The New York Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1874, Page 7

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE, PROGRAMME FOR ADVENT SUNDAY, Ministerial and Church Move- ments—Correspondence. Services To-Day. ‘The Rev. George H. Hepworth will speak this morning in the Church of the Disciples on “How te Lave and How to Die,” In the evening Dr. Deems, in exchange, will deliver the fifth sermon 4m the course on “Christian Experience.” In the First Reformed Episcopal church the Rev. W. T. Sabine will preach this morning and Bishop Reinke, of the Moravian Charch, in the evening. «The Battle of Life” will be represented this morning in the Third Universalist church by Rev. E. C. Sweetser and “Trust in God” tn the evening by Mrs. Hanaford, of Jersey City. The Rev. Dr. Ewer will preach to-day at the ‘usual hours in Ss, Ignatius’ churob. In the Church of the Holy Trinity the Rey. 8. H. ‘Tyng, Jr., D. D., will preach this morning snd evening, and Dr. Irving this afternoon. The Rey. J. F. W. Ware, of Boston, will preach this morning in the Church of the Messiah on “No Root,” and this evening on “Robert Falconer’s Plan for Emptying Hell.” i Rey. Robert Cameron will preach on “Jesus Washing the Disciples’ Feet’? in the morning, and on “The Day of Good Things” in the evening, to bis people in the Church ot the Disciples of Onrist, Twenty-eighth street, near Broadway. The Rev. ©, 0. Tiffany will officiate to-day in the Church of the Atonement. Spirits from the vasty deep will enter Brevoort Hall this evening at the bidding of the Allens and Edays. Dr. Alexander will preach this morning, and Dr. J. O. Murray this evening, in the Phillips Pres- byterlan church, Dr. Porteous, in All Souls’ Protestant Epis- opal church, Brooklyn, will this morning discuss “Theories of Chance, Fate and Destiny,” and this evening, “Probabilities and Lmprobabilities of the Proximate Destruction of the World.” The first of a course of Advent sermons will be delivered in the Paulist church this a(ternoon, by the Rev. Father Stone. Father Beeson and some Indians will adaress the gathering in De Garmo Hall this morning. Mrs. Dr, Lozter will speak there in the evening. The Rev. W. T. Egbert will preach this morning and Dr. Theodore Irving this evening, in the Wain- wright Memorial Protestant Episcopal church. Toe Rev. Cyrus Dixon, D. D., will preach this morning and afternoon in the Forty-second street Presbyterian church, near Seventh avenue. The Rev. P. L. Davies preaches this morning and evening at the usual hours im the Berean Baptist church. The Spiritualists, at 1.195 Broadway, will listen toalecture this morning by Mr. L. 0. Howe, and m the evening a variety performance will be given by several “mediums.” The Rev. R. Heber Newton will preach as usva, to-day in the Anthon Memorial Protestant Episco- pal church. Dr. Preston will deliver the first of a series of Advent sermons this evening in St. Ann’s Roman Catholic church. Subject—‘The Immaculate Con- ception.” The Rev. George 0. Phelps will preach in Allen Btreet Presbyterian church this evening on the “Perils of Youth.” Preaching in the morning also. Tne Rev. W. M. Dunnell will oMciate and preach in All Saints’ Protestant Episcopal church to-day at the usual hours, Mrs. Goodwin and Dr. Hallock will entertain the Spiritualists in Harvard Rooms this morning and evening. Elder Bicknell preaches this morning and after- Roon for the Beulah Particular Baptist church. Dr. Armitage will preach at the usual hours to-* day in the Fifth avenue Baptist church. The Beekman Hill Methodist Episcopal church will be instructed this morning and evening by | the Rev. W. H, Thomas, pastor. “The Coming of the Lord the Only Hope for Cre- ation” will be advanced tnis evening tn the Catho- Me Apostolic church. Dr. A. C. Osborn will occupy the pulpit of the South Baptist church this morning and evening. “Holy Play” 1s Dr. Deems’ subject for this morn. ing in the Church of the Strangers. Mr. Hepworth will preach there in the evening. «The Permanent Satisfaction of Life” this morn. | ing, by the Rev. J. M. Pullman, and “A Lost Soul’ | this evening, in the Church of Our Saviour. The sermons in the Charch of the Heavenly Rest to-day will be preached by Dr. Howland. Phe Rev. R. S. Macarthur will preach this morn- ing and evening in Calvary Baptist cnarcn, The Rev. David Mitchell will preach in the Canal street Presbyterian church this morning and afternoon. The Rev. E. Borel will conduct the services for the French Episcopal Church in Calvary chapel this morning. The Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Anderson will preach in the First Baptist church this morning and even- ing. Zion Protestant Episcopal church will be mtn- istered to to-day at the usual hours by the Rev. J. N, Gallener, y The Rev. M.S, Terry will preach in the Etgh- teenth street Methodist Episcopal church to-day, morning and evening. “The Preparation ot the World for the Advent of Christ” is the theme on which Dr. Rylance will speak this evening in St. Mark’s Protestant Epis copal church, The Rev.George D. Matthews will speak im Westminster Presbyterian church this morning and evening. “David's Prayer for Forgiveness” will be elabo- rated this morning by the Rev. J. B. Hawthorne in the Tabernacle Baptist church. The Twenty-fourth street Metnodist Episcopal churen will hold a reunion service to-day. Dr. Foss will preach in the morning and Rev. William Lioyd, of Poughkeepsie, in the evening. A love feast will be heid in the afternoon, The Rey. W. B. Merritt will occupy the pulpit of the Sixth avenue Kelormed church tnis morning and evening. St. Chrysostom’s Protestant Episcopal church will begin 1ts Advent services to-day witn five celebrations and a sermon, at hal{-past ten A, M. by the pastor, and at balf-past seven P, M. by Dr. Seymour, The Rev. J. W. Barnhart is to preach this moro ing and evening in the lecture room of the For- ayth street Methodist Episcopal charch. “God’s Parpose to Save Men” and “The Abound: | ing Generosity of God” are themes chosen by the Rey. J, 8. Kennard for consideration in the Pilgrim Baptist church to-day. ‘The Rev. W. H. Pendieton will preach to-day, at | the usual bours, in Fifty-third street Baptist church, “How to be Perfect” and “The Judgment Day” will receive Mr. Corbit’s attention tn Seventh street Methodist Episcopal church, The Rev. 8. M. Hamilton will preach in the Scotch Presbyterian church this morning and afternoon, The Rev, Mr. Ganse will preach this morning tn the Madison avenue Reformed church on “Death Swallowed Up in Victory.” “The Triumph in Christ” and ‘The Bondage in | Sin” are the topics of thought for Dr. Fulton to- aay in Ranson place Baptist church, Brooklyn. Divine service this morning in the Russian chapel, Second avenue, conducted in the English | in th language. The Rev. D. B. Jutten will present Biblical truths thts morning and evening in Sixteenth strect Baptist church. The Rev. J. Hyatt Smith will preach a sermon to young men exclasively, this evening in Dr. Scud- d@er’s church on Hancock street, near Fulton, Brooklyn, The Kev. J. W. Bonham wil lecture this even- ing in the Protestant Episcopal charch of the In- Carnation on “Midnight Mission Work im Lon- don.” NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1874.