The New York Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1874, Page 8

God Speaking to Men by the Voice of the Preachers. BALAAM’S WISH, “Let Me Die the Death of the Righteous.” Necessity to Prepare for-a Sud- den Call. What Universalists Believe and What Tiey Deny—Final Salvation. HOW TO PAY CHURCH DEBTS CBUROH OF THE DISCIPLES The Rev. Dr. Hepworth preached the sermon yestera.y forenoon in his church, corner of Madi- ai ences and Forty-fourth street. He tébk for his text the tenth verse of the twenty-third chap- ter of Numbers—‘Let me die the death of the yighteous, and iet my last end be like nis.” Ba | Jaam, ne said, was one of the most remarkable | eharacters which appeared in the sacred drama. | Be was an excellent pagan; bat ne found him- gelf anable to cope with the iiving God. He made use of chicanery and the ways of necro- mancy in order to accomplish his enda, but when Be came im contact with the genuine manifesta- tion of the sptrit and power of Jehoven he found himself not only helpless but was candid enough | to acknowtedge the fact. His home was on the Euphrates, where he practised his profession, where he could, at théroyal bidding, accomplish the wishes of his master; but when he was asked to curse the Israelites his lips were stilied, his beart was mumied, nis voice was gone; and when, Maly, he regained speech he was forced 10 ex- claim, with a kind of despair, “How can I curse ‘Whom God doth biess ?*” When the King took this prophet of the Euphrates on the mountain top, whence he could look down on this immense con- | gregation, his astonishment found vent in the words of the text—‘‘Let me die the death of the | Fighteous, and let my last end be like his.” This | end was, indeed, the climacteric of cverything in Mie, the supreme boon of every man’s career, the fasue Of all human effort, G1 ali faith, and as we | murmur and ecto that wish, if there was anything | that we ought to envy tt was that unwavering i faith, frm in its toundation, unchangeable in its | character, which some men have. What would | ‘We not give if we could stand PACE TO FACE WITH THE INEVITABLE FUTURE, with the color unchanged in our checks, ana voice unfaltering—if sure we couldenter the valicy of | shadows and say with David, “He is my rod and stat, the Lord on whom I lean, and they are my eomfort and security.”” If we could feel as uncon- cerned as the child who takes its nurse’s hand and | ‘trusts solely to her in the rough® place:—il we eould feel all this, tien, jadeed, the money and | gold of California, the gems of Golconda would | Bot deprive us of that faith andieave us in tne | poverty and fear of doubt. There was nothing, | She reverend gentleman went on to say, that was quite so sure in life as the end of it. The cradie | ‘Was no more a piece of househoid property than | the title deed to that little plot of ground with | ‘which there were connected some unpleasant as- | Bociations. It was curious that we should when 1% good health have to acknowledge that we must | march under the shadow, and that before | twenty years or so ares told in their varied | sections of spring, summer and winter, Must quietly, without avy noise or public dis- tar ) GOP 88 Lhe Btom Of sand va the water and “nr without leaving even a ie be- mind to tell that we were on our way to the bot- vom. When we thought of this we acknowledged our doom; but, apparently, we did pot appreciate the fact as we snuuld. If we did we would not ve as careless a8 We are, nor sink as little o! re- ligion as we did at times, Deaih was a doom that had to settie upon us ail. All things bad to die— | te be transformed inte something better. Every- ‘Wing had to fall, to disintegrate in cuurse of time, to go back into its original elements and then be | ae ae into other elements. Even the ani- we saw under the microscope lived its | little day, which might be to it what seventy | years would be to us, and then died. The planets, | which were begun so loug ago that geology stands appaiied, and are to conimmue 30 long that mavnematics itself trembies when it attempts to compute the number oi years yet left for toem—all shall iade away, be blotted out from the heavens, the greatest loosing itself fr.m among | the brightest lights, even ay aman or wowan or | child drops irom among the living and is lost sight of terever. Planet, animal, man, all creation were | all the time undergoing a process of transforma- | tion. Our iaith was that, though we are now as the grub in the dirt, we would be transformea into the butterfly that futters in the light. Who had not beard of the story o! the alchemist who thought he couid MANUFACTURE THE RLIXIR OF LIFE, to sO concentrate the juices of nature that the Gecay of tie human (rime would be arrested and Iife proiongea. But while he was bent over nis qrucible the snows of life’s winter tell over his | head, and just before the secret was discovered, | and while bis lips were on the point ge ete “Eureka!” death stole im the un- latcned = dour own, and and the secret covered, It was so hard of solving tuat mO Man cogld live long enough to discover a «Life was a curious episode, and he thought that ite best simile was the stage. We come from out @ hidden rvom. piaying our part in the rep- “ resentation. Probably we bad no words to ut- ter, but simply to walk across the stage; or, per- baps, saying Our sentence in a iull, round voice; or, with varied gestures and tone of vuice, we | acted the parts of king or nobie, and then quietly | to the myster, she stage. Again, human iife was like the migra- | tory bird, which took ite ight veyond ‘he north- | ern horizon where it laid its eggs and brought | 2 ite young. but which, when toe cold comes on, | kes Wing and fies irom State to State, ana | finally drops down the Lorizon of the south. Lite | was a fight, and as we wondered sometimes at the rapidity Of the Might of a vird, so we gazed mn bewilderment at the way in which our days, one after another, like che -fapping of tne bird’s wings, bear us still further trom the cradie of our Own home. If death was a despot gnd a democrat be knew no «distinction. While ing we were very much like meu oo @ chess board. The wealthy might be likened to the king, the poor to the pawn. We could not say that the king bad a better chance than the pawn, but we coud say that it had privileges of movement which did not belong to the pawn; but the king, | the queen, the bishop and the pawn ail occupy respective positions on the board. When toe victor cried out “checkmate” with @ strong Band he swept them into the box, it made no difference Which was on top or which under, ail were throwa fm one heap, there to lie antil the time jor the Bext game. e all strained in jie certain post Uons, Certain prerogatives; but death knew no prerogative. He entered the door of the rich and the poor with the same stealthy step, ana in the same voice moned king ana G ther jong account, There were certain kin | Geath, and he comsidered it a blessing of Provi- Gene that : THE CLOUD OF UNCONSCIOUSKBSS {0 most instances was let down upon the aying. | If such were not the rase What tragedies would — be enacted! I) im the full oN of our facul- | ties we were