform were in- | vaded. Fully 1,000 people turned away from the | doors, unable to gain admission. It 19 estimated | that there were 5,000 persons present during the services, THE NEW TABERNACLE is much larger than the former euifice, there being seating accommodations for 4,000 people. The | dimensions of the building are 150 by 112 feet, The front has a large central gable, with a deeply re. cessed six-light window, twenty-two feet by forty feet above the gallery Noor, with a double storied | colonnade on each side terminating on itsends with | anguiar porches about fifty Jeet high. A covered | Portico with stone flooring is thereby secured, | @bout 140 leet long, with door openings equal to au | Outiet of seventy-five feet irom the ground floor. , Might staircases, communicating with the gallery, | are So constructed as to be ontside and idepend- ent of the main building, and 80 as not to } Contict with the delivery irom the lower floor. After securing the best snpposed conditions — | for seeing, hearing, lighting and ventilatien, the whole matter has been developed architeciurally, | | and the edifice built substantially o1 stone an | brick, with no external wood work, excepting tue doors; all window tracery, &c., being of stone, The seats and internal finishings are black walnut. | Three large ornamental coronas of about 200 lights each, form a prominent ieature in lighting tae bunding, One of the great features of the new tabernacle is | THE BIG ORGAN. | It contains sixtyour registers and 3,094 pipes. ‘The manuals, registers and combinations are | operated by pneumatic action. The instrument 18 voiced to various pressures of wind, which 18 | supplied by ao hydraulic engine with a lift. ing power of 3,000 pounds, being the largest | in the country, Among the novel features intro- | duced in 1t are the ‘vox hamana” stop, giving the | nearest approach to the human voice possibie in | | an orgal constracted on the scales of the ceie- | brated ‘‘Cavaille,” of Paris; the chime ot bells, thirty-two in number, ordered irom London ex- | pressiy tor this 1ustrament, and the “song | trumpet,” with the clear, ringing tones ofthe in- | strument from which it takes its pame. | Previous to | THE SERVICES yesterday the organist, Mr. George W. Morgan, atiorded the congregation an idea o: the sweetness and power of the instrument. | At hail-pastten o’clocn Mr. Talmage, accompa- nied by Dr. Dowling, of the Baptist church, Drs. Crooks, Depew and ives, of the Methodis: church, De. Sunderiand, chaplain of the United states Senate, Dr. French and other divines, entered the church and took seats on the platiorm. Tiere was @ very iavish display o1 natural flowers about the platform, Directiy over the pastor’s chair, there was a very pretty floral offering, the words “Welcome Home” being wrought in camelias and tuberoses, and affixed to the iront of the organ, Mr. Morgan immediately began to jay “‘Hoine, Sweet Home,” and at the conc.usion je vast congregation united in singing the doxo- logy, ‘Praise God from whom all biessings fow,” the precentor, Mr. George Stowe, leading. Mr, Talmage then advanced to the Iront of the platform and said: —The solemn and joyiul hour of d@edication has come, and the day lor which our souls have longed and prayed. Rise, O! Lord and enter into thy rest and the ark of Thy strength. The Rey. Dr, Depew, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, will open the exercises by giving out the twentieth hymn, ‘Joy to the world, the Lord has come.” Lhope the singing to-day may be very | hearty and unanimous, ‘rhe hymn was read, the singing was hearty ana unanimous. Rev. Dr. Ball, of the Baptist Church, then read the sixty-fith psalm, and was followed by Dr. Dowling in prayer. Mr. Talmage announced that the holy com- munion would be administered next Sabbath morning. The pews in the new church, he added, would be free, but they would be formally assigned in order that tae people might be better organized for Christian work, and have a home feeling. Tns would be done without any reference to the dollar question, people giving for the support of the Gos- pel just what they couid afford to give, HE PLAN had worked admirably in the past, and they pro- posed to \ollow it in tue future. ‘They had here a charen property that could not be replaced for jess than $150,000, Through favors shown them | it cost only @ little over $100,000, it had | all possible elements of strength, and ali the modern conveniences, Its just 1,000 lights | Were kindied cy the flash of electricity, It had staircases outside the main walls, so that there could be no crowd at the end of the services, Its