The New York Herald Newspaper, September 28, 1874, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, MO THE PREACHERS. Sunday's Messages of Mercy for Dying Men. MR, FROTHINGHAM SEEKS TROTH. The Holy Eucharist, Necessity of Prayer and Duty of Work, TALMAGE ON BLESSED DFATH. LYBIO HALL, Rev. 0. B. Frothingham on the Spirit of Truth—John Tyndall's Vision. Every seat in Lyric Hali was occupied yesterday morning. Mr. Frothingham, after reading seiec- tions trom his collection of ancient Scriptures, preached on “The Spirit of Truth.” He said:—By the spirit of truth I understand the truthiul spirit, the spirit that loves truth, thirsts after it, seeks it, endeavors to obtain it, holds it precious above all things, above dogmas, above prejudice, above institutions, I don't pretend to say that the writer of these beautiful words—the Apostie John, so called—meant what I understand. I I read his text aright, he means by the spirit of truth the Divine Spirit, taking the place of Christ in the world aiter he had left it, to clear away their doubts and wo bring them at last to everlasting felicity, This, 1say, I suppose to be the meaning of the writer of these beautiful worus; but, taking the words themselves, they mean something different, ‘Yhey mean that the love oi truth comforts all men, and the spirit of truth is a disposition, a feeling in man. lt 1s an appetite, it 18 @ spirit, thatis a vreath—sometuing indefinable, intangible, that moves as swiltiy as motion itself, On it is an impression that love of truth for truth’s sake is very rare, so rare that many persons suppose it is smpossibie and that the spirit of trutn must come from the outside of man. It is rare. We see love of traditions and institutions, put the love of truth itselfis undoubtedly a rare thing. But when you take a wide view in society, looking at Mankind in masses, you see the LOVE OF TRUTH 18 INERADICABLE im man. Deeper and stronger than anything else ag the appetite for truth. See it in tue history of art, which is simply an endeavor to learn trath in the form of beauty; see it in the history of philos- ophy—ua strange, varied uistory—but which stead- ily illustrates man’s dete:mination to find out the truth in the shape of laws, Take theology; I bave studied 1t somewhat myself in its nature and history, and, althougn I may disown many of the Vbeologies Of the past, still t am Ormuiy persuaded that the history of theology illustraies the deter. minauon ol man to find out the truth concerning the cause of things. I see the love of truth in men, thé ugly creeds they have held. ‘ake, for imstunce, such &@ ductrine as the old Caivanistic one, fortunately rarely entertained now, of electiou—a doctrine that supposed beings were actually picked out without any assignable cause to be sacred, letting gli the rest go into the pit. Or take the doctrine, giso honestly held, uf imiant damnution—the aoc- trine that unbaptized insants went to heli—or the otner doctrine, which seems hideous beyond de- seription—the doctrine of BYERLASTING DAMNATION FOR ALL but those who held @ certain creed. What could have possessed them to veiieve tuese things gut the luve of truth? As 1 read these things there is something tender and pathetic in | the thought of these old belieis. I am not 80 sure but that those who hed tue spirit of trath in forms iike tuese derived comiort from it, 1don’t know that there were ages of sorrow and bitterness and resentful teeiings. It seems to me that where people believed these things they were comlorted in the beliel, They thougnt they vad arrived at the truth, althougu it was @ bitter trutn to bear. Jonatuan Edwards preached & sermon on sin- fers in the hands of an angry God that was so Awiul that people rose irom their seats and stared atthe ghastly propuet, Now, Jonathau Edwards was one Of the sweet souls. He was a tender bearted, compassionate man. He did not reauze the ghastly side of bis doctrine. He was looking ‘gt the divine gide, and what he saw was the divine triumph of justice over imiguity, TYNDALL'S SEARCH FOR TRUTH. But there is one thing more to be said. The spirit or truth guides people into alltruth. The spirit of trath keeps people always on the marcn, jouking lorward, Even the Evangeltst says, ‘nis Christ 18 going, but in his place there comes a Spirit of truth that snail lead you on.” We know the process of seeking the trutn is endless, and, therefore, speak of things unknowable, , Probauly buere is nothing that is unknowable. Provabl ages hence the secrets 01 creatiun Will be reveale: Tue other day Jonn ‘Tyndall made an aduress at jasgow, which is terrifying the whole | tueological world. I read it, and the thing that strikes me it all through is = the boundiess joy of & man in search of the trath; po thought of controversy, Do idea of waging war with anyone, He is enchanted with the vision he has seen; be is no dogmatist, he digs no pittall, throws down no glove ol chaiienge; he simply telis what he bas found as far as ue las gone—there fre no conclusions, be has come to no conclusions. Men fling the ugly word mater‘alist at nim, call | him an atheist, but as far as he is conscious he | knows of nothing of the sort. Cavilers say his | speech comes to nothing—his speech 1s fancy, Imaginative. Of course 1t is, if not 1t would not be | We spirit of truth, &T, STEPHEN’s CHURCH. Sermon by the Rev. Father McCauley— | The Necessity of Prayer=Lhe Disposi- tions with which We Should Pray. The return of the ‘fashionabies” from the sea- | side and country was evidenced by tne well tilled pews and crowded galleries in St, Stephen's yes- terday morning. The high mass was celebrated | by the Rev. Father McCready, At the conclusion | of the first gospel the organ pealed forth the touching strains of the famous hymn, “Veni Crea- tor Spiritus.” When the choir had finished the singing of the hymn the Rev. Father McCauley ascended the puipit and delivered an sole discourse on prayer. It was his first appearance ia St. Stepnen’s pulpit, and if one might judge from the attention with which he was listened to, he made a most iavorable impression on the congre- gation. The sermon was carefully prepared, and Was rich in telling extracts irom tue sacred | Scriptares, He selected as his text the consoling passage iu Christ’s last discourse to His disciples, John xvi., 23:—"Amen, amen, I say to you: if you | ask the Father anything in my name he will give it you,” and said:—Such are the assuring words 4n which our Lord extends tous the kindly tnvita- tion to have recourse to Him in all our troubles, | They were among the last which our blessed Re- deemer addressed to His disciples before the com- mencement of His bitter passion. [hey were ad- dressed to them; they were also addressed to us. They came warm from TAAT LOVING HEART which waa then guing to yield up for our sake the last drop of its most precious blood. The solemn assurance contained in these words occurs in dif- ferent parts of the sacred writings, ‘Blessed be God,” said David, “who hath nut tarned awa; my prayer, nor his mercy from me.” ‘The royal propnet knew well that while the gift of prayer ‘Was left him the bosom ol mercy continued open, all the treasures of divine grace were still within his Teach. We have that popes ee rome to give assurance to our confidence tn God’a