The New York Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1874, Page 4

RELIGION. Sabbath Services in the Sanctuaries of the City and Suburbs. MAY SUNDAY AND PLYMOUTH CHURCH. Frothingham and the Disposal of Our Bodies. BR. BOBINSON’S VIEWS OF REDEMPTION. Hepworth’s Explanations of Eternal Life. Sr. PavL’s.—In St. Paul’s Episcopal church Dr. Mulchahey preached on Colossians til., 3—“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” CaLvany CxuRcH.—The sermon yesterday morn- tng at this church, on Fourth avenue, was preached by the pastor, Rev. E. A. Washburn. Hie subject was the ninth commandment, being one of a series of discourses on the decalogue, St. ANDREW’s.—In St. Andrew's Roman Catholic cburch, corner oi Duane and Chatham streets, at | high mass, Father Curran preached on the gospel of tne day, St. Jonn Xvi, 5-17—“‘And now I go to him that sent me, and none of you asketn me, Whither goest toour”’ Trinity Cuvxcu.—Dr. Dix preached an tmpres- sive sermon, in which he showed the imperiection of humun knowledge. “I-see men as trees walk- ing.” We are between the night and the day; we% see not witn the clear ight of day, nor is our viston obscured entirely by the darkness of night. Cuurct or THE Hoty Triiry.—The Rev. | Stephen EH. fyng, Jr., had another very large congre- | | gation yesterday, which completely filled the large edifice. He took bis text fromthe First Bpistle of Paul to Timothy, 1, 15.—**This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came tuto the world to gave signers, of whom I am ebiet.”” First Baptist Cavrcs.—At the First Baptist | church, Thirty-ninth street anu Park avenue, the Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Anderson preached to a moderately large congregation. His text was:— “Be Thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort.” Tue transitoriness of earthly fortunes as coutrasted with the abiding, eternal powerand mercy of God, formed his theme. CavscH or St. Bonaracivs.—In the absence of the pastor, Rev. Fatner De Berge, the Rev. Fatner | Houber celebrated mass and preached, Mr. William Herbert is the organist of this church. His | choir consists of Miss Winchell, soprano; Miss Ann | Quabeck, aito; Miss M. Winchell, alto; Mr. Collins, tenor, Miss Bertha Quabeck, Miss F. Glathmeyer | and several others Jorming a chorus, ALL SOpLs’ CuvuRcH.—Rev. Mr. Oscar Clute, of Newark, N. J., occu ied the pulpit of this church yesterday. He preached from the foliowing text:— | “The things whici are seen are temporal, but the | things that are not seen are eternal.’? He showed how the forces in nature, hidden, silent and un- seen, remain unchanged. It was so with thought, | hope and faith. All these were of the infinite and | | Although he nas preached his farewell sermon, Dr. Pay? , NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY. MAY 4, 1874—TRIPLE S Of practical advice to young men. He described the wrong way which seemed riett, the right way whica seemed wrong, and the wrong way known to bo wrong, This was contrasted with the new lite which the Gospel imparted to all who accepted its offers of salvation, . MADISON AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.— Adams ocoupied the puipit yesterday, and, with Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, will continue to do so tilla new pastor can be obtained, He preached from the text Samuel, xvi, 7—“The Lord seeth not as man secth.” It was an eloquent discourse, and gave a vivid portrayal of the great truth embodied in the text, CHURCH OF St. CHARLES BORROMRO.—The Rev. Father Duffy was the celebrant at the “Missa Can- tata” in this charen, ‘The Rev. Father Ignatius | OU’ Bren preached, taking his text from the book of Proverbs, vill, 22—“The Lord possessed me irom | the beginning of his ways; I was set up frometer- | nity and of 1a before the earth was made.” The | reverend Father then dwelt on tne dignity of the | Blessed Virgin and her claims to opr love and esteem. At jour o'clock P. M. Bishop Loagniin, as- sisted by Rev. Dr. Freel, conierred the sacramnt of confirmation on about 40) children and aduits. Sev- eral hundred children made their drst commanion in the morning. St. Peree’s CHuRcH.—The ceremonies in St. Peter’s were very impressive. The Kev. J. J. McMeel was celebrant at the niga mass, the Rev. P. J. Walshe preaching. Vespers were sung at halfpast three in the afternoon, after which fol- lowed an instraction. Both at high mass in the morning and at vespers in. the evening the choir members of the church ted themselves with credit, Their names are:—Mme. Poole, organist; Mrs. Fury, alto; Mme. Zarwarskl, sopran: Fury, basso, aud Mr. Cadiey, tenor. At the bene- diction of the blessed sacrament, in the evening, tne “Tantum Ergo” and the “0 Salutaris’ were given with excellent effect. St. STEPHEN’s CHURCH, BROOKLYN.—At half-past ten o’clock mass the pastor, Rev, Father O'Relily, | Dreached on devotion to the Mother of God. In the course of his remarks he alluded to the grief of the Bieased Virgin standing by the cross of her divine SoD, and calied attention to the fact taat this was the feast of the “Finding of the Holy Cross.” He | urged on his hearers to give honor to Mary, quot- | ing from st. Paul to the Romans, the words, | “honor to whom honor is due.” Iu this age all de- | votion tothe Queen of Heaven was leit to the | lowly and the poor, though it was worthy of the | most exalted minds. The good Father then urged | the congregation to be devout to the Motuer of God. FOURTH AVENUR PRES3YTERIAN CnURCH.— Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby preached yesterday morning from tae text John xvi, 8—-U—‘“And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. Of sin, because they believe not on Me, of righteous- | ness, because I go to My Father and ye see Me no | | more, of judgment, because the prince of this | world is judged.” Christ sought to allay the grief | of his disciples in view of His eariy departure, | but while showing them that Hid leaving them was vecessary, He promised them a comiorter in the Holy Ghost. This comiorter had ever since avolJe permanently in the Christian heart, bat | could only be discovered by the true convert, | St Pavi’s Cuvrca, BrookLyy.—The Rev. Rob- | ert J. Maguire, pastor, celebrated eight o’ciock | and hall-past nine o’c ock miss in this church; | Rev. Father Zimmer half-past nine o'clock mass | for the chtidren in the basement, and Rev. W. J. | Connolly early mass at hali-past six o’clock A, M. At the hali-past ten o’clock mass the Rev. Father W. J. Connolly preached an eloquent sermon on | eternal. see } St. PETER’s (ROMAN CATHOLIC) ,BABCLAY STREET.— Father Clancy preached on the doctrine of the Catholic Church with regard to saints and angels. | Catholics hovor the saints as God's faithiul friends — and chosen servants, and ask the assistance of their prayers, but do not give them the divine | honor, which bel ngs to God aione. Of God alone they ask grace and mercy, but of the saints they only ask the assistance of their prayers, FOLTON STREET REFORMED.—The service was | performed in the chapel, Dr. Landsay officiating, | The text chosen or the sermon was Psalms xxxvil., | S—“Trust in the Lord and do good; 80 shalt thou dwell in the lind, and verily thou shalt be fed.” | ‘The preacher pointed ont ina very forcible and | effective manner the good effects of trusting in | God and keeping His law by avoiding sin and duing the gospei of the day. The choir performed some | excelient pieces. The “Offertorium,” tue¢Sanctus’”’ | 4 and the “Agnus Dei” were particularly well ren- | dered. The members of the choir are Mme. Clarke, | soprano; Mr. Yaun, tenor; Mr. Kramer, basso, | with a number of other voices. Mr. Woife presided | atthe organ. At hall-past three o'clock P. M. sol- | ‘emn vespers were conducted, aiter wh.cn followed | devotions tor the month of Mary and benediction | oi the blessed sacrament, St. Joun’s MutTHopist EriscopaL CHURCH, BROOKLYN.—The services bere were unusuaily m- teresting yea'erday morning. Rev. Dr. Warren | | preached an appropriate discourse from the last verse of the secund chapter of Acts, translatiug the text thus:—“The Lord adeed the saved daily | to the charei.”” He said the church was oot an | insurance society nor a responsible common car- rier, but an educational institution to develop ‘s spiritaal natare, At the close of the ser- St, James’ CATHEDRAL.—Masses were celebrated | 20 in the foliowing order :—The seven o’ciock mass by | ™D Sbout thirty young men and women were ad- | Bishop Loughlin, the eight and nine o'clock | mitted into tull memoership with the charch. masses by Rev. Father O’ara and the half-past | They surroanded the altar, and witle they stood ten o'clock 10aas vy Rev. Father Kelly, the Bishop | USstening to the explanation of the vows they were preaching on tne occasion. ‘The choir consisted of | #bout to take, the scene was unusually impressive, Mrs. Kiernan, soprano: Miss. Gallagher, alto; Mr, | Dr. Warren preached a very instructive sermon in Taylor, teuor; Mr. Edwards, basso. Mr. G. Napo- | leon Carrozzi presided at the organ. West PRESSYTERIAN CHURCH.—Rev. Dr. Thomas Hastings preacued yesterday morning at this church to a rather numerous congregation. He | took bis text from L Ep stie of Jonn, v., 4.—“And | ‘this is the victory that overcometh the worid, | even our faith.’ This invincible faith m Christ | Was sure fo win future and lasting benediction. Such faith was victory, that faith wh.ch knew to | labor and to wait. Sr. PauL’s MetHopist Cuvrca.—The discourse at this church, corner of Ninth avenue and !wenty- second street, was preached by the Rev. Dr. Eady. His text was Philippians iv., 19—“‘sut my God shali supply all your need.’ Men, like children crying for razors, unconscious how suarp their edges are, think they require many things which theydo not need. it was not such needs God would supply, but only tue moral and spiritual needs 0/ meu. Cnvunon or Tne Hoty Saviocr.—The very fine Music at this church, in Twenty-fifth street, near Madison avenue, attracted @ very iarge cougrega- tion yesterday morninz. A most admirable discourse ‘Was preached by the Rector, Kev. A. B. Carter, from the text Zechariab x., 12—“I will strengthen them in the Lord.” He showed how, in ali the varied exigences of life, however over- wheimed by temptacions and trials, God came to the support of His true bevevers. CHURCH OF THE PAULIST FATHERS.—At the Charch of the Paulist Fathers, Fifty-ninth street and Ninth avenue, the feust of the finding of the noly cross was celebrated in a becoming manner. The altar of the Virgin was beautiiuily decorated with fow- ers, and the music was of a most joyous character. Rev. Father Rovencranz sung mass. Alter the read- ing of the gospel, Rev. Father Stone preached, tak- | ing for bis text ‘-As Moses lifted up the serpent out | of the wilderness, even 80 must the Son of Man be | lifted up.” “suggestive, | would be solved. If not, then at ieast his astonisn- the evening on “the Church of uancerground Rome,” a locality trom waica be has recently re- turned. WHAT SHALL WE D0? ictatigalit Dr. C. 8. Robinson’s View of Christ's | Redemption. In the Presbyterian Memorial churen, Madison avepue, corner of Fifty-third street, tne recior, | Rev. Charlies 8. Robinson, D. D., preached yester- day morning, the sudject being “Waat Shali We Dov" Rev. Dr. Robinson was for several years pastor ot the Am:rican chapel in Paris, and is the compiler of the popular collection of hymns, “sougs tor the Sanctuary.” He rook for his text the twenty-eighth and twentj-ainth verses of the sixth chapter of John— They satd unto nim, What shall we do, that we Mgnt work ihe Works Of God? Jesua answered aud said unto them, This is "Le work oi Goud, tbat ye believe Ou hum Whom ne hach sent, It 13 really of no great importance for us here to settle whether these men were in earnest or not who thrust themselves iimpert.nenatiy into notice on this occasion and intruded so abruptly their in- quiry toto our Lord's discourse; tor the solicitude | lodged in the question does not specially ve.ong | to them, be it nonest or feigned. It belongs to the ee, a8 tue question does, The inquiry is | od mine; and we have pondered tt in the deep stilinesses and stirs of our souls long enough for wus to be quite cer- | tain that, at all events, we are sin- | ceve when we ask, “What shall we do? Yet the very suddenness and discourtesy with which they rashed into the convroversy is exceedingiy ror it shows that the demand they made was—as it is to us—an outourst of pent up desire, an explosion of irrepressibie feeling and | Was proposed at this point ior a decisive test. If this new prophet could answer it (as they provably reasoned), then one of the worid’s famous problems ing claims would Instantly be laid to reat. THE UNIVERSAL MISTAKR, Cunist Cavrcnu.—The Rev. Dr. Partridge, rector of Christ Protestant Episcopal church, Bedford | avenue, Brooklyn, preached iis nineteenth anni- | Versary sermon yesterday morning, His text was | the seventeenth verse of the third chapter of | Proverbs—“Her wavs are ways of pleasantness | and allher paths are peace.” The discourse was | Practical ana earnest, and was listened to by a | large bumber of bis parishioners. The rector was | ‘asuisted in the services by the Kev. J. Graf Barton, JouN STREET METHODIST KriscopaL.—The Rev. N. G. Cheeney preached to a crowded congregation | in this, the oldest Methodist chnreh in the coun. | try, taking for nis text St. Joun xiv., i8—“1 will | not leave’ you ecomiortless.”” He pomted ous | Christ's merciial disposition tn always providing comfort and consolation to His faithiul servauts, as exemplified tn alt Mis dealings with His disciples while on earth, and as every iaithful Christian must have experienced in his passage throu,h ule, Ler Avenve Bartist.