The New York Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1875, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT. SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. Mr. Hepworth Illustrates the Irresistible Foree of Christianity. HUMILITY AND HAPPINESS. Froth and King Over Conseience. PROFIT AND LOSS OF GODLINESS. A Movement Toward the Establishment of Catholic Canon Law. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. THE TRIUMPHANT FORCE OF CHRISTIANITY— SERMON BY THE REV. GEORGE H, WEPWORTH. ‘The b@a weather yesterday morning must have Geterred many devout church goer» from attena- ing the usual services, for even at the Church ofthe Disciples, at the corner of Forty-iourth street and Madison avenue, the congregation that assembled to listen to the discourse of the Rev. George H, Hepworth appeared greatly thinned, The sub- ject chosen was ‘The Triumphant Force of Chris- tianity,” and it was handled with the usual skill Of the reverend gentieman. Beginning with the Scriptural allusion to the force and power of truth a8 suggested by the query of Pilate, he passed on tothe consideration of the vital elements of ‘truth as embodied in the teachings of Christianity. ‘The sermon was ornate with rich imagery, more especially in those parts in which the rare and abiding value of the Christian faith ts contrasted” wih the specious and evanescent endurance of other religions, and was received with profound attention. THE SBRMON. The reverend gentleman took for his text the tDirty-eighth verse of tn teenth chapter Of the Gospel according to St. John—“Pilate saith unio him, What is truta?” The interview be- tween Pilate, the sell-seeker, aud Jesus, the self- forgetter, 1s a very notable one. Pilate asked the Master wnethber it was true that He presumed to be King of the Jews, whereupon Christ disclosed part 0: His plans ana introduced the listener toa force he had never recognized before and which he nad almost found it impossible to conceive. Christ said this force was the truth, and upon the strength of this force Christ based His kingship, and prophesied that the time would come when everybody under tts sway would be His disciples. The sentence of the text was undoubtedly de- livered with some pity at His self-deception. Puate felt himself ona bigher level of common sense. To a man who was so fooltsh as to claim greater power than the physical one of which he (Pilate) was the representative be of course deemed Mimeeli superior, and he put the query, “What is truth?” Brethren, Pilate lived at a time wren force was the roling element of the world, might wus rigvt, the only power that controlled was that ofa great army. £very nation struggied fur the supremacy of the world until Rome absorbed all the bations of the earth within its own juris- diction. When gvem Palmyra rose under tne inspiration of its beautiful Queen Rome sent out her cohorts, and no deed of prowess was leit un- Gone until Paimyra bit tne dust, and until its beauteous and iamed Zenobia was conquered and rode a captive through tee streets of Rome. ANOTHER AGE. But after eighteen centuries have gone by we Jearo bow to mea-ure buman affairs by a diferent stanaard. Wuere now is tue goluen sceptre Whose influence was Jelt to the Jarthest limits of ine north abu Bouin and Oi the east and e: the west? Where vow 8 tne civilization of which those Cxsars and that Romau army were tne types? Wuere is tne Pantheon of athens? The Bveady tramp vf tue Ceuturies bas ralsea such a Gust tuar the loitiest temple and nignest pillar are covered up. Aud vow when men want to filud their way (o tve uid torones it must be with tne Pickaxe and by digging through the bowels of tne earto. Alltpat is past. We have ieaiped another Jessup. Our ances ors were lavoring under the idea that the world was governed by jorce ana Bot by truth, which outlasted tue gilded balls of Palmyra, ‘he toing waicn 1s tue most dimcul: of all to jail ts truta. And even il it be chaimed, it will hive untu its ietters tall away, and, renewed, it will start on its missivn of triumph thrvugh the word. Truth never cies. Io the oiden time men ouried & handtol of seed witu @ mummy. Alter mauy cen- vanes we uorvll ile cotton cioth and the Baouial | Of seed drops into our hands. Well, we plant the seed tu ricu soil, ana the sun warmth org forth @ veautiui pianl, 28 fresu and origot as the buweo bas ever veheid. 50 Wito tru. It may be evnfi @nG stil 16 Will ve until It Bas BuOjE- gated mankind and is acknow ieaged by tue word. IDEAS AS PUKCES. You and | now recognize ihe Jact that only idexs, principles, are the jvahgativn stunes upon waich ‘We bud Our Churacters 4s tadividuals or as « na- tion, Look at some Of tue illustrations 0: Distoly. Gauieo was conned. A bigoted courcn culm- manded him to depy his owao discovery; but aiter he mad passed away the train ilved uDU! the oid ana Jalse astronomy bad died out and &@ Bewer and better astronomy had been intro- duced. So it was with Lutaer. His discipes ‘were compelied to give up tueir very lives in toe deieace of bie Lrut, bus it lived una grew like tne SVaiancue Whose lorce, When it had once veyun to sWeil, could not be stayed by any human power. You can see illustrations of tuis truth, de: ends, not ouly 1B religious, but algo in political ry. The annals vi the worid are eloquent of the iact that il truch once suines upon tue world BO powers Of darkaess CAN EXTINGUISH IT. Now, Christianity sa;s 11 is not a truth, bat the trate. Aimosteveryb dy admits the tirst propo- sition, Dut What It vas Lue autuority of ime reugiun Only the Christian Wil allow. Aud yetits claim to Shis Gistinciwn Can easily De estaoisned by the teacbings o! time. We have seen systems o1 pai- Josophy and systems of religion rise aod fail. But QB age or tWO, a geLeraiiou oF two, fas raised over them the pail Oo obuvion, and they have ven way lo Otners bevwer litved ior tue times, revnieu, it seems to me that all these religions, compared tw Christianity, ure like ceriain precious stones; one 18 ibe emerald, green, beautiful, out yetit is only the emerald; ‘the otber tne sapphire, only the component 01 ove Of the sun’s rays; tue third is the raoy, red, brignt, rico; but Curistanity is like tie diamond, erays, and is thereore colorless. Turn it one way and it is the ruby, turn it (ne otuer and | jt is the emeraid; but icok at it as @ whole, and it is like the cojorless, pure crystal. ANOTHER SIMILE. Some of the jooking giasses are concave. are distorted, elongated iu the vex, and you see yuursell cuntracied; vut Curis. ity 1s to be Stauding before tue Frenco-plated mirror that is showimg you a8 you are. In the general progress of the world, from the iow lauds in which we were toward the muuatains we have deen striving to attain, the great leaders are those who have found the'r way Dili top, aud have nvted tacts that others could not observ: Yhe great crowd of tne World acts upou tie authority of these giants, who act asthe picket guard oO: bistory, wo may see ‘what the ordinary Mortal May bot see. But Know that tue World 18 Coustantly progress g@nd as the worid advances #0 this picket guard pn eged ihe crowd, With each century comes @ igher grade Of Vision, Now this autuonit; taches to every great prilosopler and scuol ‘he higher he advances