--QUADRUPLE SHEET. Advent—Its Observances im Catholic and Protestant Churches—Speeial Services and Sermons. How happily Thanksgiving Day projects itself fmto the Christian year at the beginning of a sea- fon of solemnity and watchfuiness such as that upon which the Charch will enter to-day! For one month Christians will, in spirit, betake them- selves to the wilderness and the solitary places to listen to the voice of tne forerunner of the Mes- sian calling them to repentance because of the nearness of heaven's King and kingdom. But at the end of this period @ season of joy and rejoicing will succeed ere the doletul seagon of Lent snail come tocheck our joyousness and to bring us back again to sober thoughts of the better life and the happier clime where purer joys and more lasting pleasures than we bave here exist. In all Catholic churches and in most of the Episcopalian churches there are Special services appointed for this advent season, 1n the former it is closely alited to the season of Lent, and partakes very much of the sombreness of the latter. Inthe ‘High’ Episcopal churches it bears about the same relation asin the Roman Catholic Church, Vestments significant of pen- ance and contrition for sin wili be worn by the prieata of both churches, and special sermons will preached on Sabbath and week evenings during the advent season. This evening the Rev. Dr, Preston, of St, Ann’s Roman Catholic church, will deliver the first of a series of discourses on “The Principal Periods tn the Life of the Bver Blessed Mother of God.” The sermon this evening will be on “The Immaculate Conception.” Those to fol- low on successive Sabbath Senties wil be on “The Divine Matermty,” “Phe tyrdom of Mary” and “The Keign of Mary in Heaven and on sSarth,” In St. Chrysqsiom’s Protestant pal church a series of 1 sermons will delivered during the week by different preach- ers. Dr. George F. Seymour will deliver the first this event apd Messrs, Crapsey, Toze:, Olm- sted, W. H. ke and A, ©. Kimber will follow. In 88. Alban’s, St. Ignatius’, St, Mary the V: and other churches of a progressive mould sim! services willbe held, and the churches will be opened during the forenoons for the faithiul to cloister themselves and meditate on and repent of their sins, in the churches of other denomina- tions no particular notice is taken of this season, except to prepare an evergreen dressing for them and entertainments for the Sabbath school chil- dren. But when Christmas comes there is a reter- ence more or iess general in ali churches of every denomination to the advent of Vbrist. The Lutheran Dificulty. Rev. Robert Neumann, lately the missionary of the Lutheran Church in charge of the Castle Gar- den Mission, has sent to the secretary of the Mis- sion Committee @ communication stating that under the rules of the Commissioners of Emigra- tion it was not possible for him to give an uncon- ditional assent to the recent action of the Mission Comniitvee, and that he cannot carry out the resolutions of the committee “without loging even all self-respect.” He demands his galary, which he claims to be due since May last, and asks that after the discharge of the debt nis relations with the mission be considered severed. A Ceuntry Methedist Preacher on the Herald’s Sermens. To Taz EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Not being able to attend refigious services my- self, itis @ pleasure to me to obtain a Monday's HERALD in which I can read the sermons of the previous day, as well as your comments on the same. Iam also pleased with your occasional ad- monitions to lukewarm churches and delinquent members. Many of them need cautions against evil, and exhortations that will awaken their zeal ana provoke them to good works. The Nsw YorK HERALD Can give such counsels as well as any one else. {t would be well for business men on Mon- day mornings to furnish themselves with a copy of the HEBALD and at leisure hours during the week to read over the Sunday sermons in it snd be admonigned by them against the evils they Meet with in the way of Ife. Especially would it be well ior those who are given to the tricks of trade to keep fresh in their minds some o! the prominent utterances of the most practicai ser- mons reported in the HERALD. A good hint or caution from a secular news- ee as as from any other source. any a fellow Who has come to grief would have done better had he heeded wholesome advice which he might have gathered up from the papers Which sometimes venture out of the old ruts of politics and trade and say a word on good prac- tical life and religion. Those who sleep so soundly in the church ag pot to be conscious of what is said from the pulpit ought certainly to buy a HERALD on Monday, read the reports of the Sab- bath aiscourses and see how much they nave lost by not keeping awake. It ts for the good of the public that so many ex- cellent sermons are reported 80 accurately as they are in the HERALD. It will be well il they are read and heeded, A METHODIST PREACHEK, “Save the Youth: Hi Worth the Sav- ing.” Yo THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— While attending the ladies’ prayer meeting im the rooms of the Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion, Brooklyn, I was struck by a remark made by one of the ladies. She said the liquor sellers justily sheir saloon keeping on the ground that there is nowhere else for young men who have no homes in the city to spend their evenings. 1am compar- | atively unacquainted with city life in this country, and, therefore, do not know now far this may be true; butit seems to me, if it be so, that Chris- tan men and women snould take this matter se- Tiously in hand and endeavor to organize some system by which young men may find attractive places of resort, where their evenings may be Spent pleasantly, and at least innocently, if not profitably. This need has long been felt in the large cities of Earope. In Paris and London various plans have been formed and carried out witb good suc- cess, In Germany there are in every large city gardens in summer and concert rooms in winter, where ladies and gentlemen can go together and enjoy really good music and Obtain reiresnments ata very small cost. In England penny readings have been startea of late years to afford cheap and instructive amasement ior the people. There are in every large city gentiomen (and ladies also) who read well and give pleasure by reading or re- citing passages from popular or classical autnors, the verian imittance fee going to defray the