The New York Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1875, Page 8

CHURCH SERVICES. Hepworth on Natural and Revealed Religion. THE BIBLE AND THE SCHOOLS Beecher on the Untaithful Emotions of M-n’s Hearts. | LESSON OF DECORATION DAY. Significant Utterance by a/| Catholic Clergyman. “New Forces Gathering Round the Thrones of Europe.” | CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. } @EBMON BY THE REV. GEORGE H. HEPWORTH ON MIRACLES—NATURAL RELIGION AND REVEALED BELIGLON. Au the warm weather advances there 1s a slight falung of in atendance to be noticed at the Cwurcn of the Diselpies, Ine text selected by Mr. Hepwortn was St, John, 1x., 40, “Lhe man an- swered and said unto ‘hem, Why, herein'is a mar- vellous thing that ye know not from whence he 1s, ond yet he hath opened mine eyes.” | think no case femore conciusively proven by human testimony than the one concerning wuich I have read tu you. The man hiaiseli in the gladness of Dis heart at- festa to the fact of the mura wsserting that Woereas be was blind, gow he sees; Ms parents are called in and they afirm that they are sure of two things, while whey are uncertain concerning a tard, Jhs frst aud second are tuat the man was born bind and that now be bas recovered his sigut. ‘Tbe tuird, coucerming which they are un- certain, is the manner iu which this wonderiul event vas been wrought avout. If this be not enough to estanilsh the credibility of the fact we have the testimony of the multitude who were present aud witnessed the miracie, In spite of it al tue Poarisees aud certain Jews are determined to accouns fort: om vbe gronnd of natural laws, They prefer very much to admit che CHICANERY OF CHRIST father than His supernatural power. That Be must de ap enthusiast, that He is an impostor, ts, to their logical minus, more than creatoie. That He is what He pretends to be—the Son of God— | that He does by wwe gift of God what they nor their propaets nave ever been ab.¢ to do, 13 a lact | Bot to be admitted fur asiagie moment. Besides, the miracie was periormed on the Sabbath day; the good was achicved during the sweet and rest- jul hours of the day of worship, and, according to the Pharisaic standard, votuing could be of God periormed during tue seusen When Jevovan bade the world seek its rest Tue (oarisees seem fu me a type of a zreat many living to-vay. We are their lineal desceiounts. We are children of doubt. ing fatuers; We ive iu an age whick lubgus at the Miraculous, (he #u;eroatara. 1013 got the result Of our -Uperior education, rather the lesult Of the historical reaction Whicu ever and avon takes place. Between two crested waves where is tne Valley; Vetweeu CWO generations of trustiag iaito there 1s 4 SEASON OF DOUBT. During the las generation, fur instance, such ‘was toe compleXion of tue community and -such its Cuaracteristics, tna! men deagated in nocbing so MUCH ast é reulm Of imagination. Lveological discussions were the Mivst Artiacuye mee ings held. ‘hese were crowded to wit- ness @ logical conic: to ted the ali- jerence vetween the north and norchwest sides Ol a theological hair. li we go .o the aye beyond that We flud, curiousiy enough, taal our iore- fathers Were of Siero coMMon Sense add carelul feligious traiuing, Men vf logical power and acu. men, believing, a8 lionestiy in possession by tue Sevil on the part o! Certain Guman beings as we delileve 10 Lue law 01 gravitation ;and men and wo- meu Were tried in cours at Salem and wiipped bhrough (he towa, Oo accusations Which would be laughed to scorn in these days. Tue pecudariy of uur age, nowever, is i's practical tendency. WE BELIEVE IN CAUSK AND EFFECT. w We can measure thas we accept; what we Can see that We LeLeve. Li, wica Slate and pencil, we cau prove a prubiew We accevt it; but @ state- ment of auytuims beyoud the burrow, circum. serived line 01 our daly experieuce we but ouly reiuse to accept us [rue, but We scorn it wita contumeiy. My dear jr.euds, both you aud i bave feat adM@1iuwou for the practical, puilosopuic brain of tais ceurury, put we pay ior tus by @ wegiecs of piopudiions wuicu le ‘on the farther sie of iife, within tie Gomain oO: fuita, and which are of as muck importauce tu our Coaracters as any of the tabsiwie tniugs Which we accept. Tne ten- Gemcy Oo: our axe is dpen to erticism 1D tom fespect. Our olject is Wealtn, ~e reveimit. if Q Mae Dave Weaila wud ve us corrupt iu beart as Satan we are ready to bestow upon lim the bands of our loved oues. It $ to me his js One of the Weakuesses Of our age. We uave iost Our respect fo; Dobuily and wankood ana scholar- ebip. We ate curesess coucerulog virtue and ex- Ceedingiy Curetui concerning Wuridly guods. And Wuen We speuk { reiigivu it seems twat Go. is very lar aWay om Teligion is aM iueunveu- Jeni articie vo bay © admit (hat the ume Will come When We Must depen on it; but “nos yet.” “WER 4 CabDOS enjoy anything tneu, 0 Goa, make med ly! | connot.tive Oy it; but 1 coniess J must aie oy it.” do religion is A KIND OF aN AGUE MEDICINE, to be takeo ouly im coe jasi spasm. Srethren, you Koow this is ail Wrouy.’ We kihow that bi ts beter m ive lopg run ive joyails, truly, humesti Wan by aay lair ans to Win that when t World Coutts as \ts pr We lave leatved thas lesson, aud we trust wor | more in tue promise of Goa, and .ess 2 . there are certain eveuts scat yugnout toe vid and New Tertageuts our attention, 1 are cased ary know her to accept them wih Nadoabting faitu uF BUG Some vf us aie inciwed to or them Preity severely, and viten \uues we the Bibie Would be velier *ith ne COL IS DOL & fair statement toe ease. The duracies A vom of the book or suey w ¢ eiigr ry th absolutely nothing. w They are tue prop uv bOOK OF Cis@ proof oF the . ty Of the bowk. in y er lod aiding Up OF ei#e wTe a dead Weigd! ov the coo anu muse oFush the Who siruciure, 1a ao important question, and We Wust ve ine. i tite vetted. Let us ivook ati. iiere can omy pe two kinds of region. ihe Orst is What we vail nary rai Feligion—vne woick " ri s reiigiog Wiicu ts the Accretion Bd accumuialou Di ages. Ab 18 @O IBherslaLce Which passes [row one weneration Ww another, 40. Ali Oris OF pro #IGODS Afe DEaPEd UP 1D 4 PFOMscuvus > ural religion, then. is simply bee pro man’s Miho; wotuing More. What is its vai Ie iife OF in deata # ual ie ihe Value o your ; tonal Judgment ¢ Nothing at ati. You canuo! a vy tat wud you caunut live uy it. la oaturai religion euch mao must fave his a me. | can't ask you to follow my Wea, suade me to loliow yours, Un bad ) ou cannot ve fer the influence of uatarei resigion tuere 18 no impuise. \ou calinot measure avy one by an- ot What @ curods stale of Lives (a) Muss be; Woat a leariui mixture Of moraily aod spirit Daisy, Aud When desta will baturad reugion have to say My | i wave apent @ great many years in tuiaking about desis, aad Dave come (o the conciusion t there must be anotoer life veyond lis. fhe probaouties are 1a Wor oil. i don’t say it ix so, Ul | LuiK It 1s J thn’ you will go somewhere; it ters little Woere.”” Wien ft veil you ¢ you we resait of human mind. | You the isst late WONCE Bod gical results or the bigwent geniuses who naye eve en Mis foo se Al totle, sucrutes and Plulo were s(anaing here they could not utter one ¢ ord conce: mag a ‘eiuture. {here is fothing ous douut. All they can say is, “We hope; we Ouly thas and nothing mo: what kind 0. anenorage is tuat? Thay IN A SIUKM ON A LEE SHORE when everything depended on the nuidimg of the Oban; bat tis is « Case Waek hao vont . You sre driiting with wind ene tide against the rocks. You may Holi Up, Lue abchor may drop foto some cieie He rook, | don't say ik Won':; but, ab, there is the rub! ib May Lot, amu buat is QO feli.1ou. Breturen, Wat we want is & goud BNCbOFSYe, 4 BOOK LuWeser, & feeling this we pale. So much ior na ural religion. Now, 0: etore let Us WOK wi anuther kind. TLeve is What W feveaieu reliyion. 4 OUR Ned i Lue boOKS the Uld aua sew fentar . lise gitar wi 0, logician, 1 & pos it uo The ouly Ton 1s as 10 te probaus t. Gud Wauis os by iy fins baving doe A relwiea, ana were ie, One Kind thas Works Saivaliou, and 6 @ & feligion revealed, not’ omy the hives, ou the lips oF tnxDiLed men, Wiouk atit. Toe minute Lioowk at (hm book §Wo Or tires things ha,pem to me. First. dam Moored—uri'ting uo lo.wer, When Got sud tron We WP OF Pinal “1 WOU sbait make DO OLWer 4048 ve tore ” Le did wo, oder a consnudrum for toe world to guess. he gave & commaun for ‘he werd toobey. When Jesus Onrist wala, “A teW | peals tO ull Maukind aud all ages. | that, better toan thal, when sickness gud sor- | and Lhave no right to question about it, lov commandment give tanto you. what ye towarc ope anotuer,” He did pot pre: new problem for our philantnropy and cuarity. He used the Word commandment; aud when God commands there is uo apveal, Now, brethren, ip | that buok we have @ moral standard by whien | every'nimg is to be measured, jusiiy, accuraiely, exactiy—ail mea al ke. ach soull staud oefore tue judgment tirone and be asked the same questions, avd scoord- ing to your answers wiii be the verd.ct. di ep. More thun row come are we at fauit t No, orethreu, we look into the glory of tue other Worid ater our Jost ones and gee them there cioried with the white robes of immortauty. Cbrist rose from the de It is az mistorical fact, if], as & critical scholar, can prove toat He did rise, that setties tue doctrine of immortality forever, Jesus suid, “{ goto prepare « place jor vou, that where lam ye inuy be also;” ana since | belleve Cbrist died and Tose again, if lam asked i 1 beleve tu tuwmortality, say 1 have no@e- lief Whatever, it is revealed there a» @ fact, iam question at but caled upon to go iatw that 4 all. it is not our business, miuce Ged hus revealed it, and | simpiy acceptit, | am bo Surer Of iat thau Lam Oi this preseut existence, Tuere is no doubt, You ask, “Why don’t we have miracies now?” Think of tt. Frank one cieasy day put lis kite uy in toe air, be was aimost de- spuiring, Wien he saw tne little flores of twine standing Out, and, goucning toe key he Nad ate tacued, ihe factor Biecuricity was estaohsuedt tor- ever, Is li necessary lor us to My kites to estub- lish a fact already established ? Ail tual is required O1 us is LO Delieve the wistorical Jact. Laccept it op the Featimouy Of competent Witnesses. Cliris- Uanity has proved its Vuiue to us complete Louk back, see how people have cliuoed up irom the valley toward the Mountain top, Whar is tue cause’ What is the impuise? Lt is there. Betore men sad this book tney waiked on =a dead _—_iievel, What & lew impuise the Sermon on the Moant gave! Then meu leit Atnens and Rome fac beliud, and with Jaces sTeaaily fixed on the goal of toe Ideal Crist they were mwarcting onward and upward, aud they are mareulug to-day. ne power aad enersy of Dumanity is simply & beuel iu Lord Jesus Christ, One word more. 1 look back in the drst chapter of Genesis to * 4 CURIOUS PROPEECY of somethiog thacis to come 10 tue tar-oit dim fu- ture. 1iook isto tue lite of Abraham aud | fod the same thing written in type a lite larger. IL look into the lives o: Daniel aod Ezeaiel and iw written in Komau capitals, “His name anail be cailed Wonderiul? You can hear the echo of His fvotfall chrough the comug ages. Ay, and alter a.itile 1 look and see a Strange petsun- age Me is tae resuit ol ail this prophetic in- spiration; He is Euimanuel (God with man); He laiks strangely iudeed; fie speaks of heaven as though he bad been there. He brings the dead to lite, He makes the blind see. Bretiren, Who ig this Emmavuel? this present Jenoveh in tee midst of a falien race? The object Ol His com is the recemption O18 Jaiieu people. He stepped irom the eiernal throne, assuming the jorm of man, bexr- ing the burdens and sins of the world, that with tue a of omuipotence He might turn the door of death on its rusty binges that @ pardoned race migut enter toto heaven. have uny relion at Gu 1b must he a revealed if we have any certainty av ail it must be yecause God gives it tous. Then Wf there is a night above us toe iiracies of Christ are bat go.den Stars that shine through the blackness and give us light, Oh, Christ, it is a blessed tang tu trast Imee, and he who walks close to the shadow of the cross shall walk without fear, and When toe jast day sali come. even as the Master, sy shail the Servaut ve ilited up to glory, God | ehont that we may betleve this not only witn our Minus bat With our hearts, SEVENTH TKEET METHODIST CHURCH. THE BIBLE AND THE SCHOOLS—SERMON BY THE REV. J. 8, WILLIS. : The Seventh street Methouis: Episcopal caurch was well fillea yesterday morning. Kev. J. 5. Willis, the pastor, preacuea on “The Bible and the Scvools.” His text was Deuteronomy, Xi, 19, 20, 2i—“‘And ye s@all teach tnem your children, speaking of them when thou sittestin thine house, wud wuep thua walkest by the way, when thoa liest Gown and when thou risest up. And thou shait write them upon the door posts of thine house and upon thy gates; That your days may be multiplied and the days of ,our cuildren,in the jand which the Lord sware unto your fa'hers to give them, a8 the days of beaven upon the earth.” He began by showing, as set forthin the text and tue verses succeeding, the promises of prosperity to the ancient Jews if they observed not ovly a carelul study of God's Worc, but diligently kept oi3 commandments. He then pluuged into his subject, and first disce d the question of tne design of our public scho ois. Tae objector to THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS claims that their purpose should be solely to give @ purely secular education, What was secular education ? Was it to traim tne muscle to make our boys gladiators, prize fighters, atuletes aud soldiers? Was it to teach them geography, arith metic, grammar and the natural sciences? Can you teach @ boy geography wivnout teaching bim moral sense, Witnout lifting bis thoughts up from nature to nature’s Gou? Can a boy be taugnt grammar witzoat li's atteation being called to the divine giit of language? In geology he will see God's footprints in the rocks, in astronomy Be will see Go. in Wwe srars— orever singing as they shine, the hand (hat made us is divine. In history he will see the wondrous agency of God, in the rise and fall of empires ana in every eveut marking the progress Of venturies, wud, in sort, ja very oranch oO: education Ats moral sense will be touched, is uot our design of the schools to make good citizens? The code of America is & moral code, Wuence comes thts code but out of the Decaiogue? Tue civil governweut lakes up whe CODE OF THE SCRIPTUKES tes itso that tne people understand and formu and maidebs shoul: drigk Irom toe it. Our you great fountain head. itis required that tuey sould Keep the law add they suould kKoow the jaw. But tae objector says tuat they suouid be tuuzht moraury at home and im ine punday scnool, ‘Ihe Komans and Spartans aimed to wuke citizen soldiers. We aim make wood cluzens, to give elevation uf moral tune. Ours 184 popwiar wad voluntary guveroment, Here dwells ihe spirit of Liveriy, THE ANGEL OF PEACE. After iurihe char Tizin our government, aud relerring to France sud spain, and otoer goverumen's of the Old Worly, he proceeded to SOOW thal seCis are DLL the product oO: tue Livie, bus (ue Work of conciaves—o! meu uming (0 shape The Bible was 3 to the whined lame, comiott to prisone sin weir gloomy d pyeons, Toe Bile bad univoseaed the ot bud maue bivssoa ud Tarou and erief ana toe diy of life had tauga duty; au? our fatuers put into oul schools @ book 40 HOO and inspiring. Our Repuoke ts the Dig st EXpovEn! Tf huwad liberty, the Jostiest toUgat or ceaturies, tue resull Of the PRINCIVLES OF TAK GOLDEN RULE filtering Gown throngh suciety. We want to quutinoe our giorio.s American Repuv-- le. We cat do & Without the bivie, re is uo reason why it should ve exciuded irom our senvols. ite Bible is part and parce! 0 our Americad civilization. It 1s charged ules Bidie. It is not & Protestant Bb Awerican Bivie—a repuolican Biuie oo to BLI@Mpt to take it from the fat tise? wibie: 1 bs Is it But ao inva) tr Olic hays, “i Lave & conscience, aimst tue Bible m Our scuvois.”? ays, Ave a conscience, aud it Qe Bidie being taken from our CONSCIENCE PITTED AGALNST CONSCIENCE. Who is (oat is Gamoring wovut iv.sion of ’ hw toe Koman Cuurch, such taik does ye come weil from thi source, ois Lt. the Churev taal has cus Of t nates and toes apd Applied Lot piicers to Lhe flesh and iried seret.c on griddes, Clamoring avout the iavasien of rishts does Bo come Well irom ‘he Tepresenta- tives oF Chis CoUrea [bat burwed Wyclile and ine glorious ola mart (sue past; that perpe- the at Barinoiwmew kve to Paris; that to tree .curths of our poupers aod nine. fe onvieis; that gets up m Park ge rots, aud (oat sends euiissarios Gere W at BERRETTA to set up @ priv republicans. The en- © iequsttioa are fires, We ae 0/0"8 Lower ¢ true issue ts S10 wet toe LIbie Out Of tbe ee oe peu PUL iv Parochial Kko- man tencners. Lei were oe uv temporiziug and ho compra i oman Catt Conrea Never teuO lees EXCeML WI ne weeOs BG fire and draws 1 sod race aNd Gungeon. Let there be ONC WOW, OMe jab, One Daytaw, une Goa. MASONIC TEMPLE TUR BEAUTIVUL LEASON OF DECORATION DaY— LOVE AND PEACE BLOSSOMING FROM GnavES SERMON BY REV. B. FROTHINOMAM. °. The Kev. O. B. Frothingham preacved yesterday Morning belore an oVErWoe ming COngregativa. It is characteristic Of tue people * throng to heat this orginal and cever cer every Sun Gay that #0 many Welt wuttl the sermon Hegioe before catering the it mows tac it is Lie preacber's eloquence, and BO accessories of wor 811), Weick forus tue principal attract: WERT Uke OF FLOWENE Yew ny on New Kn were layin te ne are e tomorrow tue same ceremu this city. Iw Menta! custow whould ae } Yious cvudition most matter-of-fact, the most practical people in the world, Some years ago a Unitarian preacher in Boston started what is called a “Flower Mis- sion” and the work has now been regularly establisued in this city also, Last year the noble women of New York distributed no less than 24,000 bouquets among the homes of sorrow, of Guease und poverty and deato, it is indeed & beneficent mission, d:fusing hope, pleasure, grat- irude aud joy. Itis one of the swee now conducted, FLOWERS ON GRAVES, Sweeter still is (he association of mowers with gtavea, Atevery funeral we see shem, If it isa young gitlwho hus passed away im ber inno- cence, if it 18 “a child, a flower tn itself, almost always there 18 an association of flowers with the grove. ‘Ibis sen!iment marks an eutire change io tue views of nature eu'ertained by mankind, Once the word “nature” was interpreted asa sym- bol of evil and rudeness. in the Scriptures flow- ers are only mentioned as the transieut, the frail. But now flowers are the symbol of tue permaneut, the essentiaL Why are the fowers beauuiul ’ Only those flowers walch were iormed jor the tertilization of insects and piauts wre beautLUl, those Which Gave to sttract msects, jor instance, to be sipped of toeir Sweeiness, Aud (hus there rugs through tis element of ature the same quickening law of love, Waica isthe regulating law o. nature. In the same inanner tals senument works u change 1m vur view of death. We vave lost the grim iceas 1 old and lay our dead into the graves Knowing tcharines | | and a rOlace in every sorrow, | whieh: | dence; but to waten a living map, into whuse that they aiso will be Changed to flowers and exude ue una verdare, RECONCILIATION OVER THE GRAVE. Still more beautiul, however, 18 tue association of owers Wiih Gur dead soldiers. ‘Chis ooserv- ance bas been auopted by every State, su toat Wane Nortuern huods are layiag flowers upoa Nortuert graves Southern hands drop blossoms upon Suuthern graves. Aye, more beautiful than Luis, it has come to this that Southern hands drop flowers ou the graves O1 thove Who Were arrayed lu deauly sirhe against their brot. ers aud esters, We are strong und fluurishl.@; we we'e tue vic- tors. They were the vanquisued. Tue aus tne cherisued with their wnole souls Were balled, Tuer sons perished without the satisfaction ot kU Wing that the cause tur which tb perisned came to nothing, Ab, You Who toluk its great Bereich Of maghamiuiry to cuerisd a tender thougnt jor teem, think What it must be te tuem t teuger tuougutior you | Have we Who Was auswerabie jor the growtn of savery? Nortnern men as well us Soutiera men, WhO streugthened the insiitu- tow aud protected it? Northen men as well as Souterk mea; aud is it for us to say thar tuey ure more to Ulawe than we are? Tbe war was hot of our making Dor Of thelr making, 1 Was o. the Worla’s muking. The god of reasou suid “tue bour bas struck,” and we Weut lato tue red river, ‘Tue tuve had come for iat od tn 1quily LO be Femoved, wud We all bad to re- move It A FLOWER OVEK TUS NEGKO" On the ground, then, that we were ai of Divine Providence in removing the @ ovstacke to the word's progiess, L say ers, more Sowers; heap them up higher and higher, bring them irom far wad near, diop your Leurs of love abd «sympathy upon thew.’ ho- bie words of coucord aud peace (hat Were Svoken at Leximgton «and = Coucorad = are ure beautiful flowe:s stil. Ab, how many graves are Hiled by the devoted fons of the Airican race of who died in defence Graves under ever) Lr own emancipation, nj the ocean bed ty covere With tue bodies of (uat miseravie and unfortunate race. Who can lay Gowers upon those graves? Ouly anaion! And iis iiteresting to ovserve that only a yeor alter (his custom Was estabe lisued (toe fliteenth amendment Was pussed, Which provided tuat bo man saouid be deprived Of the rigut to Vo’ DY ressuu O Mis color oF pre- of servicude., This wet #as & flower which tue American pation with one con- sent laid upon the grav of toe black mau. Lhe lume will come woen the fragrance this fower will insul the race with the conviction that we power ol humanity belongs also to tue. IMPor, OF LAWS. The Civil Rigots vill suppiemented the flower by & wuole bouguet, 10 be sure you cunnot legisiate people Intu mutual furvecrance or Kindoess; no jaw can execute itseli wad many jaws are only dead ietiers if tie sentiments of the peopie are opposed to them, ihe iaW may compel (le ino. keeper (Oo receive the black man, but It canaot pievsil Mpon bim to give the later the vest room or the best seat at tne table, Despite bis aogus- siou he may be made so uncomlurtable by while men tat Le Will be glad to stun cheir society. THE LESSUN OF LOVE. Hence we shouid remember that Ro one should be despised by us vecuusé he beluoys lo & Weaker, inierior race. Peupie taik about Whe joe, adicuvie anlipatuy between the two raves. 1t 18 an il usin, Withia our recollection there Was B thing but ani- mosi'y, Spite, hatred, vetween the Freucu and English, isit so now? As eivilizauoD Umproves wii These relics of barbarism are slowly assing away. ihe Saxon aud the Ceic orres Obe Buother With equa: iute: Qs souD 48 the relations velween Engi Ireland shail ve 80 adjusted As 10 MaKe Loe fric- Liou jess feit the parity of iuterests Will assert itself and Chis feeiing will bass away, At the bottom of almost ail (ue antagonisnis of nations are religions d.fereoces, 1t was worth almost ali the sacrifices oi the war that auring those ler idie tour years the Jact stood prowiuently out tat aeists, athe ists, pantieisis, Komanists and Wrotvestanis were aii Maude of the same stud. None iougus more vraveiy, none miuisiered more tenderiy to toe dying and the de because of dil- jereuces of faith. in Waslingtoa the pest burse 1D the HOspitais Was a Man Wiose Naue Was associated With unbdelie! and denial Cou Ameri- cans Low, after tat great experieuce o charity and good Wil, keep Up aby seciarian Wars! Are we how at iast couvimced that principle, justice, nobleness, jove are tbe only things worth carvg unything for? Are we not at last convincea of the trutn writen in the Vedas toousauds of years ago tnat “steadfastness aud fidelity are the only essen'ial qualities,” aod of the Mohammedan Koran that “a single hoor ol justice 1s Worta more than sey- enty years of prayer?” As these grives ure cov- ered with flowers tius May the grave’s prejad and hatred be biddeu oué of sight oy delicimus Gowers of Kindness, genticness, forovarance, iove, FIFTH AVENUE APTIST CHURCH. A SERMON ON THE ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST. Dr. Armitage, 0! the Filth aveaue Baptist charen, preached the jast of his series f sermons, com- menced during Holy Week, yesterday moroimg, his subject being ‘The Ascension of Jesas.” Ibe text was irom the Acts of tue Apostles, L, O— “While tbey beheld he was borne up aad acioud received him out of their sight.” He satu:—Pbree of the most extraorainary miracies of Christianity meetin the proper person o/ Jesus Himseif—tis marvellous birth, resurreciion and. ascension. His. birth was His deata begun, his resure Tection was his death fioshed and His ascension was His bifth and resucrection crowned, ‘These capital facts form a triaity o: pre-eminent seals to His extraordinary claims. Upon the tripie right—Orst, to be boru 10 the world by a supernatural meiod, then to die, woen and as He pleased, and after that to come jorth trom we tomb into @ sel-assumed hfe, He predicates His absolute prerogative to uulversai empire as @ jawiul inveritauce at Gou’s rigit hand. Tous it jolows that His ascension holds 4s vold and in- dispensaoie a rejation to His wo:k for man as His birth, in woieh He became the “only begutten o¢ the katner,’’ or His resurrection, in whica He be- came ‘the first begotteu trom the dead.” Yet, noiwithstauding this, mack more thought and in- quiry have been bestowed upon His virth, death aud resurrection (uaa upon His ascension, as if tois were of less consequeuce’than the others— @ ‘thought which we stould not indulge because His ascension not ony pertects, but ideaizes, His whole history as a Saviwur. Tue ai and humans natures of Jesus strangely biend in tuls aw.ul and mysterious transaction, Just gs they always do in His wonderiul person- auty. His manuood and divinity inefaviy mteg. rai, yet distinct, Were never interchangeavly ab- sorbed in the grand jeiiowship between them. Fiction cannot maintain such conjoint anity in an imaginary hero. To think of the record as fiction would be to invest the writers witn a geulus w no Human ingenuity can unravel or exe pouud when they tell us (nat, “While they beheld he © te € Up apd a cloud’ received him ous oF We will couoider ‘tt cts of Our Tansiation as they were Witnessed vy the esi—Virst, On Lue warthly side ol bie ascen- kiv choad. And a8 We are treaung o1 a great me sia.orlal fact can We Oelter beyin than by luOK- hg, Brel, AL Ibe piuce Where tw spied? The scene of ihe asce wake about ove Bngiise ml jouraey irom usalem. Rvery step of ti is yrouped im sacred asscia | Turough the gateway toat had shaken With the acclaim OF Li utes, alouz the path trodden by the | er as he soliglt (is Lord in the uarkuess; past ibe garden, up tee mountain tii to each tae potat #nere the Maser /ecen tly sat ana moses over ue ureal cuy. ibs @raNLeUF Of siBation, 118 proces- piowa ory sud he propoetic late, Tuere was Vine Liners in Luts por a place 0: separas 10 1m) ay Ween Jerusaien Whies tad Kiviod tae propvcts, wud pewosinl Kethauy, When wad ever made wele tee king Of (he propnet. Wie pries: ud scribe vo one side the hill Were plotting how toey wight ver His body aud cast it asive, pale and mun- uke the body of young Avel, un che otuer g. AyInpat yevosity poured lay. ine ¢ » che arooping irame in Ine ua to avoinrt iiei Witt iagrant spike- bard row ti aiabuster oux. Let us look at OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES whieh imum y attended our Lora’s avcenelon | MB. BEECHER ON THE | do nething | tvem He parted NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 83], 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. On this side of the ®loud, He seems to im. gered as if He were relvctant to leave the com. anions of His early ministry. Oilvet still reveals Jesus the iriend wad brotner, Usually our Lord was Wooder.uily prompt and decided in His words and actions, But when the solemd hour comes | for parting with iis little Nock He meets tt with strong emotion, They were to be as sheep awong wolves. Witn all His personal | intimacy and instruction, they might falter and quail when He had gone, f rgetfu: of His lessons of bravery and ol jaitn, Thus He felt in need of | spreading Lis hands over them as if He would iain | proioug the act ol vemediction, “He tied up his | bance and biessed thew,” and while He bleased | Irom them, a8 i He lingered | unl! some irresistibie power drew Him away while | in the very act of pronouncing His beneaiction. A | blessing uotinisned, a talisinanin every struggle HE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATURE TO THE ASCENSION BY ITS PHENOMENA AND FORCES. ‘The laws of gravitation were suspenoed; earth lost its power to hold Him longer; let golts grasp, and @ buman body, of solid flesh and bone, Sbould have gravitated to the moun- tain top, floats usward toto the ambient air, ‘10 meet @ Man coming OUL OI the tomo ater his solemu burial was a very powerful order Oi evi- e they are iooking aud to whose words they are listening, bexid a gradual ascent Irom the earth and continue to svar alott by the very power of God ti he 1s lost in the distant skies, aflords an eatirely different order oO! evidence—the highest | ossible pYoo\—and 1ts effect 18 evidentat once. mmediately “they worship Him,’ prostrate their seus iu adoration. Instead of descending that mountain disheartenec, with lalienng steps, douvting and ioreboding, tuey bounded back to Jerusalem “with great joy, ana were continually in tae Temple, praising and biessing God.” ‘ben tuere 18 the phenomenon of THE STOOFING CLOUD. What wonders are covered vy that laconio avowal—"A cloud received him out of toeir sight!” ‘dhe chariot of the lLeavens stoops, recetves Him into its glory. Myriaas of wistiul eyes above waten Him from ihe heaveuly }ortals as He steps into His august vebicie, and the “men of Griile”? Stand guziag up into heuveu, their eyes riveted, as if they would plerve the azure veil watch 18 80 envious to enWrap Hiai trom their vision. in the second place, look ut (ne heayenly side of the ascension cloud, ‘The irst view that we have irom the heavenly side or the ascension cloud 1s that our humanity bas triumphed over ali its foes and is highly exaited In oeaven in the person of | Jesus, WhO 18 the Jorerunuer and representative | vl ourrace, “He bas opened a new and living way?’ thither for us, and by Him we nave a sure | entrance into the boly plice, The very germ of | ibe doctrme of the ascension 18 ‘that the | Sume human nature which was born of tne bedy of Mary and crucified on Calvary, and raised from Joseph's iomb, was | truly culried up into heaven. Tue physical man Was as lutegra; a part of our Lord’s humsn per- sonality a# His im uaterial soul. There could not be & transalion of a part o: thé mao Corist Jesus, | fue wrole man ovly cag be # full ano per ect as- | ceusion. Nor is theve & Word in the seripture | which warrants tne assomption tuatio His ascent | auy change passed upon ile humauity oi Jesus, This same Jesus is taken Up Into heaven, the only | Jesus Whom His discinles ever knew, who had eaten 018 dany bread With them, toiled with them, mingied his tears with their tears, his songs with their son.s—tuis save Jesus is 'aken rom them iotoe heaven, ‘(heir own nature, external aad in- Verual, bas gone in its ucimpaired totegrity irom | ihe loWest Geptis Of human experience to the | bighest peavens. et us lovk again on the other side of the ascen- sion cloud 1o see What Jesus is doting tuere, bat ie muy oriag you from its-eartnly to lis heavenly side, ‘tie has éstavlished a permanent and preva- | jeut human intercession, As the Levitieal niga | rest p.ssed wiidia the veil which separated tne Os. Holy irom the oly place, and. presented | bimgell Sientiy to Jehovah, carr) tog the blood of | Mmwolated victims in bis hands, even wo our Ad- vocate with the Father has appeared in the pres- | ence of Gou for us, in the powertal eloquence | Which the marks of His five -acred wounds pre- feat. On this side of the cloud He mivisctered at | the altar of atonement, on ihe other side He interes | cedes fur Lhe iempest tossed and aficted, H Beiure He blessed His disciples on Ulver He | Bald, *Preaca the Gospel, out begin at Jerusalem ))) | ‘Lake the oiler of merey to the yile soialery—tne | relentiess Suubearim; and even you meet the maa woo plerced My heart witn his spear, tell Dim that there is DOW &@ Teadier Way Ol reacning it. There was not one maliguant in the whole hera who mocked or jeered linn, cr spat in His Jace, or transixed His tauds, out into that man ears the aposiues preacaed forgiveness lor nis Hugrant crimes, Aud ou the other syae of we cloud every ure Oo, His heart vibrates with com- Miseralivu just as tt always aid. ‘here, a8 bere, He filles anu sootnes and Clasps the coutrite, Un te Deaveniy siue ol ibe clogs, as ou the eartuly, He urver brake a bruised reed or quenched the sm king flax. Tnere He bas re- ceives @tits lor men, even ior the rebels also. Un either Side 0} the ciuud do's revelilvn fiud quar- ter. But on both sides He cures tue rebeilion ana | wins the rebel. | Mnkes foes the partners of His throne, | Decked with a never tading crown, | | PLYMOUTH CHURCH | UNFAITHFUL EMOTIONS OF MEN'S HEARTS. As usual haondreds were yesterday morning turned away from the doors of Plymouth church, unable to oblatn even standing room inside. Mr, Beecher preached @ sermon from tue foliowing lext:—Matihew xXi., 28 to J1— But what thimx ye? A certain wan had two #8008, and be came ty the first aud said, Son, go to Work in uy Vineyard. de wns Weres and said, I will not; but afterward be repeuced and went, | Abo ve came ‘o the second, and said likewise. | Abd be answered anu satu, I] yo Q Went Dot, in opewiog Mr. Beesver said that some people thougut it was a mimister’a duty to preach doc- trival sermons; but such was not the minister's duty. in all the words of Christ notuing of a doctrinal character cau be fuund. He used the pictoria: style, so that those whv wisbed to un- Gerstand could uaderstand, and those wao were captious could satisfy tueir carpiug matures by criticising the picture instead o1 learning its lea sou. With these few introductory words Mr. Beecher ook hoid of the text couciuding the story with the inquiry of the Gospel:—" Which of Loe two did the jacner’s Wilr’? ibe consideration Of Unis ques- tion brought the preacuer to the domatn of bis proposec talk, Which Was to be on “ihe unfaithful emotions o: men’s hearts’? Emotions were con- sidered in their origia ana effect, Mr. Beecuer de- Mmvilstlog some pet ideas of the orthodox order. For instauce, in speaking Of anger as an emotion, he sald that ue Who could not get upgry was no mau ata, He Was like @ lobster or an oyster Without a shell, aua was forever being devoured. “Imagine @ man,” said he, “who compiacentiy sees Gu OUlrage, and thea sits down to decide whether it Was rigut of Wrong, reasoulng*sume- thing after this style, ‘that boy was only four ject nigh; that mao was six feet bigh. Tne boy was Tignt aud the vig fellow was wroug. 1 think it , Was real mean of tig big fellow to kick tae litte oue into the ditch.’ Tuose who do every- thing according to calculation jack @ bumun attrivate, coutinued the preacher, The GREAT FALLS OF NIAGARA but touauer down their wealth of Water ih Diluu OvVeMENce to Lue 14*8 Of gravitae Hou, abd, Wi oA Covet gruueur, \Dey are wut Lo be Cowpared tu (ue Wos W.serabie worial WOO gazes in wonder. The iaiter ous tue power to Jee. Ce IDHuiLe WM pUises OF emoLiuR, Lhe Counties BUg.estivUs Of ue soul, To ObEY OF resect LneU as he Wills; fe 088 (Be faculty oO: ine! taueity,u - May 80 Cail 1. Phat is, he can receive tue I~ purse aNd ACé OW It (he Same Inytant Some peomne Teac (Hat 118 UAW Se (O uct OW IMpurse; DUL eX- perience teucnes that nine times oa teu it yuid Have Leen better tv Have OVEyeu tue tm- pulce Wah te Second suver Thougds, as It is called, The remodeling oO Lupuire Is Very Ganger- ous, A young lady goes to cauren sad bewis a talk OF sermou Of VanlIy; She ix adected, Hod 1 1S Ler WopUise [0 pul IC asiue jorever, Sue Bven LOWE iO Las ded, Vaniiy, the despot 1a er heart, POu-crowbed wad IFOM-sKOd, aves DOS feur, DUS laughs ae (he Hew impulse OF tHe lady. in vie cveuiug the old templauons come aqui aud ner Youll, leads her to serm tual Waica Bue Wut Next morniag she receile (he past day, asks versell “Woal Was Coat sermon about that I hoard yesterday’ iremewoer it allected me se, Un, yes, it Was On Vanily. 4 lmpumvely deciued to reiorm, but on-cuvi reflection I dual tuimk L wil.” “4 go, Sif; aud he Went ovt.’” THE PROUD M The man who feeis (vay wien God made bim He Tested—-ve Wo Wien reading, “Woere were thou When Gou wade tie Would? iB tne Book of Joo, Weutaliy answers, “Jase vebind you,” bas the same experie as the lady jast menuoned. lig Te G.Ves LO Uivest cimsell Of some Of LHe HtLTLbOLEs he has ussuwed, but oh cvol reseclion be LUInks “there Was a dedi of truth In the sermon, but not enough to mena ine.’ 1 recouee Le whlne BISIppi having been aske vea Suoday murbiug taix to tue passeng My iheme Was disiuleres.eaness, Lampliied it aud dweit on (ne beauties of seif-sacrifice lor toe com- Jort 6) O\hers, Some shed & ft af at the gumypse tuey gol O. & biguer Lue, and Houle Emotous Lied ther SUS. Sudueuly L Was admouisnes, from signs Wiiwout, tiat "Me Giuuer was reudy, aud I arew wo & Close wbd — coucitued the services With a byton. she hymna was naroly over velore Lie people began tO rush pell meli Into the dining Foor, every one strivius tor tug bes No Woru Was spoxe er. one tovk everyiuing He could vet, bever thiaking of nie heiovor, Wen tue (east had disap eared they sand Said vue to tue other, mornin Wopped LneIr 10 “Liat was at en sermon we nad tis ey div o8: jonow (he ‘suchings oF the sermon, but it gave tiem a gumpse OF a better lite, aud wao Will say that itdia nol do them good, Like mariuer WHO Was Sloth tOsseu jor & long e, on througn aciett In tne clouds, ae #00 & BUinpse OF Lie sun, HOG he Made an Observa- fiun, When suddealy (ue SKY Was OVerCasL again, it Would Haye been better nad tue storm cleared | burwsel aw Dns still tb br — the sun was of THE EXTERNAL INFLUENCE Which was becessary to produce emotion in some people Mr. Beecher nade use of a figure, likening some pe ple to the organ, others to the Aollan barp. fhe music of some souls could only bi awakened like the note of an organ, vy external infuence ; watle otvers, when no Visiiie agent Was hear, gave jortn most delicious Narmony, ‘the pastor had Known men to atteod @ public meeting aud while under the speaker's influence to say, “Lhe cause 18 @ good one and I'll eubsertbe $5,000." On (he way home ‘te maa would meet Iriend Jones or Swith and say, “Jones, the ob- Ject 18 @ good one und 1 intend to give $2,100 10 1.” When discussing the matter ac tome he Spoke something like this ‘I ike the idea, and Alu going to give $500.” When be came to suo- scribe Le paid $250, and nothing but the grace 01 God held Bim to tue point, In SUMMING UP Mr. Beecner became very warm. He spoke of the danger of allowing evol, sover, second thougnt to iuteriefe With any noble or ispiring iuipuise. He said it should be acted upon as #von as Col ceived, and ninety-nine times 10 & Lundred the Satisiaction of acting on the impuise is greater thaD uciing On the second though’. O! course there are impulses Wnica should be submitieda to a@ Second thougal, but they were not those en- nobling ones Which taugnt men of a bewer le and made them long to live It. Blessed 18 tue man who “IT will not,’ but Who on secoud thought sa; ‘I will.?? Amen to the man who 8 “I go, sir,” and goes not, ST. BERNARD'S CHURCH. DEDICATION OF THE NEW EDIFICE—SERMON BY BISHOP M’QUAID—ADDRESS BY CARDINAL M'CLOSKEEY. Over 2,000 persons, of both sexes, among whom were many of our most prominent citizens of the Protestant as wellas the Roman Catholic faith, were assembled yesterday morning in the Dew church of St. Bernard, im West Fourteenth street, to witness the solemn dedicutory veremouies which were to be periormed by His Eminence Ca dinal McCloskey, assisiea vy Bishop McQuaid, of Roc.ester, aud about forty clergymen of tue dlo- cesy, Who bad been inviled to attend by the zeal ous and indefatigable young pastor, Rev. Gabriel Healy. ‘The ceremonial was one of tue most Impos- ing of its kind ever secn in New York, special attention having been pald to the decoration of the chaste and beautilul altar, which probably has not its equal in any other Roman Catholic church in New York. ‘The throne prepared for His Emivence the vardi- nal was of scarlet velvet, trimmed with gold fringe and orbamented with a gilded cross, A handsome prie-dieu was placed in front of the Cardinai’s turone, at wnich he knelt when the service called for it, At the leit side of the altar there was snotier prie-dieu placed for Bishop McQuaid, ine main altar was also bung with tue Cardinal's color, a8 Well as the altars of the Blessed Virgin | and bt. Bernard, Ata little before eleven o’clock His Eminence, attired in the robes of an arch- bishop and wearing his mitre on his nead aud -carrying nis crozier in hand, @ppeared io the sanctuary, followed by Bishop McQuaid in full canonicals, and a long train of white | Surpliced priests and acolytes bearing high | tapers. Behina them came the cross-bearers, | with a large pumber of altar boys, six of whom were in purple, 6.x in waite merino, wearing red | slik sashes and red morocco shoes, and others having biack cassocks, over witch were white surplices, 1D addition to the boys im the usual red | and wore costumes, The picture jormed by tuis tastefu: combigauion of culors, together with the varied rays of gold, crimson, purple and rose color from the stained giass Wiudows on either bide of the sacred editice Was very vewuliiu. Tue Cardinal, together with the Bishop and clergy, pussed duwn tue main uisie of the church, asper> ing tue edifice and peuple, who | azea on the lace | oj the veuerabie prelate witt revereuce and love, © At the purcn Of the church the aspergiug was continued, His kinivence and the clergy imtoning the — service as they | passed into tue vuilding and all around the wails. | ‘Then the cergy jormea ranks around the sunciu- | ary aud chanted tne “Litany oi the Saints,’* aod ulier the dedicatory ceremonies had been tlatsued Cardinal McCloskey rewired ju'o tue Vestry, and, doting ais archiepiscopal robes, soon alier ap- peared lu tue scarlet verrelia ana gown oO. the priuces of the Caurca, Taen folwweu the celebr tion of the solemn nigh mass, which iad for its cele- brant Kev. Facner James H. \:cGean, of franstigu- | raion cuurca, an vid scnooielow of Father Healy, wita Key. John J. Riordan as deacon, apd | Rev. Father Mequrk, o: New Brighton, s. L, ae sub-deacon, Rev. Father Keuraey, o1 the Uatue- | dral, acied as master of ceremonies, aud Vicar General Quinn assisted the Cardinal, situng at the Carainul’s right hand, next the throne, while Father Pariey sat at nis leit band, Amoux the clergy Who were preseut were Fatuers Mudson, 8. J.; Thiry,s. J.; Clowry, Bove, 0. R. » Moriarty, Oo! Chavoatn Four Corvers; La kin, McDowell; Keardon, of brookiyu; Joyce, Poole, O'Farrell; Merrick, S. J., Boyce and Mc- Cready, Logetuer Witu a large OUMber of othe 8 equally Well Kaowo. ‘wo dis.ers of Charity oc- Cupled seats In iront oF tue altar. BISHOP M’QUALD’s SERMON, The Bishop ascended tue steps of the altar and | sald that there Was uo text verter fitted for the occasion than that which couid be found in the Scene be.ore them and 1's surroundings, which were present tu every eye. In Lois nineteenvo century, Wiican 80 dearly loves its money, tue peo- ple of tits parisa have Duilta large, solemo and beaulius edifice; aud ye! it is weil Known that they are not burdeneo with the “orid’s goods, but jrom their scanty means they gathered woat they Could to do tis Loly work. in this city of woe New World (nis cnurch, a nobie monument, has been placed by a people irom o her iands 16 tue hooor and glory of Almicuty God and uuder tue invocation of august and glorious St, Bernard. Tue tweiltn century, in Woica St. Bernara Qourished, was in many re- spects u proof ol tie iuct thit mstory repeated itsell, a¥ it has done in tue piveteenth centary. ‘Ther , of Course, much that 18 dissimuar in these two centuries, and these dissuni- Jariues afford food for reflection. in the twelfth ¢entury there was, as there is to-day in tue nineteenth cenury, a great coufict between the spiritua: and temporal vowers, between tie Chu and the emperors. mtne century m woich dt Bernard existed tn German emperors, haughty aud }roud, were made bold by success, furgetung tnat wuen oO: tue power ano success uad been gained oy them vorough the Churcn under tue favor of Corist Him- sel. but toere Was one WhO cared BOL jor the power ol toe Brgperor and nis Dame Was iope Gregory VIL Tohim the rigats of ihe people whom he protected and the lawsof God were above ail emperors and princes Gi this world. Tne speaker said tha! he did por pr: € Ww go over the strug- gies Letween the Churca und tbe German eim- perors in teis age, as it Was weikoowo. The power of toe Church may sometimes seem to be erased oF about to pass aWay; but-Loat 18 an impossibuity, as it derives its power from God aloue. St. Bernard lad ioagnt for the rights of the people, wou were downlrodden, crushed and tyraunized over by Lhe powers woo had attempted toueprive the peopie of the rgacs born with \nem, The strugwie between kings and Pooud grew out of the knowledge ‘hat (he latter ossessed of wie rights of subjects. St jernard) §=came in tits age «jong alter Chariemagne hid estabdlisiued schools and semi- Daries of learning Wo Cu Mud serve to partiaily eradica e barvarism froin Western Kurope. hen came tue desire for jeuruinu, and tue vid authors were ead and searched with Keenness, Specula- tion arose, wid theuries Were staried Of & piil- osophicai nature. ine porseoous dagger of heresy was pointed at (he oeart of Goa’s Couren, and monks and priests sometimes urew this aagger ayainst the mother Which nursed them. Waen the mouk forgot = sprayer, =is = meditation —_ and his iy teacuings, then be became a heretic. It was thas with Abelard, full o1 elwquence and jeurning, who died a miserabie death. Contrast Abelard witu St Berbard, @ covemporary of ¢ who was equaily | eioquent, Out Whose devotion and piety coud aot be surpassed, His Voice cua stil be heard tingiog throws out the Cuure es o: Western Burupe de- nouncing the Leretical errors 0: a o1scipie of Ave- aruold, Of Brescia. velard fi prided imeaelf ou is daring iv specuacve thought, and culations ourried Him on to bhel: practical consequence, Arnoid, of Brescia, the Orecder of dis-eusions, Vide VISOO)s ud priests Lhiow of tor, Chat aad ohe Other thing. He tells them woat the apostles Were aod what they, the priests aud oI ps, Should be, avd Arnula, of Brescia, con. tiaues i Sais strain and gives his conception of tue Gospel. His plan Was to throw off vishops, ponutits and ail, ibe speaker then continued in the same strain and waue furter compurison, showing that (he crusades Of the tweilti cenvury were the vutcome o! au imtense and that m the nineteenth ceptury (here Way anotiercruade. In this cru- sade Were engaged a novle people, who came ou @ smali island m we Atiuntic, a6 tue western extremity of Europe. ‘This people, tuving been wWworred 48 @ dation almust to deata by uoceasing and brutal perseca- two, Dad souget oeimes im the New World, | With them they brought the cross, whieh the | planted everywhere, aon arounu these crosses urew, 1b space Of time, beanrifal vemjres of tveir | faith, There Was ies; mouvy ia st. Bernara’s | ume, but more fan, due redeious munu. Meats avd basiteas vnalit ju Choe days cannot be repeated, ihe peomie were jwore (ried ia that duy tien they are in vurs, History repeuis itseile ‘Lo day as (Hen there is 4 Daugnty Emperor of Ger- mauyriving on to fis ruo OO oe side, and on tue other he Gaurea of God with the mulioas of peopie benind her, who are learatag wl Wet i they bave rignts. He wno sits oa | the throne Of Germany, how of ovediencs tO his autnority is due to the loyaity of the At jast tue days coming aud pew forces are gather: Chures and to the doctrines of jaw and oraer! ing aroun 1 Euro, oy the people. The right reverend speaker theo closed in @ beautiful exordium, calling upon the pet to humble thems-lves snd purily thelr earts before the shrine of the great St. Bernard. CARDINAL M'OLOSKEY'S ADDRESS. His Euinence ascended the altar steps and tated briefly that he hastened to assure his hear ers that, oWing to the length of the services and the lateness of the hour, he ventured to addresa them with hesitetion and ditiivence. Sil} be could not allow the ceremonies to close without sayiuz @ few words, acquitt ug himseif, however briefly, of nis duty to the Dastor and peo ple of St. Bernard’s parish, It was titting wat from his lps, as Arenbisnop of New York, snouid give his sincerest and warmest congratu- lntions to the pastor and people, after what may be called the crowuing of (hat great work whico bau progressed so zealously for the past jew years, They were gathered ner in & Magnificent temple, kneeling r an aitar consecrated to the worship and honor of Almighty God. It 18 @ Monument of plety and love, ana will rematn a wonument for your children and children’s children, Jesus Christ ae Himselt came down to-day to this altar to spread His divine love over you all. Much of the success ot this grand undertaking 1s due to the Zeal, piety, and energy of your beloved pastor, Who nat tolled night ana day to complete the work. To-day he sees in some sense his reward. You have all labored with iim, and whatever you have given you have given with whole bearts, and will find your reward bereafter. But tp fip- ishing this temple to Almignty God all is not yet done, great as your sacrifices have been, ‘there’ is much “yet to be done, You have butit a temple jor the present as it exista, put during the next ten years, crowded as it is to-day, tere will be still larger crowds within its walls. Remember that it cannot be called God’s church il left 1m debt or in the power of men to sell over your heads. Continue (0 assist your pastor as you have done and {et (his noble temple be cleared of all possivie encumbrances. [ wish you ali tne blessing of ti Almighty God present in this church to-day, and ask you to remember that hereafter, in another temple not built by haman hanus, we may, if our lives are pure and our paths in the way of God, meet togetuer in that temple which 18 above, The Cardinal, at the close of tne services, granted the cobgregation the apostolic benedio ton. THE MUSIC. The musical programme of the dedicatory sere vices was arranged and carried out in @ MOSI are tistic manner by Professor Albert Ko: The cnimes were rendered by forty-live members of the Philharmonic Society and (be instrumen ai portion of the programme Was {furnished by a band thirty musiciags in addition to (he organ, The solos were sung by Mme. Cnomé, soprano, and Leopold Meyer, baritone; Mrs, Unger, alio; Herr Tangenbacn, tenor, and Herr Keck, basso, In the evening Vespers Were sung at hali-past sevem O’cioes, Subsequent to which alecture was de livered by the Rey. Dr. Brana. ST. STEPHEN'S OHURCH. FATHER M'CREADY ON THE INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST. ‘ There was a goodly attendance of the faitnful yesterday morning at the high mass in St Stephen’s church, which was celeorated by tha Rev. Father Byron. The music of the mass was Minon’s No. 4, a beautiful work, whicn was well executed by the choir. The solos were renaered in fine style vy Mme. Brignoli, Mile. Munier, Mr, Romeyn and Signor Buongivorne. Mr, Danfortn presided at the organ with ats usual avilliy, After the singiag of toe “Vent Creator” the Rev. Father McUready ascended the pulpit and preached an instructive sermon on the promises ol Christ and their iudilment, as exemplified in the sacr ment of the mucharis He took as bis text the parabie of sie greac supper—Luke, Xly., 1, 2i—iu Which 18 explained bee rejection ot the Jews aud the admission of the Gentiles to the spel, and adauced the different proo's trom ripture Which go to estavish the Cathole doc- trine o1 tue real presence, ‘The sermon, altaough dogmatic, Was lisieved to throughowy with che greatest attention, aud seemed to impress the large audience very 1avorabiy. CHURCH OF THE HEAVENLY REST. SELF-INDULGENCE AND SELF-SACRIFICE, In the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifta ave- nue, near Forty-fifth street, the Rey, Dr. Howland, rector, preached an eloquent and able sermon on the weil known paranle of Dives anu Lazarus, In the cuurse of Wis sermon the preacner said that the Gospel alludes two two widely distinct classes of men, the,very rich and the exiremely poor. The parable spoken of tn the text makes mention of these men as they are im this world and carries them to the next where an alarming contrast is made be tween their conditions beyond the grave. In thts world the rich man nas his day, The lux uries, pleasures and enjoyments of litle are his, but the poor maa is tne foutoail of misiortune, tne creature of unhappy circumstances and the vio tim of a crue! tate while sojourning on earth ‘The rich mau of the Go pel may nave had a name well known in his day, a geneaiozical record sculptured in full on his sumptuous tomo, rich im arworial bearings referrang io a remote period. But why was the rich man coudewned? It could not have been BECAUSE HE WAS WEALTIY, for Abraham himself bad a large share of the good things in this lie. The text teaches us that there is great danger in the possession of riches, and ig the poisonous influences of overgrown Juxury, Christ sald that it ts easier for a camel to past through the eye of a needie thin for a rica maa te enter mo the Kingdom of God. But this siuile has reference to the potsonous, corruptint india ence of Wealth. Lp the text, the first scene repre sents a banquett.ng null; the second takes ut down to the depins 0 Lue bottom/ess pit into Rell, where we are tula taat Dives appealed to Fatner Abragam tarougn tie mediauou of Lazarus. Abraiam also wad heen a Wealthy man woe on earth, and tas'ed much of the guod of life. We are not teld that Was giu(tonous, a drunkard, that be blas- phemed Gua’s nuly name, Was a iwurderer, od- lained modey by ru very OF Kept Dack the luvor: er’s wages. He may have sai, | came bh pestiy by my possessivas, L worked tard und the Lord has biessed the favor of my banis. He way oe become dissusied with toe el\duiness of the pour; perhaps le suvacribed to charities og Thought that the city of bis cay ought to lave ate attended to tue needs of he-e ig Weot. It may have been His idea that the poor sioula ve pur to work aud maintain themseves. Wuatever may have been the opision of Dives he gag a right to it. If be were alive now amoung us 118 position in Society would ve @ good one, He commits no offence against proe priety of morality, His memory would be treated win reverence ani tis nauwe Handed down to la ture, generations asa shang exXumyle Of those civic Virtues Which Oagkt to adora MODERN SOCIAL MAGNATES. The rich tun died and was buried, vot throw! into @ diich like some forgotiea dog; but there 1a no ace unt of Luzarus having deer buried, He may pave found a@ resting piace im some potter's field. The rich man provaby was @ cheerful, good natured fellow, wao amo bis iriends spent money “like @ gentieman.” But at the day of dis deuth to what-dismal regions did is soul douotful fight? [sit with God? Has it goae ta the rest of the Diessed? Ask again What slam ut on bis heart, He bas Veen & man ol p.eusure, not a follower of Jesus, Hess a seif-induimer whe seeks noi God. Dives has do redeeming qualities like David, Who overthrew (oe enemies 01 God, OF Sulomun, Wao erecied w stupend us temp.e to the Lord's holy name. He nas untitved himeeif forthe jeps so! Heaveu DY Motlog im eXcesses onearth, were alone tue fich Man could fd pleasure, Obrist Meabs simmy to couvey by ‘his parabla wing it that set indulger in the «saxuries of lit though unaccompanied by otuer species o WickedDess, 19 Of Lsell sinfal aud destructive of our cliances 0} neaven, We need not give ine Dame 0: 4UY MOdern rich Mau Where Win 10 Las trate (ie text. Baca one can fil the blank with the character of some wan among ula ucquaine wnoces Whoever PUT GOD AWAY for the sake of weaith and eurtnly enjoyments, ‘dhe cry of such & One irom the nether iegiona, further and jurther down, saying, “Lam tormented because | rejected God! must ever be a irignt ful vision to (he imaginative mind, eu u Onriat here uses strong lanutage in (the parable, yeu tag truth 1s evident that sei-indulgeuce 1s s@l-imur der, Ths is the i¢sson whieh Christ teaches: us. Undoubtediy moral piston io = the = soul =—sworks «= dessruction =—t¢ toe moral entity wit toe same certainty that material poison desrroys the paysical entity, Moral poison tn te heart works desiraciion to tae soul. Un, delusive suare of sinful imduigencet Od, deathiy Shadow of @ jatal banquet OF seli-de- struction partakes o.! Oh, W.eccued companions of reveiry, how have Isinned! Tous even now ie the soui of Dives crytug ous Inutier despair ior the (rans¢ essious o: a sin ul life, Let os, my brethren, wake sure thal we lollow not toe Wicked example of Dives, Letus pat away our iove jor the iaxuries and pleasures of tals lie, but ea- deavor wy lay Up treasures in heaven. Let us de. vote life not wu seli-indulgeuce, ous to seifsacri- fice. PIGEON SHOUTING. Thore will be a grand sweepstake shooting maton at Deerioot Park to-day, commencing at eleven o’clucs A.M. The shooting wilt be ali the more interesting and exciting irom the fact tha) 600 wild pigeons Mave been envaget, One of the features of the day's sport will be tne attempt o Capiam A. He Bogardus fo Kill corel. -eugat Wild biras out of tity irom two yround traps placed forey yards apart, the Captain to stan ob a Line uildway vetWoen the two tru matenh Will tage piace at thre chr MM. Th Will be the last opportunity of witueseing the re markable skili of Captato Bo.uraus with the gum before lis departure jor Kurows The exbwied