the more his Vision Jarged. But wrist OMY One Of the herald bave preceded the tat | That great work is left to seers and poews—to Platos, Socrateses and tha juses We aitmire, TRese men are on the dill ae What those in tle valley can only You BUT CHRIST, WHAT I8 HE? What is tuere beyond tu ow-capped peak ‘Which i cioss to the eternal Neaven ite? Christ stands just toere, on the summit Of human ca@Pot undersiand its consviations nor its ben- | tion of the Caure! seeevenents, and Withia His vision come ali the cfits; yet sull they may believe it because you ell Doth are yoked and entangled. The Kingdom of Ail the sorrows of all the ambitions of theui o: it. It is the same feeling as witt the man | Christ is within and without, with @ sovereignty ‘the soul, and when ti peaks is with toe 8 who nas oF . He may have per- | and jusisdicti prier to and supreme over tne | gutnority of one who has the power to coutrol fect trusi im what you teil hun and believe it fully; Sta Her empire the world, and her juris- our journey to the heavenly above. Ov, how en- yet still be will never reauze what that sun is dic! the wide reaim of numanity. The law of ing, how cousoiing is Hia voice! Only be Unt He sees It and irela the warmth of ite rays, this kingdom lays hoid of men deeper down, and Knows it Who lete the music of His voice enter his No Man knows God from paving seen Him face to rises higher than tuose of the State. iney account soul. Christ is what the e.ernal siars are as com- face, and some for this reason even deny His ex- a w earthly clod. His retuigence 1s that of istence. And yet tuere are otver men Who know Wards U fixed pianet on . Let me give you ove God and have intercourse with Aim an provision and comm! farther Ulustration. Look at a novi stip, with | though they knew Him in the fies! the bolinty of time weather, how spe sails! Bat Him by tuet ayers wered—toat holy con- y go down—talt w that the strongest oak will decay, soiation He ministers to those why believe in all be filled wit a righteous seed and the revoly- | these rel ike siips jay their decayed Him. They know Him by th perience of His . ing centuries pledged to a pe jal peace, a toe strand, Chr is constant a8. These have been ioid and Us Daves iree Unurch and we 1 soon hi a believe that Christ will come with His Father and free State, and the ufispring of a {ree state will be eternity, and bear: take up His avode witn us. We shoulda ali | free schools, kach will maintain the ot and @hiid sometimes, and take a6 our sturting point that it is not . this is tue true order of progress and prese 100, ‘Thus it is bearing us an until we the godiiness which mea teach, which we shuuid | Liberty ts bard to gain aud often nard 1D. the maven of eserual rest. Brethren, | follow, but tue godliness ich te Bible teaches. | In cloning the Dootor seid tat spiritual liberty tame la to eternity, that socrates is to the This includes the feilos ai and the communion consis ip freedom from the curse of the moral | with God. Godiiness i@ pro@sable to all things; jaw; from ritaai servitude; trom the love, power } it is taole at all tines @0d all seasons, | Sdd guilt Of sin; irom the dominion of Satan, irom | and what | in il cecasions, sad not in , the corruption of the world, from the fear ot ee ot eee ae pero what OR In ie 5 are smked with that beauty | emverse ham on the Attempt to Set Priest hemoodies all the Cumpunent parts ot toe | . Utners are con- | to tue | God Gluing naseos, aod UUknOWA. aad yet pree | she migntest atom of sand that is washed | outit. You must bis natare before he can shore. be with who words in hia mouth abd Bot the Enea Err Gh the enarmene. meaty me The relation he sustains te the jountain iy ‘What ie a dynasty beside the | of the universe is us nothing. Give me everything What ts the Republic compared to the door | im the world but nu ‘and | shall be misera- of the tomb of Lazarus, slowly on its | bie. Look at Byron. had overyching that man Fneee ane ot the tmmortanty? | could wish sor, yet no religion, and he said bimeelf Yea, shall the earth pass | he what be would call ‘welve happy days away, but Christ live forever and iorever. | in bis life. Look on Lazarus, havi 8 When We have fallen into oblivion He will still | heart and happy. on the rich man’s doorstep. God- God is eternal, and we are worth but & | liness is profitable, the e, because it is the tifa ent oat tarona our eacpuen | Sane ctstns toe ee gn ee a ime. whe iF on J - the chemistry of Caristianity is oti as tise geon, so long as God 18 beside you, It will take the downt: in heart and infuse Pp 16; 26 will take 2 Carre meen and dissipated and make it bloom virtue and health. Nay, it will place the oid man such a responsibility that Db walk Ta kina virtue - eo the o! 4 a fortune wi lve you succor; his good fortune it will teach you made! tion." A STRANGE FLOWER, A irlend of mine toid me of a strange little lower in South America. The color of ita petals is yellow and soft, When the san sets and the shades of night come down it grows cold as though the heat which the sun had leit in it was dying away, and then it 10 grows warm all of a sudden, and then tranquil, But whereas during the day YY it was scentiess, it exhaies during the night a lovely periume. Brethren that is the type of Christianity, when we think oursel ve! the sun of success shines up: progered hand, e int of sorrow, of tears, then aroma of true fa'tn whicn the soul exudes, oe is when the sting is in reality taken from down, ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL. - SERMON BY THE REV. FATHER FARRELLY—THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER. The Rev. Father Farrelly, secretary to the Arch- Dishop, preached the sermon in the Cathedral yesterday. He took for his text the parable of the sower as given in the gospel of the day according to St. Luke. Relerring to the fact of the Saviour’s explaining the parable to the disciples privately and not to the multitude he sald it seemed rather strange to some people that Var Lord should h. explained it to the disciples, who apparently stood unless need of an explanation of it tnan the mul- titude. But itdid not seem so strange, he said, when it was taken into consideration that the multitude were not ready to receive the Word of God; that they were like many who listene< to | the preaching of the Gospe! nowadays—baru of | heart, who have not the rignt 4: tion and were lacking in earnestnese in seeking for the truth. The reverend gentleman then went on to | sbow the necessity of preaching. He said the | Gospel nad to be made known by word of mouth, not by reading, and he called attention to the L that the teachings of tne Saviour were all given vy Him by preaching, and that the only time during His career on earth that He ever wrote a lessun to mangind was when His charity forbade Him to speak—when He reproached the accusers vf the woman taken in sin. ‘The speaker then illustrated the power of God’s word as spoken by tae priest im the sacrifice of the Mass at the moment of the consecration and in | the confessional at the moment of absolution, and showed that words spoken from the pulpit came with just tne same force. It was all very well for some people to say that they beard the same thing over and over again