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BB by Shepherds Who Have | Not Left Their Flocks. (Sha cLIFF cAMP MEETING. (Wr, Adams on Human Helplessness and Divine Competence. Whe Rev. H. O. Brigham, and the Beauty of Revelation. PLYMOUTH CHURCH MORNING SERVICE, OXUROH OF THE STBANGERS. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1874—WITH SUPPLEMENT. setae eemens Se ee en flis giorious works, and that He would bestow upon them the kind privilege of comprehending the wisdom, justice and truth of the outward creation of Hite works, Bas Gy mints com into harmony th the divine statutes, that the Truth in all human souls should pevdeepened and rengthened; that God should teach us our needs, and thal grace should turn us aside from all us and evil wiles. He prayed for forall who were in forsaken; tor men who are thelr Own enemies, and that the ciderd of the family might find the strength iu their children and chihdren’s children that is fati- ing in them, He sent up ap earnest supplication for the Christian Church, that it it be more u i $0 Gatward sore ‘and empty profession, & o true spirit of union 10 Churett versal, and finally asked jon tent planers as an bamble of Bim who hs at was on the beauty of val Mand be. selected 8 his text tie twon- | j tain all the divine my siery | hidden in comprehended by men. The sunlig the Gewering spr: and op th neither contains all the sol theres Jesus, the First and the Last—a Sermon by Rev. Dr. Deems. A beating rain at church time thinved the ‘Churches out. In the Church of the Strangers one | of the attractions is the hundred orphan children, ‘whose singing adds so much to the service, They ‘Were Kept by the rain. Tuere were few ladies pres- t, but perhaps the largest congregation of men im the churches. It was a striking sight 800 60 Many men. text was Revelations i., 17, 18—*Fear not, ‘Yam the Nrss and che last; I am he that liveth and | [Was dead; and behold Iam alive forever, amen, | yand have the keys of hell and death.” First of all | | | lattention was called to the fact that “ucar not” *@ecurs thirty times tn the Bible, Fear is the off- \gpring of superstition. The more men know of | (Oprist and His offices the less fear they nave of iMving or of dying. And knowledge is founded on Yaith. We never can know the good that is in a | man unless we believe in him. So of God. Those }who soquaint themselves with God are at peace, | wn Jesus sppeared to John on the lonely Patmos, in the seftened splendor of the Apoca- ilypee, it was so great as to have effect jon his senses, Jesus reassured him by jhe “Fear not.” He claimed to be God. This distinct claim is very manifest if we compare the text with Revelation |., 8-11, and ‘with the forty-fourth cnapter of Isaiah, s\xth verse, wnd twelfth verse of forty-etguth chapter. [These ‘were read and commented on to show that in every instance He who uttered them claimed to be ‘God, that they were all uttered by the same person. jand that Jesus Christ manifestly was the speaker {im the case in hand.) Jesus then assigned tnree ineasons why Jobn should not fear; drst, that He, i¥esua, inctudes all things in Himself; second, that ‘He kept in memory His humiliation unto death; and third, that He had power and dominion over the iworld to come, Hades and death. He includes all ‘things in Himself, This is true of the naturai ‘world, He made the matter and forces of the ‘Physical world, and they all work for Him. This is ‘the key to the mysteries of physical science. \Beave Jecus, the Christ, out, and the creaticn of the world 1s purpeseless. That is the reason why ‘Onristless philosophers of splendid talents and funduestioned erudition go seeking what the tPrench cali ratson q’étre of the universe, or be- Aleve that 16 came of chance, or that is eternal. A | pte eS id working, for @ heart of infinite love has reason (80 be; the reason of its existence is compre- he i Jesus Obrist is the first and the | of en must the intellectual and moral world. be reached through their under- Standing ond their moral sense. Large | Ymasses Of men have not the intellectual ability to go through the inductions necessary to establish | ‘premises, nor even the deductions necessary to Seach great general laws from premises already | ed. ‘In aclence men go by taith in ther ers, and simply learn trae because it will bear to be used in practice. erney do ‘ot know why. There may be more super- | tition in scieace than in religion, because in the r nO man need depend on may have sufficient internal evidence to sat- himsel! aoe he could not prove the e: ‘igtence of bis special consciousness to auoiner, 'e believe that the claim of Jesus to be the first | sand the last is seen in this, that both the highest | moral illumination and the soundest logical pro- | esses lead to Jesus Christ—that 1s, to God. Then | = preacher took what be called ‘the funda- ental proposition of religion,” “God is,” and | somehow thus showed how sound heads and hearts Teach the tratn. sod is.”” The moral sense says 4 cannot believe tua: there is not a God, while the | logical understanding saya 1 am compeiled to be- | lieve that there isa God. Again, the moral sense says If 1 have any certain consciousness it ts that I em the subject of moral treatment, which cannot have come of itself, but must have some one who ministers it; while the understanding says, If ere be any result of my investigations on wiuch | alter taking two handfuls of incense, went into | in the ears of the afflicted man. 1 can certainly rely it is that all second causes are jue to some first cause, which is of necessity God, | piace, and took of the blood of the bullock and the | the former says, All my ae begin in God, ‘ail my springs are in Thee,” while the lozical un- jerstanding says, Ali my thoughts end in God. In | ner words, the Lord is the Aipla oi the heart, Lord is the Omega of the bead. He is the be- | janing and the ending of the whole moral and in- ectual constitution of man. Jesus Christ is ‘the first and the !astin the Bibie. Take from this poe Mtial book all that means a divine Saviour and what barreoness you reduce it! It then has no more power than any otier book. The histories, $e prophecies, the ethical teachings, the devo- onal writings, ail fallaway. ‘The Evangely drops to apar with Xenopbon’s Memoralilia. We have no one universal book for all men and all times. Tne Airst verse of the Bivie records His power and the Yast verse records His praise. He ts the Alpha of creation and the Omega of redemption. Then St was shown that Jesus Christ is the first ‘and the last im the Ohurch, in all its services, sermons and sacraments, in individual expert- epce, in conviction, in regeneration, in sanctifica- tion, and in heaven, as preparing it for His ee preparing them tor it and in making it all it 48 to boly souls. The second reason (or not fear- dng is that Jesus Christ im all His giory does not forget His humiliation and death. Whai a blessed | thing to us is the mere fact that