—tast evening Rev. J. Hyatt Smith preached @ second sermon to young men exciusively. His church waa crowded to its utmost extent by the class imvited, making the Spectacle a somewhat novel one. His theme w: “The two lives; or, the sowing and the reaping.” ‘He took two texts, one in Proveros. and the other io Golaans, god delivered @ uniaue discourse. full tney do sear what will aestroy bota suul and bedy in hei, SO we find thm the | | world over, from the Fakir, with his | If you wili carefully examine the form in which | this question was prt to Jesus you will discover the precise point where the worlu’s mistake has been wade, ihese men inqgaired, “What suali we do” An inveterate, uabroken. undiscouraged ue- te:mination io do for itseis hoids the numan heart. Generally an awakened sinner begins wiih an aliempt atreiorm. He means to bring ull ns passions under control and simply adjust himse.f | Ww tue claims of the divine law. bat an experience | of only a lew days Will show any oue he is not | equai co his own exigencies. He does not remain | master of the position. He ‘als im his endeavors to be holy. ‘hem, next to tits. most likely, he wil | choose some process Of peuance. He means to make honest atonement jor tis unquestionable derelicuon and tanure, Forms of seli-mutiation, | of sudermg and Susme Will be Coeeridlly assumed. Men do not iear what Will only destroy the body; | upu ted baud held aloft till the iong nails pierce | throusn the withered sinews; the devotee, with | the baiuboo tnrast mto che bleeding hole to Ms tongue; tue wild mother with her iniant broiling | in tue brazen emorace of o heated Moioch, or | crusued in #n abigator’s jaws, to the hermit on ine homeless top of 4 ruined plilur in the desert, | dfawing up his crust of food with astring. These | are ali trying to “do the works Of God," and 80 | id rellet jcom perilous guilt, You pity such | people; you even grow ® kittie impatient with | ther oly; you deciaim against prlesterait; you bewali tier superstition, and we admit tuese aro Coatse (nstao "es and BHOW gTuss ignorance But Hyver AP im inteiligence we find human nature | Making LO Wiser Siow. The vetter educated a ; berson is the more keenly he wil suffer and the | created, but cautioniry, remedial, More absurdly ingenious .wilt be the exped.ent, that i alt. What uo you thing of Martin Luiuer— Ro fool vy any means, us wistory rexisiers Win— creeping upon bare kuees along the sicps ol Piate’s staircase tue Lateran? Waal are you going to say about Mme, suyon filing her shoes with pebbles und bittering he: dink wih colocynth. ‘These people experiencea i wind | SUCH agony O1 reworse and terror tuat these coun- ler irritants Actually produced relicl. Alas! wiy Gil tuis perversion of inieilect anu reason? Is it possibie meu can be #o mistaken? Has tae Charen in bigot garments carried its pilgrim siait and sung the song of :edemption so long ior just nothwg? as tue Bible Mung its beau tivi sua- Shine mto human darkness ull these )ears ior howiug? Yet 80 we all Kwow that’ muny & history of @ granu Ie Das passed into record un- der tue to. tring pain of this unanswered mquiry. And the loiter vae reach 0! tue mind and the pro- joander the penetration the more vertain We Way be that at some tie 16 bas been iaude to lace its enigwa and Couirout ite mystery, ve then it has gained botuing but deeper anu more eniaug- ling eiba. rassweat by all Superiority it pus- sessed, Kor most blinded 0; aii, wost numisated and Wost suddened, has that very iuteigence becd Which promwea must in tue venture, aud Wuical. Ta While suoue the most im the ht of is Own 4q arve 'lously attrac- ® great uright mind is fashing out its intentions and oxhibiung uncon sclously its Hold on thought, snaking its iocks une @ deity bite nln bbe World 01 common tuiukers trembies anu we tO its peer.ess supre.uucy, Teaching iur and grappung wideiy aa ui it could almost lay tue tinger ui ity daring touch upon ie hem oi the robe vi Uinuis venc». But, uow, Dow ib Gissppoints aud tries us to discover thai e| uch | 80 intellect retires irom tne shining explus into 118 WD glvom, thence to wresue painvuly with & question ior whica it has pO rejiy—4 questivn | Wiich, like the veauiuul star of the sung, 18 “Bu | Rear and yet so jar;” &@ question which evermore | haunts sod taunts its powers ior suiution; 4 ques- tiou waoich sum uoas tue reason jor an auswer aud u 1D ud instant laughs as it, yibes al it aud still | Spurs it on, even Whe it grows certain it Will | mieet with new defeat. It woud ve weil if tho pride ehued tuere, But g mind whica 3 misled misieads, und while great mea are reacuing & save ‘allure, less men, et going by it, ave rushiag on to ruin. Jn the amuliar casio facile, Phaeton | arove the horses Of sue sum but ior & single | day, It was uo great stroke ol tue thundervull that checked Lis almiess carver anu buried him invo ‘ne river to queuca bis flames at lewure. But Meantime his fame-vreathing courser lad set the worid on fire a8 be drove. bien may deoluim about legisiahon, learaing, refinement, eaucuiion Of the masses. i¢ will surely come tv uotiiug. fhe worlu is never to risein that Woy. All al- attempts mereiy reiormatory sre apt to proceed rashly—ojure a3 mucu a3 they save—ruu Ww re- crimination and eud in @ruimous quarvel. bien Caunot suve men; taey canuot even save them- selves, UivillZavion dues mot civilize suto God, Hisiory proves it; Observation cunurms IL; uil Philosophy exaibits tt. Sim will not yieid to avy such human turce; you canuot draw oui w levia- than with @ Wwok. Meantime the unsatusied nature aud remaias restiess, Here ure mvs, wl vo | One level, with the least xud the mightiest sigmog for the bevter le. ihe whole iamiiy of wan, uke some bitud Old Bartinueus sitting at tue yates Of & | Jericho wuose veautiiul towers it canuot see, is trying with outsireitched arms to implore heip from the Mmutitudes thac only ueride and hinder it, Let i be closely remewbered | that the question bas not been, and is vot now, bow oue of the Lumau race who geté puiu- fuliy back to Gou by @ sex1e8 Of ImCralities will be received by Hin; but how amy ope maniestly tu- capable of even these can get back to ti vi uil. | If what has been said thus far 18 unders.oou Lb | Would seem setued that mere correciness 1 Ibe for the 1utace assumed Irom mere mouttions of con. | science, does uot relieve Buy Durden. 1t does not | bridge the guilt Wicd @ past period Of sin, aiv- gether unaioned for, has put between holiuess in God and wickedness in man. The curse vi « law already broken is not removed. The guity person is as iar iro . pope aud irom Heaven us ne Was be- jore. And this 0.1inys us stialght back bo our teat | once more, and introduces to our culm con~.dera tion the reply wich our Lord gave to 4 ose who put the question, ‘Jesus answered aud said uuto them, ‘This ia the work of God, tuat ye beueve co | him woom he hath sent.’ You must uot tare the phraseology bere with absoiute accuracy. It | May seem to some of you that it ia strauing the | pout more than tt will bear to lodge w great evau- | getical docirine upon @ mere item 0. grammatical | Ludver; but you will mistake mucd 1. you pass vy | carelessly tue tact that our Lord met their inquiry | about “works” with au answer avout ‘work.’ We do most seriously assert tiat Jesus preacued tue wWaovle Gospel wheu he directly attacked tueir Plural number with his singular. Hei» irom with- | out is the characteristic peculiar blessiuy of tue | Gospel. Men struggiing in the open sea together | canaot save each other, caunot even save tueln- selves irom drowning. so, then, the questiva | siitts at once. Li you ask, How can a wan ve just | with Goud? the answer is, By accepiing the rigut- | eousness of Jesus Christ, God’s Sup, And, then, il | ou ask, What shall we uo? ihe answer ts, accept he rignteousness oi Jesus. The issue is narrowed from “woras” duwu tu a single “work,” and tat is trust. WHAT SHALL WE DO? Christ came iuto the worid to meet real want. He oners hun-eli as the redeemer of men. Aud all ouiside of tuil trust in tim is lost effort, 1st sirength, lost time. ‘Ihe exiioition aud argument are ended; we have come back upon tie aucieut theme. We preach “vurist cruciueu.” Tuere 13 no other way ot saivation, Believe im Hin. Ke- Pent of your sins, aud revounce tuem all shink how much evaugelical beauty and truto there is in the old Saxon proverb, ‘fhe way tw heaven is by weeping-cross.” One record :emains writien of every human itfe, Out of the book each soui 1s to be judged. God sent you & message; Wa» it re- ceived or rejected? Muny of us really believe | we hare Meny virtues, some merits | and perhaps even a few exceliencies and it is possibie we imagine that wheu we stand beiore the throne we suall bear these toiugs men- | tioned. But the Scriptures seem to say tout when | our names are cailed the record in the Book 1s to be louked up, and the first line of it reads thus :— “J find I sent my Son to you once on an errand of pardon ; did you weicome iim or send him away?" i! any one begius witi a catulogue 0. “works’’ the repiy will meet him:—* [nis the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hata sent |’? What | | shall we do? PLYMOUTH OAUROCH. Mr. Beecher’s Annual Feast of Flowers— The Joyful Nature of Christianity. ‘It was, as ts usual on the first Sunday in May of each year, a festal day at Piyu.outh caurch yester- day on the occasion of the ingatnering of more than 100 new membersintv the cnurcn, Flowers in great beauty and profusion surrounded the choir gallery, On the speaker’s stand to the rigne rose @ crystal vase to the heigh: of three feet, fom which the gracetul .eru reared its delicate green, and over whose sides blossoming vines drooped lovingly. On tne leit of tae pulpit was @ Moral cross surmounted by a crown, chiely waite, with the word “Victory” in piok buds at the base, and | from among the gliivermg communion service | another vase arose, hoiding a number of pure and | rega: lilies, The roses, and there were hundreds oi them, Were uiter the service given by the pastor to tle new memwvers us suuvenirs ot fhe day. | The service was begun by a “fe Deam’” com- | posed by the orgauisi, Proessor Zundel, and ar- Uistically rendered by the choir; and alter the re- | ception into the church ui the new members Mr. | Beecher preached trom Romans, xil., 12—"Rejotc- | ing in hope, patient in trivalation, contimuing in- stant im prayer,” and said:— ‘his may be calied a very brief but condensed charter of happines#—rejoicing in nope, patient | in tribulation, instant in prayer, Joy is not | faculty. It is a quality of action, or a mood waoich may belong to any or ali of the faculties of the human soul. There is a double action, both to the | physical organization and to tae mental. The | nerve that is in health and treated according to its n@ture responds p.easantly, joyiully. [it bein | an unueaithy condition or treated contrary to its nature it has the inverse power, the iniction of pain. Pain is a quality ol the body. Suffering is a term whion designates pain of mind, Now, pain | or suering, Woether of body or mind, is not pri- mary; it is not the end tor which they were educatory ; and pain bears to the body and suffering tu the mind the same relation wuicu medicine bears to the organs of the body. It is not food—it is that | which is taken for tue purpose of restor- ing health where it is impaire¢—and all | pain or suffering are either cautionary, inui- | cating that we are duing wrong, or remedial, to bring us back from wrong ways, ur educationary, to inspire us to @ higher development of life. Joy is normal, or it 18 that whicn best becomes every faculty; it is the response which we have a rigat to seek and to expect trom every faculty of the human soul. Though in tmperiect beings, souls working upward, suffering 1s needful, and the need)ulness of it testifies to our limitations, our inferiority, our defects and al! forms of disaffec- tion, they are not to be dispensed with, nor are Wwe to suppose that any man in this lile or condi- tion will escape suffering and pain, But it ts one thing to regard it as cautionary, remedial or edu- catory, id another to think that pain and saffer- ing are legitimate and things to be sougnt for as if they were gooa, The ideal of periectness is toe mind getting into a mood 50 high and so perfect that there is pleasure im all its action, Pleasure is the testimony of any Jaculty that is acting in healtu and aright. Now, 18 Ubristianity to be a pain or a pleasure? Is religion to be @ plan of vicwory or a requiem jor @ Gefeat? if it set to the key of joy or of sadness? In reading the New Lestament promiscnously boch are continually recognized | rotten blubber, you | Church and tne part she took in the great work of | disciple standing whom he loved, he said to his | OL the son of God became tie morher of certaim exhortation of suffering; you wi!l find also that the New Testament 1s tull o: the idea of joy or rejoicing, and it becomes a question, tueretore, oi Tank or gradation, Which o: the two weharac- teristic of a eet Conditivn or & tendency to~ wards periection, RELIGION IN DAILY LIFE We have to mix a good deal with men; some of them are ugiy aud stingy; others are disa ree- abe; otuers imperious; others plansivle, smvuoth and decoiiul. Some men are like fies, diagustias 1o tueir iumiliarity ; others go “oun, bum, bum," like beetles on 4 summer uizght, and the tendeacy is to 806 out and tu uvold the disagreeabie one. The teudenoy o: Christianity ts to go among ali, Voshine on tue ali, 'o have commerce wita ‘aem all aud to carry the Christian spirit with you c.car through to even if they essali you; they persecu e you, you are to Spirit of genuiieness, <= and pons tose tuey shail not destroy your ess, The vid cathedral at Antwerp has thirty beila to @ olime, and every qua:ter oi an hour an exquisite music ais forth; at every hour @ toagnificent chant, Now, sup- pose the old chimes, when tue wind biew, could uot play; when the wind roared would not play till the storm was over. But it stands there summer aud wiuter, carrying tue power in ttwett, pt oer ueither on storms nor caim. So @ man should atand mid the turmoil oi ite, carrying with him the sweet power o: Curisiiant.y, 80 (hat when his associates sve him bearing with nature all sorts of aunoyances, treating with duess even those who persecute him, cheeriul though others be gioomy, and they say tu him, “tow do you bappen to be such & joyrul mun? You seem to en,oy live ail the time.” “Yes,” ne says, “that is what 1 mean by being a Coristian.” “Weil, if 1 could yet into that mood I'd iike to ve a Christian, too, supposed tiat to be a Coristian 1 bad to go to chu to knock off trom swearing, to give up reyes 3 Ww velit gay to such a man, woken bavea 0; Byreariog, and if, ater you '@ been itited up iuto the (uluess Of the Lie of Jesus Christ, woen your heart 1s iull of all that 13 Beseand gee, tt you want to swear you may.” uppose [ yo to Nootka Sound and try to ‘induce a boy who loves to es: rotteu biuvber to come with me to America and he suya, ‘0; because i! I go wita you tuey wou’t let me eat rotteu biubber.'’ “Not 80; if you go with me und enjoy tue blessings of civilized suciety, earn to eat prover ivod, wear Propor c.vthes, i alter taat time you want to eat yy." 1 thik It 18 & sae per: mission. Suppose J should tell Jonn Zunde’, ‘rou may have @ discord ti you want t."” tHe says, “1 dou’t want that; [ don't itke 11; 11 dees no. pease me." When @ wan has learued io apprec.ate what ts [on and pure nuthing is 80 sweet 10 fim. ‘hat ts belag iree. TH® BEATITUDE OF PRACK. AS men gow better in their spiritual patare, so men teud to peace; that “peace which passetii all uudersiauding,” ‘tue peace of God.” Ii you lit up @ pesk ou @ plain, if stands no‘iceubdle, in that 1¢ 13 solitary; but ii you iit snocher, and then au- other, and anotner reacning up tue side oO: that, She surface becomes a isin, Lecause It vas no bills, | for these eievaions go to make a level Buriace. SO with joy; @ little happiness stauds out aud makes @ man ecstatic, but when more and more is added the mind becomes accustomed to it, aud tie most consummate form of enjoyment 19 that periect trauscendeut joy which 18 the utmost deveiopment of aith. May God grant to all thuse beginuing the Christian life with us here to-day the sae mind | taat was iu Christ; that taey may go through ite | carrying with them tie ligut and gladness of His Pidick “Rejoice iu the Lora; und ugain | say, re- juice, At the Close of the communion service the choir chanted autiphonally, and w.ih ine elect, the 116th Psalm, which dir, Beecher said was uudouotedly part of the hymn whica was sung by our Saviour alter the Supper, as it 18 @ part of the Jewish song for the Passover, the iestival on waich tat memo- Tavie scene occurred. 8T. STEPHEN'S OHUROZ. The Month of Mary—The Second Eve— Her Patronage Necessary for Saints and Sinners. Yesterday being the first Sunday of the “Month of Mary,” tae Rev. Dr. McGlynn took occasion to speak O1 the place the Biessed Virgin hoids 1 the redem tion. He selected as bis text the plaintive | words of the beloved discip.e—“‘now there stood by the crozs oi Jesus hig mother and his motner’s sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene, When Jesus, thereiore, saw his mother aud the motuer: ‘Wowan, beiold thy son,’ Ajter that be Baith to the disciple: ‘Behuld thy mother.’ And trom that hour the disciple took her to his own" — and said:— “I have read these words of Holy Writ to serve as @ text lor the medita‘ioa to wnica I would invite you on this the first Sunday of tue mouth specially dedicated to the hvaor of THE VIRGIN MOTHER of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. It is weil taat we should give some reason for tue faith that is tn us and the practices wuich spring irom it, | At that supreme momeur, when the incarvate God was about to yield up Mis life ior the suivation 0; mankind, when He Was LUBY Witt the Miguest BUG Wightiest alta: of all histury, He Was not ua- | luundiul Of is mother, By tue Dotice He Lakes of x He would show tha’ te gives her nu smuil snare in the Work o: ‘drawing all things to t4.u. sel.’ dhe gives up Jer Sou to purchase Mud 8 re dewption, aud uas given tu he: St. Joon aad ail Mmagaind 8 her culdren, We are told tuat the beoved disciple “took her as his own,” and go s.cnid al true discipies of her take her, Let us not, ua our PvE OF INTLLLECT, take ay our motuer oer whom the | | | reiuse to | “Word,” the wisdom of the #atner saw bt co make His mother, it is horrivie to renect that men at- temps tue sacrilege oO: hunoring tue Son oy dis- honoring His motuer, ‘the iy” of numanity, ouly periect flower that ever bivomed im “this valley Oi tears.” Let us, a: ieast, carn from Holy Writ as weil as from tue tradiuons oO; tuat Churca whics is “ine ai aud tue grouud’ ; of truth, to love and honor and pray to her with- | OUT Wause co-operation tae Keuemptuon—a work far greater than tue Creation—did not take place. We read that au angei—oue of God's special mes- sengers—Was seut to parley Witu Des, abu that as Al Gud’s Jia: the Uulverse Calle 1nt0 exis en. e, 30 at the jae mid OF Mary tue ecernal wisdom o1 the Fatner became incarnate im der virgin womb, We kuow that Carist came uot tu destroy the aw, bat to tuidi it, te caiue Co do the wil of His Fatues. It woald ve blasphemy to douvt that He vveyed the law “Honor tuy iather aud tiy mother.” Aad therefore at te last mumeut, waen |e 1s about Lo pay the awiul price 0; wau’s redempiun, there St inds at tue oot of che cross His mother fn tie attituce of a pricstes , offertug s.crifice—anu such @ Sacrilce—On the horrid altar Of the cross. 15 16 @hy Wouder that the g oup whicn surrounded ths Cr083, especialy tne-Plicsiess Mary, las luspted the poet's peu apd giided (he painter's peuci aud tae Seulptor’s Ciusel t STABAT MATER DOLOROSA, St. Augustine loved to uw di va the fact that Mary sivud. Sie fet every pang; but, streayin- enea by the grace of God, sie bravely and wiiuugly | made tue sacrifice. Were we not ouse ingrates aid we not love wud honu: aad leverence the sur- rowilg wo her of “tie man Oi surruws,” standing beneatn the suadow o, tue ignominous gibbet vn Wiich hauys her S00 for Our reueuspiion? Wio theu shal, wita unaely hinds, dare to tear her from ‘he ‘oot uf the cross; It 18 Lheve Uhat Jesus commends to His muiher those Wnow He is bring- ing lurta tow Lie O grace, and there the mutner the adopted chilurea of Gud. oie was (ue new aad the vetter sve, whose sved Was to crosh the ead Of the serpen:, While sue wus to tuke suc a share im the redemptiun i Was but rignt tat \ue snoud be ssrrowiul It was in tue midst of tue travail 0/ ali nature, as the sacrea ueart of the Sou of God broke, that atary vevame the second Eve in giving birch to oer spifitual Cuildreo. Let us not attempt to be wiser than the Church of God, wuo lavished ye on the mother of her spouse, eturn to the spot where we tue soot of the cross. ‘Ihe .