every Sunday, yet what they heard was God’s teaching, and, though they did hear it se oiten, many of them were appar- ently unable to obey these teackings they heard 80 olten repeated. The reverexd gentleman then exhorted his hearers to so dispose their hearts that God’s Word would fail on fruitfal sollund that eternal happiness would be their reward after tnis life. LYRIC HALL, MR, FROTHINGHAM ON CLAIMS TO BE PRIEST AND KING OVER CONSCIENCE. Rev. 0. B. Frothingham took no text yesterday morning, but ancounced as the subject of his dis- cussion “The Ciaims To Be Priest and King Over Conscience.” My theme, he began, as many of you may surmise, 1s suggested by the discussion At present going on in Engiand. The claims of the Roman Church and. other charches is that, being infallible, they are superior to a man’s con- science. Scientific people, independent thinkers and generously endowed men of intellect oppose this view entirely and, denounce it as an outrage. In all specimens of their lit- erature the Roman Catholic Church has never failed toeulogize conscience. But they place the conscience, and in eulogiging conscience they succeed 1m paying the highest tribute to their Charch. that conscience is the representative in the heart of divine law. Rev. Mr. Newman says:—‘If I were called upon at dinner to give a religious toast—and I nope 1 never shall be—I should first toast conscience and tnen the Pope.” Is vot here the whole case granted utonce? Are they wot Romanists that say tnis? What does what they say mean if not that there is a power higher than con-cience? fhe Courca is not supr-me over meniais, but over lords, not over servants but | over masters. All eniogiums upon con- gcrence are but more earcest eulogiams upon the Church. The Romanists speak of a good | conscicuce that has been set vy diligence in the | right path. Dr. Newman uses very strong Janguage {fo his letter. He disclaims what tne Protesian: believes. The Romanista, like any | other Church, believe that the Courch 1s an or- | Gained power, susiained by the divine wisdom | ana endowed by the divive jarisdiction. They be- | Meve that its priests ure reared up to regenerate he sons of meu, Man is subservient to God; the reated to tue Creator; the finite to the infinite. | England sees the danger and iears it. Mr. Glad- stone says :—‘I do not care to ask what SHREDS AND TATTERS OF HUMAN LIFE Ne outside tne moral law. There are no shreds ana tatters that lie outside the moral law. Everything comes within the range o! conscience. tis the strangest thing | that tuese believers have fatled to see that what- ever power ruies in spiritoal matters should rule in temporai matters also. The Roman Catholic Church believes that spiritual autuority has power over ull things. The Jesuit tries to drive us into a corner. Whatsort of freedom does a@ magnet bave that instead of pointing \oward the North Star, atracnes itself to sumetbing or wanders aimlessiy inspacet What sort of ireedom does an intelligence Nave that rushes blindly alter error? bishop Newman calls other beliefs vulgar. No person who weighs his words, measures bis | thoughts and understands what be says accepts | such a definition of Ireedom o; conscience as the | Roman Onuren gi Men have been will low us.” f | @ | which makes popularity tts goal, power of their Church higger than the power of | There are very %w who do not agree | I believe that duty 1s a | shadow that always jollows as and always will tol- © ALL SOULS’ CHURCH. SERMON BY THE BEY. DB. BELLOWS—HUMILITY THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS. The lowering sky, from which snowy spray was occasionally shot forth yesterday morning, did not keep many of the mempers of the congregation of | All Souls’ church away from worship, Conse- quently that edifice was crowded with devout | Persons. The interior of the churoh 1s still dec- | orated with the evergreen hangings that were | pat up at Christmas time, and they make a pleas- ing and gracefui component of its scene. The flowing.lines of green, pendent from a star over { the chancel and connecting with the shell-shaped soundingboard over the pulpit, have @ particu- | larly artistic purpose and effect. ‘The Rev. Dr. Bellows, who ts the pastor of All Souls’ church, preached therein yesterday morn- ject being “Humility as the Secret of Happiness.” Dr. Bellows drew this subject from the first half of the thirteenth chapter of the “Gospel ing to St. John,” which tells of Jesus wasn. ing the feet of His disciples and thus exhorttn; them to humility and brother: iove. Dr. Bellows’ sermon covered @ great deai of ground and re- cited many results oi his observation and exten- sive reading. in it he condemned all those prac- tices common in our secular iife which noodrisn pride and self-conceit, Although ‘lows did not exhort his hearers | citing phrases, he yet pointed out to them | the reasons why they suould avoid as | Coristiang, those destructive practices. He | condemned all false ambition, especially pe with | who breathes the breath of appla: } Dreathe sulphurous vapor. He spoke epigrammat- { feaily of “social ambition as the spur of American hfe, and the spur of American hearts.” He de- picted how it wounded the hearts into which it entered, and despoiled them of their best attri- butes; and how it introduced into the lives of its victims deceit, and cons'ant lack of happiness, Baid Dr. Bellows, “Happiness is achieved only by those who renounce it, and who devote themselves to procuring the good oj -their fellows, Such peo- ple ‘aa do this, thouga they have faults perceptible everybody, are still welcomed everyqnere. ‘They diftuse good teehng on every side of them.” CENTRAL M. E. CHURCH. CHRISTIAN ENDOWMENTS—SERMON BY REV. F, BOTTOME. The minister took bis text from Acts, Vly 5:—“Stephen, @ man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost.’? TO @ church quarrel, said the divine, we owe the introduction of one of the nobiest men of the Church, and to th me cir- cumstance the institution of the order of the deaconate, A dispute arose between the Grecians and the Hebrews because tieir widows were neg- lected in the daily ministrations. To remedy this evil the Church selected seven men ‘%o take charge of the secularities, and 80 relieve the apos- ties in their work. Among those so chosen was Stephen, a man of whdse previous history nothing scarcely is Known; but his subsequent career, brief but eloquent, gave us one of the in tensest pages of Christian history, The preacher dliected special attention to the life of Stephen and to the great faith he asexsed; be was full of faith, becuuse faith was he mainspring of action, and without it man Could do notning, We believe and therefore speak. | Some bave the faculty of faith, a3 @ nataral prio- | ciple, more largeiy than others; but Steplien’s iaith was more than @ natural power; it was a deep aud absorbing conviction, and also @ per- sonal rellauce on a present Saviour; a faith be- ‘here was @ holy coatagion in nis faith. came, in consequence, 2 leader among men. Men of iaith are always leaders, ‘They see things un- seen by others, They are the winners in society. As a rule they are always secured who have Strong faith. Stephen was also full of the Hol Ghost. Waoat @ lesson, said