ex- penses of lighting, &c. Could you not, Mr. Kdttor, tnrough your pages, urge upon Christian ministers and gentiemen of weaith and influence to take this matter seriously in hand and do something to save young men from being led to destruction in the way they are now, by the many temptations te which they are exposed ? I know it will be said that it ia their own fault, that they choose their own road and that there are plenty Of ways open to them if they desire self- improvement. But we do not speak of those who are anxious to go right, but rather ef those who are easily led astray, and awong these are some of the brigntest intellects and the finest charac- ters naturally—men whom the angels must weep over if they can see them treading the downward road. It is for such as these we would find some- thing as attractive as the liquor saloon, or still More attractive if possible. Surely this 1s @ work about which no one should be lukewarm. We send missionaries to the heatnen and sit with folded hands things are going on sround os that would make the beatnen biush with shame, burning house should we stand calmly by and let our beat beloved rush biindly into the flames with- ont putting forth a hand to hold them back? Would men laugh at us then as ianatics and en- thusidsts oecause we did all in our power to re- strain them? And yet we are to see this infinitely worse destruction, this prostitution of the noblest powers, Chia headlong race to ruin, not of the body only, but of the mind, the tmmortal soul, and wrap Ourselves in our selfish ease, say- ing In our fancied superiority, “We cannot belp it, it is their own jault.” It was not 80 that One of old acted. He was not content to stand preach- ing in the Temple, but went out into the high- Ways and hedges and compelled them to come Om Do we not still hear that voice saying to each of us, “Go ye and do likewise.”” AN ENGLISHWOMAN. “Metaphysical Essay on Creation.” Pradentius’ | To THE EDITOR OF THE BERALD:— In his rejomder to my criticism on the above | essay the author offers a repetition of his former text, and contends, with great warmth, that the construction placed apon his language and argu- ments is alike unwarrantable and uncharitable. Granting for a moment that the charge of Platon- ism, pantheism, emanationism, &c,, were thus disposed of, what other system, forsooth, can we trace in bis lines? Briefly, none; but in lieu of it we have the logos of St. John and the theory of design, as though these were in any sense adequate to account for this great universe! They may be suMictent to lead a scholar and # Christian, even like “Prudentius,” into the grussest An- thropomorphitism. Witness his theses :— There is no principal of cor al beauty or perfectior that does not exist in the aivun bea iyctroe ‘rom ail limits or imperfections. Kvery intellectual and moral virtue with which wo are acquainted exists, either formally or eminently, in e energies or forces nt in every created | or material agent hb, an indnite equivalent ¢ divine power. They may teach men to liken themselves unto God, and to say, ‘Go to; let us build us a city and a tower that may regch unto heaven.” They may enable the atheist to argue that if the principle of corpor beauty and perfection and of every in- tellectual and moral virtue inheres in God, then by Parity of reasoning the principle of impertec- tion, of dross, of deformity and “innate depravity? likewise inheres in and proceeds from the Deify, provoking the inquiry how far these are “de. signed” and form part and parcel of the logos; but as factors in the cosmogonic scheme, as ex- ponents of the phenomenon of matter and of mind, they avail only to attest the impotence of human sntellect amd the powerty of mundane cas ts le |. “Surely it is time to have done with this wretched ; $Rev. Father Hogan, of East Newark, who has PAPAL INFALLIBILITY. ‘The Bishop ef Richmond en the Glad- stone-Manning Controversy. St. PaTnicn's bara Ricumonp, Va., Nov. 25, 1874, To THe Evrron oF THE HERALD :— You ask me what my views are on the Glad- stone-Manning controversy, and though this gub- ject has been ably discussed by the Archbishop of Baltimore I cannot refuse to comply with your courteous communication in the very few mo- ments at my disposal. T attended each and all the sesstons at the Ecu- menical Council in Rome bearing on the question of Papal infallibility. To the best of my recotlec- tion there were twenty-five sessions devoted to the infalltbility subject, at which 125 prelates spoke, besides 100 other bishops who declined to speak in public, but handed in their written observations. While some of the speakers were opposed to the definition as being, in their estimation, inex- Pedient or unnecessary, not one of the bishops re- sisted the definition on the ground that it would in the slightest degree alter the relations existing between the temporal and spiritual power. Whatever Mr. Gladstone may say to the con- trary, the very wording of the definition strictly confines the Papal prerogative to faith and morals. The Pope does not wield in 1874 one jot more power tian he did in 1774 and in 104 In every age of the Church ke fas exercised the preroga- tive of infallibility. Pope Innocent L exercised it in the fifth century in condemning the Pelagian heresy, and so did Gregory XI. in the fourteenth century, and Innocent X. in the seventeenth and the present Pontiff in 1854, when he defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Hence the Council of the Vatican, in promul- Gating in 1870 the Pope’s infallibility, did not ore- ate a new doctrine, bat confirmed an old one. In proclaiming this dogma the Council gives the Sanction of a law to a principle always existing as & matter of fact. I may illustrate this by referring to our Supreme Court at Washington, When it decides a conati- tutional question, its decision, though embodying @ new torm of words, cannot be calied a new doc- trine, because the judgment ts based on the letter and apirtt of the constitution. So when the Church issues @ new dogma of faith, that decree is nothing more than anew form of expressing an old doc trine, because the decision must be drawn from the revealea word of God, and based upon the constant tradition of the Church. Tne course pursued by the Church regarding Papal infallibility was practised by her 1,500 years ago in reference to the divinity of Jesus Christ. Our Saviour was acknowledged to be Goa from tne beginning of the Church. Yet His divinity Was not formally defined till the Council of Nice im the fourth century; and it would not have been definea then haa it not been denied by Arius, Nor would she have defined the infallibility of Peter’s successor in 1870 if that truth had not Deen called in question by modern Gallicans, As the Council of Nice added nothing to the power of Christ, meitner did the Council of the Vatican add anything to the prerogatives