mercy. “ii you ask the Father anything tn my name he will Es It to you.” But if we reluse to ask rellefand elp, Weak indeed are the grounds on which rest our hopes of juture happiness. Our in the Sermon on the Mount, at the request of His discipies, ‘Lora, teach is how to pray,” composed a prayer, “Our Father,” &c., short in words but containing the noblest aspira~ tions of religion and Uf pf eters for oar needs, poth spirttual and temporal. He says, by the mouth of St. James, “You bave oot, because you ask not” (ames iv., 2), clearly intimating that our asking 1s condition without which we cannot hope wo receive. The Master again and again Warns us of the necessity of prayer—''Watch ye and pray, lest you enter into temptation’? yh XXVL. ‘ah And St. Pani, in Gis First pistie to the ‘Phessatonians, enforces the press- ing snd constant obligation of this duty, in terms, if possible, more explicit—“Pray without ceasing, in all tuings giving shanks, for this ts the will of bo A daha! you all.” (Ll, Thessalonians, Y., 1, 18 uur Lora came into this world net merely to teach, but to be our exemplar and our model. He say of Himself, “I am the way, the truth and the ught;’’ therefore He frequently prayed. We fad Him, immediately before His introduction to pud- Le ille, spending forty days IN PRAYER AND PASTING, And on the eve ¢@/ tls passion e told that He reured to the Garden Gethsemane, where the prevision of His own ial suger, and the crusoing weight of the sims of the world, whic: He had taken upou Himself, wrung drops of bicody sweat from «is virginal feso. Hanging on tne cross Christ prayed the Heav- enly Father to { ive His executioners, “Father, forgive them, know not what they 10,1? Since. than. we fied that Christ pot only axhorws | Chrisvian ; Way to attain, Us to pray, Dut sets us the example, we snouin obey His (Suimand, and, 10 80 Te aw we are ndie, imitate His example, If we read the biographies Of the saints we will sée tial their lives were one conta. prayer. Prayer Consists of two thiugs—praise and homage to God and supplication. itis not oniy a vec sity but a duty, and :n order to iuiflit amght u tain conditions are required, The first is devout attention; the second proound bumility; the Unird unshaken coufdence, ana the fourth un- weurted perseverance. The very essence of prayer congists in an elevation Ol the seul to God, and tor that devout attention ts aosvlutely necessary. If we are not attentive We suall Budject ourselves to the awfui reprool, “Ye hypocrites, well harh tsaian prophesied of vou, this people hovor me w.th their lips, but their hearts are far irom me." The neces- sity of homiity ts easily shown irom the words of St. Per “God resists the proud and gives his grace to the humble.” (I. Peter v., 5.) ‘Let us,” exclaims St. Paul, ‘go with confidence to the throue of g «Heb. iv., 16.) Gud may ‘ora while seem deal to our solicita- tions; but it ia only that we may increase their earnestuess, and prove the entire confidence with whieb we rest on His gudaness to us. Hence the necessity of perseverance, which is the last condi- tion requisite co secure His acquiescence tn vur petitions, Let us pray with the necessary condl- tious and our salvation is assured, TABERNACLE BAPTIST OHUROE. Satan and the Saviow Understood by Dr. Patton. A large and respectable congregation assembled yesterday at the morning services at this church, ‘Ihe Rev, A. S. Patton, D. D., preached an effective discourse on “How Christ Was Temptea, and Why.” Selecting for bis text Matthew, iv., 1— “Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil,” he said, Many regard this portion of Gospel his- tory asa myth, Instead of looking upon the nar- ration as the story 0! circumstances that occurred, they speak of it as a descriptive scene—in fact, a species of dramatic representation. These people hold that Christ was never tempted, ana that this relation must ve read in the light of a parable in which oF JESUS WAS MADB THE HERO. This view, however, leads to innumerable dim- culties and contradicpions, while the acceptance of the Gospel narrative, interpreted according to the principles of common sense, is a source of im- mense comfort to believers and consonant witn the best principles of reasun, On the face of it it was evident that this was @ truthful record of a spiritual transaction. Any other view must ignore or destroy the moss interesting facts of the New Testament. Men, 0! course, were not opliged to believe that Satan took Jesus actually to the top of amountain, Indeed, © show him actually ail the kingdoms of the earth and all the glory of them was @ geograpiical impos- sibility. There was no mountain t.at would afford any such view, The fast of jorty days aud forty nights could also be regarded as @ partial one, as the jines will bear the interpretanion. That in- ward suggestions of the character described were brought powertully before the mind o1 Jesus while be prosecuted his great redemptive mission there can be no doust whatever. The history of Christ's temptation must, therefore, have a spiritual inter- pretation, Lverything in it harmon.zea3 with hu- man experience, witn figurative forms and out- ward facts. ‘The pictorial representation de- veloped by Satanic influence upon the mind of Jesus must gave been very striking, as the tempter knew THE KIND OF GAME HR WAS PLAYING. How Satan approached Jesus when he wanted to tempt Him 1s a question fuil of interest. His per- sonality, power aud methods have been, unior- tunately, much exaggerated. In old books and legends Satan is represented in all the hideous jorms of ugiiness. They provide him with a cluven foot and a jong tail. But a little thougntful con sideration will show how erroneous are toese tlus- traions, Tue grand secret of nis success witn poor weak human nature ites in the seductive jorms under which he appears. He never ap- proaches mortals except to entice and aliure them, and the poets have done anything nut justice to his tact and intellect. These tempta- tions of Jesus were representative of three great classes, Satan knew that the master was hungry and he said, Command that these stones be made bread.” This was the height of cunning. Jesus could hunger, yea He could starve; but He couid do nothing to indicate mistrust in His Father. The simple, childiuke, loving faith of Christ was more than a matcn ior all the evil and crait of the arch tempter. ambi- tion Was the next stumbling block. ‘Vast thyself down” was simply an invitation to commit suicide ip order to obtain the acclamations of the people. But doubtiul and desperate strokes of policy of that kind had no place in the actions of Jesus. ‘The preacher then aliuded to THE SPURIOUS MIRACLES AND BYING WONDERS of the Church of Rome, and concluded an eloquent sermon by a iervent prayer for aid to all present when suffering irom temptation. THIRTY-SEVENTH STREET EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ‘The Standard, the Secret and the Secu- rity of Christian Character. Rev. R. Mereditt, the pastor, occupied the pul- pit in the Thirty-seventh street Methodist church yesterday, and announced as his text Hebrews xuL, 20, 21—'‘Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of METHODIST the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in | every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory jor ever and ever. Amen.” It is evident, he began, that this sub lime and comprehensive prayer has @ twofold ap- Plication. It applies first to the Uburchor to any body of peopie united together in Christian wor- | ship, eacn being @ member ol one body of which Christ is the acknowledged head. The apostie contemplated the vision of a strong ana efficient organization, and therefore he addressed them in this language. In a somewhat modified form thts language 18 capable of individual appli- cation for each Christian. In this last application I wish to call your attention to three things em- bodied in this prayer. First, we have A STANDARD set before us for Christian life; second, we have the secret on which the maintenance of that char- acter depends; third, we have the grand security that such a life and such a character may be main- tained all through the Church, and all through life, Let us pause reverently this morning and, from depths of homiliation and despair, ponder on this marvellous standard set beiore us, to which all endeavors must be directed. Tne apoatie says, “Be perfect in every good work.” Let us not allow musty old ideas to hive the truth from us. In the presence of this truth, let us, as far as we Can, lorget the past, ieave our littleness | of power and faitn behind us, and, if we have | been living velow our standard, help us to come Tignt to tue mirror of divine truth, and, seeing vur mistakes plainly, find o1t what God requires of us, It 13 @ standard, first of attainment and then of achievement. We ask what itis God puts to our He sets before us the object of a perlect lie, Christianity 18 on its trial veiore the world as the means of saving the world. Christianity demands that we shail recog- nize her own standard, which is perfection every good work. lue, then will those graces o/ which Christ spoke abound within us, We may know We are right bve- fore Gou by the fruits of our spirit. ‘This Is all pr | seuted in the standard of the text set before the Church. She ts conironted with the work to be done. In this confiict We are not to wrestle with flesh and blood, but we must enter the great spir- itual arena, Behold the work yet to Le done in the cause of Christ. When we think of the un- belief, don’t we see at a glance that nothing but the indwelling of the Divine Power will give us the Influence which they cannot resist? Let us not Stagger 1n the application of this standard to the Individual. There ts @ truth here we must not THe MRD ol—that is, to be perfect in every good work. CHURCH OF 8T. CECILIA. Rash Jadgment—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Hugh Flattery—The Lord Mayor's Lecture. A iarge assemblage thronged the pretty tittle church situated at the corner of Second avenue and 106th street yesterday, and at the conclusion Of the first gospel tue Rev. Dr. Flasvery, pastor, preached a sermon, taking his text trom Mats,, tx, 6—"(Why do you think evil ‘n your heavte ’ The reverend gentleman closely dissected the mis- chievous practice among Cortstians of rash judg- ment, The discourse weatt) snow that this vice involved a triple injustice; Arst, against God, who aione could scan the motiveso/ human action; then against our neighbor, to whom we do as we Would not that they should do unto us; sad, third, against oureelves, by destroying our own -nap- iness and self-respec’. The habit of rasn judgment eads the mind and heart to take the darkest and e aspect of which tt ts susceptibie. that many persons, apparently ensiuved (© world liness, had in realtty conquered all affection for and carnal thtugs, and instanced the case of Qa EBlizaveth of Hunga*y, who, putting on the crown of royalty, was wont to bathe it 1 of sympathy for her Divine King crowned, In conclusion he warned the congrega- ry jwlgment was the ruin of sell-re- 8) of rancor, enmity and 1) will smong mankind; and thas as there waa 00 concetvabie act cf man but was sasceptible of wofold ipteroretativn. the true course for the 4 If the real seed is within us | | abd is carefully nurtured and trained by aChristian | | are only totimations or | Christlife even in ite hungeriog and thirsting | More sublime. | text the understanding ts engaged upon the higd- | Unnstian was to imitate the industrious bee by gathering honey —and only the honey—irom every flower and diffusing its sweetness and perfume throughout the length aud breadth of bis acquaintance. The reverend gentiemin then called attention to tue gracious kindness of the Lord Mayor of Dublin in promiming to deliver a lecture at the Academy of Music on Octover 6 to aid in liquidating tne debt vp the new church. He eulogized in emphatic and evi- gently heartielt terms the broad and generous liberality of the Cuter Magistrate of Ireland’s me- trop: lis tn iifting @ public voice tu the noble cause of charity. lt was the frst ime, he said, that a Lord Mayor of Dublin had visited this Empire City, and tt Was @ circumstance calculated to en- shrine tue Bume of the distinguished visitor ip the abiding gratitude of the community, that, se'ting aside pleasure ang Aniosmeny, and ignoring all Barrow religious prejudice, he was to periorm his frst and tast public work in this-eity tn doing good nd benefiting @ poor parish such @3 thal ol Bt. Cecilia, ‘the musical arrangements, under the direction of signor Carlo Mora, were worthy ol the church dedicated to the patroness of music. itis, indeed, no exaggeration to say that the choir of St. Ce- Cilia is DOt surpassed by any in the city. CHRIST CHUROH, Rev. Dr. Thompson on the Human Will—Danger of Following the Opin- fons of Others, Yhe Rev. Dr. Hugh Miller Thompson preached yesterday morning and took his text from Ro- YDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1874.--TRIPLE SHEET, with God. Itts not to love others jess upon this earth; itis to love Christ more. The Gospel of Jesus oes not sepuraie those who love one another here; it binds them closer together. No Jove in the famiiy like that which is sanetulled by Christ's love; po fidelity in tie world like that which is interlaced aud interwyven with tbe fdel- ity that God himsei! has given, Wuerever | find ou to-day, dear brotuers and sisters, whether in «selfishness and sin, or—God grant iti—at_ some stage of seli-sacrifice, 1 am bo persuade you to be patienr, for li you are Prayeriul and seek the Lord earnestly and in “truth,’? your prayers wili be answered. Do not get discouraged; be as the widow pleading and praying lor the cleansing and purifying oi her daughter. She bad jaith; she was not a‘raid to trust 1u Him, and by her patience and earnestly praying to God her requests were granted. On, my dear hearers, (ake warning; profit by the ex- amples of others who have gone belore. Think Jeg8 0; the world and more of God and you shall reap your eterual and tung reward, 8T, IGNATIUS’ CHURCH, Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Ewer—Christ's Gift to Mankind—The Blessed Eucha- rist. The Rev. Dr. Ewer delivered the sermon in this cosey ttle church yesterday at the morping ser- vices, He took his text trom the twenty-second chapter of St. Luke, nineteenth verse:—“And he took bread and gave thanks and brake it and gave unto them saying, This is my body which is given mans, Xiv., 12—"So that every