the divine, mign be gathered from the life of Stephen if we would only ponder on it! It was gloriously Leautiful in | tts every feature, and not only taught men bow | to live, but the more important lesson, how to die. It ts by jatth we must live and by fatch that we must be saved hereatter. Tnoen, how impor- tant it 16 to us that we ponder upon tre firm faith, | ana try to acquire it, that neryed Stcphem to meet ' calmly the death be was adjudged to wie because he oeneved in Christ and preacued His word that iceu might be saved. | FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. | DR. ANDERSON ON THE VALUE OF PROVIDENCE. | At the First Baptist church, Thirty-ninth street ' aud Fourth avenue, yesterday the morning ser- | mon was preached by the pastor, the Rev. T. D. ' Anderson, D. D., who chose ior his text Matthew | xxvill., 20:—‘And Jo! 1 am with you alway.” Tt | 43 the value of the divine promises, said the preacher, which is so simply expounded and so ' easily understooa. Again, its vaiue is enhanced by being so generously offered without exactiog | | reward, so to speak. They may be accepted by all, | no matter what their character or condition may be. They are unchangeable, eternal. No viciasi- | tude of condition, no landmarks of ages, no impro- vised inferences can deprive us oO! their consola- tion and support. They come fresh to us through all the changes that have occurred or thet we may experience through life. On- ‘der all our trials and tribulations we lean on the promises embodied tn the words of the text for our support and consolation. e | have here & promise woica we who preach ti | Gospel and you who hear it should constantly bear im vivid remembrance. I mean, Christ 1s | present wherever the Gospel is made knows. A | clear sense of Ubrisi’s presence invests tne 02- ; Casion with supreme importance; it lits it avove ell incidental surroundings. No matter whether ; the Gospel be preachea or the worship of God ve | conducted in the sanctuary, or whetner it be in the hovel or cathedral, if only the Gospel of Jesus Christ 18 preached the Master, Jesus, is there. . | i to die im defence of what tmey consid- | Let it bein the week day or on the Lord’s Day, if | ered freedom of conscience, hot for | it comes from the heart he istuere. You listen freedom without any conscience at all. Acon- | 10 tbe preacher and wink it proper science that owes mo allegiance to the moral law | to in tne house of od, but is an organ woose pipes are choked; it is a lute, how few there are who really give i rusty and siringless, 8t whieh sits mo player. What makes couscieuce veverable is its sense of obitga- on. talizes those wno keep it, Tne battle has already come for this struggie for | SUPREMACY OVER CONSCIENCE. be oe with valor, The Roman Catholics u it it be Roman Teason on the other, Ca: holie:sn on one Let the comiest bo temporal and thos supremacy, and th banner the victory 11 perch, | SEVENTH STREET M: E. CHURCH. THE USE AND PROFIT OF GODLINESS—SERMON BY BEV. W. P. CORBIT. The Rev. W. P. Corbit, pastor of this church, preached yesterday, taking his text from the first epistie of Paai to Timothy, 1, é—“But we know that the law 1s good if we use 1t lawfully.” The reverend gentleman said tnat godliness had two forms of being. to have originated Christianity out God. | an emanation of His being. No man ever claime: it, for he might know the claim would be futile. No angel ever claimed tt, because they were in God’s kingdom, and hell would not deprive itselt of the | only chance it bad of ever being any better oy | claiming to have originated this periect system. Besiaes tnese we have the testimony of God him- sell saat Crist 6 His only begotten Soa. Ce sl ting @ moral law immor- | Conscence suggesting @ moral law 1 | Presence they Rave fuifiied all their obligations. | the men who opposed were of | of Ubrist, ds. Le wili be no doubt upon which In the first place godit- ness was the religion of God. No one ever claimed | It bdo | Of the hindrance ein placed upon man’s freedom their hearts to the worship of Him in the proper spirit! Too many magine wien they go to church t by so doimg and by the mere tact of their hat is necessary, however, is that all should | think less of their merely worldly affairs and ar- rive at a better understanding of the infinite love secure their salvation in the world tocome. Con- ventionaltties interfere with the attendance at tne | churches in many cases. constraiat and a larger exhidition of love and chance drop in to the house of God. Welcome | him in all ways possible; open your pews to nim apd throw round hii Offer every attraction in your power to bring his soul to Jesus Carlet, | SEVENTH AVENUE METHODIST EPIS- COPAL CHURCH. DR. WILD ON CHRISTIAN FREEDOM. Dr. Wild preached a forcible sermon yesterday morning, irom Galatians, v., 1—“Stand fast, there- fore, in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and ve not entangled again in the yoke of He opened nis remarks by speaking | bondage.” apd the mistion of the Gospel to impart power to gain and preserve true liberty. Christianity alone could emancipate the tations and set men free. It was now iifting us up into a nigher plane of ly, politically and morally. It lon of Church and State that | Christianity can best accomplish her victories, wi Sucu am alliance was @ yoke on the Church inner eelings do ee eceaowiodgy this and an entangiement to the State. Sucn creed to have peen of divine — origin, Uuslons were very apt to compromise the purity outsider would admire areligion which a me he could understand It, and venerate; not t! viurch aod cripple aud em- il Europe at this hour is reat- aad strength of thi barrass State. | for there is more in Christianity tian one com: , ive 4nd suspicious, threatening and aneale, in that prelends Who has not received its consoiations, | the dignitaries oi tue Church and the gorvern- and received the inward grace oi the Lord, These ment fail to recognize the best ana truest rela je places, like other things. We say goaliness FoGiable. because & man Cannot be happy With | ing trust in Gods to the State. je liberties Of and the wrata to coma with happy aad uovary- ottcn aud maintained by the love of Christ. | He be- | through whom only they can hope to | What we want is less.! brotherly feelimg to tue stranzer who may per- | @ mantle of sympatny and | ; bimself. 8T. STEPHEN'S CHURCH. PARABLE OF THE SOWER—THE POWER OF GoD’s WORD, The Rey. Father Byron officiated at the high mass in St. Stephen’s yesterday morning in pres ence of @ large congregation. The music of the mass was of the usual high character sud was rendered in good style by the choir, under the direction of the organist, Mr. Danforth. Alter the first gospel the Rey. Father Carroll preached an instractive sermon, based on the parable of the sower, as told in the gospel of Sexagesima Sun- day—"The seed is the word of God.” The spiritual meaning of the parable te this—the seed is the Gospel. The Gospel is preached to various classes | ef men. Too many are apt to forget the mission of the preacher and confound it with bis persoua! acquire ts, ‘These people seem unmindiul of | the fact that when Jesus founded His church He | com ted His word to twelve illiterate men, and that ever since it has been confided, for the most perk. to men of aver. Intellect, who, though jaying BO claim to bi oratorical abilities, are judged auMicieatly qualified to communicate to ‘men all the instruction they require to save their souls, Let us avoid the sad disposition o! heart which to-day is unfortunateiy too prevalent, and discountenance the mania for criticism. 