The New York Herald Newspaper, March 15, 1875, Page 8

nt PASSION SUNDAY. Lenten Services and Discourses in the City Churches. VARLEY AT THE HIPPODROME. | Mr, Hepworth Shows Why Every Person Should Join the Chureh. NECESSITY OF FAITH. The Godless Public Schools as Pictured | by Father Walker. VIVID PICTURE OF MORMON LIFE. Mr. Frothingham on the Dimensions of Life— England Evangelized by Two Americans, | Yesterday, being tne fifth Sunday of Lent, was Passion Sunday. [tis so called because on that day the Cuurch, anticipating the passion or suffer. | ing of Christ, to be commemorated a few days heuce, begins already to dituse a spirit of sadness and serrow throug her ceremonies ana her prayers. The celebration of this day dates from the heroic age of the early Christians, whew its observance was known alike in the temples of the East andin the catacombs of Rome. ts recur- rence yesterday was doubtless characterized by the traditional offices and ceremonies in every quarter of the Christian globe. in this city, | Bithough the solemnity observable in the old Chris- tran countries o! Hurope was absent, the day was | duly remembered tn most of the houses of worship. Tne Episcopal and Catholic churches, with their gorgeous and imposing ritual, manitested their rememorance of tt im @ special manoer. The | lowering clouds of spring which overhung the | city cast a fitting gloom upon the sombre aspect | of the stately temples and intensified the melan- choiy inspired by the embleme of mourning within the sacred walls, The costly statues and pictures were screened from view, enveloped in purpie drapery. The introit commenced with the words:—‘Judge me, 0, God, and distinguisa my cause trom the nation that is not holy; from the unjust and deceitful man deliver me,” words | that well applied to the Wreat Redeemer who was now passing beneath the prophetic shadow of His cross. The Gospel, which was taken Irom the | eigh'n chapter of St, Jolin, described Jesus in the midst of the Jews in the Temple, when He pro- ciaimed Himself to be the light of the world and the Son of the Father in heaven. The Scribes and Pharisees then accused Him of being a Samaritan and of being possessed by a devil. And when Jesus refuted the charge and spoke of His exist- ence before tue pirth of Abraham they vegan to Btone Him, but He went out of the Temple, the hour of His death not yet beingcome. Thus did the persecution of the Jews vegin against Him, and the Cuurch appropriately embodies the history of the event in the services of the day. Until Holy Saturday the clergy and laity will continue to cbant versicles from the psaimist and prophets in Teiation to the coming suderings of Christ. His , omnipotence, His majesty and His glory are almost forgotten for the time being, and He is invoked and adorea only as the Man of Sorrows. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. THE REASONS WHY EVEBY ONE SHOULD JOIN | THE CHURCH—SERMON BY BEV. GEORGE H. HEPWORTH. ‘The great congregation at the Church o: the Disciples yesterday morning listened to a sermon Whose trut and eloquence mace itself felt in ‘every beart. Mr. Hepworth showed in the piain- ‘st poseibie manner the duty of every human be- ‘og to belong to the Church. He took Jor bis text the twenty-second chapter of St. Luke, nineteenth verse—*‘Ib18 18 my body whichis given for you; this do 1n remembrance of me.’’ Tne last clause which I have read to youis inthe suape of a re- quest, making its appeal through the affections apa gratitude, rather thanacommand, It 13 a suggestion, coming from the lips and heart @i Onrist, which the disciples and ail the world since have found to be exceedingly helpfui. In commemoration of the Lord, and in humole imitation of Him, we ever and anon take our places around the tabie which especiaily reminds as of His troubies, and we jit our hearts in vouna- less gratitude to the Father and to the Son, who diev in our behal!, I don’t say that Jesus dis- tuctiy intended to establish an institution, bat thereare some things which are institutions in their tendencies; they organize themselves into concrete jorm, and become forces among men, The truths Chmst uttered were not like a book whitch you place on your library shelves and tuke fown once in a while and then jorget. They are like our ordinary food, which when once past tue lps is beyond all human contro, and is at once taken possession of to ve applied to the gencrai health of the body. When Corist spoke institutions naturally arose for the eniorcement of and procection of His truths. 1 cannot look oa Christ's words without having my admiration exciced, my sense of wor- ship quickened intensely. I cannot look on that bistorical period im waich ist is the central figure without Jeeling it diferent from ail (ne bis- tory of centuries preceding aua succeeding it, Those few years were filled with a DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE AND DIFFERENT POWER, Tnere Was between earth and heaven 4 relation- ship such a8 was never dreamed oi before—a re- lationsuip which every son oj man has enjoyed since. Belore the star shore on Bethlehem the clouds Were witnout @ riit, but since that time “angel hands” have torn them aside, and we have vecome able to look through them into the clear ether beyond, Jesus announced His own mission, and concerning it there is no need of making @ mistake. On more than one occasion He proclaimed His mission on earth, “I came to save those who were lost,” 19 toe chief plank in the platiorm of His blessed revelation. And when He would enforce His words in the form of parables He speaks of @ woman who bad | lost a plece of money, and who, neglecting ail tise, hunted tillsbe /ound it, and then calied her neighbors in to rejoice, And again He says He is ike 4 shepnerd who bad a bundred sheep and lost one, and {hereupon left the ninety and nine fale folded in the pasture, and, crook in handy wandered over hill and dale until He was guided to the pit wherein it bad alien by its cries, and, Liting it up with His hand of ompipotence and joldiug it geutiy to His bosom, He waiks back, heart bounuing wita joy and hope. | do not we der that God's chi¢i appeal is made to our affec- tions. 1 do not Wonder that meu are aroused emotionally when they hear His sacrifice and seli-denial, i don't wonder the world looks wb the cross With tears in toeir eyes, tor. getting the world aud rememoering only the guctifice Made On our behail, ‘The Scriptures say that Christ died that we might have ie more and more abundantly, Again, a8 { ook at that mis- sion I flud one hote which rings ont, Jesus says distinetiy Ut nd fe will some time liave it. very soul that s the green planet belongs to tue King of There is no such thing a seli-possessivd | i such @ thing as seli-lorgetiuiness. Ww do not Own our. selves, but are dependent every day and hoar upon the outstretched hand of God ior lie, ana health, and streugth. All things we have com trom {Um; We possess Lothing of our own « tiou or earning. | am giad,sinen, when {hear tnat cl pote of tru —"AL the name of Josus, Kuve sball bow; and things in heaven, and things on earth, and things under the earth shail confess Jesus Chi ist to |, wo the glory of God cae Father.” THE ARMY OF GOD IS MARCHING on conquering. A nation 1M a day tells before its ms, and very heart in (ils house, and every heart in tule city and in tue wide world, will be brougat to ie its own = botningness and be led by faith in Cort, Who bath come to re- | What | im the Christian Church tne better. | the ehurca: NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1875,—-TRIPLE SHEET, heart of hearts when I think I possess, through the kindness and pity which Jesus exercises toward Me a cancelled bond, This is a central fact in our spiritual consciousness, and in this is hidden the fundawental truths of your Christiaa character, and it consuututes the suin ofyour happiness 1m th: le and hope tor the lie to come. Until Jesus came we Were under bonds we could not satsty. ‘There Was DO chance for us but a just condemna- tiou. Do you ask me how this is’ Does it seem awystery? 