numerous modes of exit ran to the width of one ordinary street, making it possible to discharge @ whole audience from the building in five minutes, | Mr, Talmage teelingly adverted vo the assistance | the church had received from outside parties. ‘The story of the generosity of their trienas would not be told until the vooks ot the last day were opened. Mr. Talmage spoke in laudatory terms of the Board of Trustees, especially of Chairman | Corwin, to whom, he said, the church would owe a | debt which it could not pay if it stood 1,000 ears, These trustees had labored day and might | In advancing the church, and the services they had rendered could not really be understood. But, most of all, the preacher returned thanks to God, without whose especial aid and benediction the work would not have been accomplished. THE DEDICATORY SERMON Was preached by Kev. Ur. Byron Sunderland, was @ lengthy and ote a discourse jrom the text—‘The glory of this iatter house shail be | greater than that of the former, saith the Lord.” | | It referred to the building of the second temple | atter the destruction of the first by the King of | Babylon. divine assurances were verified in the Christian Chnrch and tn the Christian sanc- tuary, and wherever we found a Christian temple | erected and carefully fitted ior the appointments | 1 orainances of Christian work and worship | ere we would discover the inimitable proof that God remembered Fis promise and was proceéding vo Juli it, The preacgugr showed in what respects It | | THE BEV, DR. FULTON ON AMERICANISM. | His Church. | of Washington, Christ became the glory of the sanctuary and what Was the result, the conclusion of this glorious Manifestation. The discourse was listened to atientively PAYING OPP THE CHURCH DEBT. Dr. Ives, who said that he had been furnished With hie subject by Mr. Talmage, then came for- | ward and made an appeal to the congregation to assist the church in ig of its debt, The, could be @ benefit in two ways—financially an Spiritually, They had been informed that this, beautiful sanctuary, with all its appointmen: &c., had cost, in round numbers, $100,000. Abou $65,000 of that had been provided for, leaving & Dalance of $35,000 to be provided for here and now. (Laughter.) Dr. Ives spoke of the increas- ing liberaiity of the Christian people and the joy- ful manner in which the people now contribuved toward a Food cause, and said that it did him therefore to see tbe tion smile at the thought of contribatin: little sum of $35,000 that morning. . He then lea to solicit subscriptions on these terms:—The persons who subscribed were allowed four months wherein to pay up the whole amount of their subscriptions, one-lourth eae bemg made every month. It jed, however, that the whole of the $35,000 must be subscribed thatday. ‘The following persons subscribed $1,000 each :—Mr. Talmage (the astor), Joseph J. Knapp, B. R. Corwin, B. F. oRgs Well, Jonn ¥. Tal ‘Thomas E. Pearsall, T. W. Barnum, Mr. C Coit, James M. Rowan, Daniel ‘raimage! pie, Mrs oF $s 801 rs. B. F, well, “A Friend” and “Another Friend.” ‘Tne fol lowing subscribed $500 each:—“W. R. T.,” Jonn Happy, C, C, Shelley, J. D, Spalding, At C. Vedder, Frederick Baker, 8. Hobbs, ty Friend of the Pastor” and John Wood. Many gave $250, some on ana Others sums varying from $150 to $10 TOTAL AMOUNT REQUIRED WAS SUBSCRIBED. ‘This proceeding consumed nearly two hours, during which time Dr. Ives interspersed his solicitations with humorous anecdotes and sayings, which kept the hey Ad in excellent humor. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, after preaching at his own cburch, entered during the solving of this flnanctal experiment, and Jondly applauded, Mr. Talmage gave him the pastor’s chair on the plat- form, Dr, Duryea, of the Classon avenue Presby- terian church, also appeared. It was nearly two o’ciock when the subscriptions ceased, and a col- lection was taken up, Dr. Duryea was then introduced and made a brie! address, He said that, ag he saw the former church go down, he was happy to be here to-day to see the new one Up. It was with very tull heart and moist eyes that he saw the ruin complete. It was with very full heart and rejoicing eyes that he saw the new buiiding completed, He wished that ministers could always behave themselves before the world, 80 a8 to make the impression that they ere living, working, sacrificing, and were ready, : none Leis my on the common cause. They come every new congregatron, as war- riors in the fleld, when the tide of battle ‘nad not turnea either way, weloome a newregiment, God Jorbid that a Christian minister should have any- thing