to march ally to death, were compelled to look into the sightiess orbs of the King of Zerrora, take bis clammy band tn ours and go in the path in which he waiks, it would be , te In such a case most men who lead an ordinary jie would look upon it with inex- Pressivie terror. But Godin His mercy lets tae clouds down and we see not these terrors, severend gentleman then 8) of the diffe Kinds of death. The death of the doubter was a terrible one. it was to reach the end and not to know what the next step would oring—to reach in ‘the dark the edge of the precipice and not to Know whether another step would plunge us into Rothinguess or be only a foot or so down to @ path ‘Chat would lead upward into the light. Our business Was not to have donvt, but to find out how to pe Ca eed to vake. There was the crimt- adeath of horror, iv that we were sucmoned sr where no lawyer could offe to # bar where no lawyer itl pleas; not be.ore a fur take, but before the Eterna mane, u die, he said, des | ewe lead pere on s ha Gli 60 (0 live that we die the death of the gn Us, Which was | a “ral death. He thought the going inthe ocean was a perfect sim uds ne 7 from north to south, and aD 1K chariot that seemed to be peckening te peetine it was finding its way down the hill of | muat die. All were thoroughiy convince great truth, but they knew hot the day or the | NEW YORK RIESE about; the green waters tigi tay" aa thew woeht tae ae aud teteat ne, leaving jt golden tints not soon for- gotten, this men stood in awe of the power of ah who could create such & ory, and felt while looking upon him that sete the will rise Op some otner planet with rhe same beauty. That was the Christian’s death—how how enviable! The rever- end gen then argued to snow that we could Know tne igture as we do this life, lor God rivilege by faith, What we should fe to obtain this blessing was a deeper, larger, More uiter consecration of our lives to His ser- vice; @ Bulier sympathy with is works. Theo would ‘ali things be pleasant tous, He then re- ferved to the legend that wheo St. Peter was ip iO us ti ls gave him a key with which to open The gt te Ol nea to whom He did not, he sald, believe that God had coniined Ww any one man ‘THE POWER 70 OPEN THE HEAVENLY OATES. - Each soul bad at ite girdle a whole bancn of keya. By one we could uglock the daors ol joy, by another the chamber of sorrow, and be abic to see behind the sombre drapery the white robed y bing ward. ‘the other key was @ Bien hby. not to be used until we were isid to rest by loving hands in our narrow wooden home and carried to the cemetery; then and not till then Would we rise up, take this golden key from our belt, uglock the door at the other side of the tomb and as the que swung back on. ite rusty hinges, we would fiod our w: for a time to the dark, till ti and lead us on and up, where slowly til our eyes gree used to the perfect beauty and giory of G 8T. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. The Suddenness of Death and the Ne- cessity of Preparation—Sermon by the Rev. Father Da: S.J. Tne Cathedral was crowded in every part yester- day iong velore the last mass was commenced, ‘The mission, which has been going on for some days past ender the auspices of the Jesuit Fathers, has attracted immense throngs of the faithiul, and it bas generally been regarded as one of the most muccessiul that have taken place ior years, The Rev. Fatner Kearney was the oMiciating ciergy- man, and at the conclusion Of the first gospel the Rev. Father Damen preacned a sermon, taking his text from the Psaime—‘Precious in the sight of God ts the death of the just.” The reverend gentleman, in the course of @ powerful and vivid description of death, and ite surroundings, commented upon ita awful suddenness and briefly alluded, by way of tllustra- Mon, to the unexpected demise of the late Mayor. Thus, he said, the bighest magistrate in the city had nardly time to say farewell, for in the twink- ling of an eye he was before the judgment seat of God—hardly time to bid farewell to the world atd its honors, to ite wealth and its distinc- tione. The preacher showed the necessity of prep aration for the great event which was to begin eternity. God could not be blamed for the lozs of soul, for He gave every opportunity for grace. Is m the next world husbands were separated from their wives and parents from their children, whe fauit lay with those whu had neglected tokeep | the commandments of God and tollow in the path | of righteousness. He thea drew a startling pic- ture of the death of the sinmer, and, by way of con- trast, descrived the last moments of (ne just with such force and ticqnence as evidentiy Made a proiound impression on the congregation, which Qt times Was almost spellbound. Ali must dic, be continued, both the just and the sinners, the strong and the weak, the rich and the pee of this nour. Three theugits occurred to the dying man—the past, the present aud the Iuture. 10 the sinful man these tuougnts were as dayyers to bis goul and almost jorced him to yield to despair. Bat the just man looked into the past and si, perhaps, the period of bis itie when he, too, was a sinner, ana when, tnrouch the grace of God, he became repentant. He thought of the past und rejoice’ that ms peace wit God had been made vefure those ternble moinents, When Dis soul was about to appear ior judgment. Even the greatest saints tremD: at the thougnt Of death, out ie was bot h the lear that agitated the breast of the unrepentant sinner, who, perbaps warrounded with all the Juxuries of the worid. round it hard to ay fareweil. He might perhaps never see his iriends or reiatives again in the world to come, The thoughts of the past were those Of vexauon, those Of the present pamiui, and the thoughts of the ruture fearful to contem- piate But the scenes incident to the death of the & man were just the reverse. Surrounded by | aad weep Jor hum, for he would see tnem svon-, | agen im the of joy-and in the presence of the | angels of the Almighty. There waa nothing dis- | tresaing or alarming 17 the deata of the good | man. In conclusion the reverend genticmau | earnestly exhorted the congregauicn to avail themselves in time Of the opportunities offered lor salvation, cuotendiog that even tn this lite there was more happiness attending the proper periormance of Chijstian duties than there couid be in neglecting them. He who was cuained by the tetters 0; #in was not a freeman. In fine, he pointed out the good results of attending the mission, which had been given jor the benedt of all who Gestred to be restored to the grace of God. ‘Ihe sermon was listened 10 throughout with devout attentton. The choral arrangements, under Pro- tessor Gustavus Schmitz, were excellent. The Mase periormed was by Donizetti, acd was ren- dered with splendid effect—the “Credo” being particulariy noticeable. “Veni Creator,” by Mine. Was sung by Mies Beckmad, and Mercadante’s “ave Maria” byMrs. Giles, both vocalists proving themselves goou acquisitions to the chotr, which | has of late attained a standard worthy of the The services yesterday terminated about | cbarch. hali-past twelve o'clock. PLYMOUTH BAPfI8T CHURCH. Chareb Debts and How