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8 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1874.——TRIPLE ‘DEVOTION. A. Stormy Sunday’s Sermons on Man’s Duty to God and His Fellow. BOW TO LIVE AND DIE. Charity and the Poor, the Prodigal Son’s Re- turn and the Sin of Judas, OFFICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. A Quaker on Higher Law—Dr. Ware on Dangers of False Doctrine, CHUROH OF THE DISCIPLES. How to Live and How to Die—Sermo: by the Rev. George H. Hepworth. Owing to the inclement weather the attendance at this spacious.edifice yesterday was not so large asusual. At the.close oi the regular services the Rev. Mr. Hepworth preached a sermon, taking bis Text trom the Gospel according to St. Jonn, x., M—“Lam the good shepherd.” There was not, he said, a chapter in the New Testament which afforded a better illustration of the human as well fg the divine side of Christ’s character than that | © which bad just been read as the morning lesson. | St, John is so mighty that it crushes and com- It was, perhaps, a little difficult for those of the Mineteenth century to appreciate a figure whicn depended for its force upon a knowledge of the | pastoral times in which it was uttered, But there was littie difficulty in getting a glimpse, at least, of that tenderness, solicitude, anx- fety and perfect iaithfulness in His work of which the figure or metaphor mentioned in the Gospel wasa type. He wished the congregation might go back for a few moments and stand in amagination in those far distant days when such a figure as that reierred to was exceedingly jorcible. In our times a man’s wealth consists in the BULK OF REAL ESTATE he possesses or in money. The world nas so aa- ‘vanced in civilization that there is very little bar- Ver, a8 it was called. But in the earlier times a man’s wealth consisted in his flocks, and it was exceedingly important that he who had charge of them should be @ taithiul, true herd, a stout bodied and acourageous man. The wealth o! the pro- prietor whose employé he was depended to a very large extent upon the single heartedness and faithiuiness of him who not only had charge of the flock in its maturity but also of the lambs im their infancy, and according to his character and attention these little helpless creatures livea or died, thus adding to or detracting irom the property of the owner. It would be seen irom the Antithesis made use of im tue Words Of the Gospel that there were some OVERSSERS OF FLOCKS ‘who were simply birelings ana who cared nothing dor the interest Of their master, but everyining dor their own ease aud comfort, and who éarned ‘tueir money in the easiest pussibie way, leading the flock to the pasture in the morning ana dozing the hours away til the sun set, and then, gather- ing them togetber, retu:ned to the fold. But When the wolf came, when the prowling wild beasts overtook them, he was simply a hireling— runing or his own safety, caring lor his own life only, While the true shepherd stood his ground and iought the wild beasts band to baud, and | the | intellect wanders in darkness, and the | divine faith falls not on bis footsteps. Consider 1s not obscurity, it ts the light of God. The text ows us that God is pot only the God of nature, t God of love, The pr eacher then treated Tost elaborate and scientific man- to the Opinions advanced on qnes- 'y by learned patloaophers, atheisus and 01 ging forth strong arguments against the theories they ni ut forth. He con- cluded by calling on bis hearers to exercise greater diligence in religious matters, and to think more 0! the goodness and Jove of God, 8T. STEPHEN'S CHURCH. The Rev. Father Carroll om the Incar- mation. Yesterday being the first Sunday of Advent the i ner, relerrin; tions of the tended by large congregations, The last mass was sung by the Rev. Father McCready. Meiner’s mass No, 3 was rendered by the choir in @ pleasing and creditable manger. In the afternoon the spa- cious church was thronged to its fullest capacity by @ fasvionable audience. Asioh’s vespers and Traeger’s “Alma Redemptoris” were given im good style, while Nava’s “Tantum Ergo’? gave Mile. Munier an admirable opportunity to display her cultivated voice. Immediately alter the frst gospel the Rev. Father Carroll ascended pulpit and delivered an instructive discourse on the mystery of the incarnation. Having announced that the ladies’ fair in aid of the churcn would close on next Tuesday, he said :— We shall dwell unis morning on the meaniug of the lollowing words 0! St. John the Evangelist—“And the word was made flesh and dweit among us.’” ‘Thus, briefly ana simply, does the beloved disciple speak of the mystery of the incarnation. ‘he | sawe inspired writer had seen, in a vision, the glories of the new Jerusalem, aud his soul broke iorth in rapturous praises of 118 magnifi- cence; but when he came to contempiate this | heed work Of divine Jove, the extraordinary | lending of the divine aod human natures, the hypostatical union, overwhelmed with its | grandeur, he used the plainest terms, as il fear- | ing he shouid, in description, fall in fitting rever- | nce. | ‘The fact announced in such simple language by | | lete,y prostrates the navural intelligence of man. ‘or, how can uuregenerate reason comprenend that the Lord of immensity, of all purity, atrached to Himself a nature that was fiuite, tnat had out- rawed His majesiy? It is only to those to whom | the divine mercy has condescenued to communi- cate the iliuminating ray Oi faith that this mystery appears a poosibility aud a jact. Many are the tWwougits that arise irom a general view of the in- | carnation, It can ve considered as tae foundation | Ot ali sclence and its ultimate explanation, It 1s the compieteness of all true philosophy. It is the point of arrival and departure to all history. Tue destinies of nations, a8 well a8 of individuals groups around it. Itis THE GRAND CENTRAL FACT both of life and immortality, outside olwhich man’s light of tor a moment the condescension and lowliness ihe Son of God aispiays in this mystery. But the jus- tice of God demanded an infinite atonement tor sin, and His love supplied it, Like children standing in the presence of the vast, rolling ocean, we are awed With amazement as we strive to contemplate the ineffable love that is revealed in this great act of the divine power. itis the thought of this admirabie mystery that the Church places belore us during this holy season. The penitential preparation of Aavent will procure for us a Coniaecnce in the blessings of the coming festival of His birth, We will then better understand what the foliies of the world are trying to make us forget, and which Christ nas come to teach us, that life here below 18 truly an advent—a waiting for His coming. We will be im- pressed that we are merely wending our wiy, through crosses and troubles, to our real home be- youd the grave. LYEIO HALL, . B. Frothingham On Charity and the Poor. Owing to the unpleasant weather yesterday | there was a very small attendance at Lyric Hall, Mr. Frothingham read extracts from the Apostle | Paul, Persian, Buddhist and Hindoo and otner Scriptures. Aiter the singing of a hymn, he satd:— The subject of my discourse is charity and the ‘When it became necessary perilied tis own saiety | poor, Which is one that presses earuestly on all to secure the salety of the Hock. It was to such. AN UPRIGHT SHEPHERD that Jesus likened Himself, and in doing so it was MOL ab evidence Of conceit or assumption. He | men