else but an honest, loving heart, and strong, warm hand for every new warrior on this field of battie for God and the salvation of men. The work of this church had just begun, Tneir other place of worship was not big enough, 80 the Lord burned it up and made the people build a bigger one. Dr, Duryea bade them ‘‘God- speed” init. His eyes and heart would be toward them and his ear to hear the good tidings of what the Lord will do with them and for them. ADDRESS OF MR, BEECHER, Mr. Beecher was next introduced, and sald that he was sure there was not one of those who be- longed here that rejo.ced more sincerely than he did both in the tnner and the outer church, He aareumed his admiration for the church building, which presented su large an audience as well as any church he had ever seen at home or abroad, and which was 80 effective {for speak- ing purposes, He thanked the architect who designed it, and every workman who had struck a blow or laid a trowel on any part of it, They had been making him richer and the people ricner, for the whole community was made richer by every fair structure that was erected. To every man Who had worked on this building he said, “All haill You, in your places, are public benefactors.” He rejoiced with all these Christian men and women, | with him, who had had undaunted courage and faith the fires could not burn and the floods could not de- stroy. They lived in faith, and when it seemed to others that they had met with irreparable loss they went to work and built and conse- | crated a new temple, and to-day they saw what was born out of their faitn. He congratulated them that God had inspired them with such courage, hopetuiness and perse- verance, and he rejoiced to see that the shaking Of the tree had brought down the golden fruit over their heads that day, and that the sum raised al- ready was very near or soon would be the whole amount required to pay off this debt, A debt ona church was the devil's saddle, and he would not fail to ride in it, you may be sure. ‘Therefore, he should not think they were free until every cent was paid on this fair tabric, It was worth it. The people might well be proud of it—not in any | improper sense of the word “pride.’? Now, he was Presbyterian enough to rejoice. For the first ten or fifteen years he worked in the Presbyterian Church, and the memories | and affections and knowledge were such as to | make the denomination dear to him. During all that time he worked alongside Methodist brethren and saw they were God’s messengers in the wilder- | ness, and that wilderness budded and biossomed ana became a garden under their lavors, and he rejoiced in them. He rejoiced in any name, of | waatever Christian body it might be, among whom he found his Master, Mr. Beecher cautioned the | people to increased faith and self-denial in their new church, He had seen many a church buried | alive in a big church. They did well when they were in the Mission Sunday School, when they | were beginning to nave hope and enthusiasm, and every person in the congregation felt a responsi- bility in himself. God blessed their self-denial. Then they began to build and they were taxed, and they strained themselves in every way. If these people thought they were going to be happier in their big church than they were in the old one, they might be, but it would be because they would work harder. Mr. | Beecher gave the right band of fellowship to his | brother, Mr. Talmage, and rejoiced in his growing prosperity. He did not think Mr. Talmage could carry on the work at the key on which he started | it. He did not say so to anybody, but he thought Mr. Talmage was taking more work than he (Mr. ‘almage) could do, His fears in this respect had ade a liar of him. He did now think that Mr. | Talmage could carry on his work. No mau was | more glad than Mr. Beecher to witness his success. | This address closed the exercises, with the ex- geption of,a dedicatory prayer by Dr. French, At,| hall-past two o’clock the audience were dismissed | with the benediction, pronounced by Dr. Forster. Mr. Talmage preached in the evening. { Shall Romanism Rule America }—“Pat | None but Americans on Guard.” | “Americanism in the Church and State.” This | ‘was the subject selected by Rev, Justin D. Fulton, | pastor of the Hansun place Baptist church, for his | discourse yesterday morning. There was a large | congregation present, who listened attentively to the remarks of the reverend gentleman. His | opening prayer was interesting. He prayed for the worshippers in all the Roman Catholic charehes, and hoped that the Gospel of Christ might be more and more preached from the pul- | pits of those churches, He also prayed for the praying temperance bands now going through | Onio, and hoped all the saloon keepers would see | hell opening for them. His text was as follows:— | “Ye have been called unto liverty; only use not } liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.’’