@ to at the nearer we shali ve to Mary, Let us learn to take our proper places in the group wii, Those Nappy souls Who, like (he le, have never, by thougit or deed Stained the spotiess robe o1 purity, cau take tueir places with ot. Joon. Wate tiose who, ithe the poor Maguaion, have sinned, Can tirow tuemseives at the fee@c Oo: tue alaste:, confident in His assurance of jorgiveness. Tue su sound the cross, Wat- ered with the mingled blood of Christ and the pen- tent teal i the Magdalen, produces the iovelicst flowers of virtue; vut tuese tefder plants require | the protection 0: Mary, Let 08 as& her to periocm in ovr beuall every waere the motuer’s ofiice, Let us salute her as tue fairest dower of bumanit: “Hail! Macy, tull of grace; the Lord is with tee blessed art thou among women.” And let us an- | Uicipate “the day Oo wiath” by securiug her as our pationess, in tne beau iful Worus of tue Churca, Wien Our Mint Lips have so olen Lsped, let us pray, “t0ly Mary, mo her of God, pray lor us sin- ners Low and at tie huur of our deatu.” A CONVERTED INDIAN PREACHER, Yesterday afternoon Kev. John J. Kelly, “the cel- ebrated indian” preacher, formeriy an Apache, preached in Bishop chapel, Brooklyn, E.D. It seems that Mr. Kelly hag just returded irom Europe, where he has been preaching and lecturing for the past twelve years, The aadieuce was very large and composed mainly ol culored people, with here and there ared son and daughter of the forest, ‘The exercises were commenced by the singing of “God moves in a mysterious way,” which was ‘4ined” after the English (astion and sung in ad. mirable time and with the sweetness which only Such an audience can sing. Tue pastor of the church, in introuucing the ludian orator, expressed | the hope that tue sisters Who had cnidren with them iugit exert themselves to keep them «auiet, 80 that every word of the diaunguished spenker might ve heard, Mr, Kelly's sermon, to use w re- Myious phrase, was “bebtcer ieit than void.” He his nerves were not very Weak and ao ora “glory to Goa wouldnt nurt A short time ago he taiked to au aristocrauic gregation ana he Would just as soon speak toe Wwe lact of the certamiy of sufering aud @ | no more destroy it than earth can. , and luxury ve coutinued, | God.” TOW 01 lampposts, ‘The red divine began with tne finding of Moses tn the ark, and, as our reporter inierred that he vad laid out a night's work, he Jee the building as bir.Keliy was remarking that the devil tor unce told the truih when he suid to the Ab ty that Job did not serve God for naught, aa paymaater, giving those who were on hts side hundred iold in this pres- ent word and life everlasting in the world to come. “The fackas,”’ said the speaker, ‘I can't af- Jord tO get up sermons fpr sleepy people. | wish you would. wake mp those friends in the tront ‘ats,"” A colored brotner responded by vociter- ing, “Wake up and hear the word of the Lor: ‘The orator resumed tii nd as soon 10 Bald jault finder than @ fauit mender.” # Sucre Team of them here. Well, brother; but yt tell me of It tll 1am gone,” esis shoe LYRIO HALL. Cromation Healthy, Wealthy md Burial Otherwise—A Sermon by There was @ very largé congregation at Lyric Hall yesterday morning to hear Rev. 0. B. Frotn- ingham expound bis views upon the subject that is now absorbing so large @ share of public atren, tion and comment—‘Cremation,” or, as he puts it, “The disposal of our body.” The subject of crema- tion, he began, was one exciting great interest at the present time. It engaged the attention of Sctentists snd of almost all men of cultivation. Since the prominence given to tt at tne Vienna Exposition it has taken nold of us with an interest singularly swift and deep. 1t has been commented upon universally, and: not by those wio wish something merely new, but by the scientist, the socialist and the man of faith and bope. it was worth remarking that this reform 1s urged on ac- count of ite benefit to the living. If our age ta re- markabie for one thing more than another tt ts for its investigation of everything that tends to the improvement of the condition of humanity. The usages of Christendom in INTEBRING THE DBAD were familiar to them. They were derived from the ancient Hebrews. In the Old Testament inter- Ment is spoken of as the only method of dis- posing of the dead. There were so ew exceptions that they merely prove the rule, Among the Jews there was a horror of not being decently buried. The laws were very stringent and the custom in- violate. Their method of interment was very much like ours. The graves were sacred places, They were made as it were @ garden, 8» deep Js the foundation of the modern custom. It was a relig- tous custom, for with tms custom was the belief that the soul hung around the body and would not be parted from it, The grave was a dwelling place, @ litue world, ‘This 1 stated in so many words by the must eminent writers of the times, Alter quoting trom various old writers in proof of this staiement, he said that the wead were prayed to and oreHipped. How this belie: come over to tne New World it would be impossible to say. Toe word that meant soul was the same as tne word that meant body with the aduition of that wituin the body, it Was this belie: taat made the p.opie sd particuiar as to TAR RITES OF BURIAL. Nothing must be omitted; tor, if it were, the soul would uot be at rest. Among them, too, those remote Aborigines, was the !uea that there was a boue Wihici would be the nucieus of a Lew body. sometning kindred to this is sound in the Oigest part of the Uid Testament. Jacob, wnen Lold oO: the deati of Josepa, said “1 will go down to my son.’’ Isaiah said oi their enemies that their bodies should not be resurrected, the Pharisees, wuo among the Jews represented the idea oi res- urrection, believing im reviving the body as a macter oi course, St. Paul believed that the ma- terial body would germinate into a sp.ritual oue, aud that belie! has survived to the present day. Around tis old custom are some of our sweety: t associations; it seems to preserve the dead. ‘The: are. a company—a community of brotuerhoo People cliug to the graves of their dead iriends alist a8 closely a3 to their living friends, How sweetly those old people spoke of the dead! Tae old Hebrew suid “I snail rest with my lathers.”” What # sense of security iain tois:— Lafe’s fiitul fever over, he sleeps in peace. This is @ mistake. There is nowhere so much ac- tivity ag in the OITY OF THE DEAD. Nature does not aliow the jorm of the departed to waste. The ancients did not know this; they did not 8-arch into causes, a8 we do, Itis revealed tous that tue city of the dead ts not inactive. Science offers to us startiiig reveiatous, veath may need a deeper grave than we have suspec.ed, Possibly those Wio uave passed away in peace co not coutinue in peace. ‘Those wuose ile was a benediction may be plagued anu the vhauiow Oi our best Imend being tormented comes io as. We are told that their place of rest 18 4 periect laboratory. ‘1bis is out fancy, but a demons'rated lac. ‘Tbere are some positive, pai truths that come houe to some minds wits such iorce that | tuey must FIGHT AGAINST BURIAL, Referring tn this conuection to the action taken by the people of London to prevent turuner ' intermenis witnin the city limits On accouat v1 tue injury to public heaith, be said that, iu his opin- fun, these evils were not exterminated, bat gimply vanished to tue country. la the coun- try the result is the same a3 in tue city. The wir is iaected, the waver puisoued aud the eartu corrupted. A New York 18 now spreadiug itself, Our descendauts will Lave to remove us 4s | the Loudoners uad to remove tavir graudiatoers, Besides, does not the imection take che wings Of the wind and allect Villages wiles away? Most of those Who make a study of air aud sull trace most diseases to the eiiects Of Impure water. ‘Tne awount vi carta puton the dead 1s not enough to bsord the gus-s that escape irom the.r budies. yhe usual system oi burial luvoives the expense of "1 ground, travsportation and health, ibere is but | one Way te get vut of this, CREMATION. 