1s there ap atmosprere 0! unfairness? A word Ol explanation and I think the whole mat- ter will be made clear, All the Scripture*is inter- preted by that sense which is called common, be- cause all Mankind have it in common, | take it 11 our first parents had continued obedient they would have lived either indefinitely amid tropic scenes on the green earth, or else, im accordance witu the willol God, have been transiated to a higher sphere, It nothing had intervened to shat vown the curtain between tiem and heaven they would have walked on forever in daily commuat cation With the hidden beings who people tue air, would have been allowed to commune with God {vom time to time, But, brethren, they did not obey, aud in their disovedience the whole course and channel of tne world’s will and thought and purpose Were turned aside. That scene in the Garden of Eden exerted a tremendous influence on all comiug generations. Let me illustrate it in | another way. An estate has been in your jumily tor a long while. Four generations ago one of your ancestors wasted bis substance in riotous living and mortgaged the whole property, 80 that the estate was received by the in eritors With an Immense debt upon it with ity the mortgage more than covers the worth of the property; you should sel it you would still be indeot. Suppose there came to you @ great and good man, whom you have never seen or heard of before, in the season oO your direst distress, whep you icel toat every taing 1s wevita- bly lost, and ivld you with tearful eyes of sym- pathy that ali is not lost, thac he has riches elongh ior fimseil and you, too, ana he stood ready with his own money, to which you Lave no clam Whatever, to pay every dollar, What woud be your relatiouship to such a man’ Can language express your gratitude or indeptecness? Christ bas done this for you andme. Not one is ENTITLED TO A SHARE OF HEAVEN. Who among you would dare cross the threshold of we New Jerusaiem and in the name of an honest lite demand @ never-ending cycle of bliss? Not one, Can anything can do purcnase iummortalityy It must be the Iree gilt of the Almighty, aud we must receive It jrom the over-generous banc of God or not possess itatal. Itseems tome 1 have arrived at a point in my discourse wen | Rave a right to say it is your duty to give the influence oi your character | and tae sweetness of your personal example to the iustitution God has founded, No man has a right to enjoy the privileges of Christian retieion aud not acknowledge his imdebtedness to it. 18 tits Curistian Church of which 1 am speaking ? 18 it not acknowledged to be the one Most 1MpOTtant element in our social structure ? IP 1s THE CHURCH WHICH LIPTS YOU, which gives you protection of property. And to Whom and what are we indebted jor iis presence | in this nineteenth century: 1tis easily found. It is just here—the Bib! Ai by some horrible magic this book could be wiped out What would be the result Lt Would afect your business, It would desuroy tle sanctity ol home, Would taat every Wan and every Womau Were wemvers o! the Caris- tian Chured, on the grouud of public weare, on the ground of private weal. Still L have a great Tespect for certain Ovjections that ale wade, aud i want to make my appeal through them, A man comes tome and says, ‘1 understaud your argu- ment and adiuire its iorce; 1 find, however, 1 Is dificult to make a persoval application oi it.’ What is your trouble’ You acknowledge that it is your duty to joi the Church, but are kept back by certain supersittions or prejudices or ubjec- tions; you don’t Know whether you beJeve aright or not. It seems to me tie | u strong Statement, but Imean every woid ol it Ii lhad my way I would pot ask a single theoiog- ical quesuon to any one Who desired entering te cChuren. Indeed, iew such questions are asked vy the officers of this caurck. J thank God tor that, | Aman may Know all about theology and yet not be a Chrisuan, and @ man may Know nothing of theology and yet live near God, I someumes tuiok THROLOGY AND RELIGION ARE FaR APART on ettuer side Ol a chasin Which is bridgeless. You jeu te you are airaid you dou’t beileve enouga. Belleve wnat, my bretoren? ‘This is all, 1t seems to me, Christ asks you to believe in orcer to join “lou art the Christ, the Son of te jiving God. Brethren, that is enouga; thatis ali the creed I have that opens the dvor to this church, If youiove Him it is enough and more than epoug. notin my pame, out in the name of Him who praised Peter ior bis answer. L&T NO THEOLOGICAL FENCE BE RAISED between youand God. My bretnreu, u you believe iu Calvary, li you can Jee! you can say, “Christ, my brotber, Uorist my redeemer,’’ 1¢18 enough. An- other man says, “i Want co join the churcb, but I am not good enougu.”? Lsuppose that is toe most common that is a very curt objection made, ous position to take, and abut as unreaso’ abie @ one a8 you can easly find, That you are vot good enough no one will Geny. Yon are not what you ougat to be and migat have been; you have come so very lar short Of What you Ought to de that unless sometning intervenes you ure lust. Contiuue in your present course and you Will diverge so far from the throne of God that you will never findit, Butt hear the voice of Christ saying, ‘i came to call Sinners to re,entance.” Are youasinuer?t Then it strikes me Christ came {from heaven that He might 1orm some relavionsuip vetweeu Him ana you. He came tat He mignt offer you a git, bot vecause jou are well, but ‘because you are a sibner, What do you want the docior jour but because you are sick. Why do you lit up pour petitions to heaven—is it ve- cause you nave everything or because you want something? ihe argument for Goa is that you need Him; it 1s your poverty that pleags und notoing else, Lf, then, you are tired aud sick, tried oy vemptation, « me to the waters ol lie and drink iree.y; they are offered without money and without price, Some say, “There are bad people in the church and | Will not joinit.” I Dever heed an argument like that; itis very Weak; you bad better let it le ou the floor thacit may rest, Suppose Iwffer you a thousand dol ar vill, you say 1 uve heard that there are counte: feit thoasang dollar viis | won’, take that. ti your friends should take you vy the band and leaa you to @ lunatic asylum they Would be doing you jus- tice. it THERE ARE BAD MEN IN THE CHURCH and you ure honest toere is nothing the Church needs s0 much a8 you. The