The New York Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1875, Page 8

“SUMMER SERMONS. Phebe A. Hanaford on the Operation of Divine Grace. THE GLADDENING RIVER. ticui The Infinite Beauty of the Creation. SERVE YOUR RULERS. Dr. Booth on the Blessings of True Faith. SABBATH WORK AT SEA CLIFF THE FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, JERSEY CITY. @EEMON BY THE LADY PASTOR, THE REV. PHEBE A. HANAFORD—THE OPERATION OF DIVIND GRACE UPON THE HUMAN HEART, The First Universalist church, in Jersey City, Is @ neat little structure that stands on an emimence near the library building, about a Mile anda half from the ferry, Wkat makes it rather a novelty in the way of churches is that the pastor is a lady, the Rev. Phebe A, Hanaford, who was formerly pastor of the First Universalist church in New Haven, Conn. She is apparently about forty years of age, 19 a fluent speaker, and is said to be a thorough hard worker in the cause ofreligion, Yesterday was a sort of gala day for the memvers of the church, as the vacation sermon was preachea, and it was aao- Rounced that the church would be closed until the summer was over. The congregation ‘Was ratner small, however, as @ majority of the | regular attendants had already gone to the coun- try. Still those who were present had apparently Getermined to give the church a boitday appear- ance, for on either side the speaker’s desk there stood a huge urn filled with SWEBT SMELLING FLOWERS, While on a table just in front and below the platform, was placed @ large mound of flowers artistically arranged, Tne services were opened by the pastor in an @arnest prayer, after which she took for her text Mark, v., 19~"‘Go home to thy iriends, and tell them how great things the Lord hata done for theo, and hath had compassion on thee.” These words, she sald, were spoken by the - Saviour to the maniac to whom He had restored bis reason. There may be some who sneer at the performance of such a miracle, but she and those Who thought avout it as she did were not of that company. The days of such miracles may passed by, but the great miracie of grace is still porformed 1m many a heart, It was regenerating the world. Slowly but surely God’s kingdom | comes, and at last it shall be true that none shall | have occasion to say unto his neignbor, “Kaoow thou the Lord,”’ for ali shall know lim jrom the Jeast unto the greatest. The text sue had selected suggested TWO PROMINENT IDEAS. We were reminded by it of tre quality of the * ehango wrought In the numan soul by divine grace and of the quantity that still remained to be | done, and the solemn question of persomal duty comes a8 to what one stall individually do in regard to both, The Universalists, she contended, believe that there 18 such & mighty Moral agency at work 1p tuis sin- | ful yet beautiful world ag divine grace, and that It changes tne human heart, net by some gsuptie alchemy, but by the shining of its owa great lignt, the shining of its own mighty love, so that the Reart which was distrustful and rebellious toward God becomes as trustful as 4 little culid, a& obedl- ent as those alone can be who work from love, Bot fear. The Universalists believed that divine race does change the heart, and that 1t13 God’s urpose to goon redeeming souls by ite power ill all the World shali be saved; po mund@ could Measure the greatness of the change which grace will Gnaliy work on every soul, Only the great heart of the Deity could bave devised the ‘Wondrous plan, and having devised it His al- mighty wisdom and power are pledged to carry 00 the glorious work to A TRIUMPHAL ISsUB, Great as was the change wrougit in the maniac it Was not greater than she change many atime | wrought in those who bad been pursuing path- Ways of evil and by the grace of our God are brought to consider their ways and give them- selves unto wisdom and tura their feet unto paths of pleasantness. A soul changed irom the darkness of #10 js aiso by the truta as it really Is in Jesus changed from toe narrowness of a \ue- ology Which dooms @ portion of the race to ETERNAL ABSENCE FROM HBAVEN, or doubts whether divine grace is powerful ough to lead ail to choose life and salvauon into jat broad and liberal faith which sees a loving father working through ail the + for one great end, the ingatuering of souls, till, “in tae dispen- gation of the julness of times,” ail shall be mad followers of Jesus and the children of God by adoption and grace, and s0 the world li be redeewed and Corisv’s mission of @ and power accomplished in the ssivation of the whole race of Adam, The speaker referred to the Vagation the church wae to ha She said every one should seriousiy consider how @ Vacation should be spent, so as to be able to say when it is over, ‘1 have Jone something to make Buman hearts happier and help God’s cnildren to draw nearer to their very best iriend.” A person shouid carry his religion with him wherever bi goes, and going with this intention of scattena: abroad ‘ue truth and winning souls to God, one would find that ail nature wouid be beaatiful 1a pcg The speaker closed by expressing the 0) belore the congregation would again meet in tne churca would be so spent that all would retarn With renewed devotion to the truth, with deeper love for each other and with larger charity for ail mankind. SCOTCH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. THE WOBES OF GOD-SERMON BY THE BRY, MB. PAYSON. The Rev. Mr. Payson preached yesterday at the #cotch Presbyterian church in the absem Fegular pastor. He took bis text from the lodth Psalm, twenty-fourth verseo—"O Lord, how man- Mola are thy works?’ He said:—It is surely a most Christian exercise to study the works as Wellas the words of the Almighty. We should Jook im Scripture at the descriptions of the beauty | of God’s manifold works, Onrist drew some of His most beautifal illwstrations from tae natural ob- Jeeta which His Father had created. He dwells on asingie fower and draws from it one of tae most delightiul arguments of the confidence we should have in God. The Psalmist goes further. He is filled with the magnificence of the divine presence, and shrinks in his own insigcificance jrom the beauty amd power of God. “When I eonsider the heavens, what is man?’ he exciaims, Twish to cali your attention this morning to the Infinite beauty of GOD's CRPATION, Letus consider the variegatea magnificence which the sky presents. At a thousand different times it presents athousand different aspects, At one time @ rainbow at ther the aurora boreal hapes itself in the North in fantastic coruscations, At one time dappled with clouds, at another time with those of a darker hue; then traversed with the forked lightning; at another time the moou peacetuily @ending her brightness to the earth, Here the comet draws its numerous constellations, here shines one star alone in its glory, there two or three. At tnis point the reverend gentieman ‘Went into a practical treatiae on astronony. He then went on:—What a God he must be who can Jorm suck worlds, but whose mind can create such | wondrous varieties. But we need not climb so high, Imevery portion of the giobe there isa constant aud e rnal change of appearance, Mountains, spacious plains, roaring cataracts, oceans, ulfs, isthmuses, peoiusuias, eadianda, bays, traitse—go Where you wil, it is one infinite variety. Bach bas its own pec jeaty. Go the world through, mount | ever: y' and you will never fin exactly alike, Go into some rt, and you may travel NOOK, @: every pa Phe Mage of the World to find something like liverged % Creator Is never at cl reverend gentieman here imto to: raph poy, aod then turned Seto the a mar ‘, ie Bald {t dontained Roowa io patucousia oud that toe brief interval which would elapse | of the | Uluminates the heaven, | aia which Were Wore probably NEW YORK HEKALD, MUNDAY, JULY 26, 1875—WITH SUrYLEMENT, — oo,660 more unknown, a differ m cvior, | sidered is the draw! of all men to Christ. All size and Think bow they vary in size, | things aust bo eeeaeted in one, as St, Paul tells from the mite, the elephant and the Whale. Im | us. God Is deciared to be 4) external form and internal organization every ani- HEAD OVER ALL THINGS mal 18 a distinct system, different trom buman, celestial and infernal, Christ came to else. cannot it be filled with re’ fulfli this glorious prediction, to draw us all to at this wonderful y; y. Here the reverend | Himself. Evidently in this world the name of the | gen eut info a short dissertation on | great Jehovah is mercy, not goodness; & God | Batural history, immediately after, turning to | merciful to save and recreave a recreant race | borany, He said of plants there were 60,000 d ferent species in various <parts of the world, and that one great scientist held that every square inch of ground had some particwar plant peculiar to tigelfand different from all others in size, color, odor, &c, From the microscopic mushroom to the giant tree of California and the spreading banyan there was A VARIBTY IN ALL, The preacher then turned to geology and re- Marked tbat man, with all bis knowledge, had Beret euetrated the six-thousandth part of the ainete? Of the earth, We cannot investi- gate the works of the Creator, they are too wonderimi and too great. To appreciate it let us look at some single object, Consider for one moment that wan has forty-six muscles, which must all be the proper size, the proper shape and in certain positions, Wnen we consider twat to these are attached arteries, nerves aud sinews we have 4,407 different ideas in the muscalar sys- tem. We possess 245 bones, which, wita their require 9,800 different conceptions, the earth we Dave @ grand total of 4,200,000,000 ideas and conceptions in the animal kingdom, Have we ever began to conceive of Him who is infinite wisdom, ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL. At St Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday morning the high mass was celebrated by the Rey. Father Kearney, After the firat gospel the Key, Father McCabe, one of the recently ordained priests, preached a short sermon on the gospel of the day, Ne exhorted the congregation to practise the virtue of humility, without whiok it would be dil- ficult to aivance in perfection. It was pride that caused the angels to jail, aud the same sin was a terrivle weight upon man, for in it was concen- trated the seed from whieh, almost of necessity, many other grievous faults must spring. Our” first parents, Adam and _ Eye, fell on of pride. Tney bad every- Uhing that could be desired to delight them in tue garden of Eden, but the serpent eat of the forbiduen fruit, tuey yielded to the temptation and Inearred the wrath of God. It Was evident from these puolsbments whicd Goa inflicted how grievous was tue sin of pride, and in Proportien to the malice of that sia was the eauty of the virtue of humutity in the sight of tne Almighty, Frow this virtue would imperceptibly come to the seul many other virtues and blessings. | In conclusion, the preacher encouraged the audl | ence to pray to the Blessed Virgin jor ner inter- | Sasa in every effort to become humble in spirit ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH. ORDINATION OF DEACON W. H. MORRIS—SER- MON BY RIGHT REY. BISHOP POTTER. St. Philip’s church (colored) was well attended witness the ceremony of ordination of Deacon W. H. Morris, Bishop Potter oficiated and took bis text from St, Matthew, Ix., 18—“While he spake these things unto them, behold there came @ certain ruler.” The reverend gentleman spoke at some length upon the obedience that ail men should pay to their superiors. 1t was in pri- yatd life as with governments, we al! had some one whom we were bound to ovey. ‘The child had to obey fts parents, the subject had to obey his king, the deacon had to obey his bishop and we all had to obey God. It was the law of the uni- verse and tne Lord had enjoined upon all men to while He talked to Joha’s disciples came in obe- dience to Christ, for the Saviour had asked that | Pa wen who were heavy laden should come unto im the Chureh was a necessity; it prevouted gual rele and dissensions, and toese thiags should self, bhp in all things, to live a go¢ly life, and keep | his character so pure that net even the finger of malice could point toa blot in it. He was glad | to preside at the ceremony of making this new deaconship, for he thought it w needed; inthe words of the Saviour, “The harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few.” Mr. Morris, the new dencon, was then calied up and knelt reverentiy | before the Bishop. He is a young man, just from college, intelligent in expression, mild and gen- | tlemanly ip deportment, Alter a short prayer the