1t ia as Old and as grand as aa; other method. has been praciiseu by some of the best peopies of Whe gurtu suu saactioned by some of tue noviest minds. We must rememver that some oi the Pagan nations buve deen the best that the earco evr bore. We are studying aud imitating their literature to-.ay. The vuruing Of ther dead by tne Greeks tuok Its source spo the same idea 43 tue burying ci their dead mortality, Tue Greeks nad their sacred fire. Was a deatu in tue iamily, came tue prictice of burning of the dead. ims practice I$ alsu Known to have prevailed amoug tue avorigines of Norta Alwerica, they burned tueir great meu and cnieis, Buruidg meant tun. | Moittality. Curistians object to cremation vecause, as tuey Say, 1 you fritter the body ali awa, there 18 nO geri Jor iamofwality. Lt 1s a easy Lo recreate @ budy trum asies as rom uark mold, Fire can the process ©. Cremation recommends isel, by the sume argu- ments thut show that IN(BRMENTS SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED. It ig healtuy aud cheap. ‘Inere is no need of land and expeus.ve (uneral cOiteges. Tue money could ve speut in Gowers and remembrances. in the process 0: cremation we Jollow (ne dead up to the biue vault ui heaven aud not down to tue adrk- some earth. We suvgsituce pure asies ior iester- lug wold. All tue rituals on tie dead can be pre- served tue same as Now und every Jisplay of pomp Under tus process we bave our dead with us, In conclusion he suld that cremation couduced to the heaita of ihe living, and after aii (his Was tie Most important questidn, ‘Lhe burial O1 the gead Was & superstition depentl- ing merely on cust.m. Wuen tue practice was dis- coutinued tue superstition would die. THE BROADWAY TABERNACLE. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Taylor. Broadway Tavernacie was filled to its utmost capacity yesterday morning. The sea of upturned faces irom the chancel and alales and taose of the numerous listeners looking down irom the gai- leries was stimulant enouga to make one less ¢io- | quent than we Rev. Dr. Taylor grow fervid and enthusiastic, The congregation was well dressed aud there was scarcely any one present whose ap- pearance indicated the existence of “hard times’ j im the city. The Rev. Dr. Taylor preacnea trom the twentieth chapter of Exvdus, second verse, dwell- | ing parvicularly on the words, “1 am the Lord thy He said;—When the Almighty spoke these words from the midst of the fumes upon Sinai He asserted His seli-existence and His omnipotence, ‘The ‘ul meaning 0: the passage embodied, how- ever, mack more thuu that. it uot only asserted God's evernai greatness but it also conveyed to us | @ xlaClous Message Of Peace aud forgiveness and Muny things vesides. When a generous, wealthy man wished to assist @iriend be would give min sometioes A BLANK CHECK, which he was at liberty to fill in afterwards to meet his emergencies. So with God im tis expres: sion “i am the Lord thy God.” He has indo! for us @ blank Check, the Vacant portivn of whico we can il up, Bewildered in tae labyriuths of doubt and perplexity, tmis text says to us, In Con- Svliug tones, “1 am thy guide.” Desviate, aban- doned, orphaned in the worid, He proclaims Mim- sell by it our Father. Ssmurting wuder udversity, anu having most o1 the ils of ile to combat, He tells us here again that He ts our Portion. So on through ali te varieties of huwan experience— indeed, in the whole range of soveews, saan guage—tuere was scarcely Cn gg gran X more consoling than these words, , however, was covenant saying. Those to whom it was bDriginauy spoken renouuced every other allegi- ange wor that of God. in fleeing irom Keypt buey snowed their determination to be faithiul bo their Creator. We have been ceilvered irom a far more | gang slavery than tue laraciites, and to us these spoken wiih iar greater empiasis, Herts ty POSSESSIVE IMPORT OF THU TRXT is remarkable. 1¢ means that Gos belongs to us. ‘Ail tre maguidcent aterbuces OF tae Godneud are jor us. His power, by Whicu He rules heaven aud carth and the Who creatiou, ana His providence, by Whica He Watoues over ail sed ercevomeciiadllistati — sect nese yy the teorews—im- | ir | the fire was exuuguisued at Lhe Wroag time there , Now with this belief ; Ais creatures, these are ours. Thes> to. ownership in dod, 30 is Py chongnt sit Me is dict aE The whole deptu of its meaiug is tipesslole te thom, But if we let duwy var own little plum. met into the thought we find 1n it an assurance of forgiveness, Who <ices uot feel bis want oi par- don? Do not our sins become deeper and darker woen we draw nearer to God? 1 myself feel on such ocoasions a st.ange tatermingling of shame and thanksgiving, joy and sadness. In those words we have, however, au assu.ance Of pardom from the lips of God, RITES AND MONIES acon, But the grea, our Maker will sarge up. King Canute commanded the waves to re but they did not obey the royal mandate, Jesu! told the PH wuters of the Sea oi Galilee to be stul, and His command was instantly obeyed. What @ world of joy vught this to Grin be Us, 10F He comes to us witn woi blood is our covenant; to Him th ciliation and fuods of ge These words aiso are @ pledge of holiness, Our native depravity is the ‘root O1 all our evil Allot us have ielt the force of the words of tue poet:— p Ob, thata man might rise in m Sna'the inal aun ueghe couse 10 be. God comes to us in such straits, and the very Yearn ngs of our souls prove that He is with as. Then this text shows that God will make ev needed provision for us. He woo elothes the del with verdure, "ho vaints the flowers as y come up in their loveliness, who fee \s the spar- row, ke will provide for us—not temporal bi ings alone, but much more, those of the spiritual order, ‘yhe preacher further developed the text with Much analytic power, dud conciuded with some pious wax.ins iro; benezer \Lrskwe, who tound in the words quoted through Iife and death a fund Of peace apd cousolativa, OHUROH OF THE MEDIATOR Rev. Dr. Van Bokielen on Self-Denial the Test of Sincerity. The services at the Church of the Mediator, corner of Jefferson street and Ormond place, Brooklyn, yesteriay morning were exceedingly impressive. This cuurch, formerly occupied by & Congregational denomination, is embellished im @ very chaste and beautiiul manner, particularly in the chancel, where the mingling o! blae and gold forms a pretty effect, The viue background is ro- lieved by a dove descending upon a golden crown. Above is @ golden cross, with a blue background, filled with numerous gilt stars. Over all are the words, “Holiness to the Lord.” The altar is of black walnut, carved and ornamented with the words, “Holy, holy.” Upon tue altar stands s finely cut walnut und gilt cross, The pulpit, read- ing desk, settee, foutand altar c»airs are of heavy walout. 