on the edge of whut 1s likely to be astern | winter, is @ subject of personal interest, and if so regarded would be more easily dealt with, if tld simply tue truth, which was never indicative | in times of prosperity provision would be made of conceit or egotism. be struck by the olten repeated pronoun “1,” and he got a general impression that Curist assumed great things of importance; but a kin One who read the Testa- | ment casually or With indifference could not fail to | who sits | uyon a throne has a right to command, and t! he | for adversity. But as it is we face questions at a moment’s notice which contain great problems, with time too short to discuss them. But we must not complain. Times 0! discussion are not chosen, states the truth, and tuat alone, he gives no evi- | but appointed, ana in spite of all impediments the gence of CONCEIT OR EGOTISM, difficulty will be met as well as possibile, From and the sacrifices made by the Good Shephera | t¥0 Sides come applications all the time; on one cannot be described. Went on to say that be wished to speak concerning the influence Christ had upon our tives, aod also of the influence He nad upon our death. No one doupvted the influence which Corist’s life had upon us, and our interest in the death of the dear Lord. He marveiled more and more when be tried to measure the extent of such indueuce. None could explain the mystery of tbat advancing religion, The reverend gentieman | hand are those who call on us to be generous and quote all the texts which urge us to be thoughtful of others and thoughtless of ourselves, On the other hand are those who hold up the warning finger, saying ‘Be carefal leat you do harm when you woula do good; be careful lest you encourage idieness; be careiul lest you perpetuate an evil which began in the manger ut Bethiehem and | which ages shail be insufficient to wear away.” waich would end on the turone o: the universe, and yet, as the word itseif advanced, the spirit and tbe purpose of that religion were more and | the We lend an ear to the call ol charity, and then to warning of wisdom, and most halt more appreciated. In the first generation there | and hesitate, and undo with the right hand what were only a !ew martyrs; in the next generation there were only something lixe half a miilign men | they do with the left. The trutn is, there are two and women who accepteu the doctrines of Chris. tianity, Alter three long centuries had passed only jour millions of men and women be hevead in the Mystery, with uch «68 slight beginning and = yet educational imstitutioas and institutions of charity, moulded the jorm oi our laws and built | | rich young man, deautilul, generous, noble, whose the prophecy was likely to be iultilied that every | In this view chuiches throughout the univers knee should bow and every soul coniess that Christ was the only religion of tue human oe | and all this to the gio y of God, who bad planne the redemption of the humaa race, There were ALL SORTS OF INFLUENCES in the world. The whiriwind swept over the Jorest and jelled the trees as i! they were only biades of grass. There were exceptional men, ‘who were just like this whirlwind, who com} elied every class of soclety to bend to their single des- potic will. Napoleon was like this whirlwind, Whose autograph was stamped all over tne East- ern Hemisphere, and who was the greatest despot since the time of Cwsar. Then there was another kind of iofluence, which came irom thought, irom 4 great mund, behind which was a loving heart. It wasa curious !act, moreover, that such men were gen- erally Martyrs, aud at their head stood Jesus, the Prince of Martyrs. He spoke traly and did kind, enerous and sympathetic deeds. His love for Etmanity was unbounded, His words of peace and 01 love, His words of prophecy and consolation, were like QUNPOWDEB ‘IN THE MIDST OF A FLAME. They exploaed the institutions of the tim hypocrisy of caste and of viasé. He explod nonsense Of ceremony. The influence of that ilie was not to be told in a few words; neither was It to ve understood by every one. It seemed to him that there was a mystery about godliness whicn Was imexpliicabie. Noman knew anything avout Christianity by criticis:.. Nobody could sound its depths by an intellectual plummet. No man could ascertain its height with @ telescope. It must be Jeit tobe Known, ([t must be expe ienced to be appreciated. Those who have not leit it have no right vo jadge of the legitimate influence of their brotuer’s belief or confidenc MODERN SCIENCE, ‘With its social eccentricities, ran rampant with 1t8 new ideas of marriuge and its new ideas of domestic liie; but it seemed to him that the Bible in itseli contained the wuole system of co-exist- ence. But those modern scientists knew nothing Of its glory and nothing Of jt grandeur. ‘he lle Of Christ could be viewed best by ulm who was Ohrisvs disciple. The higher the allegiance of man to God, the more completely one yieided bim- seif up, the purer, nobier and grander he became. ‘The ite of Christ had @ personal influence upon every true disciple, and the death o; Christ was not only the culmination of a grand life, but a new scheme of God, that had more airect reler- ence to our own salvation. No man could douvt that who read the Testament. No man had any right to heaven; if we got there it would be only through the love Cbrist has borne tor us, and through the satrifice He has made in our behail. In conciusion the reverend gentleman earnestiy besought the congregation fo work in Christ's name and to jabor in lis vineyard while there was yet day. CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATEENITY. Sermon by Dr. Chapin. ‘The services at the Universalist church, corner of Forty-fifth street and Fifth avenue, were con- ducted by the pastor, Rey. Dr. Chapin, yesterday morning. The congregation was exceedingly small in point of numbers, owing, doubile: the severity of the weatner, Dr. Chapin delivered @ very eloquent discourse from the following text—IL Corinthians, iv., 6—“For God, who com- manaed the light to shine out of darkness, hath | stern, bard thing to do, butif it this miraculous | Testament and the theory of spirit controled our mubiic opinions, suggesting | to theories on this subject of charity and the poor— theories that cannot work together—the Old World theory and the New; the theory of the New social science, It is clearly written in the New Testament in passages too numerous to quote; for instance, a aspect interested Jesus, asked Him the way to eternal life. ‘‘Seli what thou hast and give to the poor;” and in Luke it 1s written, “Blessed are ye poor; woe unto you who are rich.” The Apostle James, writing in the stram of the original Gospel, says:—“Knuow you not that God nas chosen the poor.’