to Pay Them— Sermon by Rev. Dr. Miller. Yesterday moruing the Rev. Dr. D. eury Miller preached a very interesting and eloquent sermon in his chureb tn Flity-first street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, on “Churci Debts and How to Pay Them.” After a touching prayer and the | usual vocal services the business of the mourning Was proceeded with; which was, in effect, tne effort of the reverend gentieman to induce the | memoers of bis congregation to pay off the church Gebt of $23,000. He read from Komans, xiii, s— “OWE NO MAN ANYTUING, bat to love one another.” Dr. but few persons live ap to this excellent precept. Very jew min:sters are abie to; and when the lat- | Of the other side of ter fall to pay their debts but few otners can, | There ii jpectal propriety in our time tn calling attension to the credit system, which is so expan- sive (hat corporations, villages and cities plunge into debt and harness themseives to trouble, “Pay what thou owest, and owe no man anything butlove.” I cal atteation this morning to the loss of character and spirit and courage of the debtor, and I apply my text this morning to this chureb, this sen? and wo you. I have not cre- ated your debt; it { had I would have put moieo: Or wouid have had it less. Did they who urge you to contract it ever expect to pay it? I see the Mistake Of this church beginning a debt of $45,000 With a capital of $3,000. But the debt must be paid somebow. The sum of neatly quired to wipe off the deots of BAPTIST CHURCHKS IN NEW YORK and vicinity, The preacher then proceeded to unfold a very nivus and novel plan, by whicn the present indebtedness of $23,000 sbould be cleared off. He exhibited @ strips and itnes like pom stamp eheets—the price of which should be the detached cou- Pons of these sheets coula be suid by every man, woman and chiki in the church, to friends, strangers and acquaintances at tem cents cach, 8nd each coupon of ten cents REPRESENTED & BRICK IN THE CHURCH. Therefore, if a man Was offered a cigar by an ac- juaintance, be might refuse the cigar aud ask the wnor to subecribe to coupon, or rather Plymouth churen brick. If a young man ret to “treat” @ party ol girls, they shoul bt no, “instead of ice cream add oysters, take a bricr.” In the shops, stores. street curs and iactortes, all those who had the good of the Plymouth charch St heart should ve selling these representatiy bricks, At the time the HERALD reporter left the charch the tngenious clerical gentleman was dis- posing of bis cards quite raptdiy. OHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULOHRE. Proofs That the Bible Is the Work of God—Sermon by Rev. J. Tuttle Smith. Quite a congregation was assembled at the morning services at the Church of the Koly Sepul. perforated in chre, @ free Episcopal church, corner of Fourth avenue and Seventy-fourth street. pected preach, but as he was prevented by ovher engage- ments, the sermon wen delivered by the rector, Rey. J. Tuttle Smith. the external and internal evidences that the Bibie is the work of God. His text was IL, Timothy, iit., 16, 17—"All Soripturé is given by inspira. tion of God, and is profitable for doctrine, tor Treproof, righteousness, that the man of God may be per- | fect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” The subject vo which I draw your attention, he vegan, 1s one that nas commanded the most It was ex- that the Bishop of the diocese would The gentleman's subject was Jor correction, for instruction ta earnest attention of some of tne most powerful is iamily he would tell tiem to ary their eyes | Miller sata that | $500,000 ts re- | commands that could be elndéa Rave been disre- garded. There has Déda evidence given thac if there Dad bees no au the \g would have ps orentaee iat jum! ort man’s fall and his Jesus asepricine, and ts : Sones cages even Fh If these facts, when distinctly tten down, have encountered so much 0) Htlon, what mast have Deen thelr tate Trey unchangeable Sei tate A at weceregeeee tte Sat en Te! ra would have been backed at and explained away until not a vestige of them rem: It would be in the same condition to-day as Babylon, 90 well described by Wordsworth = on, ioarped wise, hath pei Stier. ke id the sigh Foon wauareace eee ‘The Africans and the North American were ‘rom the samé source, and, con: tly, bad at one time the same religion, But now their traditions are bardly in any way connected. The evidence that the Scriptures are the direct work of God ts of two kinds, the outside proof ol mir- &c,, and the intrinsic value of the writings ives. “He that hthe Son of God hath ie, and he that bath net the Son of God hath not. ll these ages has found in them a single flaw, or @ single thonght that is not worthy of ite divine origin, The truth ts #0 simple that he who runs may read. Like their author, the Scrt; tureaaie for the ge The proud and self. satistied mever think tt they need them. If they are intended to satisfy ail minds we may expect wee evidence that will con- vince al miadsa, If were otherw se there» would ve o suit in the work ot Him who doest ail things well, “Every man,” writes & learned author, “understands the Bible more with his licart than with bis head.” A bishop Says that ifa man can only read his Bible he become learned in hig religiov. He may safely be ignorant of all know:edge contained in other books and ts thus om a par witn the pro- Joundest scholar. All alike read in this book the delineation of their difereut conditions in their progress toward grace; all are alike conscious that they were dead th ein, and that it quickened them to life in Christ, Unat if mages us At tor the inherttauce wuicb is reserved for us on high. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUTH OHUROE, Mr. Beecher Preaches on the Life of Paul—Foundation Building in Men and Soctety. The noticeable featare yesterday morning of the congregation at Plymouth church was that it was Made up toa larger extent than usual of the pew Owners and their irtencs. When the time came for the entrée of the strangers there were few | vacant seats, and the result was that the aisles and entrance doors were more than usuaily crowded. Mr. Beecher preached a sermon of con- siderable power on foundation building, as il'us- trated in the life of Paul. The words selected for | the text were from the fifteenth chapter of | Paul’s Epistie to the Romans, and the twentieth verse—‘“‘Yea, so have I arrived to preach | the gospel, not’ where Christ was named, lest I | should build upon avother man’s foundation.” | When Paul was converted, said Mr. Beecher, he stood very high among his own people, and bis own nation, "8 @ man ol Capacity, education and | Knowiedge. He had executive talent. He was evidently fitted ty take the lead to put downa | pestilent heresy that his countrymen thought was | spreading among them, It was on one cf these errands that be was struck down and brought toa | saving knowledge of Jesus Corist. Panl’s charac- ter wasso bright; he wasa man with a tempera, one Would suppose that @ man with such a nature would have gone to Jerasalem and put himself at the head of the Christian movement, His oppor- tunities would seem to have pointed out the | neigaborhood of the modern church, to be especially fitted fora man of his executive ability. Instead of that, alter spenaing a few days at Damascus, he went to Arabia and spent the first three years of hia ministry somewhere either in Syria or Arabia. 