'Ims churcu dus nv ovstructious im 4he Shape of Massive pillars to hee behind or oF darxness to ivel tirvugi, Tue puipit isin & good ositivd, and tue sedis are arran.ed so AdmirEny hav every one Cub see und hear tue preaciuer, ‘Toe music, Which is uuder tue direction of Pro- fessor Nervéra, tue orguuist, 13 adumiraoly Tea- dered. ‘The rector, Di. Van Lokkeien, lormerly of Mount Morris, aud one of the saudog commipes Of tue diocese o: Western New York, preacaed ms rst sermon after D-iug yettlod over the caurca yesterday morning, to @ fasnonavle ani appre- cative congregaiou, He took ior his texs Joua, Xv., 1W—‘ureater love vsth Do mam than tuis, that a man lay down his lie for bis friends.” Curist aied ior all; sell sacri ficmyg to tne end; no rea Vlristianlty withous sel-denal, Do Curistiaalty without Work and seu-indulyence Were uhe Works of Satan; yes Satan was alWays busy. Satan understoud hamaa nature pretty wel. There were Cnist Speaker said, that were religious irou duty, weus tu church asa daty, gave and worked ag a duty, ever finding fauit wiih tue loag sermons, the siug-ng, OF Lot caring if the singers took the last cent jrom tne church treasury or dvubled the price of pew reuts to pay them. Where tiere was real Christianity there was wore and where there was Work thure Was sometaug accomplished. A true uisciple O: Christ was knowa by tus or her work, ‘Tue prool o: sincerity js shown in what a persou docs. A sincere Carls Uan will enter a House O1 suiTsring With Work, dO Wuat there is to be done, shrink irom nothing— Tewempering that Curst, a3 thelr bead, suliered for ail, vy laying down his Iie. YA true Christian wus like @ trautued soidier, traimed tor Cori fighting ior one purpose, oue object, willing toa jerto tue end, never askiag another to de us work, but pressing on witn the motto, “That sin- Cerity and seli-denia: avaliech mucu.” OHUROH OF THs DISCIPLES. Mr. Hepworth on Heaven. ‘The Rev. Mr. Hepworth yesterday morning preached before a jull congregation in his ciarch, taxing bis text from tie tuirteentn verse of the filtu chapter of the Firat Epistle of John—“Thesa things have I written uuto you tat believe in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal lile.” Tae epistle put the auchority of a belief in an immortal lie where it belonged— on the promises whicn God had made through Christ. The natural man may have a glimpse of question of our relutiuns wi this state by Christian lights; the nat ural man might have longings and hopes, but those are only fruit which migns fal to the ground wheo toe first frost nipped it, or it might grow into ripe frult in the autumn; but he who trusts mmpliciuy upon the words the Lord has uttered lives ta 06 uncertainty, but is as sure of entering auotner lle as he 1s sure Of the ilie in which be now is, We" were acquainted with sume of thuse who had g | to sleep, but where had they awakenel? Waet were they dving? Should we never see them again? How insignificant to us were things abous us when compared witn suoh a probiem as thist We might sit down at eveutide until we saw the lengthened saadows of the New Jerusalem, but after all the bitter taste of possible doubt existed, and our tears flowed: | aires. Where, then, in the wide worid were we to | find a fixed beliet upon this question of a future state, whicu was the poit upon waica our duties and our hopes turned. With some of the present Cougregatiuu BV Muy Mvutas ug Cuspse ve Jore they Wou.d sotve Cue proview vor ticuserves, Those 01 them Wao Wee yous Were Dot Wilhous | their thuuguts ou the suvject of a suture existence, for sathers, 200s a44 Drviners had goue wod pelle etraceu the mystery, ul uo duusi Visivd coud peuetrate 11.0 its daraness; Do relurallg 10h | steps bau been discuverea, HBAVBN. Let him speak to tie.a upon that state which Was Called weaven., ine Becued CO have an idea oi a iuture itle, had ever existed Wituout 1b. Curious Lungs Bout Leaven thac they could not tuk oO Luey Were beyond Lue scupe Of human thougnt. No man coud cuuceive the glories of the juture any more Cian ue Gould perceive the pertume vi howers withous the odor, Brotal na | lous hau a bratal heaven; Curstian nations bad # | senuiment O. enjoyment init. Phe American lodiaa dreamed Of &° proaused laud where he and ws dog would ve united and where tus wigwam would uever be torn down; where nis utile Ones Woud play about Lis homestead lor ever aud Where ticre Would be NO dure sorrow. Hven Cue rude Scaudimaviao livea im contempia- tiou Of & iuiure state, where he would be vic~ torus over is eueuies trou sunrise to sunset, and Waoere ne would uriuk out of tue skulls of us Vauquished foes. ine Indian carried to bis Deayem lis bows and arrows aud dog; the Scandinaviam carried bis enemies and hs hatred to ts paradise; the indian could’ nut conceive Of soy bigher heaven than one vast continent covered by forests, dotted by runuing rivuicts aud quiet, glistening luses, ‘The Curistian passed om Nuse- reto vo Jerusalem; he ureamed O/ sometuing | brigiter; lis geweral tone oF lwe had been eie- | vated, nis feeungs were deeper, bis sympathes were orighter aud purer; wvecler hacure aniinated | the Unrwtan aad suppiemented Mis suture home. | We looked jorward 10 thut otner land where we | could take compiete rest, where there suoud be { no darkness or sorrow, but eternal light and joy. It Wus @ Lowe 10r us. HOW MUCH Was implied in the term “homey Persons woo had travelled in Europe couid well appreciate it, ‘hey got sick | and ured, alter having travelied ‘from place to | place, of the continual change. Many persons ‘ qguring the urse week ot their sojoura thougut | Paris a paradise; in u few weeks more it becuine | tedious and tuey .vnged lor their home. went to Germany aud whirled avout in railr curs, until they ened Oi perpecuai travel. they entertained & hope; little homesieud in New England, on a hill ey or the other home tu the city, becunse you have made that havitation your howe sv iong. Heaven was such a Lome, and We await here antil the King sends word tuat He requires us to actend tm His august presenve. That thought was che foundation stone of the Caristiaa religim., We were toid that tuere would be no night there—no darkness. No, everything would be made c.ear to our facuitios, Thera wus no nightin weaved. " SHALL Wit MEET IN HEAVEN ¢ Did they believe that they would meet together ta heaven, and i 80, would they know one another f Wouid he see tus aged jatuec there or ais dear and venerated mother, who had so Osten watcaed ab his bedside ? Could they think that privilege would be demed—tie recognitiva oi tuose whom toey had loved? Were they ouly to meet as strangers? It he Knew himseli, way siouid he not be able to peupie of every Dab No naiiua bus it Was lor that sweet know others? how could he help knowing ; Wem? they wonid nos be like iragments lymg side by side, bat would resemble # skein Of suk, 4 periect whole. So it would ve With his father and mother and children. He had | part of his rather io btu and He KueW that tHe od Mn si thought of Lim, aud that Mus dear mother had not forgotien hun, Sue uae. not forgotten bin here, and coud they think she would ,orget lim in the preseace of Hin to whou she had 80 often prayedy Yes, we should know and love one an- ocner in Heaven as we haddene wuleon the earth, | Let tem take tae ligat uc the sorptnres in their hands; it would guide them through all darkness abel ead them into everua Lte—tato, Beaven itdell,, |