8 take a higher and purer view uf the great mission of preaching which God nsg instituted for man's conversion and perseverance in gvod, and jorget that the preaché: 1s @ man, while we listen to as the interpreter of God’s will, We should alwa, bear ip mind the words of Christ, ‘Blessed are they who hear the word of God and keop it.” _ OHURCH OF THE STRANGERS. SERMON BY REV. BR 8. MORAN, D. D., ON THE CONDITION AND LIMITATIONS OF SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE. At the hour when the ringing of the church bells called the devotionally imciined to tneir chosen places of worship, the air was filled with feathery flakes which augured of the severe storm whioh followed later in the day. Notwithstanding this fact, the Ohurch of the Strangers in Wintvrop place was well filled. The pastor, Rev. Dr. Deems, is in Florida for bis health, bis pulpit, for the present, being filled by Rv. KR, S. Moran, D. D., formerly of North C:rolina, familiarly known as the Spurgeon of the South. The object of tne dis course was to show the conditions afd limitations of spiritual knowledge, the text being taken from I, Corinthians, 11, 14—‘But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, ior they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually dis- cerned.” 7 first thovght evolved et the greacier was that, as Christianity is @ divine fe, 1% must, of necessity, follow that the facts and truths which form its constituent elements ean be thoroughly comprehenced only by those who are born into that life, hence the experiences which result irom the exercise of saith furnish us with the conditions of spiritual knowlsdge, tne grounds of its certitude and the limits of its pos- sible attainment. All tne is ciearly impited, though not formally expr sscd, in the text, a brief analysis of which will show that it containg, as in @ nutshell, the true potiosopiy of all spiritual perception. That experience ig and must Ol necessity be the only -valid source of gnowledge upon this subject will appear if we consider the correlation established by the Creator between our cognative iaculties and the objects cognized by th This was largely illustrated— firs, by the five senses, in which it was shown that our perception of the objective worid, with its properties and laws, is derived through the exercise of the five senses. In like manuer all other knowledge, no matter what may be its origin or source, or through what faculty or inlet tt ts conveyed to the understanding, is in tho same way derived through experience. Dr. Moran | then went on to show that the attainment of | spiritual knowledge is governed by the same. universal law of experience, which experience va was shown to be as ea ground of certitude as any that can be imagine’. From this general position the preacher then proceeded to deduce tue following | certain inferences :—First, that as spiritual things | gre beyond the sphere o! the natural man’s expe! ence, they cannot be within the sphere of bis co prehension, and that he must consequently re- ‘Main ignorant of the deep things of God so long | a8 he remains ito that conaition, Second, as | spiritaal things are beyond “he sphere of his prehension the. e not in the legitimate pr ce | of his criticism. Third, i¢ iurnishes the most | gatisfactory assurance of the trath of religion and | sbtelds the beltever trom the attack of a learned | criticism which, with’ affected airs of superior enctration, superciliously dogmatizes in matters eyond the reach of its capacity and speaks evil ot nonge which it neither does nor cannot under- | stand, WEST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. DE. HASTINGS ON PROFIT AND LOSS OF A SOUL, The usual congregation assembled in the beauti- fal structure of the West Presbyterian church, in Forty-second street, yesterday morning and heard an eloquent and sensible sermon by the pastor, | tne Rev. Dr. Thomas S. Hastings, Before an- | Bouncing his text the minister stated thar a col- | lection would be taken in behalf of the Home Mis- | ston and avatied himself of the occasion to make a stirring appeal in favor of the institution. Any one, he said, who loved his Saviour, bis family, nis { country and bis church should not fat! to cou- | tribute. All of the many misstons to wiich we are asked to contribute appeal strongly to us, but none so much s0 as the Home Mission, ior | ite work was confined to our own land, the j asylum of humanity, the home of liberty, and the i Nghthouse of trut! The tnstitution was, a few | months since, involved in debt to the extent of | $100,000, and it now owes $60,000, whicn amount | must be cleared-up before the 1st of April. From | the text, ‘For what 1s 9 man profited, if he snall | gain the whole world and lose his own eoul? or | ae hall a man give in exchange for his soul?” r. | and sparkling with eloquence. It is, said he, a | question of profit and loss—a business transaction; and while it 14 an old question, commg down to us through a long train of centuries, it 1s also always | | anew one, and will ever be sach to each one of us ill We have answered it to God aud to ourseives. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PRM Ste i Alla at PLYMOUTH CHURCH. MR. BEECHER ON MORAL STANDARDS. Plymouth church was densely crowded yester- day morning. Mr. Beecher sunounced as his text | Romans xii, 810—‘For he that loveth an- | Other falfilieth the law,” and Galatians v., 14— | “The law 1s fultiiled m one word, love thy neigh- bor as thyself.” I am not going to preach a ser- mom on the subject of love, but to employ this Geciaration for the elucids'ion of the pbilosophy enjoined to give to the community not that special love that springs from the percep- tion of loveline: fecling, that state of mind when we men weil. ‘This large teeling fuciades the whole race, gud has no respect whatever to moral characte PF itagead @ right | This 18 a disposition which must conception o1 moral standards. Man hile has a moral relation, and in @ large but just sense ali conduct ts moral conduct, ven in he lowest conditions of iife, in the earitest devel- opment, men employed morat standardg, both be- fore and after every course of conduct. Even the | Dusnhman thinks of it. What may ido and what how imperfect, that is not the question; but that | there 1s such a standard, and that, by their very organization, a8 soon as men act ther in society relations they have moral standards; third, by civilization. in making more of each. man makes more of society. And thus Mr, Beecher roceeded at great length, and with his peculiar force of logic and fellcity of {ilustration to eluci- date his position, and enforcing on bis audience the duty “of 4 charity apd benevolence which ‘well being we should be interested, TALMAGE’S TABERNACLE. RECTIFICATION OF THE FOUNTAINS OF MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION. ‘The Tabernacle was crowded during the