—Gailatians, v., 13, The hand | of Goa was discernible in American history, and | no one could gaze upon this Continent, with all its | beautiful scenery and valuable products, without being impressed with the truth that such @ nation must have bad a place inthe plan of an Infinite Being, and that Americanism as it is being de- veloped in Church and state deserved to be studied that its mission might be clearly outlined and the duties enjoined thoroughly understood, It Was a grand sight to watch the growth of a nation ~ whose people looked up to God and thanked Him for all the biessings they enjoyed. The reverend gentleman then referred to Romanism, say- | ing that in America its power was broken, | They were not surprised that the student of prophecy and of history saw inthe words, “And to the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, thatshe might fy into the wilderness into her piace, where she is nourished for atime and times, ana half a time, from the face of the ser- pent,” adescription of the forest wilds of America | as it loomed up before the eye of Goda retuge for | The Romanists looked upon this | chapter as the buttress of their strength, as they | look upon America asthe tuture stronghold of Papacy. They believe the woman described here to be the Romish Church clothed with the radiance that formerly belonged to the Roman Empire. Was | America to be Rotoanized, or was Romanism to be Americanized? Was Americanism in Church and State to ove a blessing and 4, help? Americanism was not characterized by either bigotry or intolerance. It was the flower of civilization containing the seeds of Hd 4 for the | nations of the world, and they gloried init. But | said some one, did not the order “put none but Americans on guard” discriminate against other | nationalities Who was the true American ? Was he only the child of American parents, or shouid they deciare the American to be the man who adopted American ideas’ There were Romanists as blind, as narrow, a8 bigoted, as superstitious, a8 ignorant, despite the newspapers and free | schools, who were born in New York and grown in New York, as any that can be found in Italy or Rome. “Put none but Americans on guard” has become the rallying cry of the great multitude. When treason lurked in the air snd pushed with noiseless foot into the very tent then said the bold com- mander, “Put hone but Americans on -guard. We had been too long tolerant, Must l | boasting of her intolerance, be tolerated, ani Protestantism, boasting of her tolerance, be per- secuted, beaten, abused and be silent? Pr and superstition were loud-mouthed Ld 4 vor of intolerance. The difference betwee Protestantism and Romanism ies not so o obligations much in opinions concerning the big Seine under which men were placed to the ge as to what was the government to ee a owed allegiance. The Romanist ienored i ha ligation and claimed that the Pope was io ru , and the government of the Church the only one to which he owed allegiance. Hence the Papist was iMto1erant towards the government, and this made every Komanist a natural enemy. Bere was our werk 0s TORY sister bind hy torn from home, ADE, convent, Ww! is only @ ; the thumbscrew, the Tack, the fmpreiments of torture be ed untildeath resul and then attempt to arrest the murderers, Break through their gates ia order to put a stop to this horror, and at once the cry is raised—this is the religion of Rome, and it is intolerance to distury it. Jt was @ Sad sight to see noble Christian men asking for bread; and he had seen them, and they were una- be toe work at Pore a Memon the see, “ who @ brogue, Pries' wauid not do al abd without pay; they would not visit the sick without 3 they would not: bury the dead rien. I. PMese things should be kept before Ho went into the house of @ poor trishman whose c! was dead, and the man said he could not 'y it. He sympathized with him. and prayed) that man was 4 oor Woman Went to one of the Priests and told! Bim her sister was dying. They got ber to sign & document giving up her property. She went to- the Bishop to try and getts back but the Bishop refused, The people should sec what was goin, on about them, and if ti could preach Shrist. better than the pri could preach their dogmas then they would succeed. It was a singular fact that nearly every De wapaper