beautiful ordination service of the Epis. copal Church wag recited by the Bishop and responded ‘to by the canatdate, tne choir and congregation singing “We beseeci Thee, O Lord?’ et the ending of each re- | sponse. At the end of the ceremony the | newly made deacon read a short chapter from the | Bible, and then followed with a most eloquent | prayer to God on high for strength t» fill the duties he had just taken upon himself’, and that | they should be 50 accounted for as to be bene- | ficial to those under him and be rendered in all honor to the Lord, Mr. Atwood, the minister of | the church, then made a short address, and ex- | horted the new made deacon to use his best | efforts to promote tae spread of religion, to pre- | vent dissension to bis fock and to do all that he did in the name of that Savicur who shed His blood to give us life etermal, A number of the white clergy were present, apd, with one or two exceptions, kindly words of good advice were given .o Mr. Morris, and he received them ina | quiet and sober manner that lefs bo doubt in the mind of the bebolder that he had entered upon his bigh mission with @ firm faith in Christ and a | strong determination to do His holy will, | | aha a COLLEGIATE CHURCH. DBAWING OF ALL MEN TO CHRIST—SERMON BY | ' THE REV. DR. ORMISTON. | For this season of the year the attendance at | | the Collegiate church, corner Twenty-pinth street and Fiftn avenue. yesterday morning was un- usually large. Rev. Dr. Ormaston occupiea the pulpit and announced as his text St, Jobn, Xil., 82—“And I, if I be lifted ap from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” | Jesus, he said, had spent the last sabbath of His | | earthly pilgrimage at Bethlebem, among His | | friends, At tue close of the day He accepted an | invitation to a feast given in His honor, At this feast Mary anointed His feet with that precious ointment which she had been keeping for His | burial, On the following morning Jesus, with His | disciples, started Jor the city, at Orst onfoot. He told them to fad a young ass for Him to ride | j on imto the city, They brougnt one, seated Him upen it, and a procession was formed—vast and royal, He looked upon the city whicn they | were approaching, overwhelmed by the sense of a | terrible sorrow, which ended in a flood of tender compassion. A number of Greeks expressed a de- | sire to Philip to eee Jesus, When the disciples announced this request to Jesus He yielded, prob- | | ably because He never refused to sce anyvody, and it was thie that suggested the words of the text. The time nad now come when He should | not receive the giory of the simpie mindea people alone, bot the praise of thousands. He said to them that if a grain of wheat remain alone it yields nothing, but if it be planted it prings forth | much fruit, He should suffer in order that we might live. Again He said, “Now is my soul trouoied.” This is similar to the language used py Him in Gethsemane when His soul was swept over by the remorseless billows of sorrow. The prayer | i@ DO soomer uttered than answered. ‘I'wice already belore this have tne heavens spoken, On the banks Jordan out | the heavens came the angel's voice, | | and again on the mount of transfguration was it heard. And now agaio it came in the nour of His | | crucifixion. In His labors aud life Jesus had | been glorytsing in Hin dweit the fulness of | the Godhead, He taught that the glory and wis. | dom of God shall be known in al! the earth by the Son of God, Immetiately afer the prayer He utters @ prediction that the world suall be judged, aud | ail men brought to Him, ‘Ine people understood film to refer to His own death, when He spoke ot the Son of Man being lifted up, and when He spoke ofthe hour naving come, it awakened hope io | their breasts. His death is to us the 1 MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES. of | any one to nave ours, there Would | appendages, the very elements in it which will enable you and | making in alt 14,000 various ideas in the human | meteovercome the flesh ana the devil. God system. If we multiply this by all the animalsom | knew the cailousness and indifference of the Whispered that there was one thing more, and | instead of humbly obeying God’s command pot to | yesterday by our colered Episcopal population to | obey theirrolers. The ruler who came to Jesus | | ways be prevented. In afew short seutences to | back for the moment to this world | | the candidate for deacons’ ponors, he reminded fed feel seat they are of the house: ime | him of the office he was about to take apon him- | noid. of God, and thos come before His | He strictly admonished him to ovey his su- | | in height, and commanded a grand stretch of | | View of hills and valleys, lakes and rivers and pop. | waslight,” then there were none of these specks | in New York, occupied in his office out of the rack and ruin of cur moral nature to | fashion after a grander type a being far more | grees than Adum. No one can learn of the | jeath and suffering of Carist and be unaffected | by tt. No longer shall the scheme of redemption | be confined to one nation Or to one race, but It ta for the whole world; and the Word of | God shall go forth to all corners of the | arth There can be no distinctive pecn- | larity, social. or otherwise, that should | exclude any race or any man. There must have | deen @ peculiar Magnetism about that siniess | Man to make sugu crowds follow Him, The | huugry came to Him and were fed; the plind, | and they saw; the lame, aod they leapt for joy; | and the young to receive His biessing. Christ | teaches the doctrine of another life, He says, | “Every man beileving im me shall have eternal | life,” Beall 8 man barter away the surety of a | boundless, eternal life for the indulgence of fancy | passions here Shall he save mere worldly self ana lose a living crown of glory? The croas has | human soul, and it was for this reason that He | sent Christ Lo open stubborn hearts, Itis by the | cross that all victories are won, Not only is there am argumeptin it that will satisfy us all, but the power of God is in tt to save soul. UNIVERSITY PLACE CHURCH. THE BLESSINGS OF THE TRUE FAITH—SERMON | BY REY. DR, BOOTH. The Rev. Dr. Booth, pastor of the University Place church, corner of Tenth street, preached | yesterday on the promises contained in the well | | Known