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bs] = | Soureesor character. In the first piace, I | strive, by the hetp of he , that we may | a2 comceive of no noble character without a be- | be enabied to full! our duty to SO that at the ® last we shall be able to join the company of the Consecration of an Episcopal Bishop for the Diccese of Wisconsin. FOLLY OF PROCRASTINATION Honesty and Policy—Papal Infallibility— Lessons from Leaves—The Form and Character of Religion. UNSEEN SOURCES OF CHARACTER. 8T. THOMAS’ CHURCH. mages? | Sermon by Bishop Whipple, ef Minne= sota—Consecration of the Rev. E. R. | Welles, Bishop Elect of the Diocese of ‘Wisconsin. Bishop Whipple, on the solemn occasion of con- | Secrating the Bishop elect of Wisconsin, took hia text from the fourth chapter of St. John, thirty- Sourtn verse—‘Jesus said unto them, my meatis to @o the will of him that sent me, and to finish his Work.” ‘his remark, said the venerable speaker, ‘Was made by the Saviour to those who besought Him that He would eat meat while weary and | tired, as He sat by the well. Christsaid His meat | ‘Was of that kind they knew not of. The flelas are | White with tne harvest and ye reap itm. lam come also toreap My harvest. It was no doubt hard for some of those to whom He spoke to ve- | Meve all the things He uttered, and that this | man of sorrows was the coming Christ; but Jesus did not tire in the work | He had before him to do, and now men looked at Him with the eye of faita, and His spirit was al- | Ways ready to help them. We hage met to-day, | Said Lhe speaker, to consecrate a bishop to God; and I have selected the text read that we might | see now plainly it was our duty to do the will of | Ailm that sent us, and to fully follow the example oi the Saviour of the world. It is the highest honor and the greatest privilege man can have to | be near God, anu that honor and priviiege should | not be treated lightly. The world had groaned under bondage from the wrong teaching o! philos- Oplers, but that era had now passea away and PHILOSOPHERS WERE NOT NERDBD, but true men and ripe scoolars. And the judg- ment to guide others must come to ministers jrom God. They must draw near to Bim aad seek by bumble prayer His strength and heip. Christ Him- sell bad done this, and He united His holy nature ‘With Our Duman nature. He appeared as the helper ©! @ sin-sick world, and He redeemed that | World with His precious olood, and He asks us to come to Him, and He has earnestly besought His | Giscipies to teacn as He taught, and it is we | bounden auty of all ministers to receive Christ’s | command in humble submission and toteach wen the way and the Ie, Hearts consecrated to Christ must ove Him with a pure and noly love, for this ‘Was the only way in which they could be saved, and that Was necessary to enable them to save ochers. All teachings from ministers, unless the | Holy Ghost bas oreathed in their hearts, will be fauures. Christ ted His hock and redeemed us by his viocd, let our meat be to do His will on earth us die did His Father’s when He was sent amoug men. it was an age of dissension, said the divine, and the Church was torn by distracting doctrines; an age of worldliness that taught men to eat, urink and be merry, for to-morrow tley | die. Minisvers must wy against this. Christ Bad seut them ap they must go among {| the reapera and help Make the rough places smooth that the | glory of God shouid be filled. ‘fo believe in Christ and do His work was lue eternal, and with Him | ‘there is uo sin or sorrow ; aud uf we love and trust — Him He will come aud dweil with us, ana we snall be His peopie. THE EPISCOPAL CHARGE. After the sermon Bishop Whipple addressed | Bishop Welles, He alluded tenderly and lovingly W the time when they were associated togetuer, | | them; they must | | evangelists to Paul, indeed, Ref im the diguity of one’s own personality: even Naurty, poor as it is, feeds some worthy qualities, & Step oigher ana take pride t It is said “pride will have a eps it wii; but certain tt tsthatit prevents aia. Vanity is a molenil, pride a milock; but the mountaids of character are the convictions that one is, in and of himself, of supreme value. It te certainly true that each person bas a certain Measure of intelligence, of novility, which, when he thinks of 14, represents to him divine things. feel that the bases of character are in danger wien materialist opmions are believed, in the spirit of materiaism. There are materialist’ Who are poetical, imaginative, like Tyndall, who, thougd their opinions may oe materialistic, are the soul prophets. It may always be wise to be- Neve in sentiment, The unseen springs of char- acter are i these sentumenis and aspirations, aud Mt also comes from our association with others. There ts but one thing to be added. Character does not make itself, out must be made; we Jeel alter the unseen springs and establish Dection With thea, that we may have, oursely ALL SOULS’ CHUROH. The Mission of Jesus as Exemplified by the Simplicity of His Teachings. The Rev, Dr. Bellows preached yesterday morn- | ing im AN Souls’ Chuch, on Fourth avenue, from the text John vil, 16—“Jesus answered them and sail, my doctrine 1g not mize but nis that sent me.” Said Dr. Bellows, We must associate doctrine ‘With some mysterious theory. The world has been filled with all sorts of articles of creeds of various characters. Who can read the Nicene creed with- out feeling that its articies are above understand- ing, Paul favored an obscure dogmatic style and | @bstract theories. He really did this most inno- cently because he had to meet those who had con- troversy with nim on theirown ground. They | were word-twisters and purists, and he could only conquer them by showing himself more sub- tle and quibbling than they were. He has thus been erroneously supposed to have em- ployed these means for himself. Passing (rom tne is lke going to another religion, it seems so different in its sub- tlety to the religion Jesus taught. It was Paul's acquaintance with all the subtleties and argu- mentative word-splitting of the old Jewish dociors that made bim use tuis metaphysical style. Jesus, on the other hand, was not a man ol books but @ man possessing a mind of naturally immense Sstrengin united to stm- Pucity, We see such winus occasionally amoog the poor and the uneducated, peopie woo snow an innate knowledge 01 tnings they never dreamed and who seem to know tuings they never Beard of vejore, Apart from this the divine tuspiranen with which He was endowed caused Him to clo ine all He said with the greatest simplicity and so as to be intelligible to common peuple. Like & chemist who lectures in scientific terms and © tecunical words that nobody cau uuderstand but the class to wuom it is addressed, Paul nas, com paratively speaking, a limited audience, wuile JESUS SPEAKS TO ALL MEN. The eminence 01 every teacver is in proportion tO the simpiicity of his teaching. Look at Huxey and Tyndall and Agassiz, wo step down to ibe people whom they are addressing and make the most recondlie themes appear to their hearers to be mext door friends, when, aad they employed the technical terms 0! their trade, their audience would nave been limited to the select few. It 1s all the more necessary to use this simplicity tn re- ligion, as you must reach a large number, and oe- cause religion addresses the whole of man- kind for ali ages. For tais Jesus was the greatest o1 all teachers. He drew the illustrauons witn which He made His meanings