Jesus Christ died! We might bear hte, and yet death might be 60 frightful, But now we cannot say, Death isso feartul that Jesus Christ came into the world by Dirth, but refused to go out of it by death, and ‘Went some other way. No. Jesus says, “lam be — that liveth and was dead.” Mark that. Was dead. One who has been dead may bo alive to | live forevermore. And our great saviour does | not forge’ the fact. He mentions it for our com- fort. jast reason is that Jesus has power over hell andearth. ‘Keys He calis it. That reminds | ‘us of something. The grave seems like a black casket into which our treasures have been gath- roceeding froma heart of infnite love | hat @ statement is | is impossible for finite mini rious tra“bs, which may perhaps de better com- | prehended by the coming generations beyond the | hitis of time. The idea o: some Old theologians, that God bas His t pleasure tn the contempla- tion of His secret stores, is utierly ugnant to | every Christian soul, as to the Divine Spirit there | be more joy in giving to mankind thao in @ | miser’s mi Meditation on his mighty secrets and wealth. ere are those who believe in reve- iations because they are mysterious, beyond their Teasop. A whem ghastly an of who , Dut this ies not the Nid es evaryl ne Wi epiri jt aehoue’ yeatkod glass which | °Wnere ta cheer hes brought up the man who ever brought up line of his obedience ¢o the morality taught in revelation? It seems in its veacvings we ine ; 80, to receive all tue gio- | can distort forms and make | trath, on | proclaiming messages of and pyre in 8 | ag described by the poet Cowper:— ——the the skies, His thi 1 w Sper and, Bweet'as angels use, the yy ebaees bites. dut He then went on to say that the frac | or the spiritual watchman was to resist the 4 | saults of sin. Ane ee ae it with evil and wi tat arene the kingly qualities of the human hen they come off victorious they shine like stars of the greatest magnitude. The Scriptures give aasurance that sin wl not al continue om the earth. Sec how men hive doom gucouraged aud demoraiized in business. How artening art tweuty- | this woud be If, in the mids of ial panics eee emtarcnomy Tes smear | amd enveloped in clouds of deepest a darkest unto the Lord our God; bat those things Which are there was nota Art peliat glorious raveldptougunta anon to, Satna Me, | ira ye hme oma hy uous oF ai the Wo of | & it a {lir" awe” The burden of the discourse of | SILVER LINING TO EVERY GLOUD | ‘he preacher was, that mo matter how my3s- that inspires to ime eee “ . verious revelation seemed to man, he was bound | faith that has aci yet _ gy eae bene 6 to accept tta truth so far as be could aaaeraennd | tues Soap aaa tele tktn‘ah the divine anpste of God, oo there must sin and ignorance above us wo have faith | that they will be dispelied. It is the same . | ie iaith of coming Barvest thas leads the dena to sow his seed. After cl party depicting c leading features of the night of sin, he Pr to of what he Gesignated the is error. Man, he said, bas to study jor knowle! If there ‘was DO ignorance, knowledge would not be ap- preciated. We all know how error and ignorance pervert and degrace. We all know how knowledge | elevates and ennobies, It is Kaowledge that stim- | ulates to invention, | a saae, aad the telegraph nd the and the steam engine, and the at ting press are its ian ee. Sxppasaie Errors | feces. astronomy and chemistry are being dis- if led before the advance of knowledge. Before Bie march of solence the night ol error is pase- ing away. The morn o! knowl! send teous- | megs is comtug on, and glorious morn it 16, There 1s another nignt—the nigut of aftiotion. King and r alike must taste of its bitter waters. A | a en calamity comes upon household; the | peautitl form 1s cold in death; there is silence on Dot only nave a Weboat our shipwrecked | the loved lips; the heart is stilied forever. It is soula, bat good fet ne take 4 saiely in | Bight io you soul. You call ont in your grief, “0! them to shore. There are men who discourse of | Father, what o/ the night t” A voice answers ing oF eh Gospel { Onrist and gel pom pote. | soe made DAPpy. soar ail amicsions Work outa ing of the Gospel of 3 the heathen. vet seus iad benent. They asveiop the highest and best faculties of the soul. How the advance Of death olen FIRST REFORMED BFISOOPAL CHUROE. Sermon by Rev. Mason Gallagher, Passaic, WN.” J.—Jesus a High Priest Amongst Us. : | After the usual services yesterday morning the Rev. Mason Gallagher, of Passaic, who took the place of Rev. Dr. Sabine. gone to St. Louis to assist in dedicating a church, gave as his text the passage from Hebrews, 4, Xiv., ‘Seeing then that we have @ great high priest, that is passed imto the heavens, Jesus the Soa of God, let us hold fast our profession.” The reverend gentleman went on to say: The object of the epistie seems to be the unfolding of tne stacus of Christ. How He is made our atonement, and how God’s power shown in Aim, The Jewish atonement was essen- tially that of sacrifice, and the text has respect to the offering of Jesus a8 ® sacritice for the | sins of the whole world. The fourth chapter, in its entirety, 18 of value of | more than ordinary kind, Mm tnat it shows | the Hebrew ritual, which ls manifestly the central | proof of Holy Scripture, the corner stone of Chris- | tan doctrine, From it we derive our duty and our | proper method of Ufe. The part which comes be- | fore our text shows this:—*We see Jesus crowned | witn glory and honor, for he tasted death for every | man,” &c., leading natarally to the passage 1 have | taken for the text, The apostie in tie third caap- | ter has introdaced a comparison between Moses and Christ Jeaus, showing the great Hebrew leader to be inaniteiy interior to our Redeemer in that he | preaches doctrines of lower grade. He then goes on to compare Aaron and the Jewish pricst hood. it is necessary for my agen F that Ishould Say what this mention of the great high priest means. The word it 3 one WHO officiates to God for others. Under the true sense of eh no a siné® Christ ascended to heaven, for He is tue OMy priest and was the last one. No others @ to the 5 they do noi offer The. of the word by men ts & 3 Of modified popery, and itis to be regretted that the word was ever | adinitced into tne Episcopal Church. The frst ig fellow, Dut each | reformers never used tie word and it was only | admitted in the degeneraie days of the Church, | when the frst holy zealand divine light had de- [ag It is bigh time that the word should ave been expunged, which has been done by the Reformed Episcopal Church, In the text the spostie seems to refer to him who entered tne holy of holies and made atonement for the sins of the people. There was one in tbe old He- braic doctrine who was the type of Christ, and to him the apostle seems to allude. The sons of Aaron seeuto bave deen associated with him. This important service took place oa the tenth day ol the seventh month and was a day 0; pardon aud