? This was the Jesson and the only jesson in the New ‘lestament—the lesson of every evangelist; the theory of the New Testament througu and through, in the New | Testament it 1s taken Jor granted that this world 1s s000 coming to apn end, and tne people are urged on every account to disencumber them- selves of everything which will make dificult their entrance into heaven. The doctrine o; tue New Testaient is that poverty is a privileged con- dition; that the duty of the mch 1s to give to the poor; that the title of eXist- ence of the rich is by giving to tne poor. It is this theory which the early Curisuans bequeathed to the later. This is the theory of tne Churen of Kome, the Asiatic and Protestant; has been the theory oi Christendom from the first day to this, 1118 this theory that has gathered to- gether the poor in conservatories, in tbe Miudie Ages poverty was held to be a Virtue, anu if a man Wished to be specially religious he diseucumbered bimself of everytuimg, took upon himseli a vow 10 earn nothing aod to give the opportunity to his fellow men o/ earning heaven vy keeping hin alive. Charity, thougi done in anger, Was suill- cient to save frou Heil, Now, what are tne couse- quences of this tueory? [tis oi the utmost tmpor- tance to understand distinctly that the singie fruit of Unis instutuuuon of charity has veen THE LNSIITUTION OF PAUPERISM. It is often said (hat tue industrial age is respon- sible tor the poor, Poverty is chronic. Poverty prevailed ailover burope at the time the mudern World began to open ite eyes. The industrial age met this difficulty at the outset. it struggled against it; it hung itgell imto @ deadly grapple With Unis visible foe im the dark. Untrained, in- experienced, takeu by storm us It suruggied to its feet, it Was met by this gigantic foe, which en+ deavored to strike 1t down. The industiial age has bot created poverty. Poverty is against tne very genius of it, ‘The indusirial age has one thiug in view—to lilt poverty up, and ii has dimin- ished poverty aimost inconceivavly. Loug beiore the industrial age, in the jourteenth century, pauperism was such an intolerable nuisance that iaws were made to preventit, They were very severe laws, and they have been softened by time; but still it has been impossibie to neutralize | the old system. If one thing bas been demon- | strated, it is that the New Testament theory of charity to the poor has iailed; for tne New Testa- ment bever contemplated a’ continuance of the Worid, and methods justituted lor @ passiug worid | hever could be appropriate to @ permanent or- gunization, and consequently it has ignomiuiously jailed. This iact has no efect in the Roman | Church. It has no objecuon to the evangelical drotestant, But to rational people, who simpiy | study aud think, it is @ very serious and fatal ob- Jection to the theory, that it has wrougnt no dimi- nation of poverty. ‘itis time that tmis thing were discussed, the most oigh-minded aud far- | sighted people say, “Put that old method | out; exterminate ‘the system by assuming one thing, that independence is the rightful pre- | rogative olevery human being, that poverty 1s out of place.” [am persuaded that i! New York | could once with united mind decide to adjure en- | tirely for a single Winter the whole tieory of almsgiving, if it could be made a rule to give nothing, (00d, clothing or money—it would ve a uid be done—f am satisfied that the benefit to society would at sine in our hearts, to give the Mght | Once perelt. There are twice a8 many charitable of the Knowledge of the glory of God | societies in New York as are peeded, The in the face of Jesus Christ.” Said the | for Improving the Condition of tne Poor,” reacher:—It seems to me that the present | would be able to take charge of ali the rin mn, which brings us to the threshold of our | York. Let us pot deiend it if we Capnot drop it. Saviour’s advent, deserves especial treatment, | It the theory ts wrong find @ new one. But we and it is my inzeption to consider Christianity as ing of 1 elation 18. pressed ia ti woras of the text applicable to us a8 to the discipies in Corinth seventeen hundred years ago. Our conceptions of revelations are very vague and on te re! to believe Tespect, bat still to their reasons the question a sumes rather a suspicious aspect. It, Lowever, Is Bot a myavery{ Jb ly p mamilestatio of God, It a revelation, oF, in other Words, wat the mean- | hat in revelation. Some Christiang The sentiments ex- | tion, are as | the beneficent affections, and this is the way to | make almsgiving & Yet nobody who believes in God can | Every year the United States government spends | teaches, but 18 tO endy is with # kind of conventional { | ponds. are told that almsgiving is ap instinct of human nature, Is it an instinct? it not ratuer & tradi- @ memory? We are told to cultivate do it; but is there no other way? Can we not visit the poor’ Do not pity them by @ penny, To rule is @ great mistake. several millions on the indiaus; agencies are ‘The Indians are more and more becoming vag: We must leave things as they are. All te Jove jo we Reyuvlic would not solve the Jn. | | necessary for illustration, | pounded by Mr. Frederick Robertson, of Brighton; | of this struggle you throw away truth. dian problem, for it is not love that is needed, but light, and light comes slowly. Poverty seems one of the elements of an providence. It has not only been permitted; it seems to have been or- damned. Nothing can be done to hasten the slow, | steady push of the divine powers thi re bearing | uson, There are those who leave everything to this divine power. “Give no help, GOD 18 STRONG ENOUGH; do nothing, let the poor suffer and work their way out if they can.” 1 sespect heartily those who Lalk in this strain, I know them to be good, ear- ne pie men, and yes, they scom to me to . ‘at_divine power does not limit itself to laws. God is humaa. tolive. Goa’s hands are our hands. It is the hi man heart which gives expression to divine kind- seven masses celebrated im St. Stephen's were at- | Povs qrod Srapt our minds may be tull of wisdom. Love does not answer questions; love does not divine methods, We must strive, think, examine, and then putting hand and heart ‘and nead together, accomplish all things. Letting love ana light intermingle we shall hope to do something worth bringing to that bevter time which 1s com- ing, when the rich shall help the poor and the poor belp the rich, and all together work out the problem of true society, FIFTH AVENUE BEFORMED OHUROE. Jacob Wrestling with the Angel of God—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Ormiston. Nothwithstanding the inclemency of the weather yesterday morning the Filth avenue Reformed church was well attended. The pastor, Rev. Dr. William Ormiston, preached, taking for the sub- Ject of his discourse the latter portion of the thirty-second chapter of Genesis, describing the struggie between the patriarch Jacob and the an- gel of the Lord, but more particularly the twenty- fourth verse—‘‘And Jacob was left alone.” Years ago one might have been content to accept this chapter as itis written without any preliminary criticism, but of late years such strenuous efforts have been made to estaplish it a8 only the record ofa vision that I feel it my duty to vindicate the view I take of it when I claim that the narrative SOUNDS AAD AD LLORES Sener ee nN TR) the taking of oaths and the prosecution of war. that it is not the record of a vision, for if you com- pare the verses just read with the narrative of Jacob’s dream at Bethel you will find a very marked difference in the construction of the two stories. would think of so construing it. Neither is it a myth or a fable enshrining spiritual truth ana the conflict with the angel in human form, but a figure but close attention to the narrative shows that such an opinion cannot be held; there are some | pictures in it incensely real and which show the narrative must be accepted 1n its literal sense. It will be said that discarding the facta 13 only to throw away the shell, while the kernel of divine truth will still remain; but you must remember that the kernel and the shell grow together, and if you throw away the nistorical part of the record