evident trom tue most pomely themes of everyday lie, The most commonpiace objects in nature gave Hun food jor teachings. He used the vocabulary of the peopie whom He addressed, and mauve use of fisning, burying, Marrying, \ax-gathering, nuuting, pray- ing'and all sucn everyday themes for His work. And yet this teaching of Jesus covered a great | depth and proiundity of invention which nas never been surpassed. lrememver in the Cario- bean Sea I could look down and see the fish swim- ming thirey and forty feet beneath the suriace, so transparent was everytuing. It looked as if one wight step out and walk on the bottom, and yet it was so deep. So was Christ’s nature. You may think Him commonplace because He is 50 simple and 80 easy. What is there in His doctrine that a child capnot understand? And yet men have been struggling over it lor ceniuries in their attempt to change it from its original meaning. springs Of water which fow up to everlasting lie, | everlastingly glorified aud be she pri God to all evernity. OHUROH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST. Father Boylan on “The Present Posi- tiom of the Pope”—Papal Intallibility, Its Effects, &e, The Rev, Father Boylan lectured last evening on the above subjectin the Church of St. Jonn the | | Evangel Commencing the lecture he remarked , that the subject about to be treated was one | Which throbbed the great heart of tne Catnolic | Church from the rising to the setting of the sun. The present position of the head o! the Catholic | Church and the tather of the Christian world has awakened the tenderest sympa | | thies in the hearts of the faithful. How con- soltng to His Holiness, at thia critical period, ; When error, treason and infidelity have sum- moned their Cohorts to pour down on the citadel | Of rath, to see himself sarrounded by loyal and | faithiul societies, While you are not called upon to draw the sword against Amalek, yet you Will, / by your prayers, by your noble and loyal affection, oy up the hands of your Moses on both sides, | while on the top of the hill he lifts them to God | its Of Our for your wellare, and irom morning till sunset prays that your cause—the cause of Catholicity— | may triumph over the world. How consoling ‘0 | His Honness to know that, though he is destitute of | au aid but that of faith, bis children love nim the | more In his afflictions, and are not ashamed of | him in_nis sorrow, In spite of the calamities that surround the venerable Pontiff he is nevertheless stroug; for the almighty arm of Omuipoteuce is stretched turth todeiend him, Hence, thougt over. | shadowed oy ambitious neighbors and robbed of | all bis possessions, to which he had an tualien- avie rigat, the Pope is confident of ULTIMATE SUCORSS OVER HiS ENEMIES andthe enemies of the Church, Here the rev- | erend lecturer went on to show that the Papal | States were the rigntiui property of the Popes tor | centuries, and Pius IX. was therefore lully jnstified in protesting so firmly against the shameless acts of spoliation of the “Roboer King.” The Chureo might experience apparent shocks but it was never doomed to quiver or Jail; or Chriss words are as true now as the day le uttered them, when He declared that ‘the gates of nell snould not prevail against the Church.” | N tthe tempest of persecution roar and rave | with relentiess tury, still the Dark of Peter sliail | budet the billows and ride triumphant through the storm. Relaurve to the Pope's iulallibuity, the reverend lecturer said that “41 narrowe fest of attack, restrained the liberty error, enlarged the boundary of truth oded our adversaries of half their power Oy tyimg ftometeer in indissolubie Dends the whole declaration of faith. The proud Mak WRO WORM dare tf lotroduce a new doctrine can ROW Tesere Fo BO evasion or subteriuge; he Des Ew ape, NOt Peover speaks, and tue con- irowersy semded. En wah May the sceptic search fr & tedden Gaw: the Waele glorious edifice stands mm the open ight of day, periect from its wpmasi ponmEceE bo anwime Tecs of its foundae OG, CSALUNEl Ss Ube nes Of heaven. imperish- ale aS TRE PNOTHUEe God'” Here the iecturer | alleged am gg Germs | Tre patience and | Rerussim of Ube guervems aed Pope, and concluded by exbortung ibe audience to pray jor His Holiness. | SEVENTH AVENUE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUACE, BROOKLYN. | The End of the Mediator’s Work and the Coming Victory. Dr. Wild's text yesterday morning was from I. | Corinthians, xv., 2—‘Then cometh the end when | he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shallshave put down all rule and all authority and power.’ A desire to know the future (he began) 1s natural té man, Being persuaded that we are immortal such a de- sire corresponds to tne dignity and destiny of our being. It is a wondertul fact to live, and as solemn as itis wonderiul that one cannot cease to be; we may change the mode and location of | being—we may call these changes births | or deaths, yet the spirit holds on to an individual identity that ever shrinks | from annihilation and grasps at immortality. | Conscious parts of @ sublime whole, which shall know no end; active and reciprocal agents in an ' eternal drama; links in being’s endless chain. Dut, now that it bad pleased God to remove tim | Jesus’ doctrine requires to be lived up to and | surely it is both b-coming and prudent to be con- Wo another field of lavor, he would earnestly enjoin ‘OD him saithrul service jor bis Lord; to be constant and prayerml, ana God would help him, The imposing ceremony of consecration was then gone through with. The large and elegant church was crowded to its utmost capucity, aud | He seems to have anticipated the discussion | the deepest interest Was manilested by all pom first to last. ‘The music trom the splendid organ ‘Was solemn and grand, and the voices of the whoie congregation joining in the singing of the hymos Fendered the occasion sublime aud beautiul. A benediction by Bisuop Wiupple closed wwe services, LYRIC BALL, The Unseen Sources of Character—Hon- esty the Best Policy. The usual large congregation assembied fm Lyric Hall yesterday morning. Mr. ingham’s subject was “The Unseen Sources of Character.” He began by saying:—Tnere has been for some time past a propost- tion to make in the northern part of this State a vast park, comprising part of the Adiron- @ack range, and the chie/ reason given for this sppropriation of land is the necessity of preserv- ing the great joresta in the North Itisa well established fact now that the Jertility of tue soll, and consequently the growth of cities, depends upon the presence of forest trees. The ancient Egyptians imagined that the great Nile was led from supernatural fountains, and when from Batural causes the stream became low they @ropped on their knees, the priests made sacri- fices, the altar burned and the whole people were | prostrated in the ashes of contrition that the Su- | preme God might restore their river. So itis ina Season of moral dearth. When high principles seem to subside then temples are thronged aud people are called together to bend the knee to the Most High, who is withholding His gifts, and yet if they would think @ moment they would see that the sources Of characier are no more supernatural than the sources of the Nile, and it has always been @ iaith that this thing—character and all its Many qualifications, trust, fidelity, justice and wer—is led by uuseen springs. The Lebrews | their days of pride apd power owed it to @ muititude of