one of us shall give account of himself to God.” The preacher said that Christianity was a pecu- ltar religion in this, that it moved men personally and individually, and appealed to each one as a separate entity. Christians stood alone and God stood alone, Each one is anindividual for him- self, and 1orms one of those who work all together jor the many. Tous societies exist not for each person separately, but for all the others. The State is the same and is governed singly, but for tpe whole people, and the same principle holds good with the Churen, The text 18 an announce- ment of personality, and that every man must answer for himself, The father and mother who break down the will of thetr child are doing the work of the devil. Gutde the will, but do not attempt to break it, When it comes to breaking down 4 will, a personality, and imposing upon a man another sense of what is right for his will, you are doing what God never did, Beyond this limit God uoes not go. He guards thus the per- sonality 0! the Charch he has made. We are re- sponsible for our opinions. We usually suppose we are not, hecause we have what is known as public opinion to fall back upon. But those who say all this do not perhaps think that public opin- jon is nonsense and bosh. We Americans are cowards, Wecan do nothing here unless everybody shrieks it and the trampet blares it fortu and everybody cries iton every honsetop. We can do nothing quietly. The temperance movement was going to sweep every- thing last winter. If at the time anybody had dared to Say thal it would come to an end very soon, men and women would have torn him to Dieces, and would exclaim, “What right has he to have an opinion?” So with our public man wio rides on top o1 tae tide. He must go with it or sink. We used to have strong men who would rise up in moments of national insanity and oppose their poweriul voice and stem the popular torrent; but nowadays none. ‘fuey content themselves with going with the popular clamor, watcuing it closely ; aud, just a moment belore everybody else, step in and say the word that is on everybody's to. gue to say. Men don’t take the trouole to have an opimon of their own. Lach has the opinion of the just man he spoke to or the last paper he read, and everybody knows it. Instead of this he ought to have an opinion, and, when he has it, stick to it and stand up lor it, God will bold nim responsibie jor bis own judgment. He 1s responsible for tis jaith, A great many take what comes for them. A religious faith 18 @ very precious tuing. It is something to be fought for and worked for and to be prized. You can’t make an excuse for a want of it while you have brains and @ heart and the power of thinking. Jt won’t do to say, “This man changed my beilei,” or, this book, You must au- swer Jor yoursell, for we ure not dead. You say that we are made by circumstances. Yes, as tne oak 18 made by the storm; otherwise he 18 made ag @ soap Dubole, which the first wind may biow away. You can be made strong by beat- ing circumstance and keeping it back and contending. So iaithis not a matter of chance, but of personality. Tue man snouid say, “1 have fought and contended and | have my laith, it is my owl; no drifting on the tide ior me.” We live in @ tempting world, The tendency is to have friends and to yield to their requests, It is a hard thing for a good man to say “No’’—to put himself 1D the attitude of refusing. We like to be accom- modating. And yet itis the road tosin. Unless a man put his foot down and be able to say ‘No,” be isruined, Itis not the most pleasant or se- ductive, tus resisting temper, but how can you get on’ otherwise? These voices come with the kindest accents, There is no special harm in this, you say; but the end is rutn. The whole tendency of the world 18 downward, and you are bound to reach the bottom. Nobody will contend, but that the tendency of every big city is down— luxury, frivolity, fashion. It is within a thousand miler of the Christian law a8 laid down by Christ. Who can march through it with hands unsullied and garments unstained? The standarc some would have is impossible, Then tue te: tion is to say, ‘1 don’t want to be one of a hundred At a thonsumd and who has the right to judge me ? You have no right to condemn us, journalists, Preachers, poets, authors; but you are doing it.’? And yet & Man must remain at this high stand- ard Wf he would remain a man instead of those who have become mere ciphers and dare not do @nytning that the world isjootqoing—instead of a | mere babble on the stream, like ten thousand other bubbles, Thonsands expect to escape hell be- cause sO mavy are golng there, and yet we imitate, and the question is, then, who to imitate? There 1s only one—Jesus Christ, and fight the battle as he fought it. he char at this churci has recently been re- organized, and, wile the choir boys bave been retained to sing the responses, the quartet 1s more excellent than ever. It now comprises Mist Anuie Mackenzie, soprano; Miss Kemlow, con- tralso; Messrs. Humphreys and Wood, tenors, and Mr. Metcalf, basso. Miss Mackenzie’s singing yes- terday morning during the offertory and anthem was exquisite, Her voice is tender, and yet pow- erful, and in the higher register of exceptional brilllancy. The boy choir unvertook too mach in the ‘Holy, Hoiy.’’ Mr, Pearce 1a the organist and was happy in his selections and dexterous in bis manipulation of bis insirument. NORTH BAPTIST OHUROH. The Power of Patient Prayer. At the North Baptist church, corner of Christo- pher and Bedford stréets, yesterday morning, Rev. John J, Brouner, the pastor, preached a brief ser- mon from Matthew Xv., 27:—‘‘Aud she said, Truth, | Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumb§ which fall from their master’s table.”” “The reverend gentleman said—First of all, let us sum up the testimony of experience. “Ai:ter all, life is more legivle than language. Men accept principles far more readily when they are ex- for you, This do in remembrance of me,’ The preacher said that the gifts of friends were always precious, but gilts given by friends at the hour of parting were always gilts, so to speak, of a lasting character. Memories cluster about such gifts. They were evidence of a spontaneous yearning to PSRPBTUATE SWERT MEMORIES in others’ hearts, Giits, like Mowers, were so Meeting that they required continual renewal, Yet all gifts were a sort of monuwent to perpet- uate thoughts ol love and affection. Monuments of marblg were raised to perpetuate the memory of tne dead. The window in the little village church to the memory of some good man gone to a better worid did not appeal to the sympathy of the universal world more than did the monu- ments in the cemetery erected to the memory of great men. The marble slab erected to the mem- ory ol the patriot perpetuated, in a certain way, the giory of his deeds of heroism, his acts of sell- dental and devotion to nis country; but it appeaied to only a certain class, just as the memorial win- . dow in the village church appealed to the hearts ol the Villagers Where the man to whose memory it was erected had beep known and loved. ‘the reverend geutieman then went on to speak of a gift, a Monument that appealed to the hearts of all mankind, @ single interest, the gut Vorist gave mau in THE