Was influenced more or less by Romanism. He then spoke of the un- successful efforts which had been le to estad- lish a truly American Christian paper. The gen- tleman woo started st said he coaid not succeed, The reverend gentleman said he had now taken hold of it and was going to do all he could to make’ it go, and hoped his hearers would assist him im his efforts. PURITAN CHURCH, CONGBECATIONALIST,, Words for the Times Touching the Se- lection of a Religion Which Will Sub- serve Selfishness—Sermon by Rev. Charles Hall Everest. . At the Puritan church, opposite Tompkins square, on Lafayette avenue, a large audience gathered to hear Mr. Everest. An impressive ser- mon was delivered from the text—‘‘The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they say, Lo here! or, Jo there! for, behold, the Kingdom of God is within you’’—Luke, xvii., 21, 22 ‘he whole force of the pastor’s eloquence was directed towards those who would tarry and delay accepting any religion for the sake of find- ing one eventually which would suit them by its Pliability. The Pharisees, in asking the question, which was answered by the text, were consistent for once, We think of them ouly as dissembicrs, but they were in earnest this time. They pro- fessed great zeal before the people, and desired 10 be thought eminently reilgious. ‘They desired to know when the new kingdom would be inau gurated with power. ‘They hoped that it would raise them to positions of influence and authority. Anything not temporal, which was Irom God and would jerret out their evil lives, they abhorred. So they heid Jesus in hatred and contempt. It was ® Consisient hate, tor He would open with unspar- ing hand the dark and forbidding maze of their dmner lite. They desired only the outer and public life and reputation. How faithfully this pictures vhe feeling now! A RELIGION WHICH WILL SUBSERVE SELFISHNESS 18 eagerly sought aiter. Ifit wil lift to places ot power it is acceptable. Any thing but a kingdom Which will make subject will be gladly received. A tree which bears poor fruit is not cut down, but by the skili of man a good grait is inserted and the same tree goes on bearing good truit. The tree has not changed; it has simply taken on an adai- tion which makes it appear what itis not. ‘Thus in religion, i! a man can keep his own se.fish, gnaried and crooked nature, and adc religion to it vo make a show, then the religion is eagerly ac. cepted. The Pharisees were by no means peculiar, The traits they displayed are genuine. A map. desires a religion which will suit and fit him, He dishkes and shuns that which will force him to @ changed and new lile. This 18 the popular jdea of selection. But for @ man to take only that which suits his warped and crooked nature is not Ohrist’s idea, We see these lanciful religions aboutvus all tae wme. Now @ man is serving gol he pursues that god in lands and houses, in stocks aud bonds; now it if some mental ideal, then a creature of the 1magma- tlon, sometimes beautiful and comely, yet not the true God, These seekers are like the man who goes to the tailor and says, “‘ifere ig my measure, now it me;”? not “Cut and fit me into your ready Taade suits,of clothea.”” Give them @ religion to sult themselves and they are satisfied. Give that to which they must conforia and they will have none of it, This is the heathen idea. Their gods are made from their own minds and to suit their char- acters, und are worshipped as such. Is it not so to-day? It is still the old saying, not “We will have no God,” but “We will not have this man.” If Christ could oniy be presented as a great rince, going about making presents and giving eely to all With royal munificence, asking nothing in return, He would be gladly received. ’ But as He 1s they will not accept Him. If a child. shoulda com- plain that the teacher was not polite and s0 be taken from the school, ana 80, all of the children taken out, where would be our education? No; the little things wnicn do not suit each one must be overlooked. Thus only can the cuildren learo. And thus it is with religion, It cannot suit the natural desires of each aid all, Does any kingdom. established by God on earth come by observation ? Witness the vegetable world. How quiet, unob- served, unknown and unappreciated are its work- ings. yet how grand and powerful the results! It is like THE KINGDOM IN THE BEART OF MAN, slow of growth, yet sure and wonderful. We hear the sound of the wind as tt blows in gentle zephyrs- and in the angry gales of winter. Yet what know weol ity “Ye hear it, yet list not whence it cometh nor whither it goeth.” Aud thus it is with those born of