fore- noon services yesterday. Rev. Le Wits Talmage preached, taking for his text II. Kings, 11., 19, 20, 21,22, There always has been an intimate con- nection between iniquity and dirt. The aithy Darts of the great cities | | Iquitous parts. The gutters and the pavements of | the Fourth ward, New York, illustrate and sym- | bolige the character of the people in the Fourth ‘ward. The first thing that @ bad man does | wnen he is convertea ts thoroughly to wash There were this morning on the way to the different churches thousands of men in proper apparel who before their conversion were unfit in their Sabbath dress, When on the Sabbath I see's man uncleanly tn tts Gress my suspicions in regard to his moral char- ‘acter are aroused, and they are always well | founded, So as to allow no excuse for lack of | gbiution God has cleft the continents with rivers | gna lakes and has sunk five great oceans, and all | the world ougnt to be clean. Away, then, with the dirt frem our cities, not only because the physical | health needs an abiution, but because ali the great \Moral aud reiiious in-eresta of the ¢ities demand ‘ings preached a sermon Orimful of trath | of the use of moral standards of conduct, Weare | of beauty, but it is that large | very part of hu- | may not dot Though it may be im- rect, the root of obligation is there, bo in tl west scale there is @ kind of rude mora! No matter how erroneous, | shouid emorace all mankind as brothers in whose | e always the mostim- | fey to lool 1t a8 @ positive necessty. A filthy city always has been and always will be s wicked city. The newspapers of any place are the test of its morality or immorality. The pewsboy that runs along the street with a roll of papers under bis arm is @ tremendous force that cannot be turned aside Ror resisted, and at his step the city is ele- vated or degradea. The hungry, all devouring American mind must have somet iing to read, and upon editors and authors and book publishers and Parents and teachers rests the responsibility of what they shall read. Almost every man you meet has & book in his band or a newspaper inns it. What book ts it you have ia your pend? hat pewspaper is it you bave in your pocket? thropists may ba for ihe ele ation ‘a "he Waiters elevation 0! tng and the criminal; but until an uitous hiera until then we will be fighting against tearful odds, Every time the printin, [ a cylinaers turn they make the th quake. rom them goes forth a thought like an angel of aga to feed and bless the world, or like an angel of darkness to smite it with corruption and sin and shame and death. May God by His omnipotent spiri! nd eleva the Ainerican printi ress. : tre ‘community can no hag ap afford to ry ignorant ‘meu i its wide afford to have unca; pe} New York State can neither read mor write. Intellectual darkness is the presursor of moral darkness. I know there educated outlaws, men who through their 6! ness Of in- tellect are made more dangerous, re are, e in New England, 191,000 people who can neit! read nor write; in the State of Pennsylvania, 222,000; in the State of New York, Gye while in the United States there are nearly 6,600,400 who can neither read nor write. In view of this lact 1 am in favor of compulsory education. (Ap- plause.) The Eleventh ward of New York bas 5,000 Cuil ver tia are notin school. When parents are 80 bes 8 to neglect this duty to the child the law, witn a strong hand, at the same time with a gentle hand, onght to lead these iittie ones into the light of intell ce and good morals, * * * ‘ne officers of th ought to go dowa into the aud up into the garrets and bring out nighted little oues and put them under educational influences, after they have passed through the bath and comb, putting before tuem the speliing book and teaching them to read the Lord’s Prayer and the Sermon on the Mount. Our city ought to be lather and mother both to these out- casts, ‘The preacher proceeded to recommend the diffusion of the Gospel and something to eat for the benefit of the 40,000 homeleas obtl- dren in this group of cities, He con- cluded ;—What we have to do we must do right speedily or never do at all. In that day, when those who have wrapped themselves in luxuries and despted the poor snail come to je and everlasting contempt, 1 hope it may be said of you and of me that we gave bread vo the hungry child and wiped away the tear of the orphan and upon the wanderer of the street we spread the bright- ness and benediction ofa Christian name, and that through our instrumentality it shall be Known on ae and in heaven that many lost became many und, CHRIST CHURCH. SERMON OF REV. DR. SCHENCK, OF BROOKLYN. At Christ church, corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty-Oftn street, yesterday morning, the above eloquent preacher held forth to a large and fash- fonable congregation. The beautiful edifice ts an inspiration in itself, and the dome decorations, in warmth of color and general harmonious designs, are evidently copiéd after the famous Mosque of St. Sophia in Constantmopie; indeed, tke very chandeliers are almost an exact copy—on a smaller scale—candles and ail, of those in the famous Turkish mosque, The music, as usual, was of a very high order, and the ritu- alistic ceremonies embracing it imposing and effective to the last degree. The anthem reniered by the choir was especially fine, aud the soprano’s vuice was like the notes of a lark— rich, a8 with the melody of May—swelling above the fresh, sweet voices of the choristers, Dr. Schenck took for nis text St. Mattnew xx., 7— “Because no man hath pired us,” He said the Christmas garniture is shrivelling in our churches; in many of them the w: bare of evergreens, theembiems of the gala season. The seasons of the Epiphanies are past and to-day we tind our- selves midway in our preparations for Lent. In changing {from the lessons of Isalan to Jeremiah wenre recalled from the consideration of Christ to ourselves, and it ia meet that we should be called irom ‘these celestial observations to our own purification. In Dj recoil trom the re- Vealed: our meanness, leanness, our imperfect humanity “cribbed, cabin’d and confined,” until we cry out “0 Lord! what are we; what are we?” And we ulmost hear the voice which says, “De- part from me, J never knew ye.’