of the Pope. As to whether religious and civil liberty will suffer any detriment irom the Catholic Church, we | can appeal with confidence to the past, especially | to the history of our own country. ‘The same spirit still animates and always will animate the Catholic Church that dictated the memorable decree which was passed by the General Assembly of Catholics (Maryland) in 1649:—*No person whatsoever within this province, professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shal) from henceforth be anywaye troubled or molested tor his or her religion, or in the free exercise thereof, | or any way compelled to the belief or exercise of any other religion against his or her consent.” They love a cause best who suffer for it most. We have suffered too much in the sacred cause | of liberty to raise our hands against it. It is for the principle of religious liberty that the Bishop of | Geneva is in exile and the Bishops of Germany are languishing in prison. It is very singular that while Mr. Gladstone has not & word to say in condemnation of the actual tyranny of Bismarck, he 1s trembling at the im- aginary tyranny of the Pope. It is equally strange that the ex-Premier did not discover the fatal tendency of the Vatican decree tor jour years after it was framed, and not until after his Ministerial defeat, and had he remained tn office the world would never have seen his famous pampniet, Falthfally, your obedient servant, JAMES GIBBONS, Bishop of Richmond and Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, MINISTERIAL AND CHURCH MOVEMENTS. | : ROMAN CATHOLIC. The Cathotic Review says Gladstone’s attack is a greater godsend to the Church in England than was the conversion of the Marquis of Ripon, and that it has given as great an impetus to the Ro- man Catholic Church as did the conversion of John Henry Newman or Archbishop Manning. The Rev. Father Hickie, of St. John’s church, Gowanus, will lecture on temperance this evening in St. Augustine’s church, Bergen street, Brook- lyn. The Rev. Father Kavanagh, of Auburn, N. Y., sailed on Saturday to spend the winter in the Emerald Isle. The Rev. OC. Moynihan, pastor of St. Peter's church, New Orleans, who went to Europe last summer with the pilgrims, returned {rom over the fea last werk. It 1s ramored that Father Raumeisher, pastor of the German Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadel- | phia, mtends leaving the Church with bis friend, Father Gerdemann, and also that he intends to | marry Gerdemann’s sister. Raumeisher was with Gerdeman when the latter was married, and they were Classmates at college in Germany. The Rev. Father Jolivet, 0, M. 1., Bishop-elect? Natal, Africa, will be consecrated to-day. The corner stone of a French Catholic chtrch | Was laid at Fall Kiver, Mass., last Sunday, Te Boston Pilot, commenting on some recently | eriormed ritualistic antics in the Protestant ipiscopal Church of the Advent, Boston, says:— | farce. If these gentlemen can find no better oc- cupavion than aping the dress, the title and even | the religious ceremonies of the Catholic clergy, some charitable soul should invent some other religious rattle to amuse them.’’ There are now in the Catholic total abstinence Organization 100,000 members anid about. 500 so cleties, spread ail over the country. There are over seventy Catholic churches in fie State of Vermont, Filty years ago there was at one. The Oblate Fathers, of Lowell, Mass., open a mission at the St. Mary’s Cavnolic church tue first | Sunday of Decemver, and will continue daily | ‘until the iollowing Saturday. Work on the new Church of the Immaculate Conception, Worcester, Mass., Rev. Robeft Walsh, been suspended until the spring. the Baptist’s Roman Catholic church, New Orleans, ts to be sold unless $40,000 can be | raised within a few weeks to meet its liabilities. an appeal for aid | ponses. Father Burningham has been removed from Rome, N. Y., to Cleveland, Oswego county, N. Y., | by Bishop McNierney. The new Catnolic Cathedral in Savannah, Ga., is rapidly approaching completion. Wnen finished it will be one of the finest specimens of architec- ture In the South. The Rev, John O'Connor is likely to be appointed | cali Vicar General of the diocese o! Uttawa by Bishop Duhamel. The Catholics are building @ new church at Esopus, N Y, Father Delaney, of Pawtucket, R. L, who sailed for Europe last week, took with him, as the gilt of his school children and congregation, an ad- dress printed om satio, in a heavy gilt irame; a costly Writing case, and $800, been tll tor some time recently, is now quite strong again and p cuting his pastora] duties af wealously as e' The Rev. Father Keegan, of Brooklyn, is talked Of as the successor to the late poy 8 jaqon, of eoeene Who was himaeif also fol ly & Brook- lyn priest. Bishop Loughiin is named Chale to aren eat McCloskey, and Father Malone, of Brooklyn, will probably succeed Bishop Loughlin, Last Tuesday, tn St. Mary*s Se! ry, Baltimore, archbishop Bayley and the Oatholc clergymen of the diocese renewed he Ir vows and promises made at the time of their ordination. The chapel of the Seminary was richly adorned on the occa- sion, and over fifty priests were present. RPISCOPALIAN. Church and State bas a mild reproof for Bishop Commins, who last Sunday devoted a sermon to whe shortcomings of the late Convention. It thinks that body preserved an admirable reserve in regard to his desertion, and if all that he says against the Church that has honored and nur- | at Shandakin, | churches are enjoying retreshing times. ng He Henry L. Jones, formerty of Fitchourg, removed to Wiikesbarre, Pa, v. W. C. Armstrong has accepted an elec- tion to St, Mark’s church, Waupaca, Wis. ts the first Sunaay in Advent, ‘The oi and congregation o! the Protestant Episcopal church, St. Clair, Mich., have resolved to Witudraw from the old orgauization and join the Reformed Episcopal Church. The Rev. J. H. Ward, of Maine, believes that @ Missionary clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church cannot now pursue his work jor one week without breaking the rubrics of that Church. Dr. Nicholson, of Newark, N. J., who recently seceded from the Protestant Episcopal Church and joined the Reformed movement, says “the {late} General Convention has made tenfold more intense the anti-Protestant errors of the now preval'1n; churchmanship, and never till there is a revised Prayer Book can such errors be counteracted. Bus of that there is no hope.” The Episcopalians of Chateangay have laia the corner stone of St. John’s church, now 10 process of erection there, The Rey. Heury A. Dows has closed Iris labors as rector of Trinity church, Collinsville, Conn., and removed to Goshen, N. ‘Tne diocese of assistant bishop a salary of $3,500 a year. A majority of the members and vestry of Eman- Ue} Protestant Episcopal church, Lowiaville, Ky., having gone inte the Reformed fold with their pastor