Ti asked who was this mysterious man with whom Jacob wrestied there will be no difficulty in finding 8 reply, for in the verse of the chapter we read. “and Jacob calied the name o/ the place Pentel; for I huve seen God tace to iace, and my life is preserved.” Tus | was tie angel from heaven, 1 admit, nay, stoutly | Maintain that while this the object and effect was spurt | that this paysical wrestling was intended as a Als nb a waa corporal ‘itual, No doubt, then, type 01 the agony ofa sou. struggling with all its might witn douvt aud temptation, and then cast- ing ttseif upon God jor His blessing. Here isa | striking iJustration of the loneliness of all spirit- ual distress. There 1s 4 certain solitariness avout | jeaq toate No. every man. Tie proverb says that there 1s a skeleton in every closet, and so in every heart there is @ secret closet in which is hidden some one thing irom every eye save God’s, Even those neuresi and dearest to us do not know of these hidden toings, ‘ney are different in their cuar- acter and they differ in diderent individuals. In some it may be memories O! guilt, as in the case of Cain. In some panzs of sorrow as with David mourning for the loss of bis beloved son Avsalom. in some it May be momeuts of temptation, hke when Jesus Was in the wilderness » nu was tempted by and overcame the Prince of Darkness, In others, again, it may be hours of anguish, as inthe case of our Redeemer when He withdrew from the three chosen ones of His disciples that He might weep and pray and bleed aione. Guilt and sus- pense Were the troubles of Jacob’s soul. He could not forget that he had cheated Esau of his birth- right. He could not foretell what the character of | that meeting would be. True, he had made all neediul preparations for the protection of his fol- | lowers, and, true again, ue had committed his case to God carnestly aud prayeriuliy; yet the sus- pense Was So great \nat he recrossed the brook to be alone, that no one but God might hear his solil- | oquy, tiat he might, as 1t were, unsluice his heart anu let out the trouvled waters. ivery real sor- Tow, every true distress. isolates us fom our fel- low man. We talk of sympathy, and the time has been in the experience of ali of us when we have craved 1t; but have we not ‘elt tuat human sym- pathy, bowever sootuing, wus all too inadequate to our wants, and in trying to sympathize with others have We not olten felt that each effort was like drawing 80 wany bows and discharging so juany arrows at a venture. But Jacob felt that this mysterious man had that within him which would bring relief, Ifthe angel had come as God 10 ail His majesty and glory Jacob would have been appalled; but, coming 48 he did in human jorm, tue patriarch was enabled through the accessibility of the nuMan nature to approach and “cry out mightily tor succor.” And by this we are reminded of the God-man Jesus, and we are taught also that in all the agony and crises of life we soould cling to Him, Jesusis a human brother and a divine helper. Had He come as Jehovah only He would have frigitened men, put asa man every child of humanity may ieap to His em- brace. Furthermore, tuat which | cling to for help must be oiher than myself aud stronger than my sei', otherwise in tiwe ol trial 1 iil fiud I have been trusting toa broken reel. In a storm at sea, when the dillows, rolling mountain high, sweep over the deck, threatening to carry everything before them, the sailor does not cling isa man, and He never begins to live tili man begins ' In fact, in this account of Jacob’s | ligious concerns. as stated, the Friends condemn struggle with the angel there 13 nothing whatever | to indicate that it was a@ vision, and but for the | miraculous incidents which eharacterize it no one | are opposed, as @ matter of course, to Sunday | When the services commenced yesterday three This view has been ex- | | toGod that we might perchance be found wor- thirtieth | earth, as div:ne thoughts are higher than bumao of man. | the more we will love Him and the better we will es ng Church, which is shown in the enrichea | apostle, was doubtless 4 hturgies, of whicd our own 16 80 glorious af eX- executive ample, but the religion is the same, and without it civilization is @ blank.’ THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS Discourse by Elder Foulke—The Higher Law Considered=—Paramount Duty to God. The services at the Friends’ Meeting House, in Ratherford place, near East Fifteent» street, com- menced at the usual hour yesterday forenoon. The attendance was not large, but this can be ac- counted for by the inclement state of the weather. The editice in which the congregation assembled | 48 exceedingly plain, in fact, not the slightest at- tempt has been made to distinguish it from the | moss ordinary chamber in which a meeting could | and w be conventently held, Tuere is no organ, a8 musio | is excluded from the services of the society. Com- | | mon muslin blinds are employed for the windows. The sexes sit apart in the body of the house, and there was not perceptible yesterday one single person who wore the subdued colors in dreas or pecuitar hat of the Quakers in times, past. congregation were cultured, sincere and devout. It 1s well known that the Quakers are opposed to all kinds of frivolous amoasements or vanity in costumes. They deem classical learning, the gift of oratory or the rite of ordination unneces- sary to qualify @ person to preach the Gospel. They consider it to be a special gift, an inspira- tion, a call from on high to perform this function; and as all human beings are equal before God the Mission can be as acceptably tulfilled by woman as by man. In other words, a woman, when moved by the Spirit, can preach with as much effect and profit a8 @ man. Quakers are opposed, on Scrip- tural grounds, to the collection of money for the support of public worship and to the payment of galaries to ministers, ‘They are‘also opposed to They believe in THE HIGHER LAW OF THE CONSCIRNOB over human enactinents which conflict with the precepts of Christianity, and hold that tne State Should never, on aby account, luteriere with re- | all sorts of amusements as a waste o! time in- tended to be employed ior @ better purpose, and, with their well knewn respect for the Sabbath, evening operatic or theatrical periormauces, elders occupied seals on araiced platform, and three other dignified and amiable looking gentle. | men Were in chairs below, acing the congrega- | tion. Alter some time spent in silent meditation | Mr. (Rev.) Thomas Foulke rose and addressed the Inecung. He quoted the lines:— Deity adored is a joy advanced ; eity beloved is. @ joy matured. and said foe problem of human existence is | wondertul, Itis onein waich all are interested, | and it would be well for us ll we possessed a right understanding of it, We of this little company have braved the storm of inclement weather, aud have met to show our allegiance and veneration shipping Him in the beauty of holiness. This is the object of our congregating together—to honor | the Omnipotent Authur of our being, the great Creator Ol all. 11s not by intellect alone we come wo know God. Such knowledge was GIVEN FROM ON HIGH for a noble purpose; but 1¢ woula be vain for man, wich nis limited and unaided inteliect, to grapple with the unfathomabie designs of the infinite and All-powerful Architect of the Universe. God 1s re- | vealed by light from heaven, We see und acknowl. | edge Him in the spirit and know that He is. All