traditions, @ Jehovah, @ deripture, written by the hohest of men; their's Was @ prodigious form of character, and yet if you @nalyze tue character you will find that no race ever depended 80 much on intellectual supply for | its moral elements. Wat was the reliance of the early Christians? Their reliance was tneir con- | ception of Christ. They believed that the Being ‘Wuo lived on earth was still alive and still their Frotn- | | Teally harmed, for they must go astray. It is not the it 18 avove understood, It is a doctrine Of love. doctrine of Jesus aione, but of God. | all aivine. And 1p ail Jesus said it was not about | | Himsell that He spoke, but avout | GOD, AND MAN’S RELATIONS TO HIM, whicn would ensue, and always took particular pains to speak o! God as the Power—not Himself. | He says, ‘Not my will but God’s wil be done.” | He always put Himself in the background and God | uppermost. Jesus’ simple doctrine o1 love, of ; kindness, was made complete by His own life aud death, It was no discovery. It is as old #8 God Himself ts, a8 old a8 man, as Old as the world. But Jesus made the truth luminous and com- manding. We view with some alarm the attempt which men of science are making to find out the nature ofGod. They will not find it until wey search in the right way. It is very well tor those men tO go On and atiempt to give @ logical vasis to religion. | think it will result in a pure Theis, and that God’s existeuce will be shown to be. hdatter, indeed, 18 becoming & prool oi something deeper than science can analyze. It is said that the discoveries 01 these men tend to overturow many old doctrines and beliefs, which had become ingrained, but these liberal Curistianity had been | teaching for hall @ century to be talse. it is not surprising that in a country like Eug.and, where State, that cuere should be a proiound sensation at anything from such eminent men as Tyndall and Huxley which tends to disconsoiidate the oid order oi things. But here we have no reason to be irightened at ail; thus I rejoice in anytoing that tends to overthrow the tyranny of super- | stition, I believe their logic ana argument much | more reasonable than many arguments on the ex- | treme of the other side, We might as well fignt | the multipuication table as go against scientific analysis, Many deny the existence 01 God who, in the inner heart, hold Himin secret terror. Itis only those who live up to @ denial of eegentee ee ere danger in the atheism of wiliul nearts who throw off tne yoke. 8T. JOHN'S CHAPEL Sermon by Bishop Bissell on the Duties of a Christian Life. A large congregation listened yesterday morn- ing in St, John’s chapel, Varick street, to a ser- mon by the Right Rev. Bishop Bisse 1, of Vermont, who chose his text from the third chapter of Acts and the sixth verse, which reads as follows :— “Then Peter sald, Silver and gold have I none; but such as Ihave give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.’’ The venerable preacher, in opening his discourse, alluded at length to the miracles performed by the disciples of cur Lord and the effect produced and friend, aud in their moments of persecution they Would seem to see His benign face stuning upon them, and were comiorted. Take the knglish Poritans. A stronger type of character never ex- isted, They were a people whose will was like | adamant; Whose conscience was uuswerving—a | peopie who felt the dignity and sanctity of their | persovality. Take tnat character to pieces, and | you Will find that every singie quality may ve | traced to certain anseen sources, What was the tgith of tue Puriian?’ That he was a provi- | dential person; that for him Omniscience | had broken its stlence that he might know the | trath—ior him the dark Scriptures had blazed | with light. 1s it wouderful tuat persons believing | that shvuuld hold themseives sacred and provi- | dential? Take tne character of the Quaker. It | ‘Was a tremeudous couception. Here was a man who leit the temple because be believed he was the temple. because he was @ priest; who followed the dictates Oi their own Conscience, believing they were POLLOWING ETERNAL LAW. Is it not a stupendous conception? Is tt won- Geriui that tuey auouid become proud and des- potic? It ts too mucn for human nature to stand #0 hear \o the Divine Power. This tniailibility goes to the head, the mind topples over, feeling ve- | comes exhausted, aud we expire. lt was in view of we extravagance that comes irom the gro- esque faitus of the early times tuat there came a reaction. Benjamin Frank- in srevived an old principle and made it into 4 maxim that “honesty ts the best policy,” and What he meant was toat men should construe their policy by their houesty. Do we not put faith 10 it? What wouid become of us i we did not? Vor faith in the moral ordering of the world, our belief in the sequence of cause and effect compel us to believe that “honesty is the best policy.” Suppose ior a moment it were not, that fraud ana deceit were wise things, not to cheat would be to My in the face of heaven. Benjamin Franklin did not always Ond his rule work weil. He found that policy and honesty were not always strictly coin- cident, 48, Jor instance, when in the time of the Revolution the treasury was iow Benjamin Frank- Mn jramed ana introduced a bill to the effect that Penpsyivania voted supplies of four aud wheat | and vther grains, By the other grains then dwelt on the remark contained in the text, made by Peter to the lame beggar lying at the door of the Tempie imploring aims, The | miracle in question was wrought, said the | preacher, as well for the spiritual as the physical healing. Peter thought that when the cripple was healed he would go avout glorifying God tor Ms loving kindness to him, and he was in trath 80 bound to do, we have our bounden obligations in this worid toward our Maker, which we can tuifil only by our | prayers, labors and gifts, and we snvuld hold oa r- selves always ready to attend to the vivine com- mands. We read in Holy Writ that the Israelites of old were in the habit of giving one-ventu of | their tncome to the service of God. I am airaid He would bend the knee to no priest, | that there are few in our number who wake such | | gts HOWadays, and it 18 sad to think in these modern days, enjoying all the advantages that we do—so Immeasuravly superior to those enjoyed by | the old Israelites—that a similar proportion oi in- come should not be dedicated to tne service | of our Almighty Father, Mow many people are | there Who are in the possession 01 colossal for- tunes who give absolutely nothing to the service of God, On the other hand, think of the namer- 6U8 poor people who, out of their hard earned gains, piace on the altar of Jesus Christ their MITES WITH LOVING HEARTS. The latter class love their Lord and go through | sacrifices to do their duty, while the lormer tive without thougnt of a hereafter, May God give us all grace to discharge our obligations arigut in this world. God knows the measure of our ser- vice and if we carry out our duties to Him with a pure heart. Our duties are to help the sick and aid of God in this wor We are also taught wo re- joice with those that rejoice and weep with those that weep, and by #0 doing we show that we are servunts of God, ready to sympathize with the human race in their joys and sorrows, OUR CHRISTIAN MISSION is to gave that whicn was lost to Cnrist’s fold, and strengthen the weak-hearted. If we do not uo all these we are escaping from our obligations. [ wouid also call your attention to a tearful negiect HE MEANT GUNPOWDER, (Lavghter.) He did not say so, he cheated the | Quakers and made them vote against thew con- scien: Policy i @ great word, but what is is? | It is what works well in the long rua. How do we | know what will Work well’ Woo can tell tne | issue of a single hour? The Evangelical Christian, who believes in @ present Christ, 11 the instant inspiration of tne Holy Ghost, in the atonement, in bea’ the crafty statesman Who asks voly, What will be. come of tna? How will this work? Even though the Christian believe pure fiction, still he bas fis own mind. From all sides we come at tails fact, that the sources of characte: e not outside Oi the wortd. < and bell, occupies a better position than | which is very prevalent in the present age, viz., omitting to attend public worsuip, and thus tor- saking the house of God. When we are touched with the love of Jesus Christ we become new ve- ings, and happiness now and forever uk oughout tue long ages of eternity is ours. How many of | our fellow beings, however, are unconverted, aud have stony hearts, nnding some hindrance or other, beiore they will censent to put their burden Upon procrastinate tll death takes | them hence, nm, may orethren, let mot this be Jour fate! We are ali sinnera, and Christ invites us to be washed to His blood and made pure oi ali our 0 es. This 18 the only way to become re- genera God will accept us as we are; He will Wasi Away the stain from us and make us His their Saviour, a {| vue Established Courch is so bound up with the | Remember, dear brethren, | suffering Cent and to advance the kingdom | cerned about a future to which we are so vitaily | related, When we read @ well constructed story ‘we become cnarmed with the hero of it. If he be self-aenying, magnanimous and good we sympa- thize and struggle wita him as he defenas the in- | nocent and repels and thwarts the designs and intrigues of evil ones, Our interest oiten in- creases so that we become restive and anxious, curious to forecast the issue thereol. So the Christian loves to contemplate the stor, of the Cross, for in this story the hero is, indeed, self-denying, magnanimous and good. Wita Him | we suffer, with Him we triumph. We long to | forecast His coming glory, to join in the conquest | | and rest in the victory. The end is not yet, | though the victory 18 sure. Still the powers of | darkuess are mighty in mischief, and terrible are | their hold and influences on men. Spots blacker | | than sun spote are on the face ol the Church, | dimming her brightness and intercepting her | light. Suspicion feeds upon the imprudence of | the shepherds of Israel, even in the City | of Churches; while trom @ neighboring city | we hear @ plaintive voice speaking from | the grave through ‘many mouths, pleading | Vengeance on one of the ieaders of God’s host. | Wrangiings and contentions, In conventions and associations, are paralyzing the powers of tne | Chureb and neutralizing her sweetest influences. | Sin entered through a@ possible and en- | dowed capacity in man, but in and through | Christ @ provisional government was estab- | lished, which will come to an end on that last | day when He ceases to be a mediator—when | prayer, through Him, will cease, His work will | then be done, and He will hand the kingdom over | tothe Father. What wiil be our citizensnip then? | Let it be our most diligent effort to be citizens of that new kingdom. And when the end shall come | may we be among the vast throng tnat shall be | presented to the Father as inheritors of that lie and kingdom which is without end, NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, The Lesson of the Leaves. Rev. 8. B. Rossiter, the pastor, preached at the North Presbyterian church yesterday morning. The subject of his discourse was “The Lesson of the Leaves,” the text being taken from Isaiah:— “We all do fade as @ leaf.” The teachings of | the Bible all tend to impress the student with the | mutability of life and of all human events, The | vapors of the morning envelop the earth, but as the sun gets high in the heavens vanish imper- ceptinly. All nature speaks to us of the transitory | character of things. The cloud that comes we | know not whence, which in passing over | changes form and sinks back into the | deep blue of the heavens; the gress which | endures but a day; @ dream which leaves onlys | dim and vague impression, soon to be obliterated entirely; these are all pictures of the shortness of | numan lite. If we are but wise we can learn valu- abie lessons from these silent teachings of nature. She utters no noise; bat in the noiseless changes | of the seasons she speaks to us in language un- mistakable. Neture, in the seasons and their products, speaks of the sufficiency and bounty 0 | God. And, now, when the grass is growing sere, when the flelds are being robved of thetr treas- ures, when the trees are being despoiled of their | vercure, nature puts on the giory of autumn, she atures herself in ail her magnificence beiore | fading into the chill and monotonous winter. What lesson, then, does this teach us? At is this— WE ALL MUST FADE, The great tree of human liie must in the natural course sued its leaves. A melancholy subject, you | will say, bat @ most important one, je trath that we are passing away has its vindication in | every man’s personal experience. One dies several | times before reaching threescore and ten, Clutld- | hood gives way to youth, and youth to manhood, The ue oj the man is essentiaily diferent trom that of the boy, and so when old age creeps on the mind 18 retrospective. Memory Is the faculty most used, and we {00k forward to the other | deatn sttil to come. Indeed we die every day. A8 the shades of night creep on something fades away. With the lapse Of time friendships lessen | and affections cool. The grave becomes finally the grave of the love and interest we have for the | which tt covers, Falien leaves are under our feet ali the year round. From the early spring the blighting influences are at work, for even the | buds of leaves sometimes die, And the little buds on our (amily tree. Alas! how often are they taken irom us. A crowded world seems not to miss them, but oo the family branch their loss is felt. Hardly without an exception families drop their | leaves before maturity. ‘This premature decay, however, ts not the design of nature, The natural order Was interrupted by man's disovedience, | What man’s condition would have been now bat | for this disooedience we can only conjectare, We | Kiow that death iust come to all, and, whether It be sooner or later, we know that the powers | whicn accomplish tuts deatn are already at work. How buoyant is youth, how vigorous tanbood, | but the influences which shall silver she heir and | Pulay the step are silently pushing on, There are | anidelities and faisenesses in lie which weaken | the jaiti of man in man. We are moving | steadily on to the piace Sore jor all men. | Buta iittie time and ali our plans and aspirations all our hopes and ambitions projeces will be lav with our bodies in the heart of the earth. Tae trees, clad in their garments of russet and scariet and yellow, seem to suy to us, WE ARE ALREADY SURROUNDED BY DEATH. Jas me wdicae what 1 congider vo be the jdeal | own, Ju cogclusion, my dear orewwran Jat meso | Abd Justas silantly as tha Jeayes {aj does man drop out of this busy world. How soom does the great wave of existence ovliterate every mark of individuality? We pause for an imstant to inguire alter some iriena, @nd receive for a reply, “Good trieud, he 18 dead,” In conclusion, the preacher likened the charac- ver 01 men to Various Kings of leaves—some e streaked, otners dark aud repulsive, while others again were full of periect form, 01 glorious color aud great beauty. Such men are the glory of life. Their history ts preased in the book of our memory and preserved iM the bouquet of our heart’s best aifections. in the evening the Rey. J, D. Wilson preached on “The Lost bible.” THE SOOIETY OF FRIENDS. The Form and Character of Religion. Rev. Samuel J. Levick, of Philadelphia, a min- ister in the rehgious Society of Friends, atvended the meeting held yesterday morning in the baild- ing at Fifteenth street and Rutheriurd place, and in vbe course of an earnest address called atten- tion to the fact that the worship which Jesus Christ gave to turn the hearts of the people was ‘ag yet but little understood. The declaration of the character of the religion he taught was told at Jacob’s well to the woman of Samaria, It was neither on this mountain nor at Jerusalem, where costly temples had been erected, ‘that man should worship the Father. Those who worshipped the Father must worship Him in truth, The temple was the heart Of man about to be erected by God if man would let Him. And this tempie was always erected silently, a8 the laying of One stone upon another. Here it was that man could worship, and this was the manner in which Christ Himseif pointed out. It Was the voice of God in the soul. The speaker alluded at length to the form and character of re- ligion which Jesus Christ brougnot to the attention oi the woman at Jacob's well. She came to fill her itcher, Christ told her he would give er to drink of the living spring ny which there was no thirst. The common water in Jacob’s well was typical of the religion as taught by the prophets. It was a well which could forever quench the thirst; but in this in- stance Christ promised the everlasting spring of salvation, for whoever should drink thereof should thirst no more, There were those to-day who drank from Jacob’s well, nor had he anything to say against it, for it Was better than nothing; bus bow Let yoag @ biessing was it to drink of the water of lute by worshipping God silently in the temple of the heart; and this was denied to none. He concluded by earnestly calling on the assem~ biage to follow in the path which Christ marked out.ior the salvauon o! man, BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUTH OHURCH, Mr. Beecher Preaches on the Flesh and the Spirit—The Orthodox Idea of God Denounced—What Conversion Does and What It Does Not, Mr. Beecuer preached yesterday morning to @ congregation quite as large as any he has yet preached to since hisreturn from his summer | vacation. Before the sermon he expressed his desire that the ushers should seat the strangers in accordance with the rules of the pew lettmmg— ten minutes before the time of the commence, ment of service—instead of waiting until the hour for the service comes. He also read the names of eighteen persons who would be received as mem- bers of the church next Sunday. Ten of these were received by letters irom other churches, and eight on @ profession of faith. The subject of the sermon was “The Soul’s Relatton to Christ,” and was founded on the following text:—Romans, seventh chapter and last verse,and first verse of the eighth chapter—‘I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin, There is, therefore, now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit.” The prin- ciples here understood, said Mr. Beecher, in tnia memorable passage of the Romans are that men are originally siniul and imperfect, and that they are spiritually imperfect, tis universally under- stood that this is the cardinal condition by which manhood comes Into this life. Impertectness1s the great cardinal condition. It admits, in this re- spect, that while men fail tolive in a degree of perfection, that when men have the power to live Within a regulated degree of life and then fal it then becomes siniul. Nevertheless it is taugat in these memorable chapters that in those Who seck to live a lie toward this periection there is A LONG AND PAINFUL STRUGGLE. Especially was this true in the childhood dispensa- tion ol tue Jews. The struggle was mainly be- ween mind and matter, between the spirit and the flesp. Now ii you will drop Paul’s nomencia- “ture and adopt the most modern way of saying it, the battle is between the inclinations and the higher moral sentiments, the reasons and the seuse Of that which is ft and beautful. This was leaching a knowleage and @ conscience that only made matters worse. Paui says that coming into that Moral measure, instead of making nim better, only made him worse; that this. revealed to him how weak, how sinful he was. Bejore tne commandment came he felt all right euough; when the commandment came he felt that tt was ail wrong enough, When miners are leit together out in California you see how rough they are, how willing they are to let all ideas of neatness, care nd comiort go by the board, and they do notseem 4o feel their discomforts, But what a change the introduction of a woman makes, who has some idea of order and neatness. How svon these men see that things that appeured all right to them belore are all wrong now. Wuere tuere is no ideal standard men get contented with it Paul aosolutely declares that relief came to him by Jesus Christ. Then follows Qn interesting account of the struggies that came anto him, That is but the epitome oi every man’s struggle, There general wish to be right; but how is it to be done? What is it, then, tuat ac- companies this unrest? How does the soul’s rela- tions to Christ bring peace tomen? That is the question I snall draw your attention to. Does it, then, take away the law of conduct? Does it fash the great distinctions of right and wrong? THE MORAL LAW. Does the change in Jesus Christ change the at law of moral nature im wich mea iive? No, it does not. To take away tuat moral iaw woula be to take away the ribs and the grea’. backvone of moral government, The inspiration of tue law holds up # high steadard of moral conduct and enjoing it upon every man to take away that which would introduce a per- mission of the sordidness of secular life, a per- mission for the man to go back to the condition of the herds and the flocks, Men need to be kept at concert pitch. Well, does this struggie go on aiter the maa has become one in Christ Jesus? it does go on. It goeson manifestly in the great mass of men, because the great mass of men have had very little advantages 01 birth and education. How few men you find who have bad these advan- tages! The great mass of men are born in adver- sity—men who are born with enormous torces of energy, and if they do not obtain some outiet ior this ‘they become desperate. I you want to see what men are don’t read about them in books; f° and see what tney are. Suppose one these rough men wita tremendous physical energies and undisciplined nature—becomes converted converted ina great and grand revival. Do you suppose that he wants to gorge any the leas afterwards? No; he does not. Do you suppose he wants to sneer any the less? No. the man ts got isa gleam of Christ, It is twilight with him; but, neverthe- less, there 1s a real vital force in him. “THE OLD MAN.’? Still there is the old man in him, He ts as lustful, passionate, wakelul and money gravving as ever, is not all tois wiped away? No; it is not wiped away. When a man is converted it is very much like a raliroad that 18 laid out Tuere is the | wood clearings, the tunnelling, the road digging, @nod it all looks like a contusion, but it is all working towards one result, Jesus Ourist as made known to m as He 18 descrived im the New Testament, js a representation of God. I believe that He wis internally and orig- inally equal with God. Bat infinity cannot ve bound; but He was born of @ woman, apd Is cer- tain to nave suffered obecuration, He no more represented the whole of the Godhead than winter represents summer, wuen the leaves are hidden under the wintry snow. He, therefore, made Him- self of no reputation. He presented to us mainiy the dispensations, the purpose and the govern- ment of God. What, then, was tne revelation of God as made in Christ Jesus? It was a being in tender sympathy with manhood; a tender sym- pathy wito mankind in all heir siniu hess and their weakness. Mr. Beecher here de- scribed the erthodox action of a God who was enjoying the beatitudes of heaven, without . heeding the great pulsatory hurrying world that was going on below. That ‘was not the God of the Bible. With 1,200,000,000 of men on the globe, not 100,000,000 of them buv- ing @ Christian mind, what a spectacie for a God who was listening only tothe angelic choirs of heaven! No; the Old Testament and the New said that our God was “Like asa father pitying nis children.” He made men of dust so that He might remember them. I believe that there is a God who helps m to be perfect, who pities me, cares for me, watcii over me; cares for me asa mother cares for ber ohild even in her death. Is there such a God as that? Yes, A God that isas mach greater than that, as divinity is greater than humanity. BROOKLYN TABERNAOLE. The Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage on “God’s Highway.” Dr. Talmage preached yesterday morning, be- fore a full congregation, a very impressive sermon on “The Highway of God,” taking his text trom Isaiah, xxxv., 8-10—“And @ bignway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness, The unclean shali not pass over it; but it shall be for those; the wayfaring men, though foolg Aba Rot arr theraia” a He saidi— NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1874—TRIPLE SHEETS. ‘There are nundreds who are seehing to find the right way. We know from the traveller's very looks when he comes to crossroads that he is seeking for right direction, and let us hope that, having come here to-day for that guid- ance, you may be guided to the right path. There are a thousand wrong roads and but one right one, I see one which has toligates all the way on, which people are called to pay by tears, flagéllations and genufiections; but that is the wrong road. There 1s another, on which you are invited to dine and rest; that is also a wrong road. Then there 1s ® macadamized road, which 1s very smooth, and many go along it at a furious pace, with the bit in the mouth of fiery Steeda, until there is a fearful crash, and over they go on the steep sides of the embankment. There are other roads, old and new. There was @ mate- rial road once built by the Romans of old, which ‘was 350 miles long, and a noble and wide road, It ‘was fitted over rocks and was smooth and hard; ‘but it is pow only aruip, But I can tell you of & road buiJt thousands of years ago, long before the Appian way, over which millions have gone. The patiarcks prophets and aposties passed over it; jut it remains to-day as good as ever, and all the generations of man can follow. it is the good old ‘way— THE HIGHWAY OF GOD, Let us walk in it. First, then, tt ls the King’s highway, designed, built and supported by the government of God, the great King who buit it all the way irom earth to heaven. It bridges over all the chasms waich were dangerous to man, all the sins, sorrows and difficulties which beset the human pathway o! ufe. It will hold any num- ber; it was blasted out of the Rock of Agi it was opened ior all when the blistere agomized hand of the Redeemer pointed to It, as in His dying agony He said, “it is Mnished.”” Napo- Jeon thought he had done a great work when he | made the great military road, fliteen miles Joug, | over the Simplon; but what was that to the road down which the hosts of heaven may come and all the redeemed of this earth may ascend. There was @ bridge built in Canada which looked ver; | fine; but wien the architect and people, aii cannons, shouting and flags, Pipoecded to open it the timbers gave way and they were dashed upon the rocks. But Goa’s highway ts over all the chasms of peril and pits of darkness, and His Chariots mount it amid the applause of a gazing world, It is, moreover, a clean road, and “Lue unclean shall not pass over it; but there is room for those who pass over to stop and wash in the waters watch sping. out of the eternal rock, If we 100k up at the finger board, it says, “There is @ way which seemeth right unto @ man, but the end thereof is the way of deatn, and without holi- ness no man can see the Lord.” It is a plain road. ‘The waylaring man, though a {o00l, cannot err therem.? The idiot can find it as well a6 the philosopher. There @re astronomers who have not seen the bright and morning star o! life; mathematicians who cannot calculate that tmportant sum, “What will it profit @ man i! he gains tne whole world and lose his own soul?” architects who know nothing of the mansions in the skies; botanists who have not found the rose of Sharon aud the lily of the valley. We must not philosophize, but walk ppan, the road with the simple faith of a little child; for it 1s only as a ilttle cuild, and not as a philosopher, that each one of us can be saved. This highway 1s also a safe road, Men went along the ancient highways without fearing danger; but suddenly @ lion met tuem in the way. There was one spring and their life was gone. Here, however, we are told “no lion ahall be there,” The moment a man becomes a chiid of God he is as safe that very instant as if he had been in heaven 10,000 years. Kiiling cannot hurt him; for that is glory, and the worst thing that can happen to him is heaven, when he will put off his earthly slippers and don the san- dale ofeternal ight. Reputation, everything, is sale if we are God's. Eartuly subtraction is merely heavenly addition; and, as foul rags become white paper, so the rags ol our sufferings and destitution are worked by the cylinders of death into the brignt emancipation of everlasting Ive. The highway of God A PLEASANT ROAD. We have the bond of God Himself thst all things shall work together for good to those that keep that road, and that “no weapon formed against them shall harm them.” We have on that high- Way trees vending over with delicious fruit, and houses of entertainment on either side of it, The harper we meet will reiresn us with the words “The Lord its my life, of whom shall I be afraid!’ and the Maiden of israe] will take up her cymbals saying, “I will sing with the Lord, for He ha.h triumphed giori- ously; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.”’ Lastly, let as inquire what is the terminus of this great highway. it comes out in Zion, the palace of the great King, surrounded b; gorges and fastnesses which make it impregnable. irmimer than any Gioraltar or Babylon, no vat- teries of hell can Ser DO power, human or Satanic, lay siege to it, There we shall read, through Christ, our titie clear to the heavenly Mansions, join the song laden with the sound of Many waters, and yet solter than the whisper of the cherubiw, and unite in the chorus of the morning stars. 8T. MARY'S, STAR OF THE SBA, BROOKLYN, The Dangers of Delaying Conversion— A Sermon by Rev. Father Toner. The sacrifice of the mass was offered at St. Mary’s, Star of the Sea at the principal service | yesterday by the pastor, Rev. Eugene Cassidy, and the sermon was delivered by the curate, Rev. | Father Toner, who took for his text Matthew xxil., 15—22. He commenced his discourse by saying that there could be no subject of greater impor- tance to all than that which treated of the danger of deferring their conversion until an uncertain and remote period, which they might never live to see, Of all the false ideas which pervade the world there are none so fraught with mighty and momentous import to us as putting off the time of making our peace with God until we are about vo depart hence. About us we see nothing but pursuit of pleasure, enjoyment and immoderate gratification of every” passion; no thoughts | given to God, though He tells you you are not to put of your converston from day to day least His wrath come apon you and destroy you. Your programme is to enjoy all the material pleasures of the world and neglect your divine Creator and Ais commandments while youare young and in possession of health and strength, which He bas given you, and when on your death bed you will be converted and for- given. You will now seek out the path of vice and herein pursue your way to eternal punish- ment, biipded by the’ blandishments of the world. And yet you cannot plead tne excuse that the fountains of grace are not accessible to gaard you trom the evils and temptations that beset you. TO what, then, are we to attribute this indilfer- ence to God? You are placed here to ‘know love, honor and serve ” and you alone are responsible for being in the terrible position of enmity to Him. From morning till night you are laboring to obtain the things which are perisnable, disregarding the honor due to God, never contem- plating the mysteries of His passion and deavnh, and incurring the certainty of destruction, He calls you now to repentance, and BEWARB OF NEGLECTING THE SUMMONS. Judas was called aud tried to repent, but could agaiast God, who had called. He desires that you will avail yourseives of His mercy when He knocks at the door o; your heart, and the terrible warnings of Scripture are all against those wno defer their conversion to their dying hour. See the rich man who has amassea the wealth of the World as he lies on uis aeathbed, the misdeeds of his lie passing tn rapid and galling succession before his mental vision—no recoliection of devo- tion to his Divine Lord, before whom he about to appear and render an account of nis career in this worid. TRY, THEN, AND BR CONVERTED. Be reconciled to God without further delay. En- deavor to crush your besetting sin, and He will | ond you the grace which you stand in need of egin early, for life, remember, is very short. Death may be near, and awiul is the thought of being summoned, with your sins unrepented of, before the throne of @ merciful but just and of- fended God. Attend, then, to your religious duties, gad be no longer, you who are careless, a scandal to the Church, and in so doing you will set @ good example to the worid, and will escape the taint of the malaria of irreligion and infidelty which 18 now sweeping over the land and carrying destruction to 80 many unhappy souls. oo MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. HaywarD—RIcHaRpson.—On Wednesday, Oc- tober 21, at the residence of the bride’s parents, the Rev, Almond Gunnison, FREDERICK W. |AYWARD, Of Jersey City, N, J., to Lizzig W., eldest daughter of Wm. H. Richardson, of Brooklyn, £. D. LirteLt—Jongs.—At the residence of the bride’s arents, Brooklyn, L, on Wednesday, October , 1874, by Rev. Wm. H. Littell, of Setauker, L. [., FREDERICK R. LITTRELL, of Summit, N. J., to MAGGIB C., daugbter of Captain William Mi. Jones, Died. AyErs,—On Saturday, October 24, JAMES AYERa, Of pneumonia, in the 40th year of his ew ‘ne funeral will take place trom New Utrecht oenredy on Tuesday afternoon, at hall-past one clock. Berting.—At Pelham, Westchester county, on Saturday, October 24, 1874, WILLIAM BERTINE, in ‘Uhe 60th year of bis age. Retattves and irienas of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the fanerai, from the Meth- odiat Episcopal church, Kast Chester, om Tuesday, Octoper 21. 1874 at ore o'clock P. Carriages will be in attendance at Mount Vernon depot, on arrival of 11:56 New Haven train trom Grand Gen- tral Depot. October M4, 1874, JULIA Bircu.—On Satarda: BIRCH, aged 64 years and 17 on Relatives and iriepds of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral service, irom the residence of her son, Isaac 0. Birch, 230 Onn- ton street, on Monday, Uctober 26, at one o'clock. BULLOCK.—S8aaddenly, on Thursday, October 22, oJ Aiputperetic CrouD, ELLA FLEURSITR, youngest not, because he had closed the door of his heart | y | hn, corner of Jay and Front streets, Relatives daughter of Thomas 0. and Annie EB. Bullock, teed 6 ors. 4 months and 2 days. ineral irom parents’ residence, 508 Pacific Breet | this (Monday) alternoon, at hall-past three Chicago and St. Louis papers please copy. Byzon.—On Sunday mornin October 25, 187 WILLiaM J, BYRON, the beloved son of William an Mary Byron, aged 3 years. Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend tue (uneral (rom the resid- ence of his parents, 250 West Forty-seventh street, on , October 26, at hall past one P. M., from there to Uaivary Vemetery. Capmus,—At Bayonne City, N.J., on Sunday, 2, 136, CATHARINE ANN, daughter of ‘an Horne and wife of James Romain Cadmus, aged 23 years and 8 months, Relatives and iriends of the famuy are invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday, Uctober 28, at two o'clock P. M., from the Reiormed Dutch. church, Bayonne City, N. J. CLaRK.—On Saturday, October 24, FREDERICK B., son of William E. and Margaret L. Clark, in the een othe aa, é relatives and friends of the family are in- vited to attend the tuneral services, from the resi- dence of bis parents, 49 West 130th street, this: (Monday) evening, at hal{-past seven o'clock. A! Tain leaves Grand Central de) ot at 6:50 P. M. ; re~ turning leaves Harlem at 8:60 P, M. Interment at Woodlawn, on Tuesday. Doum.—On Saturday, October 24, JOHN C. DoHM, in the 88th year of his age, Notice of funeral herea‘ter, Epecoms.—On Saturday, October 24, at 306 West Fourteenth street, FANNY R., wile of R. 8, Edg- comb, Edgcomb House, Groton, Conn. ae ee otk Bane Conn., for inter- ston train, on aay, October 26, dos iririaae EvskIT.—In Brooklyn, on sixth day, 23d inst., at his residence, No, 64 Clark street, VALENTINE EVERIT, in the 76th year of his age, Relatives and triends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on third day, the 27th inst. at two P. M., trom Friends’ meeting huuse on Scherm- erhorn street, between Boerum and Smith streets. FInK.—On Friday, October 23, at Marshland, S. L, HARRIET PINK, aged 74 years, Garvey.—On Saturday, October 24, 1874, DanrEL. E. Garvey, son of Daniel Garvey, in the 18th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, [rom his residence, 61 Broome street, on Tuesduy, at half- pat one o’clock. The members of Henry Clay age F. and A. M, are invited to attend. Gavey.—On Sunddy, Uctover 25, 1574, MABTHA, the widow of James Gavey, in the s4th year of her age. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, {rom the residence of her gon, William 8, Gavey, ‘124 ak street, Greenpoint, L. I, on Tues- da; afternoon, October 27, at hal'-past one o'clock. EER.—On Sunday, ()°tober 25, CHARRY, Widow of the late Darius Gee:, in the 85th year of her The friends of the pany are invited to attend her funeral, on Tuesday, October 27, from her late residence at Orange Junction, N. J. at halfpast eleven A.M., on the arrival of the 10:30 A, M. train, frum {oot of Barclay street, is Se ctogeme Saturday, Ociover 24, GzoxcE W. REN, Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to. attend the funeral, from the residence of hig father- in-law, Thomas J. Dunkin, 303 Kast ty-frst street, on Monday, October 26, at one o’clock P. Ma G Oo., SEVENTH KEGIMENT, gt ea NEw York, Oct, 24, 1874, The Commandant regrets to aunounce the deathy of our late comrade, Geurge W. ureen, Funeral trom his late residence, 303 East Fifty-first street,, on Monday, October 26, at one o’clock P. M. Captain See ae onan ‘ In Comman mpany. JoHN McGREBvEY, First Sergeant. VETERANS ON THE NATIONAL GUARD, New YorK, Oct. 24, 1874. The members of this association are requested) to attend the funerul of our late fellow member, George W. Greene, from No, 303 East Fifty-firsu street, on Monday, 26th inst., at one o'clock P. M., MARSHALL LEFFERTS, Colonel Commanding. 0. B. Bostwick, Adjutant, HALL.—Un Sunday morning, October 25, WILL~ 1aM C. HALL, of 417 Pearl street, aged 42 years. Notice of funeral in Wednesday's papery HEaTH.—Suddenly, of hemorrhage, on Saturday morning, October 2, James L. Heara, in the 67th year of his age. Friends of the family and those of his brother! Joseph L. Heath and Horace M. Warren, are in: vited to attend the funeral, from his Teale dence, No. 438 Grand avenue, near Fulton avenue,, Brookiyn, on Tuesday, at two o'clock. HEYWARD.—Un Sunday night, October 1874, suddenly, of apoplexy, HENRY HEYWARD, shel lst year of his age. Notice of the funeral hereafter. Hoop.—In Brookiyn, on Sunday, October 25, RacCHEL Hoop. Funeral on Tuesday afternoon, at two o’clock,, from the residence oi her daughter, Mrs. P. Bres= and friends are invited to attend. JoHNSON.—At Newburyport, Mass,, on Friday, October 23, ANNE J., widow of the late Edwards Jonnson, of Stratiord, Conn. The funeral will take piace in Ohrist church, Stratford, on Tue: » the 27th, at three P, M. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend without furtner notice. KELLY.—Suddenly, at Port Jervis, N. Y.,on Sat~ urday evening, Uctober 25, Rev. BENJAMIN KELLY, of Drew Methodist Episcopal churcn, Funeral at Port Jervis, on Wednesday, at half« P. M.; will be buried at Fairmoun (Newark, N. J.), Thursday morning, on arriv: of morning train. Friends are invited, Lsvexicu.—On Saturday, October 24, at 11:55 P. M., alter a lingering illness, which he bore with Christian fortitude, CALEB LEVERICH, in the 74th year of ats age. Friends and relatives are reapectfully invited ta attend his funeral, without turther notice, from the Warren street Metiodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, October 28, at one o'clock P. M. {dow or the lave Wiliain i. Loseer aged 00 years: widow of the late Bee, aged 60 year 9 months and 20 days. Hey eb The relatives and friends of the family are re< spectfully invited to attend the funeral, irom her late residence, No. 106 sediord street, on Tuesday. afternoon, 27, at one o'clock, without further notice, LoruraM.—In Brooklyn, on Saturday, October; 2%, James C. LOTHRAM, Only s0n o/ James and Jeania Lothram. Funeral from the residence of his parents, 7 Patt a Brookiyn, on Monday, October 26, at wo P. MALONEY.—WILLIE, 80D of Bernard and Julia Pak! of diphtherta, aged 4 years, 5 months and 8. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, on Monday, October 26, at one o'clock P. M., from the residence of his parents, Lexington! avenue and Ninety-first street. R.—On Saturday, October 24, ELLIE E., wiie of George H. Mercer. The funeral services will be held at the resi~ dence of her parents, No. 287 Hall street, between De Kalb and Lajayette avenues, Brooklyn, on Tues- day, October 27, at eleven A. M. Friends of tha family are respectfully inviteu to be present. Mygrs.—On Saturday, Uctober 24, JOHN F. Myers, aged 45 years, 8 months and 15 days. The relatives and friends of tne family are ine vited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, resebes 27, at two P. M., from his late residence, corne’ De Kalb ana Yates avenues, Brooklyn, Rep JAOKET TRIBE, No. 13, Imp. 0. R, M.— Brothers—You are hereby notified to meet at the Wigwam at one P. M., sharp, on Tuesday, October’ 21, to attend the funeral of our late brother, Jonm F. Myers. Brothers of sister tribes are reapect-. fully invited vo attend. A. A. NEWMAN, Sachem. O'MULLANE.—A solemn anniversary mass of rew quiem will be celebrated for the repose of the soul of the late Rev. DavVID O'MULLANE at St. Vincenti De Paui’s charch, North Sixth street, Brooklyn, on Monday morning, Uctober 26, at hall-past ten o'clock. ‘Ihe reverend clergy and friends are in< vited to attend. PLace.—On Saturday, October 24, 1874, Mary E., PLAGE, Wife of Robert . Place. The funeral will take place at the residence of! her mother, 12034 First avenue, a hall-past twelve: o'clock, thence to Methodist Episcopal charch, South Third and Fourth streets; thence to Union. Cemetery, this (Monday) alternoon, at one o'clock. The relatives and friends of the iamuy are re- spectfuliy requested to attend. POINIER.—On Saturday, October 2%, ALMIRA, Wife of David R. Potnier and daughter of Anuie M. and the late Thomas Kennedy. Funeral on Tuesday, October 27, at one o’clock,, from 59 Broome street. QuIGe.—On Saturday, October 24, GzorGR QuIGc. ae a and Sarah Quigg, aged § years and’ mon' Funeral will take Ye to-day (Monday), at half« / pees aig o'clock P. M,, from 364 West Nineteenth, stree Sropparp.—At Succasunna, N. J., on Friday, October 23, 1874, Mrs. ELIza WEST, wile ol Rev. E. W. Stoddard and daughter of the late Jonas W. Concklin, of this city. The friends are invited to attend the funeral, at. Saccasunna, N. J., on Tuesday, October 27, at eleven o’oiock A. M._ Will be buried at Oak Hill, Cemetery, Nyack, N, ¥., on Wednesday. VANDERBBOK.—At Ridgewood, N. J., on Sunday, Octover 26, JOHN W. VANDBRBECK, Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, irom the residence o/ his father, on Tues- day next, at two P. M. Train leaves ioot of Cham- bers street at eleven A. M. Uarriages will be in waiting on arrival of train at Ridgewood, WaKEMAN.—On Saturday evening, October 24, 1874, ot Cie eed oie aaah youngest’ gon of Jonn a se Uaroline Wakemat 9 pars ane ee nepal ‘aneral services will be held at the residence of his father, No, 347 West Thirty-second street, om Tuesday, October 27, at half-past ten o'clock. Re latives and friends are invited to attend without — Lat sd Se 1L80N,—On Saturday. morning, October 2%, MaTTHEW A. WILSON, in the 46th year of his age. ‘The relatives and iriends of tue family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral services, &t his lute residence, No. 123 Bast Highty-thir Ger, on Tuesday evening, 27th inst., at eight Che WiaHTON.—On Sunday, October 25, 1874, at riage, Cutanes WiowrOx, aged Fo atts monte java. ‘The relatives and (riends of the family are ins vited to attend the tuneral from the M, B. P. Church, at Kingsbridge, on Wednesday, Octobe: 28, at Nall-past two o'clock P, M. Carriages # be in ware 8 Wiitamsbridge Depot for the half pa oue P, M, train from the Grand Central Dey