the Spirit. None see 118 entry into the heart, yet soon its presence becomes a living power; it sways the mind, the will obeys and the whole being acknowledges the swect homage. It 18 @ recognized power. So great a powee It 18; yet, tf measured by merely earthly and juman standards, how small! A book of jtorms and ceremonies covers it ail. Thus measured it is weak; it could be swept away by human arms. Yet its power is so great that no human power, no kingdom, however glorious and powerful, could sweep it from the earth. When temporal méans are used God’s Kingdom is not advanced; might of arms is bat weakness, Yet persecation cannot break it down. The blood of murdered saints, the ashes from the stake, the pain and sor- row, have all been mighty in jet up. Where ten have lost their hves for Christ ten thousand have sprung up and waved aloit His banner. If @ oung ian sees his blovched and sickly face, feels his weakness and knows his illness, has no money, but says, “1 will wait; my blood will get better by and by, and [ shall have money, for one of my friends will die and leave me wealth; #0 11 ” We say of him:—‘He ts a fool! If he waits, will always be sickly and . Let him. have energy and do for himself, and soon his color will come and he will have money.” Thus oh are fooltsh to watt for the kingdom of God. It will never come to them; they must seek it, Hundreds have the kingdom of God in themselves; they are convinced; intellectually they are Christians, but it never comes down from the head and becomes part o. the life, But the broader and tracer sense 18 when the kingdom becomes the life, when it moves and sways the man. “It is not meat and drink, but rigbteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.” There are these three points in the Christian’s life—first, we snail show, by works, the faith and power within us. lr seed is in the ground it will spring up, in spite of all oppoaition £9 with this new life; it cannot be kept down, like the springs and fountains, it will pour forth a richness and purity beyond knowledge. Second, our joy and peace Will affect others, If we have the faith and power of God we shail not have to go and tell. others, When one comes from the mines and shows his pile of gold no tale of hardship ana trouble will keep back the eager question, “Where wal he | did you get ity’ And learning, others will seek also for the treasure. And so il our lives are full of joy and peace and good works others wili be impelled to go to the sume source of life. Third, we shall have the beginning of heaven in our lives; it will come before we reach that place. It 18 heaven to have this life in our hearts; when we can say, “If have no will but Thine, O Lord)? heaven will have begun. SEVENTH AVENUE MBTHODIST OBUROE. Dr. Wild on the Charities of the Day— The First Duty of Churches to Their Own People. A sermon was preached yesterday at the North. Presbyterian church, West Thirty-first street and Ninth avenue, by Rev. 8. B, Rossiter. Tne Rev. Dr. Wild selected his text yesterday morning from Galatians, vi., 10—"As -we have therefore opportunity let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.” ‘the doctrines of the Bible (said the speaker) form a beautiful system of morality when: truthfally arranged. ma are of wore si ee eir grandeur and sub- frtey ere 1 intent saat reason fad fait tor com- fort and practice. Their claims are adjusted to our ability, be the same strong or weak, contracted or enlarged. A man can meet their requirements in any part of the world, and possess their spirit ii in any . They stand in pleasing and condemn- ing contrast with the false and limited aystems of men’s inventions. Paganisin lives and FLOURISHES UPON THE SUPERSTITIONS of man in ignorance and depravity seeking after vhe unkoowg, and yet devout and sincere in his blindness. Even them the Gospel is mind@tul of, and will yet carry to them the trath, light and freedom of its teachings. The specialty oi the in- junction to aid those of the kingdom, mentioned in the text, we see in secular life and understand it. Every nation feels a specialty of affection towards itsowp, and the Church has the same /eeling towards its members, In speaking of the present needs among the poor Dr, Wild said, in its opinion, every Courch should help its own, It was a blot on the Charch of Christ to allow its members to goto any cot~ poration for support, He was willing to help the worthy; but if he confined his assistance to his church he should know who they were. In any case he believed a righteous, honest and sincere life Would insure the possessor against @ny Coo tingency that might come,