BLESSED EUCHARIST. By it mankind was made one Jamily, It was a gilt of Divine love, It created an age of grace, took possessiou of our hearts and turned our souis toward God. It was @ perfect gilt—a monu- ment left on earth to perpevuate the love the Saviour had borne jor us, That love was so great that He had laid down His very life to give us a strong proof orit, When a man sacrificed bis life willingly ior a friend the act was one of sublime devouon. But | Christ had done more than sacrifice His life ior His iriends, He had died ior His. enemies as well a8 His friends, aud His love for man Was 80 great that even when He was about to leave the earth and take His place in heaven beside His heavenly Father, God Aimighty, He jonged to leave behind Him a Bit & MouumMeNnt Of Lhal love thar would be everlasting. This He had done in the establishment oi che blessed Kucharist. Ip it He Was always present with us, It was a gift that nothing could destroy, The convulsions of the earth, the eiements, the power of empires might Tise against it, but they could not shake the joundation on which it was based. It was @ divine monument, aud about its base all men might GATHER TOGETHER AS BROTHERS, No ivy would climb about it sod hide it from sigat; the hand of time could never cuuse it to crumble, It was ancient, but ever tres. The Holy Eucharist was, 1m Jact, the very body and blood of Christ. It was a monument not built of blocks of grunite; ite foundation was sunk deep and solid in the nature of God himseif. It was ever growing, never decaying, aud would ever continue to rise in beauty and grandeur without the sound of the bammer or the axe. The & charist was, indeed, the link that bound t world with the next, FIRST REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHUROE, The Rev. Howard Crosby, D. D., on Sanctification, The pulpit of the First Reformed Episcopal church, Rev. Dr. Sabine, was filled last evening by tne Rev. Dr.- Howard Crosby, Chancellor of the New York University. In introducing the speaker Dr. sabine said that he thanked God that he now belonged to an Episcopal church, in whose pulpit and at whose communion table the ministers of all evangelical faiths were welcome. Dr. Crosby announced as his text J. Peter, 1i., 6—“A holy priesthood, to offer up spintual Tifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” The minister then said:—When Israel arrived at Mount Sinai the words of the Lord to Moses were, “Ye see What I have done to the Egyptians; now if ye obey my teachings ye snall be a wonderiul peo- ple.” The conditions of this compact were never fulfilled by the Jews, They never became a nation of priests. They were overthrown at Jerusalem and the Gentiles became the chosen people. So, a little further on, we read how Joun says that “the Lord has washed us and made us his.” It becomes a most tnterest- ing act to examine into this syscem of Jewish priesthood. Priest” ig but an abbreviation for preter It in no way refers to the sacrificial ofice, This mistake has been the means of intro- ducing all the rituatism which encumbers several branches of the Christian Church. The first thing to a proper realization of the duties of a priest is to remember the forms of sacrifice, the altar, the fire from heaven and the antmal offered up. In the Christian faith an altar 1s not essential. It is an unusual pode mgr iy The priest and victim are the essentials. The temple could be dis- pensed with; a church 18 not an essential, as many think. It is proper to uphold the communion of | saints; the Cnristian thus gains strength; bat | single Christian offering up Christ tn his heartis enough to save his soul. It is not the altar but the sacrifice that atones. Let us all remember this, in order that the Church may not stand ia our light, There were two kinds of sacrifice in the Mosaic | dispensation, and to-day we have only two sacri- fices to offer. By another faise notion the word | sacrifice has come to mean self-denial, although | such a meaning is not found in the Bible. This ig the direct outgrowth of Romanism. Tnis is a part of the faith which teaches that to be | righteous we must be miseravle. It teaches that the best Christians were to be looked forin the caves and the torture chambers, Our | Lord wants to see all His children with Leland hearts. It {ts the devoted heart and not the self denial which God wants. The more you can love | Jesus the less you will nee® to talk and worry pressed in practice than when expounded by pre- cepts. The human life of Jesus here bad that marvellous adaptation to be the restraining and the inspiring institution of the world. It brings truth nearer to us than @ code of laws or 5 sharply defined creed ever can. All the iilustra- | tions of the influence of true imitations of tnat life, now enthroned among unchanging things. Heroism is only the application of the Christ-life in the affairs of a covetous, selfish world. And yet it is sometimes easier to reach the truth by & lower mantfestation of life than that of Jesus. There is something superhuman about the and homelessness, We feel a line of separation between ourselve: Hun, and doubt the appli- Pp es 6 of Hl rinciples aud actions in our lives. Let us men just like ourselves, of base mould and easily tempted. But now, after having briehy summoned tte teati- mony of ex 1 look at the explanation of tunis wo! The influence of self-sacrifice in the development of character is capable of a rational explanation. This is most needial, ifl am to persuade any of you to make your lives It is easy enough to sit down and admire neroism. Who has not criticised the infirmities of those who bave been grand spirits 10 the world, as compared with our own timidity end hesitation. But something more is needed to remodel the character th: miration of heroism, Se! -eacrifice develops the soul ia just this one principle, that THR CHARACTER OP THE SOUL Gepends upen the motive by which it is rnied, its nobility 18 determined by the grandeur of that which controls it, How do the motners in two families difert The one, & votary of page and frivoltty, commits ver chiidren to the keeping | and care of birelings, regards uot their education or thetr moral development. ‘I'he other, day aiter day, night after nt; through tne urmost ry ngoish often, and always with uneasiness, | for the Uttle ones whom hath given her. | ‘The world looks upon the latter and recognizes | Womanhood in its beauty and its giory—one | who has sonk all thougnts of self ia: those who are dependent upon her care— and sons live in maturity to praise God that such an example of self-denial has inspired and comforted them tn life. Bo is 18 ib the community in which we jive. Now, in our eat of truths which are conceivable by tha mind— the existence of tae one supreme, unlimited, sel! isting God; the periection, the purity, the power, the jove, the natural and the moral attri- uies which are connécted with God, The amteo- self-sacrifice | about sacrificing your body. The more ou love Jesus the better you will take | care body. We have, of hoe health and your | then, the spiritual sacrifice and the bloody | sacrifice which Christ made for us. The Jesus | that is in our sacrifices 1s all that makes it accept- | able, Our faith and our holy living are the spirit- ual sacrifices