0. thes? first three years we have absolutely no account whatever. ‘Then Le went to Jerusalem and stayed there only @ fortnigut, Alter that he went north to Asia Minor, and for fourteen years he labored without gving back to Jerusalem at all, He afterward went back to the city ior a sort time. le de- clares that he preached the Gos people had not Leén before him. He was not ater & Commanding position or a good saiary. WHAT PAUL DID. He went nowhore in the foovmarks of other men who had taken a prominent position. tne Ggntile world and preached there. He pre- terred to go where there iad beca nodody to lay the foundations. might batid on them; and so they did. This was the Apostle Paul's feetny, “I'll co fouudation work.” Now foaudartion work te always the hard- est work; it 15 work that, as @ rule, men don’t re‘er todo. When J went down in the catssonol he East River bridge Isaw what foundation work was. It Wass narrow, comparatively contracted Diace, Where men were working under disagreea- ble conditions and doi disagrecable work. When I came when that bridge is fuished thousands of men who will stand upon the bridge ana admire it and praise the engineers, but there wili be very few who will thimk of the men who worked tn thai caisson and wno Jaid the foundation for that mighty structure to rest on. These men who worked thee, cribbed and con Noed, will get precious little thanks. Yet, founda. ture’ to rest on, especially as the modern tendency is to butid structures that seem | more ana more te go upward and heayenward, | | which in New York I am always very glad | to ee them ‘do. Now, that a man should ike to | do that foundation work is scarcely possible. A man might do it for bread; out be would scarcely Go it for pleasure. What, then, Was it that Paul gaid he would doy “I have so strived to preach the Sane not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s /oundation.”? ~ WHAT WERE PAUL'S MOTIVES? | What were the motives that prompted this? In the frst place Paul had a@ Christisn pride. | vindicated his integrity as an apostie. It was not | for his personal sake that he did this, bat-tor the | sake of his message. We know that his natural | temperament would make tum {ull as large as he | Was. His position was tots—‘l believe that lam ; 9 full man, and I onght to go and do the work that hovody else will do.” This was a proper pride. There may be u good deal said, and said properly, condemnatory of pride, but it is a very useful fail ing. There have been thousands of men destroyed for the Want oi a proper pride where one has been destroyed for the possession of it. Paul, too, had always a laiing that he never got rid of, and it was | the impression tuat he ougl:t to peach the Gos- | pel; it Was @ wound that he carried with him, and it was this, that he slouid do it because he had persecuted the Courch. Then there wasthe feeling of a love for Christ. In this there Was a glowing magnanimity; if you like, a fanatical Jove lor Christ, Tt was # fountain that could not be restrained. Thus it came that when he lay in ig prison, at tne close of tis work, he rej the assarance, “I have fought a gor Then, besides this, thero was the other ¢ ing, Which was an assurance that it wasa beneficent thing, aod was intended tor the happiness of | Mankind, There have never lived upon the earih but two or three men who were itis equal this magnanimity. One of these was Moses, and per- haps two or three more, He was a great pi cher, | @ tan of magnificent zeal. Thi: was the cnarac- | teristic of bis muinisiry jor thirty-one years, such & man don’t come Ia evary age, und When he does come there are very few men woo are apt to ap- | Preciate him, ‘This itie of Paul ought to afford an | iced in r” example to us and to a)! nations, SOCIAL PROGRESS, ! The world is moving. All nations are working | themselves forward. Tue questions that are agi- tatiog men’s minds are maxing themse:ves beard. We are hea! complaints and we are having ar- guments. at the bottom of life are too low down to care for reflncmeuts. There must bea Provision in society lor noble souls, so (hat otner | top @ bottom. Itis the best in the communi | whee devermines the degree 01 civilization. The | mother of Christianity and the mother of civthsa- | Uon most be taken where the men live, The question Of the times is what is the condition of the great laboring classes. We know that every- thiog in this world goes up by birth-throes and | Striving. The example of Paul snoula teach us that men should take @ pride in thelr. work; that they snouid be faitnial in the doing of it. A man | ahould have o Jarger view of tua work than the mere money recompense, Mr. Beecher | here wlustrated by a number of examples this truth, Ca others he instanced tne builder of | Eddysvone light house. The man who built thi | he said, must lave thoaght amid the weary di | and hours of cold, dark days, tn which the foanda- | ton work of that ligpthouse was done, of the | thousands of happy men and women who would | pass that light, bieasing it for the safety that it | gave them. A man by thus living pat himself into 8 work. Then there was the man with practical ideas, and the man with sentimental, but the dif ference between a mean man and a true man was the difference between heaven and hell, The toll end &ti les of work may be largeiy redeemed ae spirit you “Fa to It Mr, Beecher con- on oy, staat hel head es by instancin, a le immortal th mea ; Joan Ol Arc and Grace Darling, ese i OBURCH OF OUR FATHER, Universalism: What It Is and What It Is Not. At the Charch of Our Father, Brooklyn, Rev. H. R. Nye preached yesterday morning from TL. Corinthians, 1¥., 13—‘‘We also believe, and there- firmament, aud then it was that te evening | minds, Auman corruption jq such that all the | sorg epe@K.” giving an exposition of the faith of one | 1 where other | He went to | He laid them that other men | tions are very important for these mas‘ive strac- | ? | the mere pa: Men shall have largeness in their manhood from | ,HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1874.