! The words of the text come to the all-day loungers. ‘No man hath hired us,’”? and 1 propose this text not only ve- cause it is suggested by the calendar occasion, but because it Llazons the idea to the compreneusion of tne most ignorant. People every day are con- doning offences, excusing infidelities to church service by a thousand petty subtertuges, trying to blunt the edge of the tnexorable voice of tnat mentor, conscience. [can almost see the tearful Hoty Ghost, patient, watchful without weariness, . trying to save the a and, on the other hand, the fled, the euemy of souls—ior J am a profound believer in @ personal devil, OATHOLIC CHURCH DISCIPLINE. AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT IN THE DIOCESE OF NEWARK—MANIFESTO OF BISHOP CORRIGAN. Op Wednesiay alternoon of this woek the Catho- lic clergy of the diocese of Newark will assemble at the Catholic Institute, in the city of Newark, | to nold the first conference tnat was ever hela in | that diocese. Thé nature and object of @ conier- ence in the Catholic Church, whitch te seldom re- gE vais, is fully set forth in the following circular, » issued oy Bishop Corrigan. An adoption of the ‘ custom In every didces® would be the first step toward the estabiishmeot of canon law in this country. | Rey. Dear Sin:— For several hundre1 years, in century, at least, 28 we learn trom Thomassin and other writerd on ‘ecclesiastical disetpline, It hax been custom- ary in the large and popnious dioceses of France, Ger- many and Engian! to hold theological conterences at stated times, both In order to insure uniformity of dis- fact, from the tenth a love of study among the clergy. In the lile of St Ulric, Bishop of Augsdurz, who died July 4, 973. it ts olated that he paid specia attention’ to these conter- M 48 & praiseworthy custom After the council at rent St. Charles Borromco, recog- nizing the great good thai mignt accrae from such meet- ings ot the clergy even in the smaller Itatlan diocese: directed in his first Counctl of Milan (C 29) that confer: ences should be established everywhere throughout his since “that time the i ecciesiastical province. ferences has become part and parcel of recognized Church dissipline. in tact, wherever cannon law pre- | yal's Bishops are expecicd'in revorting to the Holy see | the condition of their dioc:ses to answer the following | questionss—"An haheartur Conserentia Theologice Moratis, seu Casuum Consclenticr, et etiam Sacrorum Rituum, et quot | vietbus habeantur, et qui’ ites interstut, et quinam profectus ex {UKs habeantur? Although the Sovereign Pontiffs have not made this point of discipline binding in missionary countries, nevertheless, ip view of the manifest good résults spring- | ing from its observance, it is their wish and their earnest recommeudation that. wherever practicable, tits laud- able cusiom be introduced universally in the Church. You will remember, Rev. Dear Sir, that in the second Plenary Councti at Baltimore, our own bishops warmly recommended the same practice, and since that time special laws on this subjcct have been made in various Giocessn synods. Tne statutes of this aioces:, ‘as far back ax 1856, state that it was the intention of the Ordt- | nary to establish, as soon ss practicable, Conferences on | Moral and dogm: theology and sacred litorgy. A custom approved by nave intrinsic arguinents, by 80 many eminent authorities, and Ls Ed experience of centuries, needs no further commendation; and, if any were needed, the experience of almost every priest on the mission might capply it. It is witu great satisfaction, therefore, that I am able to announce to you (nat the first comterence in this diocese will be held at the Catholic Institute, Newark, | on Wednesday, February 3, 1875, at 3P. Enclose: | please find a copy of the cases to be solved on that ovca- sion, The cases tor the tuture conferences will be dis- | tributed later. As the chief object in view ts that the clergy should | keep up the study of theology, the cases will be made to embrace the leading princip.es of a treatise, rather than Knotty question? on some particular po reason, that not merely two or three bu ble, all’ may be incited to stuay, tne Conference, after the solution of the cases by those pre viously appointed, will cail on others present, at his dis- cretion, for an expression of opt | “In addition to the case of conscience 2 dogmatic case is a'so introduced, on account of the tov general negiect among us of that special province of theology which is so necessary, Nevertheless, tuevery pastor of souls who is obiized to instruct bis flock in sound doctrine, and to be ‘always ready £, satisty every one that asketh a rea- son for the hope Which 1s in him. In conclusion, reverend I trust you will take ‘an active interest in this matter; coming to the conter- CS, Not merely because the councils of the Charch re. re all who have charge of souls to be present. but rning more efficactously ow all also provide more securely tor the salvation of our own souls and may not incur the threat of tivine vengeance. “Quia tu seleatian reveltam t.”” | rommnseverend doar oe dt tiaoynely season T + MICHAL, Bishop of Newark, THE JERSEY CHURCH SCANDAL, A BECESSION IMMINENT—ONE OF THE ELDERS TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION. Avery slim congregation attended in the Church of the Scandal, Jersey City, yesterday. It was expected that the Rey, Mr. French, Clerk of the Presbytery, would appear and promdigate the jadgment pronounced upon Mr. Giendenning. Ac- ‘fy far as po loderator of the away. Mr. French did not put in an appearance, however. The services were conaucted by the Rev. Mr. Bidwell, of New York. Giendenning was Oeated in one of the pews. As the case sor‘ed to unless in countries where canon law pre- | cipline throughout the various parishes and to promote | ‘% | grand larceny; ard lor alike | si- | to solve the mystery, called at the rag shop cordingly many friends of the latter remained | Row stands the church is in an at vanced etege of rebellion against ecclesias tical authority. Mr. Howell, one of the elders, who insists upon the judgment of the Presbytery being carried ont, fieding nimself opposed by tite trustees and the other eider (Mr. Dunne), bas ten- dered his: resignation, but the session, by a unani- mous vote, reiused to accept it. Nosession can be held now, as Mr. Howell reiuses to recognize Mr. Glendenning as mogeravor of the session. “I hoid,” says Mr. Rowell, ‘hat the judgment of the Presbytery is binding, and that the pastoral rela- tions of Mr. Glendenning to the Prospecs avenue church have been dissolved. Lam dr: by the trusteea under protest, { do not w: separate myself from my church. I aiffer wit otner elder (Mr. Dunne) and the trustees in hold- ing that the Jurisdiction of the Presbytery in this cannot be questioned.” * The meeting held afew evenings since at Mr. Howell's resideuce Was private, and was very stormy. e communication of the Presbytery was received, and it brought outa warm discus- am Tt set jorth that the Presbytery was actuated by the most iriendly feeling toward the Prospect avenue church tm the decision of this case, and @ committee of nine was ap .ointed to confer wi the trustees of the said church in order to have the judgment promuiguted. As soon as the com- muni ation was read one member jumped up and moved to lay {t on the table. Another opposed this motion, saying {t wou'd be disrespectful to the Presbytery. lt was finally resolved that the communication be placed on file. “When is that committee going to meet your ert asked @ HERALD reporter of one of the “Not till we invite them,’’ was the prompt re- ply, ‘But does Mr. Glendenning receive his salary in the meantime?” was the next mel To this the trustee nodded asseut with a confl- aential air, and remarked, ‘That will have to be settled when we meet next Tuesday evening.” Fourteen membeis have withdrawn from the church since the finding of the verdict HM the trustees at their meeting on Tuesday evening should Join issue with the authority of the Pres- breery, aD eXtra session of the latter will be o lled abe rigorous measures adopted. In such @ case the members of the church who adhere to denning’s fortunes threaten to revolt und estab- lsh