which we are compelled tw make. | The Christian, as a priest of God, is to exhibit a | symmetrical form of living. In the counting room or the charch, the royal priest of God is never to be mistaken for an ordinary man. Christ in the heart—Christ in tue life, ROME, ITS BELIOS AND RUINS, Lecture by the Rev. John M. Farley. “Rome, Its Relics and Its Ruins," was the sub- ject of un eloquent lecture delivered in St, Patrick's Cathedral last evening, under tho auspices of the Young Men's Roman Catholic Association, by the Rev. J. M. Parley, secretary to the Most Rev. Arch- ! bishop Mecloskey. The church was crowded to excess by the members of the association and others of all denominations, Messrs, Hart and F. D. Sartol, Secretary, with an eMcient committee | of arrangements, provided ample accommodations for all, even when the pews were thronged. The Well known organist and musician, Mr, Gustavus Schmidtz, presided at the organ previous to and after the lecture. The select pieces rendered by him were an “Overture to Nabuco,” “Fantasie on ‘Themes from Oberon and Euriante,” and ‘Offer- tort,” by Baptiste, all exquisitely given. A very farge number of clergymen sat in the sanctuary, the Very Rev. Vicar General Quin inciuded, A synopsis of the Rev. Mr. Fariey'’s lecture is con- tained in the following :— Afver anmouncing the subject he dweit at length upon the entrance of St. Peter into Rome, when no Christians were to be seen walking on the pub- lie avenues, except atthe risk of their lives, yet Rome was in the height of her strength and power, a6 well a# enmeshed in wealth and wickedness. Her military prowess had conquered the then known world, and her Mame sounded like a threat to all other nations of the earth, What contrast between the mighty and haughty Bmperor then and the poor and hum- ble representative of Uhrist. When ne entered Rome on his mission, honor and wealth, and favor gaged from earthly and Inferior ob tions, al for their highest desire lellowship yecta hi and power uaknown to him. and his only | 81. ALPHONSUS' trast was piacea in ail that could be expected from the prounses of Curis:. Rome was then the leadiag central power of payaaisin in its vilest sense Spd the task audertaken by Dt, Peter of overtarn- dog that power by mere moral and religious force Wou.d seem at first iutiie; vut, by the power woich he reve:ved irom Gou, Peter conquered, and thvags the ‘erm Chistian was then vut a little more than a aiizhted aod avused name, tt a:ter- ward rose to that nigh piten of eminence and esteem irom waich it has never since been de- throned, ‘Ihe speager bere dweit apon the strug- gies o: the early Curtstian Church. — This, .e said. Waa oue extreme O! the visiory of the Church; the othe’ extreme seemed to be concentvated in’ tue glory and importance of the Vatican Counc, Tue Means by Which the Couquest of Rowe by the Curistian religion Was achieved can be traced soiely to the martyrdom of miliiuns of saintiy people, who rather chose death than lie without faith and reigion, Rome was a battie-feld on Which their boues are scattered, and the Lones of these heroic Ch. istiaa | e¢ople were the grandest, the proudest and tue most glorious relice of that ancient city, THE “RUINS OF ROME.” ‘The very thought of those ancient but decayed Monuments oi time, religion, taith apd Chris- uanity was suMcient to make a thoughtful person weep. ‘There still survived ruins which had wit- nessed the courage of the martyrs as Well as the cruelty of tyrants, The Catacombs were bere described with ali the (rathiuiness, exactness sud ininute investigation of a tireless expiorer, Lhe relics coutuined within them and all that is true Ol their hustory were a simple but emphatic proof and confirmation of the faith of the true Church of Cnrist tu-day., Leaving them, the vey dust that clings to our feet 1s that of martyrs, and we bear It to the ruins of the Coliseum. it was here St. lna- tius himself snffered martyrdom in the presence of 1,000 spectators, The Coliseum was then remarkable for its immensity; it is now a ruin and only aoout one-third of ite walls are standing. The lecturer uext described the Mamertine Prison—“the Gechsemane of Rome,” as it is called, because it was there st, Peter spent the nighis ve- iove his execution. Tue teciurer couctuded his discourse with an al- losion to the Holy Father, and declared bis im- plicit belle! in his ultimate triumph and the tri- umph of the Church, quoting lastly the Scriptural vext:—"As he that 1s hungry dreameth and eateih, and when he 18 awake U8 soul is empty; and as he that is thirsty dreameth and drinketh, but when he is awake his sou! is empty; so shall be the muitituge o/ all the nations that have fought against Mount Zion,” SEVENTH AVENUE METHODIST. Dr. Wild on the Relations of Human and Divine Agencies. Rey. Dr. Wild, of the Seventh Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, preached bis opening sermon yesterday morning. A large congregation was present, among whom were the Hon. Mr. Fraser and lady, Postmaster General, from Australia, ‘The pastor's text was (rom Philiptans tl., 13, “For itis God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his goad pleasure.’? His remarks were emphatic and logical By things to come and things past, by life and death, by ail within and much without, we were admonished now to solve the problen— the destiny of our bemg. An all-pervading design ran through being’s endless chain. Nature spoke, Heaven cailed, and man telt happy and secure when he heard the one and obeyed the other, The human was based upon the Divine, as the voluntary organs in the body were based in action upon the involuntary. It was God that worked in nature by drawing it out, The sun peered forth and the seed sald, “What is this?” “ris is a monitor of the day, and wants you to come forth.” The sun didn’t put the quality in the seed. It made the seed (eel what it should do. In like manner God made us jee) His pleasure, It might not bear philosophy; it dia not require it. It was a childlike trust that was needed. None could determine how much of God's influence and how much of man’s were used in bringing jorth good works, A sailor might aa well try to analyze how much and which part of the ship's motion was dependent on the wind aud which on steam. They could not be divided, All velieved in @ Providence. The French: man’s (Dupon’s) prool of it was derived from three things—a baby, @ drunken man and the United states. His wonder was that they didn’t all break their necks. God worked in all, and without Him uothiug could be accomplished. His influences were too delicate to understand, A single strain of @ tune will frequently bring up old associations that had been unrecalled for years, Perhaps these memories were touched by a divine hand, Here it was all a matter of conjecture, but in the other world we should be sausfed. The speaker closed his remarks by expressing a fervent Wish that hie F eer might be coworkers with God, and that His biessing Might rest abundantly upon them during the coming year, BROOKLYN CHURCHES. TALMAGE'S TABERNACLE. The Proper Way to Regard Death—How the Free and Easy Centurion Treated St. Paul. The Tabernacle in Schermernorn street was crowded during the morning services yesterday. About 3,500 people occupied the pews or sat upon camp stoois placed in the aisies and at the rear part of the church. The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage conducted the usual services, and after the bece- diction administered the communion to the mem- bers of the church. A peculiar feature of the ser- vices at the Tabernacle is the congregational singing, which was in excellent time and tune yesteraay. Mr. Talmage’s text was from II. Timo- thy, iv., 6, 7, &—For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at nand. Ihave fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the !