human philosophy contrary to this should be | wiped out as @ vegom of destruction, Our belier so establ.shed ail the powers on earth should not disturb it. The next step is to honor, adore and } Rot only to Judas, but to Christ and the apostles, SHEET, man of fine avility—ea careful and shrewd financier, well suited for the position of trust to Which he was assigned. The love of money had not, as yet, become a controlling passion, but so developed as to eminently fit him to Le treasurer of the apostolic fund. This Otness alone would , justly his call and appointment, and it is unjust for us to asoume that he was a vad man, a rogue, when first called to be an apostle and afterward @ppoivted treasurer. Hie fall was gradual within and sudden without, The strongest passion was tempted and it gave way; it could not stand the pressure. As a cold or disease will affect the Weakest portions of the body, so the disease of sin lays uold on those passions that are the least tem- perate and holy, Look at the numerous suicides and | Murders, and bow Iriendships are sold tor money, are they but the natural results o! pas- sious tl re pot guarded or leld in check? It | is ‘requent that the worst crimes are committed without premeditation. Perhaps in a moment of | anger or temptation, when the provocation was greater than could be resisted. The Doctor gave It was not difficult to see that the | | passion was growing within them that by and by | faith, speaking emp; @ touching and eloquent description of the be- | trayal, trial and demal of Christ; the repent- | ance of Peter, and the terrible anguish, remorse and despair of Judas, He claime | that Judas’ repentance was sincere, because | at was reparatory. When he became conscious of | the great enormity of bis sin he gave up the | pieces of silver, and it was an evidence of gen- | uine repentence when a wrong doer was anxious | to make full reparation for his sin, It was con- fessional because he acknowledged his gulit, and it was keen, a8 bis horrible death proved. The speaker urged his hearers to see to it that no might destroy their souls’ salvation. CHUBOH OF THE MESSIAH, Rev. John F. W. Ware Upon Faith— Dangers of False Doctrine—The Root of Faith. The Rey. John F, W. Ware, of Boston, preached yesterday at the Church of the Messiah, Park ave- nue, both in 1he morning and in the evening. In the morning be took his text irom Mattnew xil!, 6— “No root.” He sald:—A root is the first principle of @ tree. It is one of two shoots which push simultaneously in two different directions out of the seed, One goes upward for light and !reedom and the other downward for darkness and s011- tude into the depths, The first enjoys the sunlight and the air and the sights of na- ture. Tne root, however, is the life of the tree from which the vivifying sap crawls upward to the trunk and the branches and the leaves, The branches above siretch out proudly and far, the roots give out their arms beiow and form 4 counteractant, Where you have no root there 18 no tree. Cut the branches and you still have @ tree and the power of life; cut of tne root and you have nothing. A tree withouta root can only die. The Word strikes the heart of many men in the same way, but does not toucn the root. All these centuries since Christ was on earth we have people whom you cannot depend upon, who can’t depend upon themselves, who nave no root, And 80 itis everywhere. They seem to have no soil, no Orst principle. They are people who bave no faith A great many like to talk about the faith the; possess; but it is of no use taking sides an simply talking. Signing thirty-one articies one day, and five another—it ig no use calling that words of religion and of the death of Christ crucified—it 18 no use calling that taith, Not one in ten thousand of the noisiest and bloodiest of those who hundreds of years ago ceed SS isisaideaeiiat ighest, deciared éuch with great glory by the’ = Peto from wwe dead, The argument is this:—The Spirit is to come aiter the resurrection and ascension of Jesus, The coming of the Spirit 1s the proof that God has accepted the work and person of His Son, Come, biessed spiriv! We long for thy presence and power. Come, veutly as |he breach of spring, and lead the weary and heavy |aden to 12 Christ. Come, mightily a8 the storm, shake the Place, fill the house, break hard hearts and give us @ Pentecostal viessing. 0 Almighty Christ! take to Thyself the great power and rule tn all our hearts. O Spirit Divine! magnity Thy grace to- aay. ‘The Spirit is also, in the ulurd place, to con- “OF JUDGMENT, Decause the prince of this world is judged.” The old battle between ‘the seed of the woman” and Satan nad tobe fought when Curist eutered on His public ministry, in the wilderness they met The struggle was fierce; Curist’s victory was complete, Lifted up to die He con- quers death, Exposed to shame He is exalted to glory, He came iorth a victor. He led captivity’ captive. As the vanquished gree. the train of the Roman conqueror, so hel) followed captive in the train o/ toe triumphant Christ, These words refer to the last great day of judgment, We must stand at the judg- ment seat of Christ, see the rising dead, hear the trumpet’ blast, see the crowne! and gto- rious King and Judge! The saints rejoice. “Come, blessed Jesus,’’ they cry; but they that pierced him mourn in anguish and dismay. the Lord God Almighty liveth satan and all the foes of Jesus are to be overthrown! hose who stand with Satan, bis followers and disciples, must share his fate. Your friends cannot save you; the angels cannot, God not while you stand with satan. [has is the ofgrace. This is mercy’a hoor. Transfer your al- legiance! Leave the kingdom of Satan. Enter that of God’s dear Son. The Spirit invites, Others are coming to Jesus, Do not refuse, Ride forth, mighty Jesus! Subdue thy foes aud save with an everlasting salvation. Awe us by [hy power, win us by Thy love, and Thine shail be the glory, world. without end! Amen! LAIGHT STREET BAPTIST OHUROH. Mr. Knapp on the Pian of Salvation. Of course the church-going commuuity missed from its ranks ail tne fair-weatner Christians, and, as @ necessary consequence, at least one-half the pews were unoccupied. Nor should any one be surprised that such 18 the case, for, ignoring altogether the question of conve- nience, 18 it not unquestionably much easier to worship the Great Spirit, to 1ully appre- ciate the countless biessings He has showered Upon asiniul world and to be thankiul for them on@ bright, sanny Sabbath morn, when all the world lies bathed in foods of mellow light, when the whole atmosphere is pregnant with rich pere fumes of exquisite flowers; When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves 4 joyous sound— is it ngt much easier to worship God under these circumstances than under those of yesterday? At the Laight street Baptist church the attendance at the morning service was exceedingly moagre. Mr. Knapp, tne pastor, preached an instructive sermon irom the text found in the forty-ninth verse of the twenty-fourth chapter of St. show- ing how God in dis great plan ot demption desired to convince man of his sins and then show him the only way by whitch he may escape—t, é., through His Son Jesus Christ, UNIVERSALIST OHUROH, CLERMONT AVB- NUB. Himself can- The Lesson of the Loaves and Fishes= Universal Holiness the Idea of a Unie versal Heaven. At the forenoon service held at the Clermont. avenue Universalist church, near Atlantic avenue, put to death fellow beings for