The New York Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1875, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET, THE. WORSHIPPERS. Mr. Hepworth on Chrise’s Atonement, | the Only Help for Sin. THE “MO "TH OF MARY.” Mr. Frothingham’s Comparison of Protes- | tantism and Catholicism. | BEAUTY OF FILIAL LOVE. May Communion in Plymouth Church—One | Hundred New Members Received. MOODY AND SANKEY’'S WORK. | Millions for Public Schools, Nota Cent for Priestly Ones. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE ATONEMENT—THE ONLY HELP FOR SINS THAT ARE PAST. | The Chureh of the Disciples was fillea by a large | congregation yesterday morning. After the ser. Mon the service of the Communion of the Lord’s | Bupper was celebrated, to which Mr. Hepworth Invited “all those who are pot agaist Christ, Though they be not tor Him, of every sect and every clime, our invitation is ag wide as Christ’s was, and we recognize no other autnortty.” Mr. | Hepworth preached 4 most eloquent sermon, which Was listened to attentively by bis large con- gregaiion. The text selected was Romans, v., il—"*And not only 80, but we so joy in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the stonement.’” 1 am to speek to you this morning upon the most important topic connectea witn tme body cf theology. It is a theme in which every one wust needs be interested, since the issue involves bis own faith, The doctrine I would discuss is ‘he pivot upon which the Chris- tian scheme swings, and without which the pulpit would be suddenly silenced and become dumb. 1t is symbolized Lot so much by the capstone ofa Monument, that wnicn shows the structure ar- fived at completion and by which the plan of the architect 1s made perfect, but rather by the key- stone of the arch, witout whico the whole struc- ture must icevitably fall to the ground, but with which the arct is not only complete in its beauty, but omnipotent in its strength, Let me ap- proach my subdject, my brethren, with @ great deal of care; and, first of all, 1 would say that one fact, one startling iact, in my own Christian experience, has given me a great deal of troubie and uneasiness, It is the Jact of sin, I need not tui? long before I discern it. Every day | @xposes it to view. I am beset by temptations | Rot easily overcome, aud when the shadows of ®ach succeeding day gather to tell me tuat that volume is to be closed, 1 find, to my sorrow and regret, that its fair pages are blotted by many a Word that ougiit not to have been spoken and by many @ deed that ought not to nave been done. | (Dud the tendency to sin so strong in me that it \@ requisite that I should endeavor, not for a time, but Jor all time, to Keep mysel! supjected to the | Wil of a higher power, and i I would entirely dedicate myself to the service o! God I bave oo slight task beiore me, rather one whico will require the whole limit of my endurance-and | the most unceasing inspiration of my better na- Sure, | Must Oot let tue reins ioose On the back of tbat wild uorse for 4 single moment; 1 must have ‘Bim In absvlute subjection, then be will draw the Joad to the glory oi God. But, brethren, ween [ | become & Curistian, conscious of this fac, 1 do Bot jose tie scientific instinct or the instinct of a Philosopner, that would seek ior an effect tom a cause, or Who Would run ‘Tom & Cause to Giscover | apeiect. Christianity is pot A MATTER OF SENTIMENT. The plan of God respecting man’s broad, 60 profound, tit would ta. tual powers of the loitiest geaius to compreue: it 19 its fullest extent. Religion uoes not | consist of mere ebuilitions of emorion, i 1s | Qot bulls ga @ siructure on the | Nt ds of upcertainty, it is jounded on the ood | Tock of tue Htness of things, and can be sub- | jected to any Mental test and measured by any tellectual staudpuint by which the Worid desires — totry it. And from that standpoint 1 jook on my | Sine And ask myself, What soali 1 do with them? | Tuat I nave commitred them is not to be doubted ; that my purposes nave been drawn to the eartn by sue Weight of unwor deeds is aot 'O be ques- Sloped; toat | sit in sackclotu and ashes from ume to time oO hovest man will question. Brethren, | what am 1todowitn that past ? with that accu- Jaton O broket jaws—@iviue jaWs—brokeD and | shatiered wiluiy oy me? Waoat cac | do with tue past act justice were Gone me what would ve my fate’ 1. dues not require a propnet to jore- see the juiure—that 1 sheuid be discove.ed in the prisou uouse of God’s iugignation, chained to | Sue dungeon wall, as @ fitting pegaity of my thoug|litie+s and careless it a8 Of My carey planoed iniquities. Is there any man woo can teil me how :o get rid of a sin be nas committed, OF now 'o rid bis Soul of the consequences that follow the deed? sretbren, we are dealing now not Wilo senument, Duc with law, and | answer, God, the Omalpotent, bas no power tue Why For tals reason, aba you can see it as plainly as ‘ne daylight. Government is based on obedience, end Li there is sucu @ LoImg a8 paruon, except un- | ger givea couditions iu the executive, then, brethren, it i wot erument. You cous Bot Carry on the government of New York city for,twenty-four ours M ine Governor | os the State or the Mayor of the city bad the right to sar, should the whim take hun, that tue prison house at Auburu sha be emptied of its vfenders, and the Tomvs door shail be opeDed aud the inmates go iree, Tue only reason Why you wre secure within your ise 18 In tue | foc) that tue criminal aud the punisnmeant go t wether. Weas: iu Lim Who 8)te aloit is weak- Bess all througn; and if in his softer moments 1: bas the power vo sign pardons —brethren, you Courts are guod jor uotuiug, your judges migut Well descend irom the beuch, ior overnment is uly the caprice of a moo not the protection of a peopie. 1 think I can iy Bay that, except Under given conuitious,- and those strict ones, toere is uo Such thing as pardon for guilt that ha: been committed. | Want tu state that piainiy, pus on my authority a8 & minister, but on my @uthority @s a man of sense; aod I make tue toe bi wesertion (0 you, Dot on the standpoint o Bribie, but of petiosophy and science, luteiy disavied frum rubuing out tue past OF its consequeaces. But, pose i repent?” Yes, That brings me to statement—regret. li you Go not pt ties; yourrepemtance is | ore THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP you can take. lodeed, you are lost unless you re- a Repeutauce, vear irienda, allects the juture, titcannot avect (he past. Ti ough you weep, you Cagnot crush the memory of yesterduy, Re- nian.e can clothe you im White jor to-moiruw, } We Cannot take Of the biack garments of ye ay. These are tue two facts I want to bring tention at Gret; and now let | @ leap to .wother tandpoint, you back 1,800 ud a for 4 iew moments on the wail of J salem, looking south, We tue Gara 0} Gerhee wane, aud @ \ittle to the enst "@ nee tie | cedar Wood Of the vross and the Nazarene he ing thereon. 1 icok at that picture, aud one or two facts come to my mind. Tne Ors. is that it is the greatest anomaly tuat nistury presents, It is @ sage contradiction in the providence of Goa, Toere nolnug like Lt irom (Le time of Adem tor momeut, ad there Las beea nolning like it from ‘hat moment to to-da aude alone by the principle vy Whieu It is go’ . © my surprise | Bod, when | ask, that He ip d bot jor way crime, but ior His innoceuce, could utter a word r the good thin always Compassionate and kind, gent fod joving, always upiiting the oppressed, His Only charucterisuc jeve of right and netrea ol Wrong; and I may sev, without Jear of contwadicucn, that of ail men that ever iived Jesus Oirist bated wrong tue Biost: that of a wen ever vora of women Jesus Christ lived the purest fe nove will gaiusay, and yet the most iuuoceut wan tuat ever ved 18 he une Chosen by the eVeriasting pro Videuce uf a good Ged to bear (be juCouce!\uvie anyaimen aud pain Brethren, | present tw you s proviem for thoug! Leare uot whe her you v present to you #n enigma, wiiew being thus far Bas been abie to solve, the Worid inten no th 0¢ ANG pubi-ument, | anamoiy! Marvelous proviem! Wat ‘neem J Stes i seo Je in the Garden of Geth+ semane. is OA1y 6 AD WHOSE Geata is DECOM | “Tnouwa [ walk througa the yale | oldeatu I williear po evi,” Jor He sirunk trou | the evil. What does it mean? | ordained by Goa | nn | the meudicant. | Comes Devore Dew sary tothe proper period of a glorious iife, tnen let me Say (HE DEATH WAS UNWORTHY OF THE MAN. That is a strange thing; but, breturen, th been otners Who bave died more nobly than cnrist, if Re Was oply aman, St. Peter aled wien & song Ou his tips} bue Calvary 18 only sighs of anzush, Tell me, my thoughtful brernren, do have | you think such @ Ine as Jesus’ could falter at the last moment tt He was only a mau? Jesus, in the Garden of Gethsemane, as & man Was & failure; t was not @ triumphant entry into the land of shadows. He could not as the Psalmist says, and the shadow Could He not die as He lived? What is the trouble? Anh! brethren, as & man Jesus Christ died poorly; but as ove to bear the accumulated uilt of the world, He died as po man ever died, je died like a God—divine jastice in His deasn, the penalty of the world’s sins on tits shoulders, and no wonder that from that brow great drops 01 Dicod Were drawn. Friends, it seems to me we fre getting into the subject. I present tirst the picture of man’s guilt, and now the scene in Gethsemane as an an- swer, If we turn to the Bible as a book of com- | mon law you will find the connection between the fact I have siated aud the picture | present. Jon says, ‘Behold the Lamo of God, which taketh away the sing of the world,” aud Christ sayst whosoever believeth on Him shail not perish, bus nave everlasting lile; and at the last, “Forth b cause me onto this hour,’ as though it was tne climacteric of God’s eternal plan, beginning in Eden and ending in Inillenniuw, And again, “tf LI be lifted up 1 will draw all men unto me.” Paul says, “For as by one man’s disobedience muny were made sinners, 80 by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous,” and all through the book Christ 13 Spoken of as the PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS on one hand and a ransom for us on the other, and I find aclose relauonsnip between my sinsul- hess and the picture ou the top 0! Culvary. “But,’’ says some one, “now is it thar one man can suffer ior another’? Ido not know how, but We find the Jact illustrated in our everyday lle, I only carry it toan extreme, and say Christ not | oniy suffered for us, but He suffered in our stead. | Some one says, ‘[t seems just that every one | should have bis own deserts.” It seems 80, and yet itis motso, The fact of God’s having Meicy on us 18 evidence that we are not treated ac- cording to our deserts, The question is, How shail we get hola of this mercy? It | must be a dificult thing, I think. If God had made | it hurd to be saved, then ali would try to be saved; but God lias said,“*Whosoever wiil,il le thirst, shall come to the lountain and drink, and there shall | be a fountain within them and they never shall | thirst more,’? It strikes me that Calvary is the bis- | torical expression of the wrath of the Almighty at the preseuce o! sin, and instead of our being on | that cross we look and behoid an Innocent man is Innocence tor my gutit! You and | can come to that cross and drop our burdens, and may say, “Christ, my father, my guice, my teacuer, my prophet, my being, my God.” We can say all tuis, and In 1.cn’s cousciences Calvary Is like @ moun- tain tostead of a little sandy til. We can lay our- | selves Cown at the foot of the cross to die, whne, | as Elijah did, we ascend in the chariot of God's unmortality, We are caught up to bliss and glory, aod we shall stand around the throne, and our | sona Shall be, “Glory be to the lamb that was | ‘ain | MASONIC TEMPLE. 18 CATHOLICISM OR PROTESTANTISM THE BEST? — | THE CATHOLIC RELIGION DISSECTED BY REV. | 0. B. FROTHINGHAM, The Rev. 0. B, Frothingham preached yesterday morning to a very large congregation on the rela- lve merits of Protestantism and Catholicism, The week just ended, ne said, has witnessed a very strange ceremonial ior this New World, that of bestowing upon an American archbishop the rang of a cardinal, By this an American citizen was made a prince, only interior to a king and invested with am autuority second only to that of the Supreme Pontiff. It was a curious congregation that witnessed this ceremonial, some attracted by idle curiosity, others loversof music and pagean- try, and others again afraid that this new insu. tution might be subversive of American liberty. What was the ovject of those who went to the Cathedral to glory in this new power of the Catholic Church? Was it the hope to make Rome | still more powerful iu this country? I, for my part, have no fear that Rome wili ever succeed in estavlishing @ religious absolulism in the United States, America will do more damage to Rome than Rome can possibly do to America, 13 1T A CHURCH FOR T0-Day? It bas been (requentiy said that tne Roman religion, above ail others, has ali those qualities | which enchain the mind and fascinate the senses | of the devout. Is it tras? Wipe outall the stains of the past, admit that it is tuuocent of the charges of cruelty, bigotry, &o,—the question still remains, “fait @ Church fur to-day for America?” 1 stand here, not as @ Protestant, not ration- alist, but simply one who believes in American ideas and institutions, id as such Task, “Does the Catholic Church stimulate or hinder tue genius of the American nation?” THR DANGERS OF SYMBOLISM, In the first place we are told that the Roman Church, above ali others, brings dowa the divine | Tealiiy to this earth, which the severe imtellectuality of the Protestant faith can- not accomplish, Protestantism tries to fil up the mind wito pictures of saintiiness but Catnolicism fills the very skies with them, and the churches and the orlel wiadows of ith cathe- Grals biaze With the images of saints. ILisachurch Of the senses, [40 Dot say that 1t substitutes the symbol jor the Deity. Stlil is it a good thing to have a symboiical religion ? Coulda it ever be pos- sible jor the uneducated to see through the symvol to the Deity? Never. Uniess the idol is repeat- ediy shattered the symbol becomes tne deity, The Chinaman upbdraids his deity when lis prayer has been denied, mauis the image @nd throws iton tne dunghill, When his fortune becomes more prosperous he picks the painted idol Gp trom the dunghill a “I beg your pardoo.” (Laughter.) I do mot say thatitis as bad as this in the Catnoilc Church, out again and agaiu L have stood in toe proudess cathedrals of burope aud listened to the most yy wor- age. AS ship io ao uuinreliigivie proacaed tue-e devout kneellug igure: reached out their hands, aud the devultee reveaied bimseli as THE MODEL INTELLECTUAL FAITHS. Read the lustory of tsraei—oue of tue most won. deriul histories you can read—and you will find that its leader Made it one o/ bis Orst teacuings to warn bis people against iaolatey. Aud this Uribe bas weatbere. (be Middie Ages aud all Christen- dom couid not put thew down, and to-way toe Jewisu faitn is the most purely intellectual in the modern worid. Why? Because toe Jews acknowl- edge that it is the soul wi must wWorsuip God ‘iO itself, but pot through gilued pictures and sym- bow | it is said thatthe Catholic religion is pre-emi- Deutiy that of beauty, toa. it has ihe cathedral, ail tae pomp gua glory oi color, aud that Protes- tantism is bald and pak Frienas, did tne Roman Cuurcd create tuese artistic veauiles’ No, they were due to tne old pagan faitn. Jue fuest works of art Were produced when wis old pagan spirit broke through the Catholic Church, Remember also tle miseravie dirty embelushments wich the :éligion Uas pat there, toe tawury sirines, the daubs decked out Madonnas, the tinselled sitar jor Walch holicism is Tesponsibie, too, and beauty may be vougnt too dear. If you must pay liverty for it it certainly 1s too costly. Could any beauty Tecompense us for the possibility of a Napoicon ll.t Yes, let have veauty oy all » eans. For my part I wiso that Protestantism could clocne itgell with art more divine, music wore expressive than Cavholicism could ever boast, but | would rather bave the smu.lest hall, the poorest cou- gregation shan tue most gorgeous decorativas and the greatest pomy of coor and suuad uuaccom- pao by sincerity, fervor and truth, Train N THE CHURCH. is commended still more eminently vpe of tie beart to its capacious veing p @nd oue that iolus Womau joining the Cathoic Now | am at home; i have My wolver; I gave found rest.” The word a? jo delicious to seutimental, Weak peo- j it @ #0 pi@usant to them to ve abie 10 go to ‘p Under the wgis of tue Courch. A religion ‘bas pote the peart vo sleep, iuiling its doubis @ud freeing it from the panys of remorse—tiis seems tu be the idee of the best religion, One that ople cam ‘turn on” as they coud the water ‘om & Teservoir, How sweet an idea is this that parrow jails Gown Witbout tue Will Of tne ta Joi ther! An! but it does fail. ihe hawk ,ursues lt, the shot of the Marksman brings itdown Lieeding. We mi @ Father Wi is tu harmony with think of universal | € must allow for (be jal Of the Sparrow as weil as jor its Might. I would add my teatimuny, however, to the infin- ituve of youd aod pobie devos which the Cathie vburen has goue. jongue cauot lel whe praise Of it, But the idea from whicu these deeds j)ru- ereded was that men were to be covered witu Mercy and to be sheitered irom trouvie and Work. Tals Was making children of men, but the irue b Teligion ts thar pien puts w hewrt into mes. those men ia Ameri Who lifted up the poor Alricab anu said, ‘lake of tne shackies"— Nave (bey wo peart’? The jouog heroe went cown to tue irout of th butvié, (aking their hive: into their hands, ready tu face veatu fora Hobie principieliad ‘hey wo heart? the e Who are Bow trying ‘0 wit up woman— have they rer [tas put he saith wien suf focates the heart witu incense out that woica sends ic out stronger and more hopelul of doing @O0d Which is the novies:, THe CHURCH WITH AUTHORITY, & 7OUdg Men Wid Me “NCE twat ve Gad joined | To make the lictie schovigtri fee! | the Catholic Chureh in order to put his mind Lg | caught glimpses now and then of what thev haa | | come to see m ful, and, though they revarned aL rest, we want authoriy, nowever, | why go to the Church. if you Want to stop | home sviser than before, they yet weut away dis- thinking can \ou not be satisfied With your | Satisfied. Stil otner parties of observers saw tue motner’s teachings and remaim & Metho- whoiw phenomenou— approach ot toe planet to | Gist or Presvyterian or whatever you may vey owiug Orb et Lhe sud, the contact, the pas After all, how unreasonavie as this claim of sage of the first across the fice of tne second, and | the Catholic Churca to authority! I we wish for | Its final exit ito tae iurther space. ‘The atmos- athority anywiere should It pet be as to how we | phere Was clear, and every tuing Was ready. So It could save our children from sickness, how pesti- | 1s with Go nnot learn so as to follow Him lei war and pauperism could be averted? And |W er sentiments unless we look througa a these questions are never auswered, and no- | U Y atmospuere of love. vody pretends to be able to auswer then infaii- | “ll,” said Mr, Beecher, ou desired to show bly. And tue very people wo are content 10 jeave these earthiy probiems alene waut to soive far higher, more subtle and infinitely moro aimculr ones. 1o decide the design of this uol- verse, sclence, poetry and mystic feeling must comein. As we do Mot want authority we want aid. assumption of authority is fatal to the energy of thought. not the tiighest of all Are our lives not decided by our powers of think- lug? Oue word more and I have done, our age 1s drifting toward black materialism; that arage for money, & lust for distinction, &c., pre- | Valls, and that Catholicism 1s the only var to this | tendency of the modern world, We are told that tuis splendidly driied organization, with iis bierarcny. of priests—the master and mistress of ali majesty and awe—all earned by centuries of bard work—presents to tne senses the eternal realities; that it obliges the king to kneel and to UnbOseM his conscience to & brighter conscience; tuat it arfests the criminal aud shields the ourcast, It is @ beautifal picture, but the real question before us is whether it 18 worti While to imprison in the receptacie of the Chureh—ol any church—the intellectual aud moral possiblities of men, Lo make this world religious, tomake men and women worshippers, to make Unem all priests in their own nearts—uot to sepa- rate the World irom the Church, out to make every fireside in the world a temple of justica, beauty aud wisdom—this is the true poe ol to-day, that ia discharg- log her duties at home sbe is fulfiiling oer religious ducy to the world is better than to hold her to ter BIAYGPS, Not to say, “May tuy kingdom come,” ut to MAKE ONE KINGDOM IN EVERY LIFE and In every house, Is not this the true problem? Theretore it 1s that we protest against pricsts, be- cause each should be bis Own pries*; and If this 1s the true problem. then, to say thatthe Catholic Churen takes all the sanctity out of the world to exhibit 1t more beautilully In Itself, ts to pour upon it final condemnation. 1 would rather see & fra- teruity 0 men ou tue simplest possible terms, and is it | No man who derives bis idea of the Catholic Church to | aims to teach men to think? | It 18 said that | hochureh at all, than to see the grandest reli- | gion where fraud and dishonesty and seif-disre- spect were allowed to remain. Make life religious and then your religion is your own. ST. ANN’S CHURCH. The devotion of the, forty hours’ adoration was ,| commenced yesterday morning at St. Aun’s church, East Twelito street, when a solemn bigh | mass was celebrated, Rey, Thomas F, Lynch being celebrant, Rev. William U. Poole, deacon, and Rev. Mr, Prendergast, sub-deacon. ‘Tne Very Rev. 7, S. Preston, V, G., gave a short instruction at the end of the mass on the nature of the devotion of the forty hours’ exposition. <A proces- sion was then formed, in which the cross bearers and acolytes and about one hundred little girls, dressed im wuite, carrying liguted tapers, took part, The Very Rey. 1. S. Preston | came last in the procession, bearing the blessed acrament, Which was deposited in a tabernacle eautiiully ornamented and surrounded with a number o/ Jighted tapers, ine muss sung was the First Mass of Mr. Louis Dachauer, the erganist, and was weil rendered under the leadership of the author. The singer: were Miss Cowadi, soprano; Miss Gornien, allo; Mr. Phienger, tenor, aud Mr. Blum, basso. THE MONTH OF MARY. | | | Yesterday being the first Sunday of the month | Which the Catholic Church has dedicated to tue | memory of the Virgin Mary, her altars and sta- tues im the different Catholic churches were decorated with much taste, The iadies of the different parishes seem to vie with one another in Weaving flowers into bouquets and wreaths and garlands with which to beautify “our lady's’, shrines, Among the churches which displayed exceptional taste in the decorations were st. Stephen’s, St, Ann’s, St. braucis Xavier's, St. Gabriel’s and tne churches of tae Epiphany and Holy Innocents. At the mign m in St Stephen's Ninl’s grand festival mass D. minor was given by the choir in fine style and at the cl the organist, Mr. Danforth, played @ grand toceata vy Bach in such a manner tnat the congre- gation ngered to listen to the inspiring strains, PLYMOUTH CHURCH. MR, BEECHER ON FOLLOWING GOD IN LOVE— MAY DAY COMMUNION. Yesterday was communion service Sabbath and the time appointed for the reception into Plymouth church of those persons who have ap- plied for admission and have been approved dur- ing the past two months. There was a tre- mendous rash of people to hear Mr. Beecher and to witness the simple ceremonies of receiving new communicants and the administration of the acraments of eucharist and beptism. Notwith- standing this iact, tewer people entered the church than have gone into it upon a Sabbath morning since the previous communion service. Much of the space between the platform upon which Mr, Beecher strides during his sermons and the pews, which is generally filled up with temporary seats for visitors, was occupied by @ rectangular table covered with a white cloth upon which were some wine ewers and chalices of silver, and some silver salvers, upon watch numer- ous small cubes of bread were deftly made to form larger cubes. In the middie of this tavie was @ long, slender vase of crystal glass, oat of which Tose a cluster of satin-vreasted white iilles. The platform was handsomely adorned witn bouque' and beds of flowers, ililes, Japanese and call orchids in numerous varieties, passion fowers and many other horticultural beauties, among which vines and ferns were skilfully interwoven, All the combination of flowers were wrought with ex- quisite taste. The services began with Zundel’s music to St. Ambrose’s hymn, “Te Deum Laudamus,” which was renderea with good effect by the choir, RECRUITS FOR PLYMOUTH, After several bymus were sung Mr. Beecher read out the pames-of 105 persons who had been passed | upon by the church and who were waiting to be admitted into the Piymouth fold. These persons occupied the first three rows of pews in front of the pastor's platform. Thirty-five of them had been received on Jetters from other churcties of which they had been members, while the remain- ing seventy Were about to become regular church members for the first time. When Mr. Beecher bad ended reading the names of tne applicants he called upon the seventy inexperienced persons to rh aud to avow tueir piauce tha covenant with God which is ti basis Oo: every Ubristian church. This paving been done, he asked taose persons who had not as yet been baptized to step out of their pews into the space before the piatiorm, where ne would administer the sacraweot to them. Twenty- seven men, Women and youths responded to this Cali, Mr. Beecher stood at the right sue of the platform, behind a low kneeling-stool, At his rigot haud stood a deacon of the church, holding & wooden Vase, bound With siiver, Each to be baptized walkeu to where Mr. Beecner aod knelt ou the stool before fim, whil sprinkied bis or b jorehead with water and uttered the wor “I baptize thee in the name of tne Father, Son and the Holy Gaost, Amen.’ When the vaptisms Were done the pastor called Upon ali the applicants for admission to Piymouta church to rise, and haviog seard wwe covenant of membership to indicate whetuer or not they Would subscribe to it, he then callea upon the members of Plymouth church fo rise, in token that tuey accepted fellowship with the new comers. 1TH8 sEuMv: Mr. Beecuer preached jor a shorter time than usual, His text was irom the flitu chapter of St. Paul's Epistie to the Epnesiaus, first aud part of the second Verse:—"Be ye, thereiore, foliowe Of God, a8 Gear Culldren; and walk in love, as Christ oath aiso loved us,’ &c, He re; ea WeXt and then saiu:—Lbe Ggure of following be drawa iTom any of several sources, A svldier follows his leader, and so in Scripture the figure | 0: following 18 sometimes drawn from that So do scholars joliow their teaciers, and in the Oriental custom this is literal, Bas here the figure is drawn irom the manuer of little Chil dren, aid DO image could be more affecting or more periect, We are to iolow God as litte cuLdren, He must appear to us as w Jather, ele we cann do toils, If we concel God to ve @ beme of forceml c ercioo, one sitting ever conscious of His own purliy, abd demanding abeoiate purity irom all created beings, we cannot follow Him im t moods O/ litte chiidreu, A child will follow an lousiy, With ali the expressions of trutbiul love, & | Israel. | Saints kind mother or a oenignant jather, bat will not | Willingly ad With joy rug aiter a parent stern aod goomy, Ald #0, 1f We Would jouow God as uttie children, We mast have iaiinin Him ase periect jather. We must not tuink of Him as @ being engnrined In @ church; as one not repre- seuted by any human image. We must oumceive God WhO isthe Ceutre of AN OCKAN OF LOVE, and move alter «uch @ One, Walking In jove as we go. Weare just now Learing irom the pamerous scientific expeditions whieh Were seut vu irom every civilized Country to observe the UraDrit of Venus. Some Of (nese expeditions dia not suac- ceed. The weather obscured everything tuey Wanted to see from thelr sight and overthrew the labor of months, perhaps Of yearn, With others the clouds piayed cuoquette, Now vo | Seuriog, HOW discovering tne aky, 1 | an eloquent amd impressive sermon y | of how aay euinent man appears, you would not be likely to pat an eye on oue sheer, (he second eye on another sheet, a mouth ou a third, a coin and @ bose on yet Giderent pages, aud ten suy these comvlned are the representatives of that man. od jrom mere in- teliectuation has the true conception of Him," Continuing the development o| his statement that Chrisdaus, IM relerence to God, must adopt the ways of children in reference to their kindly parents, whe preacher said:—“To live constantly depressed by a sense Of one’s evil ways dweiling on and enstewing them, as it were, is not whoesome, Little children do not do tis. They do not dwell upon tneir weak- ness an their ignorance. ‘They are lov- ing, trastial and reliant upon whomsocver they love, aud jJollow, But the teaching ol a blind and abject reverence 18 not right. We should not tremble belore God as before a tyrant, We are Lot Members of a church to be awe-smitten, Yet there is a certain love-fear which 18 properly elt in tae presence of Gou. You are THE DEAR CHILDREN OF GOD, snd ,A8 Such’ you are to walk in joy and love and rus Mr. Beecher continued his sermon by speaking pertibently to the adiuisston of so many new mew- bers Inty Plymoutn church, and by saying:—"Dia it never occur to you that Jesus Christ, who is | supposed to have founded tue Christian Church, was never a member of it, or that the twelve aposties, who are calied the pillars of the Church, were never members of iv? Christ was a member ol the Jewisu Church, You are not to join yourself to a church from any poetic sense, hor irom any sentiment except that of great love to Gud. You are not sale because ou are within a church, any more than » child i$ jearned because it goes to school, Should 1 disparage the Church, who am ita minister? should I disparage if, woo nave for years participated tu its benedts ? The Church 18 only beneficial to you because 1t helps you to see God rigatly. What would we think Of aa astron- omer WhO sat by the side Of bis telescope, prais- ing its mechanism and the skill of its maker, but never looking through it? The Coureh is God's telescope, and through it you may be enaoled to see Him ana His giories, iis beveticent love and kindness. Uf you belong to a church which does not open to you # view of Goa, but which is opaque, 10 is useless to you. You are then merely achurcoman. Maby of you here are only enter- Ing upow Chrisaan lives, and I do not waut you to become merely members ot a church,” Mr. Beecuer Now gave a general invitation to | all who icit ia the proper mood to partake of the | communion bread ana wine, saying, in support of | bis lovitation, “Lhe Church doves not own the Lord's Supper any more tian it owns the Biole, | aud therewre | make my Invitation s) broad.” | A large number of persons remained alter the | regular services were over and partook of tue | sacrament oi the Eucharist, 1n accordance with Mr, Beecaer’s invitation, and at its conclusion eaco of thé Dew communicants received a sprig of the flowers Which had adorned tue platform, TRINITY CHUROH. 4 LESSON FROM PETER'S LIFE—THE NEW HYMNAL, The services yesterday in Trinity church were conducted bya large body of clergymen with attendant choristers. The space witain the rail- ings Was brilliantly Lilumiuated and the music was | particularly excellent. Tbe congregation, which was large, differed from what usually assembies in other places of worslip, for tt principally con- sisted of men who, by their exterior, plainly man- ifested devotional feetiugs. Tne chanting of the ministers was very affecting. The bymus and se- lected pieces aa rendered by the clioir witn the voume of two organs added had a most iupress- ive effect. ‘The revised hymnal as get forta vy the last General Convention went into ase for the first tume yesterday. ‘The sermon was preached by Rev, Dr. Dix, who | took mis text from Jobn, XxL, 18—‘Verily, verliy, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldesc; but when (hoa shait ve old, thou shail stretch jorch thy bands, auu another s.all gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.’ Dr. Dix went into au exumination oi the character of Simon Peter, the oldest, ip respect to years, Of the wposties, and drew from it a lesson that he forcibly pressed upon the congregation— namely, the merit of being patient, free irom anger and humole, Peter, though one of tue chosen, bad many faults; out, nevertheless, he was devoted to Christ, and as be advanced to tne end of nis earthly eer showed tue clear and open pata to Christ’s kingdom, CHURCH OF THE COVENANT. SERMON BY THE REY. ARTHUR MITCHELL, oF CHICAGO, Tne Rev. Arthur Mitcuey, of Chicago, preached rday morning in the Church of the Covenant (Presby- terian), Park nue, corner of Tyirty-filth street, The congregation was a large and aitentive on Tne text was taken from the first chapter of the | Book of Rato, aud the thirteenth verse, in the words:—“ Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my’ God.” The preacher said, in subdstanoe, that this little Book of Ruth is full of tne rosy fragrance fiilal affection and steadfastness in the paths of duty and of virtue, It is the story of @ young Moabitish woman ; the bistory of her love and journeyings 1a the land of Moab, and her re- turn to Jadah, When her busband died in the | land of Moab Naomi resolved to retrace her weary | steps witn Ruth and Orpan, ger two daugnters-in- law, and go again to the country of the Israelites, | She vividly pictured to the two Moabitish women the fatigues and sacrifices which both would havo to make in following the steps of their motner-in- law. ORPAH RRPENTS and returns to the land of Moao, her native place, and to idols there worshipped; but the stead- ast, faitnfal Rath bung upon Naomi’s neck | beseeching her in no wise to let her daugh- | ter go, saying, in the words of the text, | “Whitner thou goest 1 will go, and where | thou lodgest I will loag aid thy & le be my peopie and thy God my Goa,” uth, true to the vest imstincts of toe human heart, sougnt | labor woerewith to ald her be oved Naum}, and she leaned in tne figias of Boaz. Her goodness and strength of heart oegat love jor ner in the breasts of others, and from her L gig David, the great King vo! israel, from wnow is cended the son of Man, @veo Chriss. it was love, the parest and most unselfish senument of the human mind, that uided Ruta to these great things. In her love to jaomi she learned taith in God. How viten nas not the calm and holy Solace of gentie, truthial | Naomi, sued its influence on and ineradicably fixed itsell im the mind@ Of those about itt 16 1g the heart, not reason, that frat uod, All the sophistical in chments in which) =6omen jortiiy hemseives oy unbelief have often surrendered at the summons | OF one gentie votce aud lov disposition. Men | are not to be couyerted by reason aione, but by | appeais to their better natures of love and faith. Gentle Motuers are the ordinary mixsiouaries of | Gud’s own hand, Tuere are no miuisters whose converts are #0 numerous as those of loving daughters, tie sisters Or affectionate wives. How often bus Dot Man been recalied from sin by the voice of & motner? er things are more dimicuit to resist tham the loving ap, from dear one’s lips. THE MOTHER'S LOVB, ft and touching, is, above ali other things, irre- sistible in its appeals to our faith, We see men in everyday life Wuo jilowed the example of Ra slater, WhO, When calied upon to endure bardsoips and ineke sacrifices in the cause of duty, drew bac and weat away from therigat path. Urpan’s resolution fatled her, and she turned back to her oWn people and their idolatrous gods, Se was like unto the rich youug man Who saw and loved ist, He had kept all the commandments, but ‘ould NOt sell his great possessions, take up the cross aod follow our divine Masier, He desired sulvation, but would not pay the price whicw it | cost; sO he Went away surrow.ui aud Would not | prt with bis "3 sister, Had NOt courage to fuilow the true path. Kuto bad pot contiaued Lagg | at the side of | ber loved Naomi, David bad wot ilved to sing bis | mimortai Bunys of praise and giory to Gud aud to ‘The glorious eXampie of tls young Moabitish woman who lett country and kindred for the sake Of @ Sacred love and oly | faich, may well be placed by side wits that or tue patriarch Abraham, When be left his own peo- ple aud went oul into the Wiiderness tO BK THE TRUS GoD Her example is like unro tho: dames and Joun, who tuny—even abandoning snips on to follow Jesus. How iilelike, how beauti- ful are the Wordy:—"So they two went, | until they came to Bethienem. And it came to pass Wiel they Were come (o Bethlehem that ali | rue city was moved about them, and they saldi— | ‘Ig this Naomi’? ‘ihey passed desert road, | Which termiuated in fielus of ol rest sweet ot me abundwuce at the green Chey had arrived at a haven (er passing @ tiresome journey io couverse aod mutual intermingling souls vy the way. Ju the end therr love, fwith abd seaciastmess in the true patn were rewarded, aod the words o| © awply verited woen He sald that it a avi his House aod iFriends jor His Fake and the Gospel he would receive reward @ pundredfold, eve lie everiasting, Toi subline example of tne Youthiul Kath sho er be present iu the minds Uhycuug boule, Her Grinbess aud resoluuon oD | = | viduals represented appearing | brought th | the | toey don’t know what to believe. the borders of the land of Moab ought to be ever before their mind’s eye. They must be revolved that no hope of ature comport, wealth or happiness derivable froin marriage shall swerve them from the side of the Lord, If others turn away trout God and go back to the world's wickedness, as did Orpan to the idols of Moab, do not you do 80 also, Be tarthful vo i own convictions and true to tne true God, Forget thine own people and couutry and cleave unto the Lord, for He alone 1s your God, CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATERNITY. THE WAY TO ATTAIN RIGHTEOUSNESS—SERMON BY THE REV, E, H. CHAPIN. Rev. E. H. Chapin preached, taking his text from Matthew, v., 6-—Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness; Jor they shail be filled.” First, he began, I wisu to draw your attention to the condition of the beatituder and then to the strength of the beatitude. The spiritual condition referred to in the textis that oO! hunger, and itis a hunger that must be satis- fea. Hunger is one of those terrible instincts that makes the brute predominate in man. This thin; appetite, holds despotic powerover the human soul. In Uvleridge’s ple- ture of the “Ancient Mariner” in that sunlit vessel, Stillas ‘a painted ship upon @ painted ocean,” we have the power of intense thirst, if one wouid have Ms spiritual desires satisfied he must long for righteousness, He must read the whole Sermon on the Mount. They came to Jesus seeking bonors in His kingdom, and that sermon was, a8 it were, a dissipation of all such | desires, Jesus showed them their true needs, Wouid jt not seem starting if @ person such as ‘Jesus Christ was should goon Broadway or into Wall street and use words like these in our text to those whom he found there striving Jor mill- fons and for all kinds of earthly pleasure? It is not saying “| LOVE Gop,” that answers to this question of beatitude; it es sentially needs bungering and thirsting for. We must turn our attention to what is consiaerea righteousness, We speak of a righteous man as an upright man, But it means more than this. No virtue can be absolutely single, for tnis quality is only perfect by the light of all tne rest. We may think @ man can entertain ove virtue and be otherwise corrupt. Is a man honest when he is selfisn ? Withouc ail the virtues one virtue ts lim- ited and lacks power. The word “righieousness” meaus the spirit out of wluch all good qualities and acts emerge. A great many people pray ior Tigtiteousuess; how many are willing to work for Ww? A desire lor being riguteous—tbat is what the prayer 1s for—and tu be like God and obey His will is “what it means, ‘Tne’ goodness of God aud the righteousness of God are exempiiticd ib the character of Jesus Christ, Such 1s the con- diuion ol the beatitude set forth im the text, In regard to the nature of it ne who longs for right- eousiess and goodaess shall be Hiled with them— that 1s, they will be adapted to mis Mature. But in anotuer sense Le 18 never satisfied, but is always longing jor more, Whut are you seeking forin ree lgion, and what are you golug to churen for? You are seeking for heaven, you say. WHAT [3 HEAVEN ? A place we shai come to vy and by, when we Dave no more powers of earthiy enjoyment. Lhea ou are seeking heaven, as you Cail if, not seeking for goudhess and rignteeasness, but ior something else. You are simply seeking heaven for some outward good—to escape hell. What is eternal life? some men are crying out, eternal life!” To kuow Goa an the eternal life. It the essence of all other possessious Inan could desire. With this man has Qli substantial good. Man is a being of limitless nature. The only thing that can satisly bim is the assimilation to God in the goodness of God, Let us consider the bature of the thiug to which we are aspiring, and whence this aspiration, We are living in au age When men are trying to telt us that there 18 no creative inteingence as the foundation of things. According to these material- istic conciusions We are a World Of mere atoms. Ii 80, Whence came the idea of goodness and | whence thls aspiration? The aspirat Of goodness and the lives of good men reiute these Muierialistic ideas. A SPIRITUAL CONFERENCE. CONVENTION AT THE HARVARD ROOMS—ANDREW JACKSON DAVIS AS A HINDOO, It was the old story, and there was no mistaking the congregation, A mild young man, with a very suspicious nicety in the parting of bis hair, to say nothing of the meek expression of Bis mouth in accepting ten cents per head from the visitors to the Harvard rooms yesterday, usbered in four dozen persons, some of them evidently curiosity seekers. The occasion was understood to be @ ladies’ spiritual coulerence, aud @ very nice conference it would have been but for the fact that the ladies could not agree. In the rat place, Mra Ewer, who pre sided, had certain views in reference to the ladies apd gentlemen in the other world which sne set forth ip a very emphatic way. observations were certainly worth the money charged for admission, 8 they were brief and not | destitute of humor, The panoramic part of the show consisied of @ few bideous looking daubs, Tepresentipg the faces of defunct persons, whose ghos's, it was alleged, appeared toa medium, The dience included a jew OLD MEN WITH LONG HArR, glassy eyes, thin mouths, ethereal trames and shabby overcoats. Mrs, Beach opened the pro- ceedings and gave ao interesting account of a ghost, whose portrait was exnibited. It was to be regretted, however, tuat ail the pictares had @ peculiarly gloomy expression, most of the indi- ha been from Noah's ark witpout @ check for baggage. There wasa perfect Mutter when Mra. Jewect took the stand, She is @ very heavy lady, weighing pernaps over 200 pounds, speaks weil, frowns flercely, believes in ghosts, emphasizes maniully and does not care a cent for aii the thevlogy in the world. Mra, Jewett had a charm- ing Way of standing her toes and coming down at every period on lier beels with good effect. 5: had scarcely resumed her seat, however, wh: Beach called attention the pictore which had to by Mrs. Jewett that of Such thing, out @ perfect Jackson Davis. Miss Gvodwill p experience. She wasat first very timid. a while, however, sue sammoned a spirit, uolor- tunately a wretched grammarian, Who had cer- tainly never served at a spelling mated, and in- formed the assemviage that she had been dead some time, but had now retur? and intended to eriorm that which she fatied to accomplish beiore eraeatn. Theo Mrs, Stryver did the vest »| could to interest the audience, and followin, lauded to ¢ ct been referred Hindoo was ne 5 3 4 z Fr Was an old woman, who med to have spinal complaint, but who’ nevertheless gaye tue uudi- ence the worth of their money. Mrs. Slocum exercises to a termination. MOODY AND SANKEY. ADDRESS BY DR. MACLOSKIE AT ASSOCIATION HALL. Professor Macloskie, of Princeton College, mace an address last evening in Association Hall, on “Revival in Ireiand, under the labors of Messrs. Moody and Sankey.” ‘The main idea of the affair was that the speaker would speak from personal observations while with Mr, Moody, Aiter prayer ana the singing of hymns the Professor took his text irom the chapter im The Acts refer- ring to tne work of tae Apostles in Samaria. He ‘the Samaritans were @ religious peopie, | but they were uniriendiy with the Jews. Tne two peoples were disassociated by sectarianism and divided in feeling, They had no love for each other. Tne country 1 came /rom—Ireland—has Touch the same thing to complain of, Tae people are divided and inimicai to eaon otner, and I may ay that Christianity tn Ireland nas sudered be- Cause the people believe they are serving God by nating each other, This seelingis wrong. Roman Catholics there are anxious to be religious and They are en- Velupéd in & mental darkness, woich prevents — them irom seeing the good pato, I could go over many examples of thiv ignorance, and Protestants should not abuse th Who @re doing thelr best and seeking to go on in God's way. | beiueve, then, that it is only the re, sult Of wres\ling wita that Charen which 1s keeping tuem In varkness, We spould not despise these, butsiretch out our hand to them, Remember Christ and the woman of Samaria at the wail, She was surprised that a Jew shouid ask aSamari- tan for water, But our biessed saviour stepped over the line of demurcation, Indeed, He aiter- ward gave His apvsties special directions to go to Samaria and preach the Gospel. His heart was warm for this people. His enemies knew it, = and = reprouches hin jor it it bad ave friends upon whom you lok ndifferentiy as 'o thei uls logk if you have no duty to (bem. The real spiiit of revival must now be cultivated, | will now, ¢ u the Works of God made man! i rious parts O1 the World, When | drst went to Edinvurgn and met ata pubile meeting some of the most proml- nent wed io the Church 1 DOtCed & spiTit Of Coid~ Bess Which Could not be overcume 1h tie auale L weat tuere spat aver Mr. Horas. had did tae people lef, and vow dideren Vee It was evident there had been @& ing imfuence at work In) we m 1 remember au inciwent rkeepel who nsed at first to ve asnoyed if he coaid Udi wet the people away a; a certain hour, and after ward he did notcure if they remained til mid night, he became so IMPRESSED BY THE MEETINGS. Years ago there was a little boy working In @ Boston shoe store. He worked hard ‘or sual a but as he grew up he felt the intluence of God. ‘Tunis is the present Mr. Moody, and he is at the head of a movement which is possibly the great- est in extent since the Reformation, It is surring up a spirit of religion 1 all countries, oue which We Canuot overestimate, 80 1mportant is it, And now let me deseribe Mit. MOODY?’S PLAN OF WORK. He first, woen he intends to visit any place, se cures the co-operation of ail the ministers, and ne refuses to when he cannot, safe believed greatly in their belp, and he does not under estimate their importance, When he secures them he has already made @ great step in the right direction, for 1t not only does good to the eople but ti does good to the ministers, They have thrown themselves into the movement with Many have helped fim who bad been at tie work when Moody was a boy, Drs. Blakle, Davis, Brown, Chalmers and Andrews are among those who have peea Most constant at the meeungs. The next step taken 18 the procuriog of @ cuoir, not simply & choir that can sing, but known for their big io Dublin it was In the great Exbivition Bailding that the meetings took place, a structu:e capabie of con taining 10,000 people. ‘The proceedings began with a hymn, which all joined in, Then Mr. Sankey sung anotner hymn alone, immediately after Which Mr. Moody came forward withstarthug ow nd spoke. 1b was the same old story @ told THE STORY OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS. He has a good knowledge of music, which he uses to great purpose, He does not delight in claptrap nor in catch words, but he speaks in @ homely way Which carries conviction more thad astonishes. Occasionally there 18 @ flagh of gepius in what he says, which brings home thd truth to the hearers in @ = strongest way. When Moody was going to eak 10 Dublin, the Freenan's Journal, the strongest Catholic, paper, announced the coming at and spdéke courteously of the revivalists ‘The day aiter he first spoke the same paper had an article strongly crincwing the men, It was said that the writer of tuis Was afterward one of the anxious inquirers. One of the greatest points of the meetings are the hymns, which strike home toevery oue. They teil tne truths of Christianity simply aod naturally, ST. JOHN'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUROH. MILLIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NOT ONE GEN’ FOR PRIESTLY ONES—DISCOURSE BY REY. OSCAR HUGO, St, Jonn’s Methodist Episcopal church was filled to its utmost capacity last night to listen to the great enthusiasm. | aiscourse of Rev, Oscar Hugo, the Hungarian exile, upon our public school system and tne im- portance of keeping 1t tree trom Catholicism. The minister said that years ago be bad to leave his native land because he was a minister of the gos- pel of Jesus Christ, His father pefore bim had died tn prison lor the same reason, and there were thousands of others that have had to leave their native land ana seek refuge in America because they were not allowed to worship God as they chose at home, but were allowed that blessed privilege in this tree land, He told his hearers that they little knew what he and many others had suffered, and still suffered to-day, In & land that was priest-ridden, The preacner sald he had travelled in mavy countries, but be never Jelt that he could securely worship God as bia his heart dictated til ne reached the shores of free America, He said he thought the American people the most hospitable in the world, They gave homes, food and drink to those who needed them, and they asked none what hia religion Was, This country was now approaching a crisis. The Catholics wanted to break up the excellent public school system, because !t did not suit their views, He kuew fuli well that the move to do 80 Was made by an [talan Catuolic, but he hoped the American people were too sensible and God-fearing 0 aliow such a foothold to be obtained in the re ligious government of their affairs, God had Ireeiy aud abuudantly blessed this beaututul land, and tue laws gave the right to all people to wore ship as it best pleased them, but he did aot thing tue land of Wasnington should be corrupted by being turned into tbe footstool of tne Pope of Rome, He would not accuse the Catholics of attempting to BANISH THB BIBLE from the land, but be knew full well they wanted to get the power over tne ople, and if they were aliowed to have The least control in our educational system the rest would be easy enough for them to aecomplish. He prayed to God that the Ameri- cup ple would awake to a@ lively sense of that threatened them and manfully it. Let the religion of our latoers wig Made the country remain intact. Men haa lived @nd died uuder 1%, ana the viessing of God nad ful- lowea wherever His toly word nad been preacued, He iad never known a land, a Siate or a commu nity to prosper fully except the Bible was the firm 1exXt book o1 governors and the governed. Ho eved in Ubrisé crucified and ta following the example He set fur us waile on earth; but be did nos believe in the Catholic faith, or in allowing the Priests of that jaith to interrupt the religious gov- ernment that bas been ours ior now NEARLY ONE HUNDRED YEARS. Let the Catnolics have their owa schools, It ‘was & iree country, aud no one would be allowed to ipteriere with them in toeir mode of worship. But above all things let Ly keep to themselves, aod let he Protestant public scaools of America be as they always have bern—iree \o all, but managed by peuple, wae believe in what we are pleased erm a. He did not jor a sing! moment think tuat the Awerican pe believed in one man power or that th mit to it, out so surely as the sun shines in heavens the doctrine o! Catholicism tended to that system. Mr, Hugo said he had always fought for the Jaith of bis fathers, aod he mtended to do go to the end, and ne prayed God would heip nim in hig gre t need, and he prayed that nis hearers would keu unto the words he had spoken to them, they would rise up in their might an yatain the iaith that had so abundantly biesed the bappy id that offered (oO ali a Dome free from the tyrant’s rule. CENTRAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The morning services at the C u comb. andt ‘tral Methodist | Episcopal church in Seventh avenue, between Tulr- teenth ana Yourteenta str was performed by the pastor, Rey. C. 8. Harrower, who, atter reading the customary ons, delivered @ calm, thought fal and sensible sermon on the manner in whica people snould live in order to be prepared to meet dGeato, In reierring to deatn the preacher thought her that too much attention altogetner was given to % We needed less reminders, irom the fact that almost every hour of the aay the subject was brought, botn indirectly and db rectly, under our notice. The doctors wagon as it rolled through the street, tne Obituaries in the newspapers, and toe sermons trom the pulpit every Sabbato called our atten tion to the mortality of the bod, as Much thought directed to the subject of deatn is good tor us. Ii we thoagnt more ot ilie aud the leading of good lives it would be better, The example of the death of Jesus Christ is held out to us to show that He, after assuming our shape, suffering simular dis@ppoiniments, not exempt from like privations, and in all respec s unuergon the vicissitudes jrom which NO man boro 1s iree, Ie ich We must reflect upon. We come aeath because He was an excep- one; He never stood in the way of any advancement, and He who could be among the most poweriul of the universe ‘chose a life in when might suffer hunger, disap- pointments, weariness and all the other ils t@ woich we are heir in order to show us how eveu the most humb.e among us might live, We often- time do honor to the dead and extol their virtaes and their excellences of char- acter alver they aré gone from among as. Ii wa dDestower tithe of the praises to tre living which we do sometim: the di it would be far bet- ter, The dead we cannot help, the liviug we can, din the passage oj lie Words of encour i accomplish much. Unrist came epon this earto te Tuifli a mission and to teach us bow to live, Bach one of Us has algo a mission to perform on eartn for bave we not been sent by God? And to God must we return, ‘Ihe necessity, therefore, o1 so ordering our lives, 80 conducting ourseives, eo pursuing the path of righteousness as to fulfil That mission 18 most palpabie, and for this reasua auy person's weriul we should tention to life and to the Manner of . Uhrig Was sent by the F and so also are We sent, and the lives we to merit the rew; SUICIDE OF A YOUNG MAN. Coroner Simms was notified yesterday to hold fan inquest over the bouy of a young man named Wiiliam Calhouo, who committed suicide by shoot ing bimeelf. The uniottunate icliow, who war only nineteen years of a: Was waiting throug! High Ground Park, Brovkiyo, in company with Charles H, Williams, wen he suadenly piaced tne muzzle of @ revolver to the left s:de of nis head and, pulling the trigger, feil bleeding ond dying of the grouad, His horrifed companion made hit Way to the Nini sub-preciact station house, Woere be related the occurrevce and was himsell di ed as & With Caluoun Was removed to the Hospital, where he died, He had been out of empioyment jo ‘ ti Doug greutiy dabeatvenea thefente