text, *Ye are not the pe»ple of God, ye | | are the sons of the living God.” ‘These prom- | | ises, gald the speaker, can be applied to all | | ages and generations. In the Epistie to the Romans the text is applied in this sense. There | are two propositions in this text. Firsr, uhat they | were not the people of Gog, and second, that they were the sons of the living God. Let us examine the bearing of this great transformation, There are people of great differences, but as long as | | they do not love God they are practically the | |-same. Nothing can be clearer than that this is | the Scriptural represeotation of a vertain class of | people. They do not feel the transgression of | Vneir bodies, and if you would expel aj! the places | of worship taeir sources of enjoyment would still | be as fruittul as ever, Sucli 1# the condition of the People to whom tne text applies. YHE MERCY OF GOD. How great 1s the mercy of the Gospel, for this state of alienation was once ours, very Chris- tian, at some time of nis bfe, must remember tuat be was once In this condition woen he was indif- ferent to the beauty of Christ ana bad set his heart on the things of the earth. Then comes the reat ehange—‘‘Ye are tie sons of the living God.” | The potency of the Gospel to transtorm all men | inte sons of God is expressed in all Scriptural | writtogs, The essence of this great change ot salvationistbat it is wrought by grace, by sub- | Mission to Christ and His holy authority. The | | Members of the Church stand #s those who are | owned and accepted by God, while once they | | Were alienated and removed from His influence, | It depends orf the Individual relation of each man | with Corist whether you are a disctple of Osrist. | To have tne love of Jesusin your ueart isto be | recognized as His disciple. | THE NEW MAN, What are the evidences of this noble condition? | ‘Qi any man be in Coriss he is a new man,” &c., | and this change expresses itself in every word | | and action. A personal affection to the Lord | desus Christ ia the rullag element when one has assed into this state Of Sonsbip to Christ. With- out this that condition cannot exist, They who | are in it cling to Mis promise for salvation. Ther | may be conscious of the power of sin, and yet He is | est recesses of the heart. I nave stood by those whose inteliects bad wandered and { remember Jesus was aiways the spell wich brought | throne In peace. ‘They have also new thoughts of | the Bible, and when it points out the way of gal- | Vatlion they welcome its words and are careful not | | to reply against the Word of God. Once the sub- | ject of religion seemed to be tnvested to them | With gloom; but now it seems cheerfuland happy. | Once they*were suomissive to the precepts of the world, while now they are only submissive to His Word. They always feel and confess that they are | sinners, They have no partin the prayer or ut- terance of the Pharisee, Such are tne effects oi the | change, Here is a relationship to which no worldly honors | or glories cau ever be compared. Is this not | more than all the universe without God could be- | s.ow? They have the assurance that nothing | shall separate them jrom the love o; God, that } they are to be saved trom the wiles of the devil, | and that they are to be filicd with the fulness of | His rich and eXxhaustless love and power. itis | funds which purchased the Goa forever and forever. , SEVENTH AVENUE METHODIST EPIS- COPAL CHURCH, BROOKLYN. | MOTES IN THE CANDLE—NEED FOR SUMMER | SANCTITY—FREE-LOVERS | DENOUNCED—SER- MON BY REV. MR. PARKINSON. The services at the Seventh avenno Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, Were pretty well at- tended, The sermon was preached by Rev. W. G, | Parkinson, who tovk for his text the words found in the Gospel of St. Matthew, nfth chapter and | sixteenth verse—‘“‘Let your light so shine before | men.” He desired that the light of religion should shine as aci:y seton the mountain. The city to | which he referred was very conspicaousty located. Iv lay among the mountains and was 2,650deet ulogs cities, Such Was the situation of the city to which Christ pointed while He was preaching the Sermon on the Monnt, “A | light set on @ hill cannot be hid.” Im the! physical world there is nothing soimportant as | lignt, All our strength is derived from the san. | All that we @rink and wear ts strengthened | by tne solar rays and nurtured invo life, Well, | just as importapt as thatsun which shines with | such splendor this merning tn our physical werid | is God’s Church to the iife and strength of tbe moral world, The Church of Corist is the grana luminary, and our individual worship is simply the lighted taper. Scientists tell us that there are spots onthe sun, and that these spots have been growing year alter year and aye afver age. But this was net so when God made the sun. When He said, “Let there be light; and there on the sun. How illustrative of the Ourtstian frame is the beginning and the condition of the sun to-day, for the Lord 1s the sun of nature, When God converts the soul He makes it grand and beautiful, The converted soui speaks with a new tongue, comprehends with a new un- Gerstanding and judges with a new judg- ment. Allour senres are expanded when God speaks to our hearts; when we (eel for the first time power and the guiding light ot tion shining turough vur souls. You can s the | change in the man, Stilll don’t know but that there are many conversions in tie world nowa- Gays that we can’t believe ip. TRUE CONVERSION must be of the heart. Thereaigerm must be born | ia tne soul. Alas! how many of us who start out a our religious life without spots become dark- ened as We move om in our career, One of the things which tend to this is our personal habits, There are many things which are w be condemned | by the worldling which we by force of nabit com- | mit, The speaker would suggest that the indi | vidual weigh those hatits which are perni- | cious for hifuselfin iis cool and caim jadgment and then decide within hla own heart as to his | duty toward God, Having detected tne evil, | let Dim exert himself to overcome it. Then there is much lukewarmness even in the | Church, “We have it North said the apeaker, New York sometimes.” i day and of- their worldiy tei Is they come back to God and to | Itig connected with all events and a ®, not ten till late im the evening, Is so engrossed in bis only our spiritual live, but our life in this worid, duties that ail thoughts of God are driven out of | ‘This is the one seed Of cora which boars muco hia mind, Hence it is that God semetimes comes | jruit. Jesus did not die simply to Siow ushow to | in and | but that we might live. He was a) CUTS THE MONEY BAGS | alniess One, ging @ abaineful death, of such menand sinks the fortunes, tobeget which | He was our sabstitute. If | drove the visiqn of tue Creator irom the mind. in { | be Ro service too great for us to render bim; and Christ died that we iwight ve. The sentence of concemnation attached to us Was taken away by His act and nailed to His cross, Not ooly was it deote ior our sins, but that our sims might be takea away, In Hin we kave the forgiveness of Gli sins, With God to forgive is to forget, and so | | Ob our sing are cast BEMIND GOD'S BACK, | Jonn Bunyan says when he came and looked at the cross of Jesus the fountains of his heart were opened, aud the tears rained down his cheeks. There were different effects produced by the | words of the text. By judging the world He means tuat liviog in wickednees ts condemned. salvation, There is more saan one mijiionmaire in New York who shock of Black times of 1875, because — these cleared = away the motes from their eyes and turned their hearts to God, itis well | jor @ Mian to get rica and bvard cp bis dollars, | but mot at the cost of hisown soul, We should beware that temporal prosperity does not darken our religious lie, It would be better we should | go down to our graves as paupers than to dle un- | wanctified aud unsaved. It would be wetter, for we would be happier. Another thing to be guarded against is the painful disposition on the part particalarly of young people uot to acknowl- ‘hanked h Goa Friday and for for the the hard things | With the glory and simplicity and mere: edge God; to be ashamed to admit that they are | of Christ, a light was sent that washe members of the Church, They fear that it may gut sil that had gone pefore, id that | affoet their social standing. God pity sucti, bin 18 antagonistic to God, $9 long Bods | young aid O11, Oh, for the ‘Cnris- dwelling among us we ard not baved. ery ure | tia who have the power to say hallow: jeaire, a6 well as © ingodly act, | yea and nay, as God may ae gardioss of brands (ne soul, Satan must reatr a Ais | their immediate surrotindi amed of WSS AUUTES IGG, AQgther aueshigg jo Cod, | CUE Ab WOW be Lobiey thal tay auould em 1 | widely | Kennard, as to the precise reference the psalmist | ai) non who dwell on the face of the earth. It has | ance to our daily experience, | lonely spirit of man and the eternal, all-wise, al | beeause it waswell watered. “May this arm be taken off and this tongue beiore I should deny Christ—ere I shuuid ve me birth and gives me eter- SUMMER RELIGION. wit forget Him who nai Lie” Now, it !@ our duty and our right to serve God in the summer, said the reverend gentieman, don’t belie to backalldin, ny season Of the year waatever, I do belle {hat a man who egiects church in the summef aways Maus to reaily backslide, yet there is a kind of careless- i ness about people with regard t» religion jp big | Sommer mofths which should not be. We fee this disposition to stop away on suc morning as this, when we see the stn ris! warm aud enervating, We are upt to make up excuses. Our pastor has gone away iu the coun- | try and it’s really warm to-day, and such little things as these mi keep us jromchured, But | herve 1s the respousibility we take upon ourselves, | | In the summer, as in the Winter, death is busy | bearing us to the tomb. God's laws never | change, eliner in summer or winter, and the | open grave stares us in tne face at ali times, 1 | fud no fauit with those who seek health | and suength at the sea shore or in the | mountains; but al I desire 18 that | we carry God with us and that we keep | bone on the altar of our hearts the light of re- | ligious life, It inge that people will pitch into religious revivals so in the winter and then sto;), as though He was better for saving souls tnen | than in July and August, God is call bo then out of your midst the same as He seasons of the year, SPEAKING OF DOMESTIO DISCONTENT tho speaker said, Some men have lost their souls over & half cooked beefsteak. He urged uli | husbands to be patient, and rath Poy up with | trifling inconveniences than to be fault-fnding, | when many sacrifices were made for their hap- | piness and contentment by wife and children. If | You Want tofind out the worth of a man’s religious Status go to bis home and ask his wife, and gen- erally you Will find out. Temper is & monster. which you can discipline yourself to conquer, and | when you get 1t down trample it with your heel. UP IN A BALLOON. Before concluding, the clergyman warned the flock agalust the pernicious influence Of free love | doctrines, Jt Was @ something woich needed all | power to overcome, During tne last tweive | Months it has been much discussed, and has a | power to damn and olight the homes of our chtl- | dren unless counteracted, It has been fulminated | in Yue columns of the newspapers, | aud the power and infuence of religions | teaching must combat and drive 1t ont of society, | When one loses respect for woman he is lost to | society which he cannot but contaminate. It would have been a good thing for the world if vbe | Anthonys the Woodtulls and the Tiltons went where poor Douaidson went last week—up in a ballvon, He went up in a balloon, was caught tn agreat storm and weaot down In the centre of | Luke Mienigan, [wish it were them instead of | Professor Donaldson. Let your light shine in | every possible way in which you cab bring your influence to work for Goa’s glory. PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH. SERMON BY REV, J. SPRNCKR KENNARD—THE GLADDENING RIVER. Avery sparse congregation assembled in thi Ptigrim Baptist church; put the few wbo came had no reason to regret braving a July sun, for | the sermon was good and the church deligatiully | cool and comfortable. Mr, Kennard chose his | text (rom Psalms, Xivi., 4—‘'There is a river, the | streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, | the holy place of the tabernacles of tne most high.” There bas been some discussion, said Mr. | has in this beautizul poem. It seems most likely that it was composed in celebration of that super- natural deliverance Goa effected for Israel. It is | an anthem of triumph, @ song of gladness, and it is & Very remarkable song. It rises at times into sublimity, aad at others sinke into the Sweetest cadence; It thunders with power and | whispers witn tenderness, but the keynote al- | ways ila the same—th@ glorious Lord, Emanuel— | God with man—the defender of our liberties. At | | near, He is real, He is personal, and rues (he deep--| one time He 1s spoken of as ariver of gladness; | ANOTHER CATHOLIC CHURCH IN | again asa warrior, We will confine ourselves to i He would give them rest. Obedience iM | hose, in particular, WHO could not remember toe | the first part—'There 1s a river, the streams | name of brother, sis'er or friend; but the name of | whereof shall make glad the city of Ged.” If we refer to the geography of the Holy City, it was | lifted up on lofty hills and had no broad river | flowing at its feet, no sea near it. stream, the pooi Siloam, whose waters go soitly One hittle | on sueir Way, Was all tthad. It tseasy tocompre- | Forty-second street and Fourth avenne. hend in general what the still fowing river sym- | Bishop, Right Rey. John Loughlin, officiated, ase bolized, for the Scriptures are full of reference to % It. | parting in four heads. | from under the house, Nowing eastward,” And | tengance, In Genesis we see it going out trom Eden and “Behold, water issued out Christ said :—“If any man thirst let him come unto | “Ye are tues ons of ths living God.” | me and drink;” and at last the seer, in a vision, | the people. benoids A RIVER CLEAR AS CRYSTAL i flowing out from beneath the throne of God; and Isaiaa Say: The glorious God shall be unto us a place ol rivers and streams.” 1t is God Himsell, | it is the outfowing of His own infinite fuluess, nots some interpret tl, that the river ts the | eterval covenant of God with the ordinanoes of | Feligion and the doctrines of divine trath—these are the channels simple. It 18 through these | channels that God’s own love and grace flo’ | finds its way to our hearts, The living water 1s God's gilt of Himself, You recognize at once the | beauty of the symbol. In tke first place itisa | beautitul prospect to jook upon, Whichever way | abeliever looks with spiritual vision he secs | fome new feature of the outfowing of his Lordand | master. And, near by, flows the str of divine | promise, exceedingly rich and precious. Theso fare the streams uf divine providing. The care | and love of God 1s leading us; sometimes 1t flow: through durk and rocky gorges, but how mu oftener does is spring out Intosanny meadows. | Again, ariver igan avenge to traffic. It is a | great advantage to build near a river, hence the | | | Li-¥ great flourishing cities that have been built upon our own river shores. If these streams were dried up What changes would ocour in these cities! Kut the river that fows through the city | of God is infinitely greater in its relative import- | This 13 the only | means of communication between the uagty loving spirit of God, Down this stieam come the soul-inspiriug truths by Wiich our souls are in- | structed, Again, A RIVER SP&AKS OF FERTILITY, What jands sbow the green fields and rich | orchards? Is it not in the region of streams? | Weare told that Lot chose the plain countiy | Ts it not true that our natures are barren like @ wild desert? There may seem at limes to spring up good thoughts and aspirations, but how quiekly they witner. Is | not said of fim whose delignt 13 in the Lord | that he shali be as Une tree planted by the river | of waters, A og seal shall not perish and whose | | root 8 not grow dry, and which | shall bring fortn its fruit im tte season, When | God pours liis refreaning stream through our hearts it brings forth its fruit, Consider the abundance of the supply. If the water coars were cut olf disease and would | follow. Bat we are assured the Scriptures tuat the Lord is ui ag the piace of broad rivers ond a multitude of | streams, “My grace shail be sufficient unto you.” | Hi jot every soul realized that when he turos with parched lips from earthly creations | dd turns again to the Dountifal giver of spiritual refresnmeut the soul has begua to revive t Itisariver of cleansing. When we contemplate the corruption of humanity we might weil de- spatr; but blessed be God, the river of purification ig turned into the corropt heart, and it wih yet be quite sufficient to cleanse away all the wicked. | head of the world and make it shine like a new | garment DECKED WITH JEWELS, | His Almighty self hows into men’s souls, and In- stead of the noise of thunder you have within you | the whispering of the stili small voice in which God dweila. Stloam is mightier thao aij, for it | gladdens the city oi our Lord, | THE SABBATH AT SEA CLIFF. | EXETCHES OF SERMONS YESTERDAY—TuE Great | SALVATION AND HOW IT MAX BE OBTAINED, Sea Ovirr, LL, July 26, 1875. To-day was wilst might be termed in worldly | phraseology a field day at the German camp meeting in this place, About 2,000 Teutons are in camp bere to-day and the mystery is how and where they subsist and shelter themseives, Judging from outward appearances there does | pot seem to be accommodations in their little vil- lage of tents jor one-quarter of the number; vut nevertheless bere they are, about 2,000 of them. and as far porth as Newburg. Besides the miois- ters previously reported present there are here now the Rey. Mr. Cassendyck, of Newark; tue Rev. Mr, Wolf, of Brovklyn, and Rev Reuss and Brockmeyer, of Baltimore. Pre- | siding Eider J. G. Lentz directs the ex- | ercises, They bewan the day with a prayer meeting | im their church tents and continaed it with | preaching by Mr, Cassendyck, at half-past ten | o'clock, from the text, ‘Tne night is far spent, the | day is at baud; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness les us put on the armor of | Vght."—Romans, xill., 12, Me described the dark- uoss of moral night im which the worid ley uncil Jesus Christ, the Light of the World, the Sun of Righteousness came into is, He then traced the | progress of Gospel light during the life of Chri-t, | and from Hia time to the present. Hidden irom | time to time, Jike the natural sun im the heavens, | more kissing tha we get a glimpse of Him occasionally, From His birth to His twelfth year we lose sight of Him, or His baptism by Jolin, om View. Aad wus His mmlnleicy WOs joie ig | same ti an English service little chapel, at which the Rev Wititd Rove preacied. Many of the English speaking rest- | with other prayer meetings and with preaching | his fellows; he has no exact compeer; he ts sué | be cannot be judged by | cord Bim all the benefits to be drawn from H committed crimes of an unpardonable kind, | less in future on mere men. From.that time till the beginning of His ministry, | His life ta hiad looked upon asa te: by all religious pe oie. 19 life 18 hidden again | 10 jl acner copie. sia Vas jae LAVW Lehuld your image of a ts Varied seenes until the Day of lowed t bt Pentecost, when the t of the werld came to abide with us, And et ance it has been bi ening mere and more, until now the d: Nrea the kingdoms of tn! re. ¢ ee as the kingdoms of our God aud of His The cnrise edener was very carneat In setting forth a6 the ight and the life of men and in his mm 18 tO | qifonverted among his hearers, was thereafter aamunistere sacrame! THE LORD'S SUPPER Preachers participated in the service. At t t- "i G6 hope and about twenty he dents and visitors, nowever, atten te man meeting andpartook of the: Tonaa haneer with their Teutonic brethren. At one orelock a prayer meeting was bela again in the Germa tent, and at two P, M. a goons People’s me in the Tapernacie, Sanday school convened in the chapel at half-past two P, M., id brief ad- dresses were made by Mr. G. w, hk, suporine tendent of Forty-third street Methodiat Episcopal churen, New York; by Mr. Platt, of New Yerk, and by a German minister present, Mr. W, Dau Puy is the superintendent of this scnool, and Mr. Myers hag an adult Bible class, The exercises ar usually of an interesting Character, but the; id a brief session to-day on account Cl the preaching in the Tabornacie, At three o’glock the Rev. Mr. Yost of Second sireet Methodist Episcopal chureh, New Yerk, reached to @ very large audience in English, rom the text “How shall we escape if we neglect 80 great Saivation f? he regretted that be could notspeax English as well as be could German, bat ach this great salvation to them a8 well ashe could. He could not ore any- thing else tothem than the Gospel of Corist, atid he would not if he could, because this is his own Salvation @nd tue salvation o: mankind, When he came to this country he kRew nothing about | thig salvation, aad he dia not know a saved man in all the world, But he went to American Metuodist meetings and was there convinced of hig Reed of a change of heart, and after a year seeking he obtained the great salvation about Which he spoke to the congregation this a(ter- noon. How could he, then, preach anything else. | Salvation, he remarked, implies the existence of | danger, and the Greek werd here translased 18 | connected with the mame of Jesus, so that it refers primarily to the salvation effected by Christ. Wf 13 A GREAT SALVATION because tt saves men from darkness, superstition, | ignorance and idolatry. It sheds abundance of | light over the world and provides the means to save men from bin and tho gate and power and domin- ion Of sin and from all its consequences, Itsaves also from the fear of death and the wrath of hell. Without this salvation we are without hope and | without God; but with it all ts light and peace and joy. It 1 properly called great because it pre- pares men for @ bilasful imtuortality anda futare | ife. It 18a galvation for ever and ever, and Mr. Yost thanked God that it was his privilege to preach such @ salvation as this. ‘rhe text and the taeme naturally divided itself into three heads, and thess Mr. Yost followed in his discourse. First, the greatness of this salva- tion; second, It may be neglected, and thirdly. the consequences of neglect—how shall we escape if we neglect it, While there are many systems of salvation, there 1s only one that is great, [tis that provided by the Lord Jesus Christ. Great as was tne Jewish salvation, it is not to be compared with that of the Gospel of Christ. That was only jor Jews. It Was full of types aud shadows; it romised temporal biessings and consisted in cer- ain purifications, 1t covered only a certain time until He that was foreshadowed should come. But this Gospel of Jesas Christ is not for one na- tion, put ior all; tt 18 nos for Americans only, but for Germans also; it is not for white people alone, but colored people may obtain tt as well, It ls tor in it the very essence Of those things that were typified by tue Jewish sacrifices, and it promises not only temporal but spiritual blessings also. Mr. Yost continued Dis admirable aiscow herewith indicated, and his sermon was followe: again in German in the evening. The Seawanhaka | brought up a few non-Goriaan visitors to-day to | the Cif, and some surprise and dissatisiaction | was expressed by the more pious here at the in- | Bovetion on the Sabbath custom heretofore pre- vailing. BROOKLYN, LAXING THE CORNER STONE OF ST, MICHAEL'S | CHURCH. The corner stome of another new Catholic church was laid with appropriate ceremonies in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon, at the corner of The sistea py several clergymen of the diocese. ‘The Irish temperance and church societies paraded, anda very large concourse of persons was in at- A brief sermon was delivered by the Biskop, and a generous contribution was made by ~ ‘The parish, which has been established about a ear aad a half, extends from Thirtieta sireet to Vittieth street, and, though at present but sparsely settied, 16 ts rapidly growing in popula- tion. ~ Michael Hickey, the first pastor ap- ointed by the Bishop to the parish, collected the roun nd upon his transfer to cnother fleld of labor, a few months ago, Rey, D. O'Connell, a distinguished priest trom the South, was appointed his successor and 1s now engaged in completing the work thus in- augurated, The baliding is 112 feet in length and forty-flve feet wide; its height js forty Jeet. The materials used are native rocks taken out jrom the excavations and trimmed in rubble form, The foundation wall, which Is three feet thick, fises above the surface six feet, leaving a base- ment of ten feet, from which the batiding Is car- | Tied up, internally of brick Jala in cement, and | externally the superstructure is cased in'wood pooes white, The floor is of Georgia pine. The uliding Will be completed by October, THE BEECHER CASE IN EUROPE. {From the American Register (Paris), July 10.) Mr. Beecher is @ man who differs greatiy trom generis; and, oll things considered, we are not | sorry that this Is the case. Such sentimentalism ag that shown by him in nearly every circum- stance of life may be overlooked in the case of one man of evident ability, but many men of the same type, Or @ society constructed upon a simi- lar sontimentalism, would be not only dangerous, but intolerable. It 1s patent to all that dir, Beecher differs greatly from otner men, and that the ordinary stan- His pro@igality in the matter of tears, kisses and embraces, with men as well gs women, and his excesses in demonstra- tions of grief for trifing or fanciea injuries done to a friead would be supremely riaicuious im any other man—in him they have long been the occa- sion 01 the severest criticism. But we must logi- | cally give Mr. Beecher the benefits to be derivea irom his well known chara tics when we come to judge him upon charges of such gravity as those preferred by Theodore Tilton. In view of these facts it is possible that his reiations with Mrs. Tilton may have been purely senttmental and platonic, and in justice we are bound co ac- dard. the doubt until we have some more evidence than that developed at this trial. ‘Tilton’s case was weak per se, his strongest testimony being found in the letters of the defendant; but, as has been already observed, neither Mr. Beecher bor his letters can be judgea by the ordinary standard of humanity. The divided verdict shows that the jury couid not find, in view of the well known pecu'tarilies of the write ny direct evi- dence of guilt Io those letters, So far ag the public ig concerned opinions will stil! be dividea— | each individual will put his own estimate upon | the value of the evidence—put every logical | mind will agree that when we come to discuss the case in @ serious manner we cannot go be. yond the record, and the jury did not find the | evidence strong enough to warrant a verdict for | the plaiatis, sitive AUSTRALIAN OPINION OF THE PLYMOUTH Pas- | ‘TOR. (From the Melbourne Herald, May 8.) However much the Beecher trial ts to be regret. ted, beyond doubt tt will have the effect of purging American society of many impostors who have so long been at Work sapping morality and destroy. | ing the national life, Standing out prominent | among these is Henry Ward Beecher. The rude | manner tn whica the vell has been drawn off the | life of this Mokanna hus Jispeiled many Mlustons, | He stands out as a tnan deceiving and deceived, a huge imposture; the teacher and example of | America, bimseli disfigured with the leprous touch Of lust, Lust, too, notexcusable, for tue evidence given by the witnesses for the prosecution—and Mrs, Mouiton’s and Mr. Richards’ evidence bears the imprint of trath—proves that this aged man iad he been young there would have » | ae ioniet oat been au excuse. To daming youth et v: c Ani melt ia her own ‘revere When the compatsive ardor g he charg:, You caugot eail it love, for at your age The heydey in the biood is taine It's huinbie, and waits upon the judgment! eae ooked pen Mg iad 20 that this man, who v4 100) 4% the bright example, not on) of America, but of the world, 1s, 4 tot all, a ict 4 Weak, Crring mortal, the mist is dispelled and the hideous truth is reveaied. But the trial has ShoWG US Many CXtraordivary tuings beside tbia. it has Showa tO us that the great religious nows- paper of Atierica was conducted by & man W did not pelleve im religion at all, or by a man who Was al apostio of iree-love and & leman of Vic- sorta Woodhull, It was shown wi religious public of Plymouth praying. But why dwell upon Vhe siokening deta Let us hope that tris tri Will teach hot only Americans but others to rely The name of Henry wax, 1D no shame Ward Beecher was world-famous, @ | THE MOODY-SAYKEY FiREWELL CLOSING EXERCISES BY THE AMEMICAN BIVI- VALISTS IN LONDON, [¥rom the London Post, July 13.) A final conference between Messrs. Moody and Sankey and ministers of religion took place yes- terday afternoon in Mildmay Park Con‘erence Hall, Mr. Thomas Stone, chairman of the Ventral Committee, presided. The body of the large hall, whick seats about 3,000, was reserved for th clergy aud ministers; tue side seats and galleri Were chiefly oceupied by the wives aud daughters of the ministers, It was stated that there were avout 100 ministers present, aud that of these 188 were of the Church of Engiand, The meeting haviog been opened with praise and prayer, Mr. Moody sald that during the whole of thé crowded meetings they had had on the 125 day, they had been preaching in Lonaon he was glad! to say that not one single acciaent nad occurred, The Rev. Dr. Bonner, of Glasgow, after express- eing permisted be presea: buis occasion and having witnes { work accomplished tn Lonaon, sald he constrained to bear his testimony to the mar. Vellous and biessed results which had attended the lavors of the revivalists througnout the whole United Kingdom. He wished, however, to speak more particuiarty of the issting results which were Dow being witnessedinGiasgow. Tere had been gathered into the churches there uo less than 7,000 souls, who were now uuder the immediate Supervision of the ministers, The Roy. Mr. Billirg, of Holy Trinity, Islington, in the gourse of his observations, said that, with which had been seen, it would be stempt to form uno estimate o1 the » There was uot a right wow but what geod iruit was being gathered from the work at the Ag- ricuitural Hail. He believed that the real work for the ministers usd hardly yet begun. The Rev. Oanon Conway said that before he took any partin the movement he first asked himself was thereany Bible precedent for welcoming two Unordained preachers, Ne found there was. He saw a parallel in the case of St. Paul ana Apolios, Like Mr. Moody, Apolios was one wiio [elt tiat he must go out and preach, and in she course of his travels tucy read that Apoios caine across the footsteps Of Paul, and go trey read that while Paul planted, Apoilos watered, and God gaye the increase, Well, when he saw that precedent, and ween he found as he did the orethren from Edinourgh and Glasgow writ- ing to the brethren here !n