and held possession of the church property, @ sult at law for its recovery 18 on hand by the TaEreneany ee of the Protestant Episcopal The Rev. Mr. Coleman, of Kahway, N. J., has re- signed hischarge there to aceept one in Niles, rT The consecration of the Rev. Dr. Garrett as Mis- slonury Bishop of Northern Texus is to take piace. in Trinivy catnedral, Omaha, on Sunday. Decem- ber 20, Bishop Olarkson is to be the consecrator, Bishop Tattie the preacher, METHODIST, The Methodist, noticing the presence of evangelist in Dr. Puiton’s church, Brooklyn, trusts the pastor to drive irom im tne devils ol bigotry and sel-righ eousness and secare his converston to the Christianity to which charity is not a stran- ls are reported in the First Methodist Episcopal church, Annapolls, 120 converts; in esley cnape! Washington, . C., 40; at Moers, N, Y., 60; im Biaireville, Pa., 130 converts are i orte odale, lowa, 31. Bishop Pierce, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Suuth, has returned in good healta from his work on the Pacific coast, Rev. L. W. Pilcher, of the Detroit Conference, missionary for the last four years to Pekin, Chine, ig now on a visit home. He is to return to Pekin, The Baltimore Methodist foots up she conver- sioné reported in its excuanges ior two weeks, and the result is 3,916, The new Southern Methodist Episcopal church im Clarksburg, Md., was dedicated last Sunday: A new church at Jersey Landing, Ill., will be ded cated next Sunday; another near Van Wert Town, Ohio, and another at Hollandsburg, Onto, will be dedicated to-day. Avery successiul series of meetings has just closed at Apalacnin, resulting in the conversion of firty. At Ashland, N. Y., nearly ninety nave pro- fessed conversion. At Friendship, Cochranvilie Circuit, seventy-six persons have professed eon- version. : The Methodist preachers of Trenton, N. J., are again agitating the vemperance question, and propose to oppose every political aspirant who does not subscrive to the docsrin ‘The Methodist praying bands of Newburg, N. Y., have started on @ revival campaign under Messrs. D. B. Welling and J. L. Sioat in the villages and towns of that Vicinity, and their work is meeting with success. Rev. A. H. Haynes reports forty-eight converts . ¥. At Hope Faus, N. Y., sty iD ve. are reported; at Jamestown, N. Y., nineteen; ‘Twelfth street church, Washington, D. U., twel’ Barr MST. ‘There are 827 Baptist churches in the State of New York, only 131 of which have over 200 mem- bers each. Four hundred and eighty-iour have jess than 100 each, and most of these are unabie to support pastors or to keep their church bulid- ings in repair, A Tennesseean correspondent of the Baptist Weekly writes that ‘“toroughout the South re- vivals are very common at present, ony un dreds and thousands are being baptized. The | good news of Pentecostal scenes comes to us from all quarters, The increase in Baptist charches this year is greater than ever before,” The Rey. Homer Eddy, of Loudonville, Ohio, has recelved a cail to the Baptist church at Wasseon, in the same State. The Rev. B. fullos bas resigned his charge of the Windsor Branch Baptist courch, Ohio, on ac- count of his wile’s sickness. He has been ten years in that place, The Rev. Ira Bennett, of Pittsford, has accepted @ call to the pastorate of the Baptist churca at ittenango, N, Y. ‘The Rev. G. W. Diroll, of Brocton, C. W., has be- come pastor of the Baptist churca at Randolph, 1. ¥. Anew Baptist church in Macopin, N. J., erected by the liberality of Mr. Conrad Vreeland, was opened for pablic worship last Sunday. The Rev. William Roilinson, of Mt. Pleasant, J.» bas accepted @ call to the Sherman ist church, in that city. rr. ry, of Richmond College, Virginia, has received and declined a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist church, Richmond, Va., as suc- cessor to Dr. Burrows. the First bap ot church in Providence, k, 1, and aiterwards college! \d Cutcago University, died iast Suuday at his home in St. Louis. Rev. H. C. A. Sedgerbioom has closed his labors as a missionary among Peninsula of Michigan. Rev. W. R. Webb, D. D., of Tiskilwa, h the call of the Baptis' it church in Morris, come their pastor, and his labors there, PRESBYTERIAN. The Federation Committee of the Presbyterian churches of Canada and the United states have arranged a meeting to take piace here in Dr. Collegiate church on Fitth ue In the evening. ne Rey. E. P, Wells has resigned his charge in Denver City, Col., to accept one in Chicago. He has been six years in Denver. ‘The Presbyterians throughout the land have raised $43,000 for he relief of disabled ministers lor this year; but $67,000 more are needed, and an appeal is made to non-contributors to pay up promptly beiore the severity of winter brings dis- tress to those old veterans of the Gospel. ‘Ihe Rev. T. H. Quigiey, of bethany, has been called to the Presbyterian church at El |. Y. A revival in the Autos ae church at Sydney Plains, N. Y., bas resulted in tne conversion o1 filty persona, The Rev, John H. Frazee, late of Syracuse, has, alter eight years’ absence, returned to Dis former charge, in Toms River, N. J. Tue Rev. J, H. Sharpe has resigned his charge in the Wharton street cliurch, Pailadelphia, to be- come the assistant of Dr. Boardman, of the same city. Feeble health has induced Mr. Sharpe to re- the Rev. A. M. Jelly, of Washington, N. J., has received @ unanimous call from the Franklin street Presbyterian cnurcn of Balumore. ‘The Rev. J, T. Houston and wiie, of Pittsburg, are soon to sail, a8 missionaries of the Presbyterian Church, to Brazil, Rev, Dr. Van Nest has returned to this country from bis chapel in Florence, Italy, having left Rev. Mr, Kittredge in charge. Rev. Ravaud K. Rodgers, D. D., has removed ce Bound Brook, N. J., to athens, Clarke county, a. Mr. George R. Smith has been ordained pastor of the Presbyterian church at Dryden, N. Y. Rev. G. G. Smith has removed trom Williams- port, Md., to Santa Fe, Cal. MISCELLANEOUS, The Rev. John Gibbs, formerly a prominent Con- gregationalist minister in this vicinity, died in brooklyn last week, aged eighty-eigut years. Religious revivals are reported in the churches of | Mendiam, Rockaway, Succasonna, Flanders, Boon- | ton, Parsippany and Dover, N. J. There are 194 Congregatio churches in New Hampshire and 174 ministe: 75 churches have pastors or acting pastors, 49 are vacant and 60 ministers are without cnarge are disabled from active service. The two Congregational churches in Westmore- Jand, N. H., have united harmoniously, and Mr. U. N. Flanders, of the last class at Andover, has be- gun his ministry with them, Rey. Frank Haley, late of Milton, accepts his in- vitation to become Lcdcled Bale of the Belknap Congregational church in Dover, N. H. Rey. P. B. Fisk, tor the past four years acting pas- tor of the Congregational church at Lyndonville, accepts a unanimous call to Springfield, Mass. A correspondent, who signs himseif ‘M. D.,!? “Protestant’s” attention to Exodus xx., 8 88 @n answer to nis objection to praying to the Virgin the Mother of God, The reference has no reterence whatever to the question at issue. The Rey, T. J. Holmes nas resigned his pastorate of the Lee avenue Congregational church, Brooklyn, owing to financial disagreements be- tween himseli aud the OMcers of the church, LEXINGTON AVEXUE SYNAGOGUE. Thanksgiving Reminiscences—Kdu tion, Worship, Amasements, dic.—Lec- ture by Rev. Dr, Huebsch. Having preached to his congregation on Thanks- giving Day Dr. Huebsch yesterday gave them a free, off-hand talk on matters of special and gene- Tal inverest, Without any particular texts save |, the first ana second chapters of the Fathers, which treat of their pillars of human society and human welfare, the Doctor spoke about education, worship and benevolence as the three pillars upon which the moral world stands. Education, ke re- marked, is the foundation of man’s success in all his earthly relations, Domestic happiness rests upon it. A cheerful home life 1s not dependent vared him is true it wonders how he can be will- upon @ magnificent remdence. Bricks and that be devoted himself first and most urgently to | t Zion, Mo., 22; at Windham, N. Y., 200; | nt of Watertow: aurt esident ee | average of 100 beneficiaries in the house, cost only Crosby’s church, December 3, forenoon, and in the | } One-half of these | | The Rev. Dr. R. C. Pattison, formerly pastor of | tne Swedes in the Upper | has already eutered upon | | Its last re man’s heart nor satis(y bis aspirations alter love andsympathy. To reap the bleased Rar- ‘Vest of love from the ground of ® son’s or daugb- ter’e heart we must lavor earnestly and assidu- ously that the germ of affectionate feeling may grow and develop in their minds, Neglect of bome education is the ain which is visited on both Parents and children. The amenities of social Hie are based on the same principle. A mam never shows himself to better advantage than in inter- course witn his fellow men, and nothing 1s more profitable than association with the educated, Bat if you divest society of the element of educa- tion, them the reunions of the young degenerate imto orgies, the conventions of the old into reveis. and the social gatuerings of ladies into batt fields, where every tomgue is & dangerous bow, every word @ poisoned arrow and women’s dignity and character the helpless victiiug which bleed to death. - Success ip business Ife depends on educa- tion. You may, peraups, cite againss this theory many an example where wholly aneducated men ¢ been crowned with success in their business nsactions; bus much depends upon what you understand by succeas, If you mean the beapin; Up of gold, then there 1s nothing more success{u! than @ gold mine. Bot who would willingly be transformed into the richest gold mine of Califor- ulat And why not? Because the mine hides its treasures, but cannot use them. Well, then, it follows that true success consists in @ proper use of what one has acquired nightly. But to this end stern principle and good judgment are necessary, and these are the fruits of education, It matters novwhether this education ts received from kind parents, or whether a man labors tu after years to Mould and shape his character by sel!-eaacation. Without it, however, there cannot be success, I believe, said the Doctor, in seli-made men. 1 be- lieve even in money-making men; but what ldo Not believe in is that mouey makes aman. You | know now dearly we have had to pay and still are paying for the negiect of the truin that business | bot built on intelligence and moral principles Jeads to ru: ‘That the same theory bolds good in | public lie orroporated by the greatest of tne Greek philosophers, Socrates, when asked | why he did not take an active part | mm she administration of the pubilc — al- fairs, promptly repied, “fo educate citizens | capable vo govern themselves is more useiui.’ Though the pracuce of our public men may diter | from this maxim it 18 true aud rigut. The best way to check the mischie! of bad yovernments and seliish politicians is to elevate the standard of public education, Speaking of worsnip the Doctor Telerred not Lo denomipationalism, vut to religion im general. To take the religious idea out of a | man's thought is as if one should take the oxygen out of the atmosphere. it was lately acknowledge. | by one of our most distinguished paturalists tuat there is no such thing as atheism. To say there is no God is seli-decel:, and to worship no God is to withhold irom the soul a nourishment which is as necessary to her as the daily bread ts to the body. The grain ts good, the bread may be bad; why Y The baker may bave spoiled it. I pray (ne baker to be careful and not to spuil God’s precious iit The grain of reitgion is good, the bread of fenominationalsm is sometimes bad, vecause the priest has spoued it. I pray the priest not to Spoil God’s dearest blessing. THE SABBATH 18 POR MAN. H Like that fountain which sprung srom Eden it | carries blessing through the whole region of hu. | man hfe. But then it must be God’s Sabbath and man’s Sabbath at the same time. The Church has | aright to claim the best part of the day as her share, put the rest is tor recreation and innocent | amusements, Do I call theatrical performances i on the day of rest innocent amusements? In the Middle Ages, when the theatre was revived by the clergy, the Church w: the scene, monks tue actor id insipid miracies the topics of most ab- curd 9 It you nad asked me then my answer would have been, Do not approach it; it 18 the breeding place of hatred and superstition, But since the theatre has emancipated itself from the Church, since it is no longer the siave of superstition, since it bas produced a literature which is the just pride and boast of the highest human intellect, [do not see whatan honest servant of Godcan say sgainst it, True religion leads mao to man in brotherly love and to God in sincere and cnildlike faith, The super- scription oi such faith tue Doctor found in benev- olence. He urged his congregation to meet the mercy of God th a deserving Way by elevating edu- cation, by coniessing and practising pure religion and by aiding and supporting their needy fellow creatures, especially at this time, when the | severity of winter causes the poor to ask:— Whence shall come‘mny help? Be ye the messen- | gers of God and bring to the destitute the answer | of His mercy. A OBARITY FAIR, The fair to be held at No. 30 Union square (Fourth avenue), from December 1 to 15, 1s in aid of one of the most deserving of all our city’s | voluntary charities. The institution to be helped by the results of the fair is the Association for Be- iriending Children and Young Giris, located at No. 136 Second avenue, where it sheliers and provides in every way for from one hundred to one hundred and fifty unfortunate females, aiding them to enter again the paths of piety and peace. It is managed by judicious ladies, under the advice of a committee of our best citizens, and aims to of her husband. In the fifi of si Fear she man ried one James 8, Ramsey, and ‘applied aod obtained & a@ivorce ‘rem ‘Ramsey ‘Sho Ob tained a small of the °, Ronson, made no sppheaiien. r eight and Cie Octo- Ser, ive ene reas oe oe to the roll of pensioners, !¢ is Dow alleged that Becker knew Of the woman’s marriage tO Ramsey, that be ob- tained a copy of the decree for Givorce, read 1t to Kate Dunne in the presence of witnesses on a Sat- urday, and on the next M the woman, All the parties protested their inno- cen In the course jent on the amount of the United States Dis- trict attorney, A. Keasby, admitted that tt might be possible Mrs. Becker might not be the widow Dunne; that it might be @ case Of mis- taken identity. It was insinuated,e@n she other band, that the whole thing has grown out of a desire to punish Becker for ie alleged District safe burgiary ira tors—s role in which for months past bas been most zealous, He was required to luroish bail in $2,500, and bis wife in the same amount, to appear ior examination to-morrow, Callery was let goon $1,000. Among the detective ofMfcers of Newark and the police and United States authorities there bas long been s disposi- ton to quarrel. THE HILT CASE. The Wrangle Between the Detectives ‘What Is there Behind the Scenes. The police detectives and the Pinkerton detec- tives seem to be rather “mixed,” in police parlance, as to the merita of the case in which the man Hilt, arrested in Pniladelpbia a few days ago, 1s apparently so criminally con- nected, Yesterday & HERALD reporter endeavored to unravel the skein as best he could, but so far as the detectives were concerned nothing new in relation to the matter couid ve developed. At all events the indications are that between the two parties who are quarrelling about the posses. sion of Hult, the full facts wii come out at the hearing that is to be given the suspected man on Wednesday next, The Pinkerton people, at lesst Mr. Bangs, the responsible agent of Pinkerton in this city, looks upon Hilt as a simple, Innocent(') tooi of men who have really done the jorgeries. On the other nand the New York detectives say thut Hult could not have been ignorant of the existence of ‘ FORGED BONDS and counterfeit plutes in his office in New street, As the case now stauas Sue p » aetectives of the city want Hit brougat here ty explain, if he can, how tne forged bonds and counterieit plates Were In his rooms, while the Pinkerton detectives ciaim that he ought to ve held in Philadelpoia on the charge of having vad somethiag ro do with tue Degotiation of the $15,000 of Unicago aud North- western bonds, the charge being that the forgery was committed in Philade.phia, It i velieved that Hilt knows a good dea: about other parties who were concerned in tie .orgery of the Central and Ene and otuer raijroad bonds about which Wall street Was 80 Much eXcized some litte time ago, and that ifhe can be made to tell ail he knows there will be @ big haul of promineut “cross” men and others who travel on their respectability ta moneyed circles, This, however, is only conjecture, as none Oo! (tne detectives seem willing to reveal anything further than bas already vecu made pab- lic in the case. A HERALD reporter yesterday called at the office of the United states detectives, where he met Reed, the mati WHO Was sent iron the ofice to Philadelphia with THE POLICE OFFICERS. Reed said he had nothing to conceal about the case. He had gone under orders to Philadeiphia, and had, with Captain Irving and his men, takea part tn the arrest of Hilt, The latter, alter iearn- ing why be was wanted here, he says, expressed his willingness to go with the officers, particularly alter he was shown by Reed his ‘authority,’ which was the commission 0j Gillen, an officer of the secret service, who had sent bim to make the arrest, He says further that, betore starting, Gillen showed him the United States bonds, witn Tightiu. mames erased, and the counterieit cur- rency, which had been seized in ‘“Bacuelor’s’? oftice, in New street. He, thereiore, knew just what he Was about. As to the action of the Pinkerton men, who prevented Hilt’s being taken aboard of the train, he adds that they represented themselves as police officers attached to the Phila- adelphia “headquarters.” One of them exhibited @ Warrant Woich he said was for the arrest of Hilt; but he (Reed) was not allowed to inspect It to see if it really was made out for Hilt. He expressed it as bis belet that the Pinkertons some cause ovher than THE ENDS OF JUSTICE to serve in preventing, as they had, Allt being brought bere. Mr. Bangs, it will be borne in mind, | entertains just this view of the action of the New York omicers—that begs! ig 8 arresting nim and bringing him to this city hoped to snield other parties really more criminal than Hut I there be any truth im the insinua- tions of both sides to the controversy, 1% 1s to do the utmost that can be gone of good with the proceeda of voluntary contributions, upon which it is administered, It is now struggiing to extinguish the debt incurred in buying the premises where it is now located and which are admirably adapted to its objects. Not a cent is expended in salaries, por’ shows that the receipts from work of the girls by the sewing machine and in the lvundry brought’the institution $1,130 67, and the support of the charity during the year, with an $5,240, or Duta trife over $1 fer each week for each iumate, which included the purchase of clothing and other necessaries, 8 well as tood. In view of such good management of tne funds raised it will be an additional charm to those who may patron- ize the fair for itsown attractions that every dollar they may expend in it wul do @ ull dollar's | worth of charitable work. 8T, FRANOIS XAVIER'S FAIR. For two weeks longer tne benevolent ladies of | St. Francis Xavier’s church, in Sixteenth street, | between Fifth and Sixth avenues, propose to con- tinue thelr self-sacrificing labors in the cause of | sweet charity at their fair in the College Hall, Tney devote one-half of the proceeds of their sales | there to the purchase of clothing materiais, which | they give out to be made up by needy working | women into garments for the destitute, the poor | women being well paid ior their labor. The other half 18 mre to the Society of St.Vincent de Paul, which, by its excellent and moat complete system of local organizations, covers and undertakes to relieve distress in all portions of the city without any loss by Way of expenses or sala- ries. Decorated with exquisite taste and exnivit- ing on its many sale tables a great variety and amount of attractive and valuable articles to tempt urchasers, the spacious hall is a place replete with fascipations. Not the least among these are the charming ladies who give their time to this work Of ministering to the needs of the unfortui All who pay them a visit will testify to their grace and afability, treating ail, Protestants aud Catho- hes alike, with the cordiality and deference which | recognizes the universal fraternity of benevolence. An hour's visit at this fair will be filled with pleasure. 8T, STEPHEN'S LADIES’ PAIR. The managers of St. Stephen’s Ladies’ Fair have resolved to bring their labors to a close on next Tuesday evening. On that occasion the names of the winners of the costly prizes disposed of by | lottery will be publicly announced. As a great number Of articles of beauty aad value will be sold by auction without reserve, those in search | of bargains will have an admirable opportunity to | make profitable purchases. For to-morrow even- ing @ choice programme of music has been ar- ranged and will given by the bana, winle the | ladies in charge are determined to surpass even | their former efforts, “QHUROH FAIR ON STATEN ISLAND. The fair at St. Peter's church, New Brighton, Staten Island, which has been in progress for two weeks, Will Close to-morrow evening. One of the | chief features of this fatr is a large photograph | taken from GleW’s celebrated picture of ‘Donny- brook Fair.” This photograph is magnified ten times by the aid of a powerfal lens and is placed on exhibition, The other interesting fea- tures include handsome Pony Pi by Mr. James Tully, of ‘omp kinsville, a large cake containing an amethyst and a Romanesque ring and an elegantly furnished refreshment table. The pastor, Rev, J, L. Conron, expresses his acknowledgments to the Misses Cue, of West Brighton; Mrs, McCarthy, of Tompkins- ville; Mrs. Bauman, of Brighton; Mise Braniffe, Mr. James Dowdican and the other generous ladies and geutiemen who have assisted to make the fair @ success and thus relieve the church of a portion of the deb} resting upon it, 4 NEWARK DETECTIVE ARBESTED, Ch ed with Perjury in « United States Pension Case—His Wife and a Third Person Aliso Arrested. Official circles in Newark were greatly excited yesterday over the arrest of Charles Becker, a well known detective of the Newark police force, his wife and an ex-poticeman named Edward Callery. All three were arrested on processes issued by the United States government omMcers am brought before United States Commissioner John Waitehead to an- swer the charge of committing perjury in a cer- tain pension case. It appears from the com- latnt that in 1865 Kate Dunne, widow of William Bunne, ex-soldier, applied for and obtained a pension of $10 per month, on account of the death 8 | case comes up for examination, they will be abie | jurors now say they think the man was guilty. resented | be hoped the investigation on Wednesday will bring it out. Neither side, so far as tne HERALD reporter could learn, was willing to gay much avout the alleged connection of Wilt or bis accom- tices with the extensive forgeries of railroad mds which came to lignt some weeks ago, but by the mysterious way they are acting in the case there are many persons in Wali street who have an idea that through Hilt a clew may be obtained by which tne perpetrators of these forgeries can be unearthed. supposi- tion, however, in the absence of any facts to sus- tain it, can be regarded as a mere rumor. It, therefore, the Pinkertons and the regniar deteo- tives are acting in good faith, Hilt wili be BETWEEN TWO FIKES, and 1s bound to be cornered on either the $15,000 railroad bond forgery charge or the United States bond lorgery and counterfeit plate business, A gentleman in Wall street stated to the reporter that the impression prevailoa mong some of the business men that something really of advantage to the men who were swindi by forged railroad bonds some time might be obtained from the arrest of Hilt, but he only gave this in allegation based upon the wild street talk which nad been given rise to by the equap- bling over the arrest by the detectives ana the marae they seemed anxious to throw about the whole case. Hult, he said, might be proved to be innocent, and yet be the means whereby the guilty parties could be reached. The New York detectives say that next Wednesday, when Bil 3 to bring forward evidence that will at once justify their action in the eyes of the public. THE COLLINS CASE ——+——__ What the District Attorney Thinks ef the Matter. Mr, Benjamin K. Phelps, the District Attorney, ‘Was waited on at his office yesterday by a repre- sentative of the HERALD in reference to the case of Eliza Collins vs, August Major, He said:—“It appears to me @ most curious case. 1 was very much astonished at the verdict the jury brought in. Icertainly thought the man guilty and ex- pected to hear the Jury bring in @ verdict against him, Mr. Lyons, who tried the case, told me he never was more astonished in his life st @ verdict brought in by @ jury. Be confidently expected a decision adverse to the man. So did the Clerk of the Court, he told me, Of course I don’t know a great deal about the case, but from what | saw of the evi- dence before it went to trial { have no hesitation in saying I believed the man guilty. Some of the Ie 18 @ pity they did notadhere to that when in the jury. They were sent there to try thecase.”” Mr. George H. Norcross, of No. 6 Pine street, one of the jurors, said:—“I went according to the evi- dence brought before us, and that would not Justify us in finding the man guilty.” Mr. Nicker- ‘son, @nother juror, satd:—“i think the man ought to bave been punished, but all that was left us to do was to pronounce wi his ‘uilt or innocence of the charge. But for the gtr! eeping to herself the fact of his having mac offensive approaches to her during the previous days we would have, I think, found him ty. The clergyman was there, and he did not, it true, belong to her faith, but he was a Ory ak ‘aud she might have complained to him. She sais | she was afraid, but that did not make a fuli ia tmpression on the jury. Mr. Laimbeve ‘was there, and [ used to know him when he was a Senator. He said he bad asked the gir) to mas. the Major, and sbe agreed to do so. That 12’ tied e wing in most of our minds tg to her liking Bim.” Mr, net. yous about ying anythin matter than that the jary had Healy says that Mr. Paddock was wi! | twe or three days ago mentioned to him return of the jury’s verdict was ns complete, as 7 sy said that he (Healy) did ‘not vote, Mr. while in the jury room one ght it wae Mr. Olarke) made a rem: case—sol ig to the effect that he would cy Major had if were similar’ one as Majo situated, adding something about bh Pity juror quoted that woul per refused, Mr, fair to missioner of Emigratio! festt ve gu ene suuject the ne’ othe highest esteem,” he sald, ‘‘for Mi 1 jan_of accomplish: Rot only as 6 gonulerAsmioer well ebttied %0 the fuulest copidence of the public,”