Caurch represents honor anu Jaiin and bupe, and it tuere ure pad Meu in tue Cuurch and you are loyal and true come in Withou uesitation, that we may destroy This element in It and put it on Its might sounda- tion. You are bovnu to do it by every Ue chat binds 4 Man Ww a Lope of the herealter, O busi ness meu, 1 wish 1 could toucu your hearts. Don’t make the mistake that Unristianity will lessen your prosperity; it will increase it. Come into the sold of Christ. Js it nota duty? Ig it wou @ Diessed privilege fo speak for Jesus? Motners, how cap you stay beyond (ne Limits of the Cburca? You have lost children; you nope tor @ reunion. Where is the promise thut broken hearts snali be united? Is it noc this Biber Wu you not give vour lives that we may uphold on our broad shoulders flis institution? ‘Come and eat of the bread and drink O/ the sacrificial Diood that bas bought us all a great price. Come, come and weicome,’’ saitu the Lord, ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. NECESSITY OF FAITH—SERMON BY THE REV. FATHER KANE. ‘There was quite a jarge congregation in attend- ance yesterday at th@ igh mass services in the Cathedral, many of WWOse present being strangers, who were, doubile tuder the impression that the Archbishop AE onic the sermon, The sermon was devveréd by the Rev. Father Kane. He (ook for his text the eighth chapter of the Gos- pel according to St. Jobn, In whieh the evangelist speaks of the fact that when the Saviour said to the Jews, “Belore Abranam was Iam,’ they took up stones with the intention of stoning Him to death, Ihe reverend gentieman, aiter calling at- tention to the day which the Church celebrated as “Passion” Sunday, in order to recall to our minds the passion of the Saviour, His sufferings and trials, spoke of THE NECESSITY OP PAITH. When, be said, the Saviour used the expression in addressing toe Jews, ‘‘Belore Avraham | am,” instead of “! was,’ he used it to show them that He had existed alway; that He had never had a beginning in His divine nature. Referring, then, to the necessity of faith, the reverend Father said that fulth was a gilt from God, by which we be- lieved without hesitancy ali God had reveaed by His own expressed words or throngh His Chu We should belteve all that God has taught us im- THE pilcitly. We put saith, he said, in astronomers, in discoverers and someti in politicians; vut tuey were lable tv make mistakes, and often Wet $0 lar xs to place tieit word against that of God, They olen iuto error; but God was uch itsell, aod those Who belleved in Him could never be i error in their bene), Bven ha Wing Were possinie as that God would lead os asters ould not be responsible for velieving t God was @ just God. Me was ligit marked out the mgit path to all wao do righ power of saith, ne said, Was strongly ii din the progress of the Churen since its ion by Chiist, since pul the seal Of His divine iove upon it empires lad, one ater anotner, risen and notied out ol existe nany fad even been swept away by the waters’ oi oblivion. bat the Church, despite all the persecution of ee enemies, 01 her triais and tripuiations, tad out livea the generations, and wae to-day stronger and gra ever—a living prool of ter divine orig yeauty Of faitie iins- trated 1 the marty ier Ings of we. who gave up wii that earth heid dear to them rather tian give up ther velier in the living God, Faith was hecessury to saiva tion, ud it was our duty to offer Him the homage of our understanuMms. Wf certain things were hard to believe that were articles Of iaitn so mnuech the more reason why We should SUBMIT OUR INTELLECT deem and to save. And again iam stirred im my | to Him who hud created us, No matter what What can you ao | we | 88 theology we have | hat may be | Ibid you come, | bid you welcome; | | works we Migus perform, no matter how nilanthropic in our efforts to ameliorate the con- | dinon of mankind, we could not without faith please Goc,, pt. James said that he who kept all | the commanaments but one offends in ail, There- fore, it being one of the commands of God that we should believe in Him i order to be saved It would not be suMcient for us to gain our salva- tion to keep all His other commands but that ove. Faith was, be added, @ grace intused into us by baptism, and it could also be acquired; but 1k was always a grace irom God, He said tnat the better lives we led, the more we prayed to God, the more We practised Virtue the deeper and more abiding woud our /aith in God grow. On the other hand, he said, itoften happened that a man who haa one !aith in God was bereft of it by God atrer he nad, by leading a use Of immorality, aroused the Wrath of his Creator, ‘The reverend gentieman closed by exhorting his hearers to pray that their faith might be ever constant, | HENRY VARLEY. THE ENGLISH EVANGELIST AT THE HIPPODROME— MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE PRE- j SENT—-CHARACTER OF THE DISCOURSES. From time immemorial man in his more en- | lightened condition has attached a sacredness to | certain places, and out of this principle or feeling within him nas sprung the magnificent edifices common to every land, in whicn the projoundest sentiments of humanity go forth toward the Deity, upon whom the instincts of his nature prompt him to depend in every hour, whether of pros | perity or adversity. In these modern days, how- | ever, there is a large and growing class which Hot only ignores this feeling, but cries out against it. “God,’? they say, “is In every place, and no art of man’s device, no ceremony of consecration | or dedication can make the grand cathedral, with | 1ts wealth of art, its reminisences of the past, a more fit abode for Him who is the All and tn All. No sighs, no prayers, no repentant tears, can make the cloistered cell ‘a place | where He who pervades all space espe- cially delights to dwell.” And so tt ts that the pastor of the Church of the Elective Affinities, | with bis obedient Jollowers, moves out from the edifice where he has been wont to worship the strange God he has created for ‘himself and | thenceforth bows his head in adora- tion in some concert hall, perchance, where the | echoes of dancing fect, the click of the billiard | imger. Toat this class is large was demonstrated by the immense audience which yesterday gath- ered in that habitual resort of the pleasure seeker, | the Hippodrome, to listen to a discourse irom Mr. | Henry Varley, the English evangelist, now holding | | a series of meetings in this city with @ view of in- | tensifying the religious feeling among os. Buta | few hours before another audience, not so large, though itis fair tosay they paid more, was gathered there to see the majestic elephant walk around, | ana to witness the contest of speed between | Pilot and Mary M., Dan Costello trotting against | time, and may be to win an honest dollar or two by buying “Tony Pastor’? in the pools, To one present on both occasions the scene presented yesterday alternoon was an incongrous one, and as the immense masses Of people poured in it was aiMcult to restrain @ Ieeling of impatience at the deiay in catling the horses to the score; such 1s the power of association, despite the theories of him of the elective affinities, And yet, as ever | | with af American audience, the utmost quiet and | good order prevailed; tay, more han that, there | were evidences of @ reverential feeling mani- | fested, which continued throughout the services, notwithstanding the judicrcus effect created by the cries of the animals in tue immediate vicinity, THE AFTERNOON SERVICES were announced for three o’ciock, and when that hour arrived irom 14,000 to 20,000 people were | present. Upon the platiorm, which had been erected in the centre Oi the grounds, were seated | Dr. Armitage, of the F1ith avenue Baptist church; Rev. Mr. Lutz, 01 New Haven; Dr. Patton, Dr. | Bottome, Rev. Mr. Kennard and others, Two | cornets and a trombone had been proviaed to | lead in the music and were placed to tne right of | the preacher’s stand. Mr. Varley opened the ser- | vices by announcing the third bymn upen the sips, Which had been scattered through we | amphitheatre, commencing :— | Oh, tor a thousand tongues to sing | My great Kedeemer’s praise. This was followed by an earnesc prayer, in whicn he referred tothe evangeitcal lavors of | Messrs. Mooay and Sankey in bogiand, and im- | piored @ blessing upon them. Before commencing pis discourse ne remarked that be expected a great blessing to follow the meevings to-vay. He had sent 4 telegram home to England, and asthe result at least 200,000 Christians in that favored isiand Were carrying bim in their hearts to we throne of grace, and he added, with jeep sotem: nity, “I expect an answer Co their prayer,” an ex- pression which was greeted by a smothered ex- clamation of praise irom sume earnest soul near | by. The text was Irom the first chapter of the Epistie of Paul, the Apostle, to the Romans, the sixteenth verse—‘For I am not ushamed or ti | Gospel of Christ; jor it is the power ot God unto salvation to every one that believeti; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” The discourse which followed was purely evangelical im its character. Alter stating the circumstances under which Paul made tnis decia- ration and tue character of the people to whom 16 was addreased, he proceeded to show why Paul Was not asuamed of the Gospel of Utrist. It de- clares a iull, iree and present pardon for sin, ‘These three points were dwelt upon at length mixed with earuest aga oftentimes impassioned appeais to nis hearers to turn from the error of toeir Ways and give their hearts to Christ, THE SERVICES IN THE EVENING, The attendance iu the evening was far larger | than in the aiternoon, and it 1s sale to say much | larger than was ever beiore gathered in tne building. Every avauable seat usuaily devoted to | spectators was filied, and in addition the 2,000 chairs which hive been within the grounds were occupied, while hundreds we turne! away jor want of further accommodations, By the time the services commenced policemen were stationed at the doors upon Madison and Fourth avenues to prevent further ingress, while atthe same time a steady stream of people, wno had been unabie to find seats, or even an eligible jocation for listening, Were pouring out of the building. Many lingered around the entrance, encumbering the streets and = silewaiks, nor could the most energetic assurances ot the policemen that there wa no chance of their getting in prevail on them to leave. Alter the singing of a hymn, tn which the immense congregation joined with magniticent effect, Mr. Varley read a portion of the fitth chapter of Second Corintolans, delivering at the same time a running exposition thereon, as 1s his custom in bis Bibie readings. The hymo commencing Jesas, I my cross have taken, { All to leave and follow thee, was then sung, after which the speaker announced a8 bis subject ior the evening, “The Rich Man and Lazarus,” as described in the sixteenth chapter of Luke,commencing with the nineteenth verse, He argned throughout the discourse that though the Gospel of Christ was one of tenderness it at ¢he same Ume announced eternal punishment to the unrepentant sinner, and closed with am ex- nortation to lis hearers to flee from the wrath to come. ST. LAWRENCE'S CHURCH, EIGHTY- FOURTH STREET. THE INIQUITY OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS—BER- MON BY REV. FATHER WALKER. The congregation of St. Lawrence’s Roman Catholic church in Eighty-fourth street, whicn nas been accustomed to the refined preaching of men like Glackmeyer, Beaudevin, Tiebaud, Gock'en, Moylan and Archainbaud, was somewhat startied yesterday by a strikingly Original sermon on the public schools by the Rev. Father Walker, a very zealous Irish Jesuit priest, recently transferred from the South. Father Walker has a very vigor- ous, direct way of speaking. There is no mincing matters with him. He taiks right out in the very piainest and Jrankest style, but it is very douptiul whether, his style will prove elther popular or effective in his present field of labors. In announcing yesterday that next Sunday's collection would be for the benefit of the parochial schools he took occasion to denounce the public school system of New York in the most bitter and injudicious manner, “Woe pe to the parents,” shouted he in the wanner of one hurling ana‘he- mas, “woe be to the parents who send their cliil- dren to these public schools! Woe be to those who secretly favor them in their hearts! | would not like to be in their places on the day of judg- ment. The public schools are the nurseries of vice. They are Godless schools, and they who send their chiluren to (hem cannot expect tne mercy of God. They oug:t not to expect the sac- Taments of the Church ib cheir dying moments. 1 hope you and | will itive to see the day when ic will be wunaerstood that parents who commit this at sin will be rejused the sacraments of the Church. “What! let them die witiout the rites of the Church # you wil Yes, I | would as soon admin- Is sacraments Lo a dog as to such Catholics, Did not Jesus Christ Ter one of His aposties to die without the rites of the Coureh in despair? So would { jet these wretchea Catholics perish. Cathoucs Th re no Catholics, They are Catholics of the pothouse polltician stripe—men who deceive and betray the poor, ignoraut, Inno- cent Irish emigrants when they arrive in tis country; men W io Make their poor countrymen, when they are only a perjure tuemselves have no faith ew months in this country, to become citizens; men who | balls or the solemn tones of the croupier still | or charity im their hearts, You | may sey, ‘Ab, but I know 004 men an women, good priests an bianops, ood fathers and mothers, who were brought up | in the public schools,’ ‘True, but they are the rare exceptions, one in @ thousand or ten | thousand, You will say also, ‘But some of the | teachers are Catholics.’ What of it? What do | they Know about the vice ail around them, the | contamination and villany? They don't Know it; | they never see it. But we priests know it. Go | | look at the water closets in some of your public | | schools and see the vile scribblings and markings on ‘he wall, and you will realize the vice and iu- | famy that prevail at these nurs:ries of crime. I — tell you, Catnolics, you do not realize the dangers _ | tO your children, ‘ine great effort of the enemy of | Goa’s Holy Chureh in these days 1s to get control of the education of the youth i the nope of thus counteracting the blessed influence of tne priests ol The enemy has abandoned every other effort. Look to tt, then, that. you fall not a victim to his insidious arts,” ‘The preacher then alinded to the wonderful gore of the Church, and the iniquity of tax! Jutholies for the support of scnoois they aid not Want and could not send their children to. He said there were 600,000 Catholics in ‘this diocese alone, 400,000 more 1n Brooklyn diocese and bun. dreds of thousands more in Albany, Buffalo and Ogdensburg. If all these banded themselves together valiantly to demand their mgbts, think you rfey couid tau? No; they could not. They would soon show their strength and triumph like their Jellow Catholics in Onto, | _Theremarks of Father Walker made a@ profound | Sensation among those who heard them, and opin- jons differed very much as to the wisdom or | soundness of such radical utterances. THE JUBILEE. PASTORAL OF BISHOP CORRIGAN. ‘The pastoral letter of Bishop Corrigan to the clergy and laity of the diocese of New- ark announcing the Jubilee was read in all the Catholic churches of New Jersey yester- day. Alter explaining the origin, nature and effects of a jubilee, the Bishop says that the Sovereign Pontim, in the fuiness of the su, | preme power of binding and loosing, once more, | Opens to his children throughout the worla the treasury of tne Church by procilaimingthe great Jubilee. The conditions by which the Jaithfal in the diocese of Newark can gain the Jubilee are as follows :. First, by the devout visiting of cnurche: cording to the rules assigned afterward in the pastoral letter, and praying there for the exalta- tion of holy Church, the extirpation of heresies, the conversion of sinners, peace and union of Christian people, and especially the intention of whe Pope. Second, the worthy reception of the | sacraments of penance and the holy eucharist. | As to the visits to the cnurches, according to a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Induigences (15th March, 1852), it 1s necessary in localities where there is only onechurch 10 make a3 many visits to 1t as one would make in visiting the prescribed number of churches where several exist. ‘he Holy Father prescribes that during the course of the present year one must | devoutly visit once & day Jor fifteen days (which days need not follow euch otner in immediate succession) the Cathedral or | principal church oi the place in which he lives, and three other churches to be desig- nated by the ordinary. In accordance with this provision, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, st. Jonu’s, St. James’ and St. Mary’s churches, Newark, and 5t. Peter’s, St. Mary’a, St. Michaei’s and St. Bridget’s | churches, Jersey Uity, are designated as the | churcnes to be visited by those residing in their | | respective neignbornood. In all other parts of tue | | diocese the parish cnurch must be visited four | | times @ day tor fifteen different aays, In the country and in stations where mass is said only | | On Sunday the faivhiul can make the visits us is | | done in the case of the Indulgence of the Portiun- | | cula—that is, a(ter praying for some time for tne | | intention of the Holy Father, one will leave the | church Jor @ short time, re-enter and | make @ second visit, and ‘go on tl the | | prescribed number of visits 1s complete. The | | pastoral reiterates the same directions and | requisiuons, Jor those who wouid secure the beue- | fits of the Jubilee, in effect as were formulated in | the pastoral letters of Archbishop McCloskey and | archbishop Bayiey, already published in the HERALD. ¢ | LYRIC HALL THE DIMENSIONS OF LIFE—THE INFINITUDE OF | MORTAL EXISTENCE—SERMON BY REY. 0, B | FROTHINGHAM. The Rev. O. B. Frothingham, at Lyric Hall, preached yesterday morning on the ‘Dimensions | of Lite.” The following is the substance of his re- | marks:. | There are some people who are only interested | in the length of life—in longevity. They who | speak of the “thread” of a life, however, must | necessarily think of its strength, for longevity de- | pends upon Certain conditions, such as Knowledge | of the laws of health, &c. Social science teaches longevity can be increased, and social srience | Knows full well that many conditions are neces. | | sary toit, Lite, in order to be long, must be com- | | fortable, must be spared the friction, the wear and | tear of trouble, poverty or ilines This is one | view of looking at lie, Another is to regard it | | from the point of breadth—suriace. People ask | among 20,000 | through, | you how many countries you have seen, how many | | languages you speak, &c, But this 18 only shine | and show, jor what does all this superficial ex- perience amount to? We finaliy come to the con- | clusion that It/e is not @ plane, bu: a solid. OUR SENSE OF PROPORTIONS | | te instructive. A character that is all will and energy und void of gentler instincts is distressing to us. It violates this sense, We almost always see | people out of proportion, One man is ail length, @ hundred years old. What is the use o a tin | wire carried to such length? Another is all dream, and awe apd wonder, and that is unsatisiactory, | Yo be periect, to be a rounded cuaracter, you must have ail the attributes of manhood. In tue first place you must have Gepth; without that | menall appear alike—they wea: their hair in the | same manner, they wear the same boots, their | voices are attunea to the same key, they secm precisely alike, Humanity trom this saperticial point of view issimply a mush, but be who has seen people only m this Way knows nothing of the Teal meaning 0: jue. See any of these monoto- nous peuple i their triendiy circle—are ihey then auke 7 ake the circle still parrower—iollow } them to ther offices, their shops, and you will see how their special quaines come out still more strongly. Go deeper still—to their firesives—and watch them as they rejoice and sorrow with toeir | dear ones, and how couspicu us will this truto | appear. There is @ vaster depth, and that is | wien the man is alone in his musings, when he sounds the abysses 01 his Own heart. HEIGHTS BEYOND U ‘There is still a deeper revelation than even the last, and that is the immeasurable depta of mau's InHerost Consciousness, ADU What Is his depth beveath the ros oO: couscious mdividuallty? sume persons Wil tell you tt 18 ali slum, all wud. But depth always imsipctively suggests height; 10 jJact they ure we same thing. feight is tae dept upward, and vice versa. You cannot es- | cape the conciusion that there is an abyss of | thougut whica We can scarcely sound. Whence Was ll thal the great host Of astrouuwers gut He power that enabied tnem to travel irom world to world and penecrate the outermost confines of the universe, rising so big that whe venerable | empyrean only vecame @ scalfoiding and tae stale only stepping Stones tu some invisible seat oi glory? Whence did this power come? Waence ovtatos the poilosopher tie imsignt to bind ali veimgs of the universe into unity as With @ Mme chain of goliy When anybody repeats some vid axiom of ruta we rises to & novier ang uigher reaim of moral ideainy, When any persou on vended knees yearns ior truth ne 4s vever reauzed he coniesses by thatacc that Over bis head there are worlds abd Worlds of power and glory. ‘There are ho beings 80 humpie that wie prevented irom caicning these glimpses of the heigat wna depin of le, SPIRITUAL BREADTH OF LIFE. And now as tu bi eadtn—eXpausivu. HOW Darrow the ordinary idea of jue is. How jew of us are Intmately acquainted even With ali tue streets of the cit, We liveiu’ The mathematician tells 0s that every disturbance in water creates anocier and another, so that the tiniest waye Govs not puisate until its Vivrations vibrate also on (he shore, 50 We ure Inlormed that spoken words re- tain their consistency as tuey travel about, 50 that the chambers ot (he air are literally waisper- ing gulleries, thus Verusing Jesus? prophecy that every word we have spoken Will have 10 be jist fled belore the jJuagment throne, fi this Is true it shows how limited our ordinary conceptions oF lie are. vur glunces aod expressions of faces travel throug this World, So (at tie Sinai est ripples of ilfe go on and on Lill they beat upon Invisible sho! Must Of us write lecters, We all hold daly communion With friends iu distant continents, and iv thouguts and ie: lings they are just as bear to Us as though they were by uur side. Every new book usners Us luto & new Sate of (ue mind, every newspaper brings Us home the con- cerns, the (roubles, (ue joys ol tue eauire worid. The telegiapn has’ ts terminus in our heat strings; we rejoice and !ammeut with pe whom we never saw before in our lives. And when we see what are called common people wita ‘heir newspapers in Lhe street we are reminded o1 the lofini ude of ile, Whivh ail share as vrouners. CONCLUSIONS OF IMMORTALITY. And vow wecome to tie last dimension—lengtu. We were lost ip mystery when we tried to sound with Wie plummet of our thought the abysses be- low us, und al-o When We attewpted to measure the weights above us. How are we then to grasp lve’s duration’ Would it do to ray ¥ lite 43 short uulesé it also be snail, Weary, Darrow and shallow? When We think of intellects like woethe or Plato we jee! that their being could not ve umited. lived to be old men, but they died boys. Shakespeare died at the age of fily-tWo | Was that the length of a life that covered the uni- verse? The flood of Mendeissohn’s music was just reacaing its glorious spring tide when he became dust, Five hundred or a thousand years seem but mited periods of life to assign to souls such as these, No eternity of length ana there is noeternity of depth aud heigut. Deny immortality and you ary Up man toa little straw. If man 13 but a mario- nette, a puppet, there surely is no immortality, A disposition to be carnal-minded, snallow, low- spirited, generally accompanies a disbelief in im- mortality, while people whose love ana aympathy is deep, strong, always believe in it. And thus, the reverend speaker argued, life could be made a noble mansion, fui of infinite grandeur and beauty, by wan’s belief in the im- mortal and true. CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH. REV, MR. LYFORD, OF UTAH, ON MORMONISM. Yesterday morning the Rev. Mr. Lyford, of Utah Territory, spoke on the subject of Mormonism, ‘The reverend gentleman has nad agreat deal of practical experience among the Mormons, and his remarks are consequently interesting. He opened with @ description of Utah, in this beautiful country, ne said, live the most degraded people. The merchants of the Eust are guided by the multipiicity of interests when they vixit the country; they are generally met by the agents of Brigham Young and are Jeasted and shown all the attentions possible. They see but the best side of Mormonism ana leave the place with a somewhat pleasant im- pression. This man, Brigham Young, is the Vilest, basest creature that lives; and yet there are men who will speak with a feeling of pride of having seen and conversed with him. We call your attention further to the unparalleled despor- ism of this man, We have there a being who controls 100,000 people as completely as any gen- eral did his army. He holas his people in the most complete bondage. He has infinitely more power than the Pope, They believe that Brigham Young 1 the god of the Mormon kingaom. This EPISCOPAL cry was indoctrinated throughout the Mormon | kingdom, so that the peopie became sub- jugaied to the “one man _ power.’ All the small places in Utah, villages, &c., are incorporated as cities, In every block there is some creature who is called a teacher, but is a spy, and has the power to visit all the people in his block and report everything coutrary to the doctrine of Mormontsm; and reports go irom this teacher by various grades up to Brignam Young at Salt Lake City. if anything occurs that the priesthood does not countenance it 18 almost immediately known at head- quarters at Salt Lake City. It amuses us when we pass through the country to hear how much tbey have done lor women by giving them the elecuve franchise, but they have to duplicate the Votes of their master, Brigham Young. Not only ia he able to completely control the ballot, but also the persons of the people. We can realize the power Ol this man when we see bow he con- trols the tithes on property. Of everything that is handled Brigham bas a tenth part, in fact has a tenth Oo! everything and o: all tue produce that is raised. The priesthood in Utah, from Brig- ham down, are among the richest in the world, while the lower Class are about the poorest. He we have a man able to defy the United Siates government and ali the moral teachings of the civuized world, and who boasted he would stuit polygamy down the throats o¢ the whole American peuple, 1h the,persou gj George Q, Cannon, I: auy | man apostatizes in the Mormon Church they believe the only atonement that can be made is the taking of his life by tue spilling of his bicod upon tne ea. tn, They believe in the plurality of gous. A Witness testified before ‘rand Jury in Sait Lake City im 1871 thato two hun- dred inen, women and cnildren had been de- stroyed by the Danives, besides tiose of Mountain Meadows. lia man liv. throat of his polygamist wife he lives unmolested and drinks from the sacramental cup. Tne theory ol polygamy 18 that unless a man with two wives on his hinds he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. Perhaps I can can give you some idea of how a man takes asecond wile, Pos- sibly & Mau has been living witb his wile @ bomoer of years. One day he comes home and says, “My dear, | have /had a diviue revelation that 1 must take another wie.’? And as sue is compelled to silence he commences is courtship with a new one. They go detore @ priest, the first wiie gives her consent lor him to take another, and as proo: sne takes the woman’s hand ana places it in ber hus- band’s, adding ner blessing. Our work in Utaa is Progressing Javorably, bui there is a great deal to be done. On one cceasion f was preaching in a lirde churea and [noticed in trout ol me abort twenty men armed, and 1 knew ata glance they were guite hostile to Mormonism, and, thereiore, iriendly to anybody who is against 1), Alter the service was over tne leader took me by te arm and satd he had overheard the Mormons say | they would take me from the paipit that evening and tar and leaiier me. Knowing | was alone people they came up to see me 1 thanked him, and no douvt bad there been a dsturbance be and bis iojowers would buve made a lively time. PLYMOUTH CHURCH. | MR. BEECHER ON THE GROWTH OF CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, This celebrated place of worship was crowded yesterday morning. Every seat and aisie in whe edifice was Siled, the aisles being 80 crowdod thac the discomiorts of standing were increased ten- fold. Yesterday was the day appointed for the baptism of infants, and three were presented at the commencement of the exercises to receive the _ typical washing. Mr. Beecher’s sermon yesterday was remarkable neither in point of delivery nor in matter, 1t was more akin to the nard, husky old style of preach- ing than his sermons usuaily are, and there were in it scarcely more than three figures ingenious and effective enough to be recoznized | as the conception of tne renowned preacher of Plymouth church. fila subject was the growth of Christian sentiment in the heart and its effect upon lile, and he drew paralleis between these and the material life of Christ and His effect upon tha characters of His disciples, ‘The services were commenced by the choir, who | sang the anthem, “As pants the hart for cooling streams,” Miss Clementine Lasar singing the opening anthem with a solo, which she rendered | with exquisite effect. Mr. Beecher selected his text from St. Paui’s Epistle to the Colossians, 1., i— ‘Christ im you the hope of glory,” He began bis sermon by explaining that Christ does not realiy enter tne heart. An aspiration after Him finds its way into the heart and must be nourisned therein, Was not born upon eartn iull with power, He came a$ an iniant, brought forth with pain from the womb of Mary, and while His motier jooked at Him with all that inefable 1ove which only a mother can 1, and thougat of Aim as saving godiiness within His heipless body, He sucked his lie pourisiment irom ber bosom. fie grow into Strength und wisdom atd power, as St, Jon says:—“And the child grew aua waxed strong, {ail of wisdom, and the grace of God was in Him.’ He did not despise anyihing because ol fis wisdom. H» did not show a con- fempt jor the synagogue and the dry ceremonies within it. He entered it and he vilal- ized the ceremomes, As he grew so must Ouris- Ulan sentiment grow inimen, It must be born in their hearts and be nourished into strength. It may take long for its power to deveio). ‘Tae blossom may not come for a jong time, and even the first blossom may not achieve nou. J went tnto my orenard, said Mr. Beecher, often and for a loug time to spy it there Were blossoms on Iny young apple trees, For six or seven years | was disappointed, ana then | saw a few blossoms, Yet these seeming harbingers brought torch not an appie, and L Was almost dis heartened. Bui when I went again on « later Yeti into the orcuard the trees were benuing Christ, their limos low down, like the head of a man made humble by the development of Corist m his heart, aod the irait upon tiem Was good and plentital. Carist, in tus life upoa earth, worked upon fs disciples. He broke dowa their prejadices and smootued the aspert les of their Characters, and, finally, He drew them to Himselt as lovers, as Sweethearts, no longer keep. Ing them as serviuts. Just so does the develop. mont Of ObTISC in Our hearts change us, [t sofceus and subdues our prejudices; it gives us a cone tinua: love lor our icilows, as Weil as a lasting love jor Corist. Mr. Beecher, continuing, declared tha: taat person has not’ developed tuiy the Aspirations jor Christ WhO 18 in continual sorrow Jor sia, Tears do not typify Christianity. Neither does the crown o: thorns To ve im continual heutal aMiction alter having arrived at the juiness of Curistiaaity would be to act like one who, being In prison, is tiberated by another, Who comes and with thundering blows kuocks down the prison doors. Then he Wao was aprigoner is squaitk fis Withy ciothing is stripped trom tis body, and he is plunged into a bath, Bot when he is at home, should he be unhappy If somebony doe come vaily to shiver the duor, strip of fs elo: and plunge hin into water? Does a man ge sense of ireedom only by repassing througi miseries Of thraldom? An Algerian’ Slave, es not Ter a ne ape ing by Wading himselt under mides oF bales on a vessel until the Medierrauean 1s crossed, should he conWodally repea’ his expertenc’s on the ship just to make himseli certain that he Was iree at the ea Ol every constrained voyage? typliy Obristamity, Ib 4s, 10 Used vy an ‘The wax lace of a plate ana tn it. ‘Then the acid is pou destroyed enouga of the copper Lo impress Une dele cate iracery uv! tue pictare, Buti ib is let stay on very long i! Will spoil the picture and make only & series o| Dlurred lines. So it ts with our lives. If the acid sorrow remaios upon them too lung they Sorrow Goes fact, like the acid is Spread over tne picture is traced through ng in Salt Lake City cats the | ate | on wud lete until ie nas | will be marked with binering marks, and preseat 0 unbandsome picture to the signt. OLD JOHN STREET METHODIST EPIS COPAL CHURCH. THE REVIVAL IN ENGLAND 4S TOLD BY BEY. GIDEON DRAPER. This little old-fashioned church, situated im the very centre of an active and bustling business community, wus {fairly attended yes terday morning. After she usual religious ser vices were performed by the pastor the Rev. Gideon Draper was introduced to the congrega: tion. The reverend gentleman has just returned irom his missionary fleld in Switzerland, and on his way home ne remained in England some time to note the progress of the great revival now going on there under the guidance of the amert- can evaugelists, Messrs. Moody and Sankey. Be- fore commencing bis discourse Mr. praper reaé some verses !rom the second chapter of Acts. He then entered upon his subject. He began with London, ailudea to its immense extent and coi stantly increasing size, and the deplorable condt Uon, Spiritualy, of @ large portion of its in habitants. It was gratilying, however, to know that there was no city in tue world in which 80 much Christian work was periormea, ‘The vast accomplishment which the lay preacne! are achieving 18 Immense, nose lay preacner: of which there are in the city of London about 400, come from every rank Of lille, AS an instance, one o1 these lay preachers is the well known Lord Radstock, and then again we find trom au entirely different rank iu ie, as another Caristian worker, Ned Bright, the ex-champion prize fighter oi Eng. land. The labor periorimed by these iay preachers is astonishing. Kellgious services on the Sabbatb were oiten conducted in as many #8 eight thea tres by these men, falls und lecture rooms were continually employed in the service of God, but i was io tie public house that these energette preachers cid their most effective work in Later J sinners back to God. After dwelling upon the ef- | fectiveness and energy of the work of the London City Missious, and the good results of the Woman's Mission, the revereud geutieman entered into ription of the noble Caristian work in woted | Messrs, Moody and Sankey, the American evan gelists, were engared in the city of Liver. | pool The tabernacie in which they hola tneir | meetings will contain 11,000 people, apd tas builds Ing 18 c OWded to excess al each service on t Saobath day. Pour services are heid every Sab- bath, and prayer meetings are held during the week cay. The success which these carnest Carise tian laborers are meeting with in England was regarued by the speaxer a3 the greatest religious success lor three centuries. ‘the crowds unabie to gain admittance into the tabernacle in which | Moody and sankey conduct their services are ag great as those which throng under its root, Not only 13 this religious anxiety observable in Liver | pool and London, but throughout the whole of Epgiand and Scotland is the influence felt. Churches and ministers fraternize and rejoice in the good work, Denomination 18 iorgotten, and ull creeds, with the exception of the Rituaists, jom in the grand Christian revival which 13 now Spreading ali over the Continent of Kurope. CHURCH DEDICATION. OPENING OF THE NEW SIXTY-FIRST STREET METH- ODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH—SERMON BY BISHOP ANDREWS, OF OMAHA-—DEDICATION BY BISHOP JANES. The dedication servicesof the new Sixty-first street Methodist Episcopai church took place yes. terday morning at hall-past ten, Rev. Bishop Janes, of New York, oMiciating. The corner stone of thie handsome temple was laid in May, 1874, and on the occasion hopes were expressed that the caurch would be compiete in about one year’s time. Tue zeal of the congregation aod the persistent ef& Jorts of tne pastor, Rey. Robert Crook, LL. Dy, have forestalied the foud hope expressed last May, for yesterday, when the doors were turown open, tne’ parishoners found on entering a singulariy handsome house of worship, complete to | allits details. The new church has cajacity to seat 1,200 people, but yesterday there were more than that numoer present at the morning ser vices, whica were opeued with a hymnto tne tune of “Old Hundred” :— ‘Vhese walis we to Thy honor ra! Long may they echo to Thy praise, And Thou descending, fill the places With choicest tokens of Thy grace. After praver by the Rey. Dr. Peorron, Dr, Ross read the sixth and seventh chapters of IL Chronicles as a firet lesson. Dr. Curri of the Christian Advocate, coutinued the reading. Hymn 223 was announced py Mr. Dykeman. Aiter the singing of the hymu the Rev. Bishop Andrews, or Omaha, read the twenty-fourth verse of the lourch chapter of St. John, as the text of the ser. Mon, Which Was in arguinent in lavor of the ex- Istence and spirituality o1 God, BISHOP JANES’ REMARKS. After the sermon Rey. Bisnop Janes rose and said that he congratuiated the congregation on the completion of che church, and complimented them on tne style in whica the work had been proses cated and completed. He said that before the church could be deuicated it was necessary to cole lect enough money to liquidate the aebt of $54,000 which was on the church, Coliectors were a pointed, aod in avout bait an hour $20,000 we: | suvscrived, This amount, together with the $30,000 previously collected, made $50,000, which sum $4,000 were speedily Tne total cost of tne obutiding and lot is $74,000, but the trustees have deciied to ailow $2u,000 to stand asa mortgage. When the suvscription and collection had closed, the Bishop, in conjunction with the trustees. formally aedt- cated tne edifice to the worsoip of Almighty Goa according to the Methodist usage. ‘THE AYTERNOON EXERCISES. During the aiternoon @ public meeting was held, and several speakers addressed the congre- ation and Sunday scuool Classes. In the evening Rev. Dr. R. L, Dashtell delivered asermon, which closed the first Sunday's celevrae tion in the new Sixty-first street Methodist cburen, ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CONFIRMATION SERVICE, Right Rev. Bisnop Potter, of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New York, confirmed thirteen ersons, yesterday afternoon, in the Chureh of 8s, oun the Bapust, corner of Thirty-fith street aud Lexiugton avenue. ‘The venerable prelate made a very beautuul and feeling audre=s, based on tue text:—*Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I wili give you rest.” ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH. SERVICES AGAIN RESUMED IN THE SCENE OF THE RECENT DISASTER. | In St. Andrew's Church, Duane street, yestere day morning the usual services were held, all of which were attended by jarge and devout congree gations, the children’s service in the basement of the church being specially crowded, The rent ip the ceiling through whieh the torrent of death was poured has been only temporarily repaired, In the gallery were seated several people seemin; all unconscious of the spot above their heada yaWakens so many terrible recok Father Curran, the venevaole ren, celebra‘ed high mass. Kev, the ct Fatuer Fiynn aiter baving read the gospei for the day preached au eloquent discourse on toe * Love pastor 0 ” No reference was made te the recent terrible calamity ot which the church Was the scene, and the services were conciuded in the usnail manner and as if notaing out or the orcinary Way had so recentiy happened within those consecrated walis. in the ulternoon the vespers were also largely attended, | A RECONSTRUCTED CATHEDRAL. PATRICK'S, OF NEWARK—SKETCH OF THB EDIFICE. Next Wednesday will be a great day for the Catholics oi Newark, not merely because it will be St. Patrick’s Day, but because the Cathedral of this diocese, and named alter the Saint, will be furmally aeciared out of debt Right Rev, Bishop Corrigan and Most Rev. Arch- bishop Bayley will take leading parts, the former , 8st. to consecrate and the Jatter to preach. In tue evening another church dignitary, Bishop Me Quade, 91 Koche will preach, ‘The edtfice, One of the most spacious and imposing im tne State, has just undergone thorough rene vation and nearly tuoroagh reconstruction, a in the glory of new stained giass windows, altar surroundings and ornamenta tion inside and out, presents @ Very attractive and beaudtul appearance, the sty in which we courch 18 built is pure Gothic, tt is of brick, pated stone color, with stone trimmings, and though not so ornate — nevertneless emples Trinity cuuren, New York, ‘he Cathedral, toav is to say St. Patriek’s coureh or parish, 1s older than the dio fhe parish was started some twenty-seven years ago by the Very Key, Father Moran, Vicar General, or old St. Jolin’s, of Mulberry street, Newark, the ebured was about tall way completed Fatner Senez (a W of Jersey City) became pastor anu saw it finished, De remained pastor ttt 186 when Fataer McQuade (now Bishop) took his place, Pastor McQuade was ioHowed in i862 by the — present. pastor, Very Rey. G. H. Doane, On March 10, St. Patrick's was dedicated vy the Most ' Kev. Arckbtsiop Hashes, Key, Father Cummings, of New. York, preaching the sermon. in 1863 the diocese of sin New Jersey) was erected aud Bishop its iirst bisuop (mow Arch bishop of Baliumore 151, Patrick's as hie Cathedral. since tie e iment o. the churce it Was grown so to warrant three | divisions, St. Josepi’s c olainba’s and | St. Pins’, in East Newark, are ©0188 [POM tty During the jast six years tuere nas been cleared off St. Patrick’s porisn a debt of $30,000 by the exertions oO: its tor and a church debe society, There has recentiy veen added to the beltry i | Deautirul new beils, maxing a chime of (en alter | gwetuer, alsu a spleudid oew organ,