a sect for themselves, THE COURTS. + FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET COURT, Betore Juage Bixby. A WICKED OLD MAN, Thomas Fitzgerald, an old man of sixty-four, was arraigned on a charge of stabbing a young man named Joseph Courtney in the right groin, and probably fatally wounding bim. [t appeared that several young Men and young women gath- ered in the old man’s room, at No. 344 Firat ave- nue, on Saturday evening, and refused to leave when ordered to do 80 by him on their becoming disorderly. In atrempting to sect them by force ascuMe ‘took place, during which Courtney was wounded, but the old man denies that it was he who cut him. He was held for triwl in default of $1,000 bail. ALLEGED THEFT. Morris Ottinger, of No. 1,345 Tord avenue, was cbargea with the theft of a promissory note amounting to $150, signed by him and payable to the order of Niel McCalum & Brothers, in Sprace street, who failed recently, Joseph Moss, a boy, testified that be went to the defendant's place of business and presented the note for payment on two different occasions. One hundred dollars had deen paid of the amount of the note and the boy's’ orde:a were to get the remaining $60. Ottinger, on getting nold of the note, it was alleged, reiused togive it back to the boy; hence the alleged’ larceny, Ottinger explained that be had kept the, note only for the purpose of taking it to the Grocers' Bank and finding out whether or not there was something irregular concerning it. The case was mixed up so by a man named Hess, who pretends to be a lawyer, that @ clear uaderstand- ing Of the facts was with difficulty obtained. In order to get further evidence the case was ad- journed until to-day week. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. SuPREMB CoURT—CHAMBERS—Held by Judge Lawreuce.—Court opens at hall-past tea A. M.— First Monday’s motion calendar will be called at half-past eleven A. M. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM—He!d by Judge Van Vorst.—Demurrers—Nos, 1 2 8 4 E s 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 14, 15, 16, 17, 3 of law and fact—Nos. 122, 72, 78, 61, 123, 127, 131, 133, 137, 138, 1 . 145, 146, 147, "149, "154," 155, 156, 157, 153, 159, SUPREME COURT—CrRovIT—Part 2—Held by Judge Van Lruot.—New numbers—1018, 993, as, 338, -1062, 1896, 154, 1206, 1266 '¢, 83, 12224;, 689, 150244, 348, 462, 824, 460, 714, 072. 368, 1402, Judge Lawrence.—Nos. 155734, 912, 915, 1887, 2179, 205, 158943, 1591, 2111, 2118, 159333, 2107, 1325. 963, 979, 1187, 1445, 253, 877, 68534, 1119, 1715, 997, 257, 785. SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL TERM— Part 1—Held by Judge Speir.—Nos. $13, 1031, 683, 351, 855, 653, 19, 717, 887, 69:34, 721, 199, 753, 585, 97. Part 2— Held by Judge Cartis.—Nos. 28, 910, 880, 922, 924, $76, 846, 868, 734, 906, 882, 126, 930, 694. SUPERIOR. COURT—GEXERAL Teas—Held by pel Monell and Freedman.—Nos. 1 to 36 ine clusive. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TaRM—Held by Judge Sedgwick.—Demurrers—Nos. 1 and 2, Issues of fact—Nos, 1 to 61 inclusive, * ComMON PLEAS—EQuity TeRM—Held by Judge Loew.—Nos. 1 to 57 inclusive, UOMMON PLEAS=TRIAL TERM—Part 1—Held Judge Larremore.—Nos, 1244, 2099, 1098, 2177, | 1154, 2301, 283%, 2370, 1870, 1093, 2362, 1118, 1103, 1223, 1194, Part 2—Held by Juuge J. F. Daly.— Nos. 2182, 1212, 1230, 960, 2238, 2178, 1432, 119, 1203, 749, 1260, 126344, 1264, 126%, 1263, MARINE COURT—TRIAL TeERM—lart 1—Held by Judge Snea.—Nos. 2626, 1365, 1368, 1381, 1247, Part 2—Hel by Judge Alker.—Nos. 784, 1211, 1381, 8454, 1393, 1395, 1397, 1398, 1399, 1400, 1403, 1410, 1412, 1413, 1414. Part 3—Heid by Judge McAdam.—Nos. 1091, 481, 1654, 1305, 2509, 1102, 2735, 5 107 374, 58, 1146, 1722, 1858, 1859, 2034, 1913, 2343, 5 | 2402, 2450, 2502, 2503, 6823, 2538, 254%, 2556, 2558, 2, 2630, 2659, 2511, 2459, 2451, 2402, 2490, 2533, 254, , 2725, 2505, 216d, 2082, 439, 957, . CocurRT OF GENERAL Sessions—Heid by Judge Sutheriand.—Tue People vs. John Ryan ‘and Thomas O'Connor, robbery; Same vs. James Bren- Dan, robbery; Same vs. Wiiliam Gull, robvery; Same vs. Catharine Quinn, Jelonious assault and. bactery ; Same vs. Joun Cuambers, outrage; Same vs. John Gray and Wiliam Smitn, burglary; Same vs. John MeCartiy, burglar. Same va, Thomas Declar, burglary; Same vs. Otto Oswald, burgiary; same vs. Josep Gaffoey, burglary; Same vs. Robert Clark, graud larceny; Same vs. Charlies H. Carroll, grand iarceny; Same vs. Lillie | Chreste, grand larceny; Saine vs. fhomas Carlton, Same vs. Mary A. Dole and | Mary A. Myon, grand larceny; Same vs. Dennis Collins, grand larceny; Same vs. Helen Miller, | grand larceny; Samo. vs. Oswald Richurds, false retence ; Same vs. Peter Gilmartin and Richard oy, se pretence; Same vs. George William, petit larceny; Same vs. John Cosweli, petit lar- ceny; Same vs. Jeremian Daly, assauit and bat- ; Same vs, Jvnn H. McDowell, assault ana | battery. | Court or OYeR AND TERMINER—Held by Juage sarrett.—The People vs. Jono Gray, burglary; | Same vs. Margaret Phalon (two cases), grand | larceny; Seme vs, Louis Henderson, grana lar- | ceny. A MUTILATED MILLION. —-_—- | AN ELDORADO IN AN UPTOWN RAG SHOP—« LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS OARRYING TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A PIECE AROUND IN THEIR POCKETS. The following mysterious letter was received at the HERALD office a day or two ago:— New York, Jan. 28, '75, Mr, Jamxs Gorvox Baxgxt:— | wean str—Enclosed you wil fin that was found to-day fa a bail of in a reg shop West 33th st this money is cut as je with the center © out and the center missing the amount foun. is fourteen | Pounds of there trimmings mostly fives this'ts queer but Uhere is no queers amoung them Pleuse make a note of this in your journal, r Gs. A reporter of the HeRaLp, who was detailed sample of mone: in question, which is located in West Thirty- Binth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, but the abode of mystery was closed for that evening. Then a visit was paid to the Twen- tieth precinct station house in West Thirty- seventh street, which is im charge of Captain ‘ Washburne, The captain was ebsent on poiice business, but Sergeant Westervelt, who was in charge of the aesk, heard the strange story with | astonishment, and detailed OMicer Lambertson to accompany the reporter im search of the myste- rious bank notes, “Why,” said Officer Lamoertson, a dig, strap. ping fellow, “everybody sround here has got lots | of money, Little boys are going around the streets ‘With $15,000 and $20,000 in their pockets, and itis all good money, but they don’t know what todo with it, as the middie part of the bills that hava the medallions engraved are all cut out, and the: has not been anything found bat the corners of t! $5 Dilla, and the bottom and top strips of the $1 and $2 bills are cut wise.’ While walking tarough Thirty-ninth strect the reporter and the policeman met a ma med bo ot 9 Squter, who came out of a whioh {9 jocated in # tenement block, and he an- Bounced that ne was ths writer of the letter to the Hmnatp. He stated that be had received samples Of the bills, whic were of the denomina- tion of one’s, two's and Ove's on a national bank of [CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE.)