-WITH § Men certainly snoula | would” the Universalist know what Universsiion ts before they cry out ‘againat it. Universaliom taxes its name from its ton, bishops of the English Church ; of Jobn Foster, ® Baptuwst, snd Thomas Dick, s Presbyterian, as Universalists, because they were believers in final faivation. This is no novel doctrine. We believe it was taught by Cprist and His aposties, and we know that it hes been held by pious and learned men in nearly every age and branch of the Chareb, But what is the faith of the Universalist Genomination or Church? Here is its “Confee sion’’:—“We believe that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments contain a revelation of the character and will of God, and of the duty, interest and final destination of mankind, We be- Heve that there is one God, whose nature 1s love, revealed in one Lord Jesus Christ, by one Holy Spirit of Grice, who will finally restore the whole famity of mankind to holiness and happiness. We belteve that holiness and true happimess are insep- arably connected, and tuat believers ought to be carefal © maintain order and practice good works, for these things are good and profitable unto men, ‘We test a man’s Coriatianity by his spirit and Uife, not by his creed; yet a8 an organized body or Churob ‘tis ia our profession of reith.” Untversalists be- lieve in the existence, the moral government, the providential care of one God. We hold that God is one, not three; atrictly one, as man, made in the image of God, is one; one mind, one will, one reon sand Sostae Him there ig no God. We be- jieve in God as the Father of mankind, All men are not children of God im character; but man’s | alienation cannot destroy His fathernood nor dry up the fountain of fis infinite love, We are charged with teaching, in a general way, that God is merely benevolent, (ndiacriminately loving bad and good men. We repel the accusation as false. That God is impartially good, that He loves sin- He lovea them, sent Ais Son to gave them, and that He is absvlutely without change, is the very groundwork of our faith and » Yet, as an earthi: rent condemns the conduct of a wayward c' and corrects him cause he loves him, so God punishes men for their them from sins, co restrain evil and make them par.akers of His holiness and peace. Our views of the Sible are concel\., a8 are held by in- such, we . { telligent Christians in every branch of the Church. | The Bile, therefore, to us a fountain of inspired | truth, Phere is nu greater slander than that 60 | oiten uttered that we “mutilate the Bible,” or | Sexplatn it away.” We do not interpret the invle, | indeed, as orthodox Christians do; nor do they tn- terpret the Bible as we do, But if we are infidels | tor rejecting their interpretation by the same rale yee are infidels for nelson ours, We be- lieve in Jesus Christ, not as God tae Son, but a8 the Son ot God, We believe Him to have been preciscly whas He c'aimed to be, anointed of God # the tcacher, exemplar and Saviour of mankind; ‘ne manifestation of God, in the flesh to men. We belleve in His hamanity. We believe in His divinity. The spirit of God was His measure; His | Works were tue works of God; His docirine was | the doctrine of God, He was God’s ambassador to men: and in this sense he who had seen Christ had seen the Father, and Christ nd God, while distinct and separate beings, as Father and Son, in willand work, in the redemption of men, are (weird one. The salvation Christ came to effect NOT REDEMPTION FROM PENALTY, Dat a cleansing Irom sin itself. He came, by His | life, His srirtt, His teachings, His cross and His | resurrection, to reconcile, not God to men, but the world to God, This work of reconciliation is not imited to this world. His reign over the living, | and those we call the Gead, will continue, until | every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess ment of the utmost jervor. Now, being converted, | Him Lord, to the glory of Goa the Father. We be- | lweye im the Holy Spirit. Discarding the tri-per- | sonal view we regard the Holy Spirit as none Other than the Spirit of God, given to men and shea abroad in their hearts. We believe in the rectitude CE ow nature. Men are but men, capa deny total depravity. ners befere they personally sin. We believ pentaace, in @ godly sorrow for sin which results | in practical righteousness of life, We bdeticve in tue new birth. Regeneration is a moral, spi:it- ual change, Wrought in men by the Holy Spirtt, and through a living fatrh in the truths of ihe Gos- 1 of Carist. ou’s cult 18, “Give me thine heart,” and when we give the heart we enter into the spiritual king- dom of Christ. And without that renovation of heart.no man here or herea‘ter can enter in. | We belleve that God wil renaer unto every man according to his deeds. We are represented as denying the doctrine of retribution, or women | | that men be saved from the punishment o! thelr sine. We believe that ‘ 5 | PUNISHMENT WILL NOT RN AL, | @od punishes for restraint and correction, and | endiess punishment, thereiore, 13 a contradiction | In terms. Enadleas punishment would be entirely | useless. It could nut, of course, benefit God, nor the angels, nor the saved; and as for the tost it would | Dut sink them deeper and deeper tute the bottom- less gulf. We deny, thereiore, with ail the energy that is 1D us, tha®@ jnst and merciful God will 1a- | flict punishment without mercy and end. At the same time we insist that the evil doer cannvt es- cape from the consequence of his evildeeds. No man 18 who ly ile. No man.is wholly tree from sm, We ali do both good and evil, And for every act we do, every thought we tain, every affection we cherish, according to the laws of our spiritual betng and of the spiritual world in which we dwell, God gives and will give us in periect justice and Perfect love an adequate and certain reward. Hence, whatever judgment we pronounce when we look on pd external there is nothing bat | evi in aia, and there 1# not, cannot be, any peace ‘to the wicked.” There are Universalists who innit all punishment 1o-this Ite, but they do not teach that men are saved by physical death, or by a release from the hedy are perfected in holiness and love. They maintain that when the flesh, with its lusts and passions, dies, new light breaks » in upon the sou! as it enters upon the immortal | state, which secures spontaneous penitence, and the soul ts sapiued to God. Others hold that we begin the next life upon the same round of the | ladder on which we stand at deatb, and hencc- | forward that there ts progress irom bad to good | and good to better, onward and forever. For my- sels, 1 beileve in positive punishment for sin in the coming iiie, Maintaining toat we are to labor here #0 that, whetNer present or absent, we may be accepted of God. But while we diger upon these questions, ag men deo where freedom of thought exists, we are a3 united as any Church. Our aM irmation 1s that alt poauument tal degree, | | im aim and spirit, limited | bod that God-will” al { ah V'gtther in fusure cormngeme nied nor the veltef that con- ' d to this life,’ \asutetes, iM aby sense, the | faith of our Cusrea 7 RITUAL, LITT ~ | We believe in the formivencss of sii. We ate punished gs sinners as jong as are in the siniui ; State; but when we Jorseke evil our old sins are no more remembered agai us, but we ‘have peace with God, through our Jesus Christ. .We beleve im the ‘resurrec- tion of the soul, We deny that this literal, fleshly body is raised up. “Flesh and plood cannot inherit the kingdom of God!” There ‘is a Reg dee body prepared torus ag we enter upon the higher ile, e out “ tnevural into the spir- | Itnal world, but the anastasis of the soul also, our uprising Out o/ a state of imperfection into a per fect state, out of the pondage of corruption into | the glorious liberty of the song or God! popular ' preacher of our city represents us as holding that unrepentant thieves, pickpockets and scoundrels * go into heaven to have ‘a good time’’ with she saints at the table of Moses andthe