not believing as they do had any jaith, They had a simple idea they were doing sowething pleasant to God. But they had no root. It makes the man who has tt worship God, Do intellect, oratory and THE LOUD PEAL OF THE ORGAN | li they so lead to it, well, But | we want to know the substance of adoration and worship. How are we to act soas to prove ac- ceptable in the sight of Gud? That great and good man, Elias Hicks, deciared that a mind set- tied and stayed upon God, looking to Him jor sup- port, was happy beyond humau expression. He should not regard outer instrumentaiities, but the juward purity of spirit which is always attainabie | if sought ior wiih laith and siacerity. The light and strength from above is stamped with purity | and love, and enabies us to Jace the storm ol life and cleave to what 1s good, OUR HIGHEST LAW is duty to God, but such duty suould be pure and disinterested, a8 tue heavens are lugher than tue | thoughts, so are the laws of God higner than those | The bigher jaw of action clothed with | the higher intelugence is above all enactments. Human inteliigence 1s or ought to be controlled oy divine inteiligence, all the paths of which conduce to peace—that peace the world cannot give ortake | away. The more we come to know of our Maker, serve Him. Atthe conclusion of Mr. Foulke’s discourse a prolonged silence ensued. Tie congregation ap- | Peared to be absorbed in reflection. At length,.no | one rising to speak, Mr. Foulke shook hands with the elder sitting by nis side, which appeared to be signal for the meeting to close. | ST. PATRICK'S OATHEDRAL. | Sermon by the Rev. Father Damen— | The Prodigal Son’s Return. | The mission for men was begun at the Cathedral | yesterday, that for the women having closed on Saturday evening. | preached the sermon at the high mass yesterday. | Office of the Holy Spirit-Sermon by Dr. | He took his text from the parable of the Prodigal | Son. The sermon in its line of argument and ex- | hortation was similar to that which he delivered The Rey. Father Damen | last sunday. He showed how necessary it , ; Was for man’s salvation that he shbouid himself work to secure it. We were to his comrade, but grasping the meial stanchions | age of great thought. This was true, 80 far as he makes tbe iron almost a part of himseif until the storm subdsiues. So in the surges of agony which sooner or later in jie sweep over every mao he will find no real dependence on humanity. He must depend upon sume one mightier than himself, and he can only find safety and succor in Jesus, Jesus Christ as Goud 1s omniscicnt as well as omnipotent, so that He knows as well as we do our wants and necessities. To the over-purdeued soul, then, I say fy to Jesus. Is it sorrow? he can peg od it, [sit the lear Of some impending | calamity? He can avert it. Is it temptation beleaguers thy soui ¢ He can give thee strength to resist it. NO matter what the necessity, Jesus Christ is a never jailing source of syimpatny and | help. To Him, then, betake thyself, But the nare | material things were concerned, | im an age of great research and invention, but the | Man who invented the newest improvements in Spirit’s work in the worid, | the telegraph, the newest kind of sewing ma- #8set forth in the eighth verse, and explained | chines, the most admirable specimens of time-sav- ing macbines in all the departments of labor was | not because of that sure of bis soui’s salvation. It | was not he who made the greatest name for himseif We were living ) in this world as asoldier, a statesinan, an inventor, | @ leader in politics or in the reaim of letters, who | was the surest of eternal happiness. It was too often the case that the men who were the most raiive also teacues us that our supplications and | famous, who had seen success meet their every entreaties may at first be met witn a seeming re- | pulse, but that by persistent Importunity we shall worldly wish, were the least mindiul that beyond the dazzle of this existence t ere was @ something prevail, Jacob, even when physically helpless, to be gained or lost of more value than ail the ciung to the angel and cried out, ‘1 will not let fame and wealth ol the earth combined. We thee go except thou bless me.’ The moment of | were ail living io a whirl of excisement every day, extreme helplessness was in reality te moment of his victory We need to be on_ our guard against misunderstanding the Lord. When and it behooved us ail once in a while to seriousiy reflect upon our future the other side the grave, It would avail us nothing, no matter how great our suppiications are seemingly refused, when by we might make ourselves in this world, were we the yearning of our hearts and our ave lost ail strength, just then we may be mighty inthe Lord, Let us remember that the design is to develop our faith. Itis a wholesome Weakness to cast all our strength on Jesus Christ, for it may be the design o/ Jesus to open our eyes toourreal needs, It has frequentiy happened tuat God’s chilaren, while undergoing some tem: poral trial, have lound the burden almost too heavy to vear, and like Jacob they have cried out to God, “Whatis Thy name? What art Thon to me?” In their ear troubles they have iorgotten their spiritual necessities. So it irequently nap- entreaties we pens tuat the delay in answering prayer bas been the begiuning of a knowledve of God, the deepest aspirauion Of every thougitful mind. Let us give God time, never iorgetting that we must hoid Him fast and never let Him go, tor The kingdom of heaven suffereth Vivience, and the Violent take If by force.” CALVARY CHURCH. Washburn on “The Church.” Owing to the Inclement weather the above spa- Dr. Primitive cious temple of worship, at the corner of Fourth | avenue and Twenty-first street, was not largely attended yesterday morning. This church is one of the most imposing in the city, in spite of the | painted windows of the chancel—a sumpre render- ing of the Christian tragedy of the crucifixion, where lurid lightnings play through biack clouds about the cross on Mount Calvary, the treatment of the sacred subject certainly more befitting tne dim cloisters of @ medieval monastery than a mod- ero Protestant sanctuary, Dr. Washburn'’s dis- course Was based on the text found iu a portion of the thirteenth chapter of the Gospel of St. Mat- thew, in which “The kingdou of heaven is likened to @ Man Who soweth gooo seed.” ‘Ihe preacher dealt with the eany Courch, tts Mistory and the jessons to oe learned from the devotion of the aposiies to the Master. Tle said his discourse | wold be the first of # series, in which would be embraced the corruption of tee early Church, its history during the Kelormation, &c. ‘The ALLEGIANCE OF THE DISCIPLES was briefy aud learnediy traced to a religion as compreliensive a8 tne needs of all mankind. discipies Were like sons of God in one household, accepting Him as their head and ruler, ‘“Opris- tianity,”’ said the reverend Doctor, “is not to do @ work of @ day and vanish, as modern scepticiam lorever; the aposiies were @ missionary order, created out of the wants 3 biished at different points, with what effect? | of the Church, and the Gospel of the New Teata | ‘Ae | Ment is as lifelike this hour as when it was given | to the fathers, There is, of course, a growth in he sori vf Woraliy Jrow tue early days of the The | to die in sin, with our souls hateful in tho sight of a God who is all purity. cian, call’ men had cringed and fawned, might, at his death, hear it said on all ‘The irienus