@ith, Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness. Beginning by remarking that there are subjects enough in the above text for fitty sermons, Mr. ‘Talmage based upon it a uiscourse against regard- ing death with horror. He said in substance ‘The way out of this life 1s blocked up with the coffin, the tomb and the undertaker’s spade and screwdriver. Christians garb themselves gloomuy and mourn over their dead, saying fearfully, “All must come to this end.” I would change ail this, aod make the death of every Christian be regarded as an event full of happiness for him, Instead of blackness and gioom 1 would have light everywhere and everything hear the dead I would have draped with white. Departure, not death, shoula define what had oc- curred to the real Christian whose soni has left us. Referring to the text, he said it teaches the real spirit with whicn the Christian should regard what we call death. When St, Paul wrote these words he was confined in the dungeon in Rome calied tne Tullianom, and awaiting martyrdom. his prison was below another, and the only way by which he received food or air was throagh atrap in the floor of the upper dungeon. There, sur- rounded by the filth of many previous captives, and shutedb by cold, damp walls, did ne despair or fear deathy’ Mr. Talmage answered this query by imagining himseit in concourse wh St. Paul, who said to mim:—"l have fought @ good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith, Henceforth there 13 laid up for me a crown of righteousness, He dramatically sketched the possible incidents of St, Paul’s martyrdom, mimicking the tones of the | Roman centurion who called the saint to “hurry up, old man,’ to be decapitated. The martyrdom of the saint occurred {n the reign of Nero, the big- necked, the thick-lipped tyrant, the ceilings of the rooms in whose in whose dining hall there was a banquet continu- ally spread, and whose horses had stables of goid, But St. Paul cared for none of these, He joyfully took big departure, at the stroke of the sharp sword, for the heaven where the climate and atmosphere are love. There | vertly believe that as Christ sits at the right hand of the Father, he sits at the right hand of the Saviour. There are old people belore me, said the preacher, who e trembled for many years at the idea of death. Why? MY aged father, what do you fear? You say the uncertainty of the herealter, yet you calt yourself Christian, and you forget that the Bible ts filled by the Divine Power with assurances for you. Or you say that you wish to remain with your many dear friends on earth. But bave you not Iriends a8 dear, even dearer, departed be- fore you? Take a@ census of all you love, ‘and how many you will find ara gone from tne earth. You would not now call them back if you could. If in the time of grief ou had the resurrectionary power you would ve rattled at the gates of Greenwood on the night of your friend’s burial and brought him or her back ( iife, You would have committed A BURGLARY ON HEAVEN, But God compromises with you. Though He does not gitt you with resurrectionary power He gives you the opportunity to jotn your loved ones. death? The climate and ali the other attributes are more perfect tham those you now enor. Mr. Valmage said that he did not beveve in wishi die in order tu ol avenres Christians to think of leaving the earth without feeling horror—to depart with joy and parity, CHURCH, GBEENPOINT, Grand Musical Services im Aid of the Erection of a New Organ. A masicalevent of more than ordinary merit took place a% the Catholic Charch of St, Alphonsus, Greenpoint, last evening. The Rev. Father Gounl ts pastor of this churoh, and to ald him in defray. ing the expenses of a new organ recently erected @ grand sacred concert was resolved on as the oest means of helping him out of the Mnanctal | diMcaity, The plan devised was eminently suc- cesstal, if one might judge from the throng of n beings who packed the edifice, The ser- vices of Mrienry Danforth were ealisted ta benalf of this cause, and through him an excei- lent quartet choir with @ large and efficient chorus was orocured, A good violoncellest, in alaces were oO! mother of pearl, | hy, | then, are you fearful and Qlled with a dread ot | to | njoy tae délights of heaven’ he | 5 —s j the person of Mr. A. Hoch, contributed mach” wo the entertainment of the evening by mis rendition of that delicious morceau oy o, “Le Mélancolie.” Danfortn’s arrangement o1 Nini’s) Vespers, the same performed by him with so much avr at St. Stephen’s ip th's city, was selected for this occ: . This composicion sbvunds in gems of melody and barmon Rich trios, inet sol08, with r chorus passages, seting or ework for the lighter, less charming. poruons o/ this work, characterize the vespers from the “Deus! in Adjutorium" to the “Magnificat.” Besides the vespers the most noticeable features of the concert were the “Ot Saiuraris,” barytone svio with ‘cello, obligato; “Taptum Ergo,” bary- lio solu above alluded The solo artists engaged in \he service were Morvigon-Fisset, soprano; Mie, Munter, Mile, contralto; Herr Beruhard, tenor, and Herr Sohst, barytone. The renaition was superb apd reflected @teat credit on all the participants, PLYMOUIH CHUROE. Preparations for the Friday Evening Pray Meeting—A Sermon on Ine mortality by a Westerm Preacher The Positive and Negative’ Advan= tay of Heaven, There were some vacant seats yesterday morne ing in Plymouth church. Despite of that fact, the congregation Was large. The sunny day had in- duced many to be present (rom the neighboring city, Who were evidently stran, to the country, and who appeared by tueir eager curiosity to re= gard Plymouth church as one of the sights of America, Previous to the sermon Assistant Pastor Halliday, among other announcements, stated that the prayer meeting on Friday next would, “sor obvious reasons,” be hela in the church and not in the lecture room, The “obvious reasons” were that Mr, Beecher would preside over the meeting, though this Was not stated. Mr. Halliaay said that the meeting would commence at hali-past ven o'clock, and as it was not unlikely that there would be a crowded audience it would be desir- abie for owners of pews to be present ten minutes before that time, The preacher of the day was Mr. Edson, @ Western divine, pastor of the church oyer which Mr. Beecher former.y presided, at In- dianapolis, Mr. Edson is a young man of earnest manner and of pronounced delivery of speech. He read all the hymns through, verse by verse, in an attractive style of eloc.tion, In addition to the preacher's earnest, declamatory manner there was an undertone of the Westgrn brogue that gave great piquancy and {reshitéss to his elocu- Wonary powers, All this awoke a natural expectar tion of AN ORATORICAL DISPLAY when it came to the sermon, This, however, was not realized, The sermon was read irom a manus script, and very closely read, which provoked am evident feeling Of restraint to those Who listen The subject of the sermon was “immortatity,” aad the text selected was the last clause of the second verse of the fourteenth chapter of the Gor #1 of St. John go to prepare a piace for yor The introductory part of the sermon had refer- ence to the generally accepted truths as to immore tality, ‘The promise of the text Was that heaven wus a place for Jesus and His (riends. Tue iaws of. growth in childhood and man were 80 many proofs by analogy of our immortality, as shown in the boy’s longing desire to be 8 man, and the limitations of our powers to reduce the real from our ideal. Jt must be remembered, too, 80 as to get some anticipations of our heavenly home that it is love that has prompted its preparation. What, then, woula be the effects of this divine combina- tion of wisdom and love? The preacher then sketched somewhat graphically tne natural beau- ties of earth, naming (or {Illustration on this Con- tinent THB FALLS OF NIAGARA and the Yosemite Valiey. If this earth, then, were 80 beautiful, what would be the everlasting dwell- ing place of these chosen ones? There would ve ho pain in heaven, There would be algo an eutire exclusion of #im and no death there. Ite suurces of positive happiness, the employ- menta of feaven, would be of an ele nodling character, True enjoyment springs trom activity, A lazy man ip heaven is not wanted there, and i/ such a man desires to get to heaven he had better get rid of his laziness here, for nis laziness would prevent him being happy If he got there. It was impossible to Imagine what lar- reaching works of charity and enterprise may ve in store for those who reach that home which Jesus had gone to prepare. The society, too, of heaven, now delightful it was to contemplate that! How many Christians would press close to Paul as he told the story of his trials, suflerings and joys in this lower world. The sermon was closed with a few practical ad- monitions. TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH. The Confusion of Infidelity——Christianity Has Nothing to Fear from the Attacks of Its Enemicse—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Rambaut. There was a large congregation assembled at the evening services held at the Tabernacle Bap- tist church, Hicks street, corner of Rapelyea, South Brooklyn, and an excellent sermon was preached by the distinguished pastor, Rev, Thomas Rambaut, D. D., LL. D., upon the “Confusion of Infidelity.”” The text was chosen from I. Corin- thians, |.,21—“Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this wotld? Hatn not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?” The word “world,” whica occurs twice in this text, is translated in each case from a different word in the original. The answer to the inquiry which this fact institutes in the mind of the criti- cal scholar suggests two ideas. The first, that the oppositions to Christianity are the oppositions of several diferent ages—that is, they are as transi- tory as the passing time ; and the second, that Chris. tianity, which is the agency by which God makes foolish the wisdom of the world, is permanent through all the transitory ages, and shall remain 80 forever. Now, these ideas suggest a very impor- tant consideration in confirming our confidence im the Christian religion. Christianity has been op- posed from its first appearance by philosophers, Interpreters and reasoners, and they havo varied their points and modes of atiack, age alter age with pertinacity, yet it has remained uncuanged in either form or method, and in every age has proved the foolishness o! the ages of opposition and improved the advantages thus gained for its own aggrandizement. We have no reason to believe that things will be ever other wise than they bave been, Hence Christianity has nothing more to fear trom infidelity. WHERE ARE THE DISPUTERS? For eighteen centuries the Gospel has sustained itsell agaist the attacks of opposers. Tlie op- posers have been numerous, and it is not neces. | bary to disparage their attainments or abilities. | Neither have they ever been «aifident, but ob- | trusive for their credit and their cause. Yet nothing remains of them. ‘There were Celsu: Porphyry and Hierocles, tllustrious philosophers of | the Neo-Piatonic scuool Who knows anything | about them? Who cares forthem? They left no | legacies to their race, save tne seeds of crime and” Vice they sowed tn society, und would be utterly unkuown Were it not for the few tragments and quotations of their wo: to be found in the more famous productions of their Christian answerers, There were Hobbes, of subtie art; Shaitesbury, of elegant polish; Bayle, of vast learning; Spinoza, Blount, Hume, Gibbon, Voltaire aud = hos! of equal and wunor ability. What care we tor them? What did they ever do for man’ To men they are only known or spoken of by @ few ot their own class. at has ever been substituted by them jor Christianity? They assail Christianity for the in- consistencies of its books, the divisions of its sects, the failures in the lives of its devotees, They themselves nave never agreed in any age upon any system, and age after age bave beguu their work anew, inconsistent with themselves, disputing wita all others and changing their tssues and ai: in every age and with every leader. They ha wothing to offer as proved or agreed upon, as re+ liable or worthy of trial. Infidelity has no common character but hatred = to Christianity, and as to morals, from Uhristi- anity moral googneas is to be’ expected, but infidelity nas none, nor any principle to base any on. Where is the disputer? For eighteen centuries, by many claiming to be the greatest mg ‘so called, has Christianity been a: here have they made a success? Tuey tried the text of the Bible, the antiquities of all nations, the laws of the stars, the laws of the rocks of earth, the laws of atoms; in short, ran- | sacked heaven and earth to find a single witness Uy ‘ure, art or thought, and we det Sa ere is the disputer Who has made a sin (mpression on Christianity ? 16 sits upon the throne of Zion laughing at their pains, and since they will have out their apite, urging them on to do their beat, Knowing that by their best her bed ys will rise and be #een still more giorious aod afar. GLEBIOAL OBLIBAOY. An Old Catholte Priest prosching Marria, (From Galignani’s Messenger, Sept. 17.) An old Catholic priest in Switgzeriand is about to follow Father Hyacinthe’s example, abandoning celibacy. St. Ange Livre, of Biel, in announcing his betrothai to a Protestant lady, says:— I marry because [ wish to remain honorable man the sixteenth centary it was proverbial expression “ag corrupt as @ priest,” and this might be sak ther because I wish to get out o! His Ap- to-day. marty, | the Uliramontane slough Daring the last two years sixty-seven Roman Catholic priests have been convicted of immorai- ity in France and Switzerland, In view of euch facts, be says “itis might tl o restore by mar- Tiage the good name o/ the Romist priesthood, | which the misconduct 0! too many Af Ire maranaee has covered with iuiatay.”