Lamb, Its a8 gross a caluinny as Was ever sent forth by the ‘ most veoal newspaper in the land, and for which ite authorshoul! clares the final repentance and hotiness o: ail souls. I have thus stated our doctrinal views. We de- aire, let us coniess, to be betier understood by our ; lellow citizens and fellow men. Our position 1s a Christian position. We believe in revealed religion | And in the divine misston of Christ. Our mission ; and aims are oj she positive kind. We aim to save men from the perii of sin and to fit them for the services and joys o! tue spiritual life. And we | are roady, uy @ Ouristian busts, to unite with seek and save the iost, and to ity | labor with ail right-minded men to do Chris's work om the earth. | of all men, finding in tha’ | save men. and lives! HANSOW PLACE METHODIST CHUROH., Rev. Mr. Haynes Upon “The Gladstone Letter.” Tne Hanson place Methodist Episcopal church was filled to Overfowing yesterday morning, Aiter a voluntary on the organ by Miss Losee, and the succeeding preliminary services, Mr. Haynes announced bis sermon to be the same as that of the previous Sunday, repeated by request. His text was from Matthow xxil, 21:—“Then said he unto them, render unto Oxsar the things that are Crosar’s, and unto Goa the things that are Goa’s,” Alter a brief exposition of the occasion which brougtt forth this commana he proceeded 0 speak of the Romish Onurch and the power which the Pupe endeay- ored to exercise in our civil and State affairs. He expressed himself as one who nad no desire to oppress or persecute the Roman Church, but rather, om tne contrary, to accept all the good brought with a large-heartedness that was sublime, I¢ was not only foolish, it was siniul, to say there wes no good in the Roman religion, (hat every priest was rotten to the core. People, by inspection, would find such remarks #0 ex- trava@ant aud so far from the truth that they Preise apr al force to Let the world judge us by our works Men are not passive in tnis change. | Lora Rat the resurrection 1s not | ia -h with shame, Our doctrine de- | nae y fam: and Neither were to ate persuasion and But the Roman all not ay have er the iso the five that Prot: jaynes here read an article IX. cursed all that were not “Now,” con- tinued the speaker, “who has jog? Noman. This was toe fret wer Of curs- c oy © | assumption that the Pope spoke God ws bie, ‘atl the protestants of this com- munity are these « it. He Roman seREEE. and ea iy ean i Se e have not connected ourselves wi re pay the Roman Catholic bes a right to believe in the doctrines of his Cheese go long as they don’t rh just as good & be, and I respe U may be sorry to see it. japtist or Methodist or any other evangell- Church claims to have the te a man ab alien. The Pope But, my dear friends, if there are any tholos here remember my Seen is not against you. I censure and repudiate the inter- ference of the Pope, four thousand miles away, and this power must come down. I don’t think if can be done by blood, The success in the spirit of the 1, The trouble is there are Protestants who think they are #urer of heaven than the Catholics. A poor labor- ing man was sitting by the roadside the other day durivg the hour for bis nooning counting hia beads, Thana rom ent Aad abet accom . these men an ushefed them into eternity the = in it, thor aevout Catholic, e Ho doubt, would ni ne Sehesvens but surely no soul could ente fore with an oath upon bis lt) What we want is earnestness—not haters of Romantam, but lovers of Christ. The Church that does most for the world, that manifests the most love for Christ, that most he exemplifies the living tenderness of the Bible, that Church will win. lam anxious for a revival, not more because [love the Church than my country, and if can do @ little through the grace of Christ to make citizens I snall not have lived in vain. Good old America—God bless her! There is not aland that has such a bis- tory a6 Ours, nor a land that bas such a future, THE NEW NAUTICAL SCROOL. The United States Steamer St. Mary’s= Action ef the Roard ef Education— Rules and Regulations for Applicants fer Admission. The United States ship St. Mary's, the vessel designated by the Navy Department for the use of the Commissioners of Education of thie city to carry out their proposed plan of training and edu- cating American boys to be good seamen for the merchant service, is expected to arrive at any Moment. She will be moored at the foot of East Twenty-third street, and as all the necessary alterations and repairs will have been completed before she leaves the Boston Navy Yard the Com- missioners will be enabled to enter on their work without delay. The project is a noble one and cannot fail to attract the attention of all interested 1m the progreaso! our mercantile ma- rine. THE MAIN OBJECT isto give the intelligent and industrious ample opportunity to rise to the highest position to which the thorough seaman may aspire in the merchant service and to familiarize all, in view of any emer- | gency that might arise, with the general duties of | men-of-war's men. Having passed successtully the prescribed term, from eighteen months to two years, according to the aptitude of the pupil, each boy will be awarded a certificate bearing his rat- img and geveral character; a recommendation which will doubtiess insure employment to its pos- sessor. And lt may be added that boys retarning from their first voyage, desirous of continuing their studies in ipeacceel navigation 60 as to qual. ity themselves for mate or captain, will be assisted by the Board of Education. in this connection it may not be inopportune to set forth THE RULES under which students are admitted to the school- ship. In the first piace, application must be made | by parents or guardians 0! boys, or by the lads | themselves, to the Chairman of the Executive Committee on Nautical School of the Board of } Education. All applicants must.be at least fifteen | years of age, and must have the written consent Of their parents or guardians. They will be re- quired to produce written testimootals of character and health, and also satisfactory evi- dence that they have never Leen convicted of any crime. Candidates will be required (o show that they are able to spell with a tolerable degree of | acouracy, read with correctness and write legibly. Alter being. Teceived on Board the ship the buy will be plated on probatiow for @ period of two weeks, when, if no reason to the contrary shall ap- peur, he will be admitted permanently aud entered on the records of the schoul, Each coy will ve {ure nished with the necessary articles of bedding and clot! appropriate to the season, the cost of which he will be required to defray; aad such of his old clothing as is not suitable for ship’s wear will be given bim to send home, If posstbie; other- | | wiseit will be resuined and given to bim upon his first vacation, or opon his finally leaving the | School All articles belonging to scholars will be | marked with the owner's name. The boys will be | carefully instructed under the direction of the | superintendent ot the mo Ser Spelling, { writing, Ic, meogt Di nglie gram- mar, and in aul the duties of @ seaman; they