was aiso the ouly occasion in the whole year when tne Jews did one whole day’s fasting. First were taken a lamb and a bull and then two goats, one of which was killed and the other allowea to ¢ cape into tue wilderness. The higa priest then, the holy of holies, wito which he sprinkied the goat and put some upon the lid of the ark of the covenant and sprinkied it ut also. ‘Then the living goat of the two was taken, and aiter the | gins o1 the whole people were put upon him by the | laying on of handg he was led away by 8 man and sent into the wilderness. Tnen the high priest put on those wonderful garments which were or. dered him by the hey A and offered up @ hol caust and then gave the blessing unto the people. These ceremonies were so solemn that no man was described as happy that had not witnessed them. This action taught the ~- principie of the pardon of sins through sacrifice. Th apostie represents Christ af having passe out of the temple into the interior heaven, ge into the presence of the blessed God, fesus the Savionr, the Son of God, the long pre- dicted Messiah, by whom the Father made the world; the Brightness, the Father’s Glory. Prop- erly was He cailed the Great High Priest, who bore our gins in His own body on the cross, The same office which the high priest performed Cirist Jesus is executing in heaven tor us. He rep- | resents not there the blood of animals, but His | own biood, and how mucb more must this purge our consciences! To us He is the Great High Priest, if we have repented and belioved in His atone- ment and in His name jor our saivation. The expla- tion of Jesus Curist has opened the faming gate which wa3 closed. it was taken away by Jesus when He died jor man, He went taen to prepare & place for His lollowers. There He does not forget | 18 His poor children for whom He poured out blood on Calvary. He cleanses irom their faults, their presumptions, their sins. He is not ashamed to call them, however degvaded, by the tender name Of iriends and companions. character He bore on earth He ever will sustain in heaven. Meek and humble and gentle, He is the example of knowledge, holiness and enjoyment. Such is the relation and office which Christ fills in heaven. or opens the soul's windows! Humbolat, tho Et trayelier of broadest experience, when his it hour drew near, asked to have his bed moved where he could view the setting sun. Jerrold, the keen and subtle wit, on dein; just before his death how he felt, answere' om Falnng, ona being waited jor.” Obristopher orth, ntloman and Christian scholar, that his death was Dear, told his class, have hotexamined your essays. [could not see toread them tn tne Valley and shadow of deatn where I have been.” There is one to-day, the porer of whvse transcending genius has electri the He stood exutted, There has come to him THE BLIGHT OF DEATH. Be bas been stricken down in a moment. I hold a loaf in my hand; it is fragrant to me, put not to you. | it ts yours as weli as mine. cruabed the rance—his life—is scattered. But the time will Come when ono shall pass from earthly apartments into a celestial building, to be there honored and loved forever. ‘There will be no death nor sorrow nor crime there. When our berk strikes the shores of the celestial country 5 | Morn of immortatity, without a cloud, will smile on the soul. Hope les before us, the hope of achieving great good in the ungrasped future, As says Tennyson :— Ob, y ist that s¢ Wy good, Bundle ry Pry men. So, woen one 18 final goal of 1, ‘o pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt and taints of blood; ‘That nothing walks with aimnloss te6t, $ not one jife shall be destroyea ‘Or cast as rubbish to the void When God has made the pile complete. 87, MARY’s STAR OF THE SEA, Baptism—Unity of Faith—Doubt and Blasphemy of the Nineteenth Century Severely Rebuked—The Children ef God—Sermon by Rev. Eugene Cassidy. The sacrifice of the mass was offered by the Rev. | Father Toner at the Churcn of St, Mary’s Star of the Sea,'Court street, near Luqueer, South Brook- lyn, a% {the principal service yesterday. The pastor, Rev. Eugene Cassidy, preached, taking bis text from the gospel of the day—the eleventh Sun- day after Pentecost—St Mart, vil., $1, to the ond of the chapter. The reverend gentleman spoke in substance as follows:—“He hath done all things well; he hath made both the deaf ‘o hear and the | dumb to speak.”’ No wonder that the crowds that | gathered about Him were lost in admiration when | they beheld the miracles our Divine Lord and | Saviour Jesus Christ performed and that they | Snouiad excisim, “He hath done all things | well?’ Why did our Lord take the deaf and aumb | man aside from the maltitude before putting His fingers into his ears and touching his tongue, as recorded in the Gospel? It was because He did { | not wish to effect the cure in the presence of those who believed not in the worship of God. When man wants to worship Goa he does not wish todo so be- | fore those who do mot recognize his faiti. Our | aivine Lord pursued a form in placing His fingers “Spitting, He touched his tongue.’ | HE ESTABLISHED BAPTISM, algo, and without baptism we cannot be saved. Baptism is the gate of the Church, through whitch all who would be Christians must enter. Baptism is threefold in form. The first ig-that of an intense desire to be in the fold of Christ when the facili- ties for receiving the sacrament by the priest and the uring of water on tre he; are not ible of attainment. For instance, a man meeting with sudden death. not baptized, makes a firm offering of his soul to Jesus Christ and begs film to receive his soul in the true fold, That man 1s as free from sim as the child at the font over whose head the waters of regeneration and life have been poured. The second form of baptism ts that of blood. When persecution rages and the children of fa.tn are taken hoid of by bar- banans and jufidels, and put to death for their | pro‘essed adherence to the Jaith of Him who died | on the hard wood of the cross of Calvary, sach | persons are baptized by blood, and also inherit the | crown of martyrdom. The third form Is that by | water, Which 18 the same as our Divine Lord ea | | tablished when He opencd the moutn o/ the aumb man end locsed the string of his tongue. Yet we | | are told m THIS MIGHTY AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT and progress—this wonderful nineteenth century— | ; that the Church of Christ 1s not a divine institu. | top. We are told by a writer in one of this morn- | ing’s papers that “unity of faith does not exist, | or did not in the Apostolic Church, and could not | | exist unless an essential change should be | wrought by the Croator tn the mentality of the | 7 We are told that “propositions of our | faith are opposed to the senses,” and that itis a | “system of religion which stands in the way of | free and progressive thuught among men, and | cannot, therefore, be @ divine institution.” It | was, according to this enlightened age, then, | ered. The older we grow the less we have out | There He waits for us alter having shed that bu- | innossinie for God to establish a churci which ofthe grave and the more in it. Cutldren have often nothing, seldom much, there ; but the oldest men living has ig all there. Shall we fear ag firey are put away there—tnose beautiul loved biogs, the desire Of our eyes ani the joy of our hearts? They are sale. Fear not for your wife or husband or child or lover. Jesus holds the key of the vault of your treasures, Nor need we fear to enter there. le mot go coo soon. Christ has the “‘keys of the place of departed spirits and of Geath.”” He opens and no man shuts; He shuts nd no man opens. We cannot be reached by sor- | w the! we shall be safe in Hades and death, use in the arms of Jesus. Fear not, brethren, ec". live, for He ts the beginning ana end of your fives; tear not ifyou die, for our Je- hovah, Jesus, has the keys of death and of para- dise. He wi'l open to His beloved and we shail be forever with the Lord, who Is the first begotten of the dead, the prince of the kings of the earth, who hath loved us and washed us from vur sins in His own biood and made us kings and priests anto God. To Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever, Amen, ALL 80ULS’ OHURCH. The Beauty of Revelation—Sermon by the Rev. H. C. Brigham. Yesterday morning service was held in Rev. Dr. Bellows’ church, corner of Fourth avenue and | Twentieth street, by Rev. H.C. Brigham. Owing | to the inclement state of the weather only about | @ score of worshippers were present to Msten to ‘the sermon of Mr. Brigham, which was full of beauty and interest. The reverend gentleman commenced the service by reading trom the six- Seenth chapter of the Gospel according to St. aoni These things have J spoken unto you th: should not beodended, ‘gedeomapect ‘They shall put you out of the synagogues; yea, ‘the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service, &c. The choir—an excellent one—now sung the 149th hymn, commencing with the beautiful verse— | Great God in vain man's narrow view ‘Attempts to look Thy nature through: Oar ing powers with reverence own ‘Thy glories never can be known. ‘This hymn was sung to the music of the Russian | ational air. Mr. Brigham’s prayer was eloquent. Be im. | plored the Divine Father that the sons of mon | might not live on the beamsiul earth ignorant of | man biood which He had on earth. Has He not es- tabliaped His divinity by His miracles, His life and His glorious resurrection’ and does He not say that those wh» do not believe shall have the wrath of God upon them? Ui He ts im the heavens pray- ing for ug what is the condition of the men who despise Him? It follows, then, that if any other doc- trine is preached, even by an aagel, It is another ferret from the father of lies. It is rationaltsm, ‘he dental of the divinity of Christ. A substitution of material altars for the one of Christ Jesus, Ro- Mantsm and other schisms. Believe only the one doctrine in its simpitcity and as it is in Christ Jesus. CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR. The World’s Widest Awake Watchers— Something About Ministers im General and Henry Ward Beecher in Particu- lar—Sermon by Rev. J. Hazard Hart- aell. There was but a very siim attendance at the anrvices yesterday morning at the Church of Our Saviour, more popularly Known as the Sixth Caol- versalist church, on Fifty-seventh street, near Eigith avenue, but, of course, it could hardly be expected to be otherwise at this season of the year, and more particularly on such a stormy Sabbath as it was yesterday. Those who were present, however, had the pleasant satis‘action of listening to an unusually eloquent sermon from the well known brilliant pulpit orator and leciurer, Rev, J. Hazard Hartzell, of Middletown, Conn. His text was Isaiah xx1., 11 and 12:—‘'Watchman, what of the night?’ The watchman said, Tne morning cometh, and also the night; ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.” | The train of thought natursily suggested by the text was presented in @ clear and forcible manner. Mainly he was confined to his mauu- script, bat occasionally broke sloof from the pulpit and bis written lines and gave utterance to extem- porancous passages of thrilling eloquence. In the | early period of the world’s history, he began, walls were erected around cities, and on theso walls were watchmen. When the watchman announced | should endure forever; to establish a church | which could withstand the growth of man’s | infdeiity. We have heard {frequently from so- | called teachers of the Gospel that the Church could | not be infallible, St. Paul was not infaliibie in his | teachings. We had nothing to expect trom such | false teachers. Does the writer of the article con- sider the Commandments which God gave to Moses infallible truth? | suthority which Christ | go bage as tosay that the Divinity was not pro- | gressive enough in His knowledge of the require- ments of His creatures In this advanced day and generation? I say no more awful blasphemy could be conceived or uttered by maa | against the omnipotence of God. if God | | could do more to-day than He could have | done yesterday He would not be God. But the moment man loses sight of divine authority and | Giscards the truths laid dowa for his observance | he is lost in a maze of perplexities incited and fed by the evil one, Jt was the programme of Luther | what every man should read the Bible and judge | for himseif as to its meaning and significance. Ab{ | Lather, you 414 not see Jar pares when you nade pte programme; you did not foresee the three ndred and fiity sects of s0-cuiled Christians who | | are now to be sound reading the Scriptures and | interpreting for themselves. ‘A BASKL OF SECTS ABOUND, | and that is termed enlightenment. How diferent | ig the case with the cluidren of faith, who cnjoy a | conviction seated in the heart that every word of | His js the same when He told the Church thay the | “gates of bell snould not prevail against her,” and that He himself will remain with ber forever. The | Pope 1s the promoter Of faith, but is not the au- thor of it. He could not create faith. The office of the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth nd? promote that faith his Lord and Master founded when He created the Catholic Church and said Hi apostl “Go ye forth and veach all nations, and | behol am with you all days, even to the oust ation of time,”’ The Catholic can have no | doubt where the word of God is on as uttered Clear, definite and expiicit, and fo “Ll know He established the Church and that He will be end of time.” He knows of tho wet nl perversity of the human heat | and has lest His jtnful followers the Iife-giving | Sacraments to sustain them whue on earth, Then, truly, to be the child of faith is to be the child of God. There is no such assurance given in man's fered anchorage for the hope of eternal life, hat are bis shallow assurances and corrupt tou efforts to destroy faith when weighed in the ecale | Of reason With the treasures which God hasin | high above other | Its Iragrance ts mine till crushed, and then | -| tion to man. Has the Church changed the | ve? Can man be found | “Faith without pores will evedl must love ama an oar eat wo daily you yur labo! you have been strangers evita oa vt the hap- eas engendered by peace pie but. nasten to ‘arink’ Of fountuin of Severe ana Strengtuen and" invigorate’‘all_ who worthily partake thereof 87, JOHWS METHODIST OHUROE. ‘Humane Helplessness and Divine by Rev. B. M. Adams. The Of St. John’s Methodist Eptscopal church, ford avenue, was acceptably filled yesterday by Rev. B. M. Adams, of Hempstead, who, in the morning, delivered an earnest Practical discourse, taxing for his text Exodus it, 14—"l am that I am.” In his introductory remarks the reverend gentle- man said that Moses had a strange history, a8 most really great men tn the world had. Any of strong individuality and great powers ordinarily had an uncommon history. When Moses was avout forty years of age he seemed to wake up to the fact that God nad called nim to something else than the government of a great earthly Kingdom, and a few sharp, decisfve actions on hts part brought things to a crisis. He was dsiven out from the land of Egypt and became a keeper of sheep. It would seem like a great coming Gown for the heir of a great throne to spend forty years in the wilderness tending sheep, but he was going through a process of education necessary to accomplish the great work which God had for bim todo, It was when ho was alone with God that the marvelious revelation of the burning bush was made. Moses began to talk of his weakness and to excuse himself from the service to which God had called kim, and his excuses were stmilar to those made by professing Ohristians in this age but the roply was, “Tell tne children of Israel tha* I Am beth sent you unto them.’ The doctrine of the text covered fhe entirety of God and man, aod the first point elucidated wag that or humah arene which was tliustrated by reference to the fearful rain storm Of the pre- vi night and to terrible thunder storms. At such times the worst of men, If sensitivety organ- ized, could not help but feel helpless. How small men felt sometimes in the presence of apparently lttte things { There was nothing more helpless than a snowflake which dropped on a man’s coat and melted; butan acoummulation of them dur- tug tho night in the country prevents the man of | business from leaving home, and over} a locomotive, which, next to a ship, was the est thing man has constructed. The forces of gravitation and of electricity, Gnancial panics, | sickness and death were quoted as going to show how helpless human beings were in their presence. When # man studied his own heart in | the light of God’s Word and Spirit he | would soon begin to have a conception of his own weakness, and those who felt strong spiritually should heed the injunction, “Let him | that standeth take heed lest he ial.” Every man bas a weak point where he can be overwhelmed, and i tt were not for the marvellous power of God there were none who could for an instant stand before the breath o/ Satan’s terrible temp- tations. Tne children of Isracl when in Egypt were degraded and disobedient, and had no cour- age. They felt like a great many people in this | age, who are content to live in bondage to sin when they have enough to eat. The were making bricks and enduring bo! God looxed down upon them Moses as an ambassador, who went their weakness with the reinforcements of Al- ystiness, ‘The preacher proceeded in tho séec- Place to expatiato with unusual lervor upon the divine competence in its rela- One o1 the pecullarties of weakness was that it had power to cling, hat was weaker than a vine growing up by the side of the osk ? Bat it grew sometimes anill it lifted tts bead high above the follage of the tree on which it cumved, God was close by men to give them the reiniorcement of His strength in their weakness, The phrase “I am” referred to Goa’s immutability, power and love. Love planned good tor the human race and power carried out the plan. American rents might pian largely for their chlidren, and in his connection the speaker alluded to a conversa- tion which he recently overheard between a fond mother ana her offspring, who, alter enumerating Tm positions of honor that “Johnny” might Teached the climax by the usuai prophecy, “My littie Joknn; shall be eside! of the United tates," Human love might plan all sorts of ti but man had not the power to execute all his wishes. Not so with the Divine Father, wao had intinite resources at His command, which He had promised to exercise for the good of His faithful children. The message of God by Moses to the degraded and enslaved Israelites meant deliverance, exaltation, the promised land, the perpetuity of their nation- ality, and under the dispensation of Jesus Christ all believers were invite: experience ireedom from sin and a blessed hope of eternal ile. The lesson which the preacher deduced from the theme of discussion was one of faith in Divine omnipo- tence and goodness. Men were subject to tempta- tion on every side, and there was no realm of race provided im the wonderfgl scheme of redemption where human nature was [ear beyond the possibility of temptation. ‘¢ was only when the .pearly gates closed behind the soul that it was beyond the power of the devil totemptit. If, when the weak and tempted fol- lower of Christ was endeavoring tu quench the Hery darts of the adversary, he took in the thought “God loves me and His power is promised to take care of me," those darts would {all as harmless as arrows of glass against pillars of granite. Those who were ionging for more of the divine nature to come into their lives, but who were discouraged and weakened by the circumstances which sur- rounded them, should exercise jaith in thel am, the glorious and holy God who promised strength and deliverance. It was crime to be weak when we could de strong—to be poor when wo could be rich. Jn conclasion he urged his hearers to go to | God and feei the warm clasp of His love and the sweet kisses of His everlasting benedictions. PLYMOUTH CHUROH, ’ Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Robinson, on the Leve of Christ to Mankind. ‘The home guard of the Plymouth dock are still obliged to worship in the large lecture room of the church, and will continue to do so for another Sabbath. There was not such a strong muster yesterday morning as perhaps there might have been bad the weather been more conducive toout- door exercise. Those who did venture were amply repaid by a fine sermon from Dr. Robinson, of Troy, who, for the last three Sundays, bas occupied , Mr. Beecher’s place, and will continue to do so | until bis return. The Doctor selected his text from the twelfth chapter of St. John’s Gospel and the torty-sixth verse:—“I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” Christ did not | come to this world to make known the wrath of | God, but to show His love for mankind. We see evidences of its abounding in the figures | and incidents of the Bible showing His | relation to man. Jouu quoted Christ us “the Good Shepherd,” who came not to kill and bat to heal and be tho light of the world. His love is also manifest in the nature | of His doctrines and teachings. On several occa- sions He told His disciples, ‘i will have mercy, | and not sacrifice,” and bade them go learn what that meaneth. And in the parable of the Prodigal Son that forlorn and wretched prodigal 1s Christ’s idea of the sinner; and ihe joyful emotions which the father feels when the son is returning him after having repented from the folly of his evil ways is Christ’s teaching of the feelings of an Almigity Father over ONE PRODIGAL SINNER, We see His love also in the revelation of God’s | | providence; the world witnout it has a terribly Toriorn and forsakco look. We are poor and | needy—does He think of us? Christ shows that He | does, and proves it by saying that not @ sparrow | falls to the ground without the Father's notice. | Even the hairs of our head are numbered, and If | He cares for such small things as these how much | more carefully wil! He watch over and guide our souls! Then there ts Christ’s doctrine concerning | the office and work of the Holy Spirit. Whata | light this throws on the world: frhis is the most encouraging view of the Holy Spirit that could pos | sibly be given us. The Spirit heipeth our infirm. | ties. ‘Lhere is consolation even in death. The grave | becomes a blessing instead of a fear, by the vic- tory which the Spirit enables us to obtain over it. It enables as to inauire with confidence, “Oh, grave, where isthy sting? Oh, death, where iy thy | victory?’ There 1s, too, the doctrine of the Holy Spirit concerning heaven, Heaven ts not an an- ending Sunday, nor adim cathedral, but a home | of constant praise and joy for ail who will Uelieve offers salvation toevery man. “J am come a Nght ante the world, that whosoever believeth in me should not abide in darkness.” Some men ink that God did not wish to save all men. Now, the decrees of God are His own pians for carrying on His government; we need not trouble ourselves | about them; Goud will take care of His own gov- ernment, t9 lost for the want of divine sy | ts ‘or the want of divine sympathy. God is not ‘willing that a, should perish: te rf longing for the salvation of man. He will not let all men | by Him to self-willed destruction, We may some | time understand why He does not interiere di. rectly to save all men, but at present itis a mys- tery us. Jesus offers His salvation ireely to all. I would not have any one *o away misanderstand- destroy, | that the morn approsched, then thoughts Of | store for His faithful children, ‘What will itprodt | ing me. There is no limit to His atonement except danger were dispelled, Night was mssock | a man if he i ne whole world and lose hig | unbelief, The offers of salvation are iree to all | ated with danger, the ay with safety, | own soul’ We are called upon, then, toexercise a | and sufictent to all. To those who love dark- | This illustration aamitied of an extended | liveirinteraakin the Carlatian faith whichis oorg ness ratucr than ligit He comes a8 & | ge eae sume fantastic backward and forward in t! scams -F uncertain, and full 0! an the neny treveles is borison Wy it and warm the doubts and fears wi ‘hi w bim on ev side all h the t, so it irik ao ater, ragu che Mond naa o forth its beauteous tower toh ee OHUBOH OF THE MEDIATOR. The Rev. Or. Thomas F. Cornell on Faith—Extreme Ritualism Denounced as Groundicss and Without Fatth. Yesterday was @ dreary day without, but not- withstanding this the interior of the Church of the Mediator, oorner of Jefferson street and Or- mond place, Brooklyn, looked aa bright and cheeriul.as ever. The church was well filed, and the music, as it usually is, very fue. The sermon was preached by Dr. Thomas F. Cornoll, the lately appointed rector, and waa able and eloquent. His text was taken from the Epistle of St. James, ti, 20—“But wilt thou know, O vain man, thas {faith without works ts dead?” Tne Doctor proceeded to show that the text was looked upon in two lights, yet showing the same light as spoken of by 8t. James and St, Paul, St. James says a man is not justified by faith only; ‘o the body withont the spirit 1s dead, 80 faith withont works is dead,” 8%. Paul also says, “To him that worketh is the roward—not reckoned of grace, but of debt.” Many discuss re- ligion from the heart rather than from tne under- standing, live more from sentiment than from feel- ing, while others discard the discussion entirely, considering 1t unimportant. A person is apt to discuss religion as bis lot ta cast in Iife. A man is toned up to the right doctrine by his right doings. St. Paul speaks of the text as a vital principle, St. James uses the term as an opinion, shows it important—a law of belici, yet a law it is and 8 Jaw this 4 needs, 9 healthful law. The trouble to-day is she divorce of religion irom the religious » The mind that moves freely will freely be moved to God; yet solentists may declare there is no God, but they cannot dethrone Him, and their soul will g00D on to corruption. Religton is not a fancy; taith is not 8 speculation; it is the act that shows itself, The loud brawier of the market, telling what he did and said, is very anlike Christ. ‘Phore 18 a religion that lies more in the steeple of their church than upon their altar. They think more of banners, altar cloths and outer vestments than of the inward feeling, The outside of religion is only one side. As thero were some that be- longed not to God, so there are to-day creeds that belong not to Him. Wilt thou, vain man, know that without faith work is vain? The foliowors of this creed can converse Of God, give faithful expressions, seem devout when @t worsiip, carry long faces, give penitent words, talk of de- vout deeds, but when you ask them to work they have the faith but not the work; they are frauds and their reigion 1s sham, It injures the whole sect and puts it to shame, causes the whole sect to be caricatured, and for these caricatures map, excuso themselves from God's service. What w Want to-t 1s one to come from Nazareth, one to walk by the sea of Gaitleo, one to walk upon the sea. The secret of lite is to belteve in Onrist and to lve in Carist—Carist our risen Saviour, the Saviour who appears for us and intercedes tor us. Examine yourselves, and it God dwells with you and you i Him you will do good, your works Will show your faith amd faith your works. Build up the vineysrd which God hath put you in, work While you have time, for witout work faith ts em PIPTH AVENUE REFORMED DUTOH OHUROE. Broken Cisterns—The Fountain of Liv- ing Waters. The pulpit of the Reformed Dutch church, on Filth avenue, was oocupied yesterday morning by Dr. Ormiston, of Twenty-ninth street. On giving out the hymn he requested all the congregation to Bing. Said he, “I believe in a choir, but by that I Mead a congregational choir; let all sing who can sing, and those who can’t sing dothe best they can.” Dr, Ormiston opened the services by reading the Commandments, and when he came to “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,” he paused tossy:—“There 18 something as healthy asthe ocean breeze in reading such words as these. The reciprocal ownership between God and the soul is the sublimest truth in the universe, He is not simp'y the Lord God of lsrael, but He ts | my God.” Then he read the second commandment— “and thou shail love thy neighbor as thyself.’ “Thy God, thyself and thy neighbor, there you have all philosophy.” The text selected was from the sec- ond chapter of Jeremiah, thirteenth verae—“For my peopie bave committed two evils; they have forsakea me, the jountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can bold no water.” The passage which 1 have read is part of an earnest expostulation with the Jews on the subject of their wicked idolatry; it contains reference to history and points, pre’ by Way of contrast to other lands, and then comes at most fearful of all charges, “And ye nave lor- seken me.” Now this charge was not brougnt alone, but may be appiled to all the human race. Separated irom God, seeking happi- ness where it 1s not to be found, wearied and un- happy: this 18 the experience of most o us. rst we are told that God created man in His own ti , and by sin he fell and by that fall was severea, alienated trom God. Wo are charged in the text with two evils; first, forsaking the fountain, iull, bubbling fresh and free, and then going to hew oat for ourselves PITIFUL LITTLE CISTERNS, stagnant at the best. How many cisterns some of ibe have hewed, and what yon found im the dry ttoms you could abundantly tell. Away fiom God we find misery, sin ond suffering; they are inseparable. Conscious of its real loss, craving atter it, we long to get it back again; fer from home, atong swine, in want, we fain would gnaw even the husks, forgetting our father's house with its plentiful supply. Each edort has ever proved a fatiure, every struggle we make we only sink deeper, every FALSE RELIGION is only the cry Of @ breaking heart, the cry of a despolled existence. The history of the world is one grand trial of how to get along without God. Ithas been tried again end again, while & foun- tain of living water, with its exhaustiess supply adequate im every way to satisiy our thirsty souls, is forsaken, and we go to hewing ont cisterns, Even if they were tull they would hoid but little, but they are to be broken: perhaps in bein; shaped they were shattered. It matters no wil what skill and ara they were formed, Shey held no water; it is weary work and fruitless in . Now, God docs not reason with them, but He ap- peals to inanimate nature all around. Is there anything 1n the universe I have formed like that Fr Mun forsaking me and hewing out a cistern | for himself? Even the dumb ox knows its master, | God summons the creation ali round us to startle us with the knowledge of our folly. ven Christ, en as He did, marvelled at their ua- te Those to whom this message comes belong to no one race; it means all the world, There are digerent ways in which the human soul, tortured by doubt, secks for satisiaction. By far the greater namber seek it in the possession of the senses, the pas of pleasares and amusements that appeal the senses; tho second ciass many be aiitue more refined; it may be they are secking It in the pursuit of an honorable business, and it ma: that a certain excitement and gayety is added, What does it come to? It is no better t Ly phosphorescence on & dead man’s face. If we rise a littie higher, still it 1s onty a degree more refined and the heart says, “Is that af A man may revel in the delights of literature and scien his brain may be healthy and vigorous and lie may engage in moral reforms or he ey, enter into the social and domestic sphere; but if I build an $40), ie it 1e88 an idol because I build it in the most sa- cred spol? A man may and ongut to enjoy the sweet delights of home; but, if that is all, the goul says, “then I die.” Let the bratal the bloody cannibal be sounded, and they you with what an awful despair Nts it poage and never found it, sought it by fire by e . Come home now to formality in religion, to those who patronize it because religion is rather a respectable thing; and wha it don’t rain or _. are not otherwise engaged, go to church, and, like yonder door, get worn out im doing it, and nothing more. re is ing 60 awful as a conscious formality before God. To a being capable of appreciating God, give him a gew gaw; to a being designed by God to wear the robes of glory, ve him vestments, What meand it? Ah, the Glsterns hewed out by ROOLESIASTICAL HANDS are not @ bit better than the dark colored ones bewed out by savage handa, What wo want is real, genuine eppinens, We don’t want 4 drink; we waat a flowing fountain, We must dnd some- thiog that will endure. We may appeal to Adam’s transgression, to Cain's misery, tO lerael’s long The Storm and Its EdfectamGod’s Coms mendation of His Love to Mankind Sermon by Rev. Dx Nelson. Sga Otiry, L. 1, Angust 9, 197%. As undestrable a day for camp meeting purposes ag was yesterday could scarcely be conceived. The storm which commenced on Saturday seemed to exhaust itgeif here to-day inan effort to level the tents, half a dozen of which lie fiat on the open Ground this morning, The Association takes plea- sure in the fact that the fallen tents are not theirs, but belong to private parties on the grouna. Nos that they are glad that those persons have peen thus temporarily inconvenienced, An am: scene occurred with the downfall of one of the tents, Ayoung man was lying snugly in his bunk when the gust of wind lifted his,teut, clean of and left bim exposed én Aéshadilé, He cbanged positions then probably quicker than be ever did before. But for the moment tne scene was ludicrons in the ex. treme to those who witnessed it, A REGULAR CHUROH SOCIRTY has been organized here, ef which Rey. Wiliam Ross ig pastor, Inasmuch as thirteén samilies bave resided on this camp ground all the winter past, and probably twice that number will remais here next winter, euch % movement was deemed necessary. The lower floor of what ts known as the Preacher’s Cottage has been converted into & church nall, and here yesterday a larger congre- gation gathered than could be found in many @ city church, Seats were brought from the taber- nacle, and small s\ools were brought tuto reqaist- tion for those who oould not be thus acoommo- dated. Anaudience of more than three hund! persons were assembled, to which Dr. Nelson, of the Book Goncern, New York, preached an excel- jent sermon on the COMMENDATION OF GOD's LOYE to the human race, His discourse was based on Romans, v., 6-10, The Doctor pictured the fearful exigency {a whicn the race was placed by ain. He brought out the full force of the fanguage used by the Apostle Paul to illustrate our lost condition, and thereby to make more prominent the com: bryet ican Of God's love to us in the giftor Jesus rast. ‘The apostle, in the words quoted, says that when we were ‘without strength,” while we were “angodly,” “sinners” and “enemies” toward Goa, Christ died for us. ‘he Doctor dwelt more at length upon the first point than upon the others, and gave examples of our comparative helpless- ness, physically and intellectuaily and spiritually. What has been accomplished by man in th particulars are but falnt evidences of whi he might accomplish had not the fall lei him “without strength” and with the whole bead sick and the whole heart faint. in all spiritual mat. ters we are literally without strength. Take for in- stance the perceptive jaculty, And here tae Doo- tor illustrated the weakness of that faculty, Then the memory was instanced, and Dr. Nelson re- marked that if he should go degrade the pulpit as to tell them some absurd or amusing anecdote hig hearers would remember that oa long as they re- membered him, but scores of them would not re- member hia text until they got to their homes, After dwelling on those thoughts the Doctor cam next tospeak of the force of the apostie’s argum for a return of our tove to God, who has shown such atlove to as. But inasmoch as the natural eart is enmity againet God apd the natural man cannot understand the things of the Spirit o! Gi he urged his unconverted bearers to seck that Di- vine help which would enable them to love God and to cease their enmity toward him. THE SEA CLIF¥ SABBATH SCHOOL, In the afternoon at balr-past two o’olock the lit- tle chapel was again pretty well filled with Sunday school scholars and teachers. Mr. C. Applegate has the superintendence o1 the school, and Dr. North conducts au adult Bible class. ‘the Beret lessons are used. At the close of this exercise preaching service began at four o'clock, and thig olosed the religious services of the gag, oxcens th worship in the hotel at night. ere are 1 families still boardin, the Sea Cliff Hotel, 80 lace is not deserted, thdugh the cane meeting is over. ‘Ihe German camp meeting wit open here on Wednesday, and it 1s believed that an peal service will be held in the Tabernacie next Sabbath in connection with if Ii not, sere Vices Will be held, as to-day, in the small cha The storm cleared off abont five o'clock an gave usaclear sky and @ pleasant evening, Dot quite agreeable enough to admit of much promenading through the encampment, WARD'S ISLAND, EAE EIEN EN i How Sick and Destitute Emigrants are Received and Provided for. To ascertain what becomes of those unfortunate emigrants who come into this port affiicted with sickness or so poverty stricken that the payment of _ the passage money necoasary to bring them here has exhausted all their worldly means, or of those who have to wait for remittances from abroad or the interior to carry them to their destination, it is necessary in the first place to pay a ‘visit to Castle Garden, fon our arrival there some pas- senger vessel should be discharging her cargo of humaa freight 1t may be observed that from the long stream of passengers who run the gauntlet of the officials in the rotunda some few are sclected from the crowd assailing tne various oMcep set apart for the exchange of moneyq the sale of tickets, &o., who look with « HNgjesa, bewildered stare on ali the bustle around them, and appear to exhibit by their actions and deport- ment 4 kind of passive wonderment as to what will happen to them next. They seem incapable of taking their destiny into their own handse—oft exercising any volition toward the guidanoe of it, and they wait with a sort of undemonstrative patience to be acted upon—they would have some one tell them where to go, what to do and how to do it, Those are the sick who have no friends to care for them here; the destitute, who can go no further, and those who have to walt till their (rionds send them the means to rosecute their Journey to its end. For these no rtunates the Commissioners of Emigration nave to provide she:ter, support and medical attend- acce tl they can either take care of co and or their jends, if they have afy, sume the duty of providing for TA le Garden (bere are temporary accommo(a- tlons fitted up for them, a lacor bureau for those who can work, where employment may be when labor is in demand, and a hospital for tne sick. But only & limited number can be provided for there, and the surplus are sent to the various institutions in charge of the Commissioners on Ward's Isiand. At the Ward’s Island Bureau in Castle Garde! every applicant for admission to the hospital reluge whose claims are considered legitimate is farnished with a certificate giving details of the cage, with particulars as to age, nationality, &c., and, provided with this, they are conveved steamer to Ward’s Island, where they are rece’ by the physicians and surgeons in at! there, and distributed throngh the various de- artments as may be desirable. A more forlora fooxing crowd of haman beings than the steamer conveys every alternate afternoon from Castl Garden pees whl it ‘Would tax the strongest imagination to conceive, ‘rhe vemos for their accommodation om Wara's Isiand are of the most complete charactor, @nd in the various buildings appropriated to thoir ze every means that an onlightened humanity could suggest aro ap} Hy for the restoration of tho siok and the comiort of ali the Inmates. ‘Ihe various rooms and wards oro airy’ and spacious, Kept serupulousl clean, and have an an of Talee NS omiort which can oni; hich d from excellent discipline enforced withoa Pgore, ‘rove are separate tuidiugs for malic and female patients, and for contagious and non-coa- ous diseases, & Dursery, ® barracks for boys, a chool, @ handgome Roman Cathoilc chapel, the fresco! of whieh ‘was all done by inmates o! the insuitation, and which ia capable of seating 8 thou- sand persons; @ hall for Protestant worship, a n and capacious lunatic asylum, where most of ti Ramat ice tu Caunion aud Sse ‘anna! won ecemlent restde! Pedtor the ac officials, bee nj ded cl oer cenor mecoesary and convenient buildi All the tnmmescoraployment, che males at farm Ca P o Walls, &c., and the females ironing and the lighter e inmates. The products of the farm in 1873 smounved in value to $9,511 40, and all the work on it was done by those who were Obtaining relief, ‘The great falling off in the number of emigrants ta this port during the first bait of the current y exile. Solomon himself made the experime! had wealth uncounted, power unqu ; ‘ocured everything that could please the ©; Phe eye was weary f secing, sad the heart. (as weary with tt. . _ What weané that wal of unfolzned penitence ? ear, reference to which has already been made ia thé HMRALD, has manifested itself here also in tha diminished number of those requiring sees, The (OONTINUED ON NINTR RAGR) Pe ~