oO! the politi« who had swayed thousands, and at whose des that he was | “A GOOD-HEARTED FELLOW’? and all that; but if bis soul was burned in hell of what avail would be the bind judgment of men; oi What avail the wealth and ower and renown ained during a few years of lie on earth? The chitel end a man snould ever have in view under all circumstances was his soul's salvation, for that Was really the only important thing worth striv- ing ior. Ifthat was gained everything cise was as pothing; that lost all was lost. It was cer- tainly a wonder that men who were so careful in their business reations and who looked so wisely to their gains should give no heed to the business of eternity. None of us knew when the dread angel would call for us. It might be at | the very moment when we believed ourseives stronger and wealthier than ever and with riches | and plenty in store; and it might be, too, when | hall listening to the prompting of our conscience to return to God We put the revarn off till the mor- row which never came. Referring to the parable ol the Prodigal Son during his discourse the rever- end father showed how good God was to sinners; how His arms were ever open to receive THE TRULY REPENTANT, no matter how heinous had been their sins. He was a loving lather that wished His children hap- | iness and who could not bear to see them sufer. | fre wished their eternal salvation, not their dam- nation, and it depended therelore on ali of us to so live as to be worthy Of enjoying heaven with | Him for all eternity God gave every man grace | sufficient to save fis soul, and if that soul was finally lost it was because of the abuse of the grace given. SEVENTH AVENUE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. | Dr. Wild Upon Judas’ §: Despite the storm yesterday morning the Sev- enth avenue Methodist church was well filled, Dr. Wiia’s sermon was upon Judas—his text from Matthew xxvil., 6—‘‘And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple and went and hanged him- self.” In the life and manner of death of Juaas Iscariot, said the Doctor, we have a feartul yet natural exposition of the tendencies and final re- suite of sin, Wesee in bis case the weakness of humanity and the power ofsin, and how one pas- sion unbridigd can assume the control of the whole man—how that which 1s lawful and natural, when unduly nursed, can beguile and lead to | see what is not visible to others. | the child’s confideuce in the unseen, ! res of general lack of faith honest doubt ts uselui, jor | Which contents itself with the epithets hurled at | preached, all living in a world where everything and every- | Xvi. }-11—“And when “ie Is come, he will reprove | body went along in @ hurry-scurry sort of way, ,the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of | and we but seldom gave a thought to our own | judgment; of sin, becaase they believe not on eternal future. We were said to be- ving in an | me; of righteousness, because Igo to my Father | ness were abroad and active when Christ was on It gives a sort ol superior sense—a visible, tangible, usable faith. It is like the penvetrating essence of flowers; it 1s there, but you cannot catch it. It 1s to tne soul what blood is to the body. Sotaith makes God not @ mere name, but @ reality; making heaven not simply a future, but a present; making NOTHING DOUBTFUL, BUT EVERYTHING CERTAIN, We feel and see the might of faitn in the great war of humanity. Its store is exhaustiess, It is It 1s the ever broadening, deepening stream Where the soul rests itself crowned by faith in the arms of its favner. Like tie sap root of the tree it draws 1 life {rom the fountain of living waters, The doubters not only often destroy their own faith but that ol others, In these times that try men’s souls THE ROOT OF FAITH 13 DOUBT. People who have carefully analyzed taith will tell you that 1t came out of doubt in every case, and those who have faith are those who have fought and tried for it. There is no root in the to-day taith which be- trays itself in its ‘ear—inits fear of science, and Huxley, Spencer, Tyndall and others, who have determined to battle with tings established until they are iound to be right. It does not follow be- cause @ thing 18 established it ia right, as many think, thus pinning their faith to false things. True, faith has no reason to bo afraid. Truth alone Will stana forever and will not be put down where all alse doctrines will tade out and never even be remembered, Truth will inaeed stand more giori- ously for this research. As man has said “Let | truth prevail if the heavens should fall” And faith will ojlow in its wake and be true forever- more, ballasted, immovable, CALVARY BAPTIST OHUROH. MacArthur, There was a fair attendance yesterday morn- ing at the Calvary Baptist church, on Twenty- third street, between Filth and Sixth avenues, in spite of the rain. The Rey. R. S, MacArthur selecting the following text:—John, andye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is Judged.”’ We have here a compretensive view of the | We shall look at it in the verses which follow:—First, He is to re- prove or convince the world of sin. The particular | form of sin of which He is to convict men | is specified—the sin of rejecting Christ. This sin. 18 placed first. it is the root of all other sins. Men will not be eternally lost simply because they are sinners, even of the blachest dye, but because, being such sinners, | they reject Jesus Christ. the divine Saviour. This was the crowning sin of the Jews; this is the heinous crime o! thousands to-day. They fear no evil, are conscious of no crime, and yet they trample under toot the Son of God. It is of great importance that such pei sons be convicted of sin. Otuerwise 1t 1s useless to preach to them Christ as a Saviour. They do not feel the need of His mercy. It is as if one should offer medicine to those who are well; garments to those who are “clothed in purple and fine linen; food to those who “fare sumptuously every day.” Christ’s pure | and spotiess life was a constant rebuke of men’s | sin, He went through the land like ‘‘an incarnate conscience.” He was light. Men loved darkness because their deeds were evil. When Christ hung upon the cross, the sun velling his face, the earth quaking with fear, the deep con- viction forced upon those who saw the awful sight is thus expressed :—‘‘And all the people that came together to that sight, benoiding the things which were done, smote their breasts.’ The Centurion exclaimed, ‘Iruly, this 1s the Son of Goa!” A good man is a standing rebuke to all forms of evil. Christ was the touchstone that revealed what was in men’s hearts, He stirred up all the evil; He recognized all tie good. All the demons of aark- the earth, The near approach of the kingdom of heaven reveals the presence of the kingdom of darkness, Arevival of religion will atir up all the devils in @ congregation or in acommanity. Evil has no fellowship with good, Men must take sides, ‘They are EITHER FOR OR AGAINST JESUS. The Holy Spirit went with the preaching of the aposties to convict their hearers of sim in reject- | ing and crochying the Lord of Gory. Peter in bis first sermon Charges bis home, His arrow struck. | ‘Three thoasand are convicted, They cry out for | mercy, Peter wounds to heal. In his second ser- mon the same argument is used—“'Ye denied the holy one; ye killed the prince of life.” The place was shaken, Thousands.more are siain and svon made alive. So in the third sermon. Tie Gospel 1s triumphant, Christ 18 exhorted, the Spirit ontpoured, God glorified and souls saved. Rejecters ot Christ, ane ure guilty of the most awiul of crimes, To-day | warn, exhort and en- treat you. May God, the Holy Ghost, just now convict you of sin, aud then you will be prepared jor the second part of the Spirit’s work. “OF RIGHTROUSNESS, because | go to the Father.” ‘ihis refers primarily to Christ's personal rigiteousness, His innuceace, purity and truth, Now He 1s under the ban, He 1s now condemned to die as a malelactor. The whole nation has repadiatea Him, Heaven is soon to be clouded to His view. Heli is soon to gloat over ita supposed victory. But Jesus 1s calm, He can bide His time. One part of the spirivs work wiil be to indicate Christ's character now 80 terri- bly maligned. It will be seen that He was not a rwn, Judes. when firg cpled to pe on DiPsyheMgs OF an imMoostor, but the aon of the the attendance—owing, no doubt, to the dampen- ing effect of the cold rain storm—was not large, but the few who were gathered for worship ap- peared just as earnest in the services as though the eyes of the community were upon them. The pastor of the church (Rev. H. R, Nye) preached, taking his text from the Gospel according to St, John, vi, 26:—“Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves and were filled.” Our Saviour, we read, he said in substance, had put the day previous performed miraculous work—He had fed @ multitude of five thousand people upon five barley loaves and two small fishes. Such @ work could not fail to make & powerful impression upon the popular mind, and some among those who had witnessed the miracle declared that He, indeed, was that prophet whose coming into the world had been foretold, Others there were who said He was truly the Messiah whose coming had been prophesied long ages be- fore. Jesus, Knowing their minds, perceived that they Would cavil and attempt to take Him by force to Jerusalem and there crown Him King, deparved aud went up into tue mountain alone. The day loliowing the people, missing Jesus, crossed the lake in boats to Capernaum in search of Him and asked, “When camest thou hitner?”? Why did these people follow Christ? To inquire as to the way in which they should best advance their spir- itual life? No, but they knew that He haa jed them once, and their physical wants were again upon them. Their sordid feelings told them they would be ied again. He knew the leelings that prompted them and He rebuked them. The speaker has fre- quentiy had his attention attracteu by TRACTS LEFT IN THE RAILROAD CARS, inscribed, “Come to Christ,” “kly to Christ,’? “Seek the Lord.” Some people will fippantly ask you, “Have, you found Cnrist ” What do such ‘questions as these mean? Tney certainly indicate a defective view. of Christian trath and lead men astray. The question is not whether you have iound Christ 80 much a3 “Have you found Him in the proper spirit?’ Men are led sometimes to seek Him on the principle that some people are led to seek for the police or for the protection of the State. There are men who patronize religion for safety, as they know iull well that human laws can never govern the world. At vest human gov- ernment can only express the average puolic mind, but never can harmonize with the best and bighest winds. Hence it is that some men employ the Gospel of Christ as an instrument to conserve the well being of society, Such men recognize that religion is necessary to contro! the passions of men—tuey regard Christianity as @ hoop, 80 to speak. hoop the world us you would a@barrel, It gains dominion of the adections of & man, and hence it moulds his life and civihzes him vy promoting revereuce jor God and virtue. Curistianity does their work, but if you go after Christianity simply with a view to patronizing it you go alter Christ not for his love, but for the loaves and fisnes. There are some men who go In search or religion | for the consolation whicn they desire from its be- | nign influence. ft comforts them in sorrow and sooths them when dying. The young are tvo oiten taught to believe thac they can aiford to take no notice of religion in their youth and health; that as age comes upon them they can become pious. Asa practice of daily life religion is eschewed. In cases of deatu or other ailliction in the family how mauy people there are who turn to the Gospel; but toe cload of sorrow once hav- ing biown away the Gospel is soon forgotten. Christianity 1s intended ‘or the entire lie and not merely to console us in distress and adversity. Christ was born tor the redemption of man and sufered that we might be saved. But, in the Scripture, salvation {8 an tuward and spiritual work. It isto build man upin all that is pure and noble, and there is no other salvation, 1t is not because you see the miracies and partake of the loaves and fishes. but because you are mbued pas the spirit of holiness which He has laid down for OUR GUIDANCK TO ETERNAL LIFE. Some men tell us that Universalists believe that all men, sinner and saint alike, shake hands in heaven, This is erroneous, ag there 18 No salva tion, no heaven, ior a man who ules and is bad. Such @ man shali suffer even so as by fire. Salva- Uon will not be wuiversal unta the minds of all men are purified from sin and they are filled by inward virtue, Heaven is within a man; heil is wituin aman, and we take a man out of hell as we implant heaven tn him, The idea of a univer- sal heaven is a Gniversal holiness. We are all God’s children, and all His laws are made for the wise conduct of His children to everual welfare, lit we get the family idea of government we will comprehend the government oi Got’s love. The speaker exhorted his hearers to greater holiness of spirit, and pronounced the prayer. THE POPE ON GLADSTONE'S PAMPHLET. By mail from Europe of November 13 we have a report trom Rome which supplies the exact words which His Holiness the Pope used with reference to Mr. Gladatone’s pamphiet. The statement. reads ihus:— Rome, Nov. 10, 1874. This morning the Pope, who has recovered from his indisposition, after receiving the Bishop of Buchar admited several English Catholics to- an audience. In addressing them le said :— “A lormer Minister of your country, woom I had pelieved rather moderate, and who, tu say the truth, had never while in office mauitested arro- ance or violence toward the Cathoiic Church, mm- toxicated by the proceedings of auother Minister in another State, has suddenly come forward, like @ Viper, assailing the bark of St, Peter, [nave not read the book, and I have no great desire to read biasphemies, but ‘rom what | uuderstana the Minister Whom they call liberal Qatters the Uathoe lies of that nation and leads them to believe that I wish those subjects to become disloyal to their sovereign and the luws of their country, Puzzled at beholding the vast progress made vy that great. nation in the path or the true iaith, the fallen Minister hopes to arrest the luminous triumph of the Church by interpreting alter tis own fasnion the will of this poor Vicar of Christ. A gieat Les I (Chariemagne) said tnat even should the Churel impose heavy burdens on the conscience of the population the Catholics should bear them irom vheir interest in the communion of the Church; but our dogmag, far from being burdens, are light. ‘Those who will Walk astray are not Catuolics; they are worse than infidels and Protesiants, be- cause, calling themselves Catholics, they daily re- bel against God aud the laws of tne Uhuren.??