will ve examined irom time to time, and those who show a lack of aptitude jor sea itfe or develop any physical disqualification, will be presented to their por or guardians for withdrawal from the | cl THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION will, as already mentioned, cover @ period of two | years, during which time every boy will be allowed such vacations as the Schoo! Committee ig re hereafter determine, the general character | and progress of the scholar being carefully con- | sidered. At the end of the two yi ’ term every | boy Who has passed through the course success ; fully will receive a certificate snowing his charac- ter and qualifications, which certificate will enable him to obtain a suitable position on board | | & good merchant ship, ‘ashe command of the St. Mary’s has been in- trusted to Contmander Robert L. Phythian, United Siates Navy, who will officiate as superintendent | Of the school, It may be mentioned taat THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCB of this city has been duly authorized to appoint o committee of its members to serve as the counsel { of tue Nautical School, Who will advise and oo- operate witn the Board of Education in th lishment snd management of such school, make | to the Will bo tronmmttieas te the iperintendent of Pablic inssruction, such tons a be deemed A circular has recently been issued to the ship- underwrite GOVERNOR DIX'S VETOES. Billg Relating to the City Denieq the Governor’s Sanction. REASONS FOR REJECTION. ‘The following are among the bills vetoed by Governor Dix in his recent Message. with the reasons given by him for their rejection :— THE GALB OF POISONS, Senate bil) No. 33, entitled ‘An act to regulate the sale of and to repeal chapter 442 of wR ot approved, This bill is intended to late 8 intende: the sale of porsons, and while it repeals by the section two existing laws it excludes the city of New York trom its operation by the Ofte section, if the fifth and sixtn sections had been reversed it might bear a different construction, Dut as the bill is framed it seems to leave the city of New Yors upprotectea. The Board of Healt of the city concura in this interpretation of the there is ‘ound fra duiference of optnio eer tht doubt in, with this dou! be bill ought not to become a law. Benate Dili No, 198, eutitied “ana a x act to incor; rate the Cathdite Union of New York,” nus Not approved, This bill confers powers which to be granted to aay private corpora- tion, however meritorious the objects in view of ita-creation, No period is limited in tne eharter for tts duration, and it has, therefore, under the general laws o! the State, perpetual succeesion. One of the chief objections to the bil {s the power conferred by the fourth section “to make soch aconstitation and such bylaws and ruies for the Tewulation of ite business, the Mansgement of its affairs, the ciection, powers and duties of its di- rectors, trustees, officers and agents ag are not in- consistept with its charter and the laws of this State. Under this sathority it is competent for the cor- poration to provide that its directors shall be eiected by their own body as vacancies occur by exptration of their term of office or otherwise, thus making if a close corporation, witn perpet- ual succession. There is noth: in ite charter and nothing ip the laws o! the State inconsistent with such @ provision. The same power may Le conferred on the trustees if it be thought advisa- bie. There seeme to be no limitation of this au- thority, except that the directors shall be com posed o! and chosen from members of the Councit of the Catnolic Union of New York. An equally sérious objection is that the amount of real and personal property it ts authorized to hold is without itmitation. It is the estabiished policy of the State, rarely departed irom, that corporations frente Aer rivate benefit shall be me this bill. The corporation may take, hold, sell and mo! real or personal estate to the amount of millions of dollars. It may trafic in both to any extent, and apply the proceeds to any purpose or ‘object which may be thought conducive to the improvement of the temporal or social condition of these for whose benefit the corporation is created, The general law authorizing associations for benevolent, charitable, scientific ana mission- ary purposes restricts the real estate the; hola"to reonal estate to 415,000 $50,000, their and thetr income to $10,000. Itis in the nighest Gegree unwise and unnecessary for any legit! purpose of such a° corporation to exempt it jrom ali restriction in these respects. It is no answer to this objection that the Legis- latare has heretofore, by special act com ferred such powers. Tne charter of an institation analogous to this in its objects restricted its an- Bual iNcome to $50,000, Its exemption from taxa- tion to $100,000 and required its directors to be elected annually by its members by ballot, Ite riviieges were sabsequently extended by very ob- Jeotionable amendments. Sut it 's no uncommon ‘occurrence for a bad law to be passed in the hurry of legisiation; and itis the more important tuat She precedent should be repudiated at the iret at tempt to repeat it, Among the individuals named as co; are many gentlemen distinguished for their talents and the purity of their character; and it is for this reason the more to be regretted that the charter should have contained provisions whiok Fender its approval inadmissible. THE ADULTERATION OF MILK, Assembly bill No. 260, entitied “An act (0 amend an act entitied An act to amend chapter 467 Jaws of 1862, entitled ‘4 + tO pre: teration of milk and pr °nt. the t and unwholesome milk,’ a Not ai Be Tae of New York and the American Clation deem this bill oby€ *t!5nabie. Of opinion that a legal sanc:' on of Which ts not necessary in tne milk to market, may oven the door to litum. Both concur in opinion tnat the sueepiag condemnation ima State fermentation ts Board Of Health says:—“This’ would is @ crime to feed to cows the exhausted whieh now constitute CW oie ot cattle ee tn Leg roe hey oney- cH large cities. na consider grains but a few years the President of tue, Board grains are prac- tically used in the great cow stabi they not iu any way tionable, and I think it would a great hardship to the farmer to forvid their gad that no good to the public would result The bill was probably drawn to reach obj which are not clearly shown, and it stouid be more carefully framed by ® future tegisiature if any amendment to the exinting law is needed, CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION. Assembly btil No. 640, entitled “An act to re imbaree and relieve the rector, euerenyarcdae, and vestrymen of the Church of the jurrection, in the city, connty, and State of New York, im re- spect to certain assessments apon real estate Pen tng owne by them in the city of New ork, Not approved, This case ig unquestionably a very bard one, and I should sign the bil if it were not a special act of legislation of the worst char acter. The Legisiature has thought proj provide that churches shall not be exempt fron assessments for public purposes, There are han- dreds of churches in the city Mable tothe burden imposed apon this, and the precedent established by the bill ig caicuiated to lead to special acts of the legislature in other casca to afford the same relief, Indeed, there 18 another of the same character now before me, and [ cannot approve one without spproving the other. These cases can only be provided for by private contribution, CONFINEMENT OF CONVIOTS. te the coudinement of convicts iu the ‘peniteutee- ze confinement of con’ io ota ries of this Stace.”’ Not ved, There are six penitentiaries im Four of them are now open to the re- ‘On terms cimilar to those pro- eS v for ia The other two are in the cities of Albany and New York. The superintend- ent of the nitentiary does not want this bul, Heis ecetve able-bodied convicts withovt any co! tion, aNd makes @ profit of Of about seventy dollars per annum each Owners, shipmasters, marine others concerned tn tue 41 interests York, calling attention io" tte rowpectua of tue Nautical Schoo), and solicitiag ‘ir co-operation in sec ary the rome’S, of the je cyetone 0 coheed til :—“The endeavor will be made a boys of this systematic | going on board ship, competent to pericrm ‘any ordinary duty proportioned to their strength, either on deck or aloit, in a seamaniike manner, and to be amenable to discipline. All that is | for them by the commiss:oners are good ships and good treatment.” Several appitcations have received for admis- sion to the Nautical Sciovt, but few appoint- ments havo as yet been made, the regulations not | having been generally understood, Altogether the 10 to school, by caretal and | community, and more esp actively connected with the country. THE FIVE POINTS PARK. Completion of the Work—Improvements in the Sixth Ward, ‘The march of improvement which has steadily advanced throughout the upper portions of the city, hus reached a long neglected and thickly settled locality not far from the City Hall. Tie Five Points, which has had @ notorious history and enjoyed an unenviabie reputation as the haunt of vice, degradation and poverty, has been lately receiving some attention from the municipal authorities, and the alterations made have com- letely altered the general aspect of that quarter. Phe streets are no longer eneumoered with dirt and jarbawe; there igan abundance of light at night ime, and ready access is attainable from Broad- way and the Bowery to places where, not mauy | years since, it was aor sale to vintt alter dark. A | number of superior buildings now cover lots on | which formerly stood rows of miserable liovels, | and, considering the circumstances, the Sreet Cleaning Bur give & reasonable amount Of attention to the thoroughtat ‘The latest improvement is the compiction of a “park” | Girectly opposite the Mission and the House of | Industry. tis not very extensive, nor will i aoc with trees oF shrubvery.. he round eciaily to those who are he shipping interests of me id at one end ig @ fudntain. About dozen large o:namental lamps surround the park, wine win the centre of a large open space Will afford UT aes breathing spot for the people in the neighb od. The work was commenced a few month ice and it is now ut finished. There was hardly auy quarter in olty whe some such improvement was more necessary, “ne influence of the missionary establishments and Charitable institations close by has accomplished § good deal tn improving the morais of the Five Points, but we the opening of streets and the demolition oi large number of wretched habitations have been the moat powerfal ne} in #0 We iy? changing the ohdracter of ite as ant all events the people will be ant appearAalice Of @ spot, cient and Well lighted, something to which they ‘have been hitherto unaccustomed, and there le reason to believe that in the course of a few years the Five Polnts will have lost all traces of ite former re- The | fag, that they will be found, on | | project is one that com nends fHself to the entire | om their iavor. ‘The whole compensa- tlom provided by the bill would, therefore, bes pw to the county recetving convicts under it. The United States pa: 1 & week for sup- porting to the Albany Petltentiary persons con- victed under its laws. This bill should be framed | with a regard to the interests of the whole State, ; and not, as now, with reference only to the inter- ests of the county receiving convicts, As now framed tis effect would be to throw the expenss of supporting these convicts on all the counties of the State, except those in whose penitentiaries they would be imprisoned. BONDED DEBT OF YONKERS. Senate bill No. 325, entitiea ‘An act to consoli- date'the vonded debt of the late town, and of the city of Yonkers, aod authorizing the city of New jarpeaeioy of Yonkers to isaue bonds for thas Not approved. The main purpose of this biz Was to consolidate the bonded debt of the late town and of the city of Yonkers by an arrange- ment which is considered essential to the con- ventence of the city und its' creditors, and to which no exception can be taken. If the bill bad made provision for this object alone it would have been entirely free from objection. Butt provides | for another object entirely unessentia) to t! | pan peigeas and affecting injuriously the city of By chapter 613 of the Laws of 1873, annexing ‘to the city of New York the towns of Morrisanig, West Farms and Kingsbridge, to the county of Westchester, the city was made to assume the depts of those towns. The debt of the last. named town thus assumed amounted to $173,011,. god was payable in annual instalments, ‘not — exceeding $16,000 in any one year. Section 2 of the bill under consideration provides that the Comptroller of the city of New York snall issue bonds of the said city of New York to an amount. equal to that portion of the bonded debt of the late town of Yonke! portioned and cha: le asbridge, &c, The same 3 that such bonds shall be Of April, 1874, and snail bear f seven per cent pe iy On the ist days of April ear, and shall mature in amounts as may be determined by the Comptroller: of the city of New York, not exceeding in any one reer, commencing with the ‘The effect of these provisions is to prevent the city ot New York trom liquidating the debt aa- sumed for the town o! Kingsbridge, by ual in- stalments, commencing with tie’ yer 874, to postpone the payment of the whole t to the year 18%, and to Pin) a the city to add ti Bmount to tts funded debt, no part of which can be paid for the next twenty years. To this change the financial omcer of tie city ot New York. strongly objects, and tt a peace to me on just grounds, ‘The devt of the aty is already so large: that no addition to it snouid be made without ab- solute dorate Ua and it 8 far bester that the moderate instalments now provkied for shoula be paid ievving the amount im Under this mode by oh year by taxation, or Gebe wilh be ‘pald ‘by eho yeas 1880, 1 gon about $34,000 to be substquentiy rer ay whereas, under the bt Done to the late town of section further provi: dated on the istd year i Hi, the whole amount would pulsiveness and stand as well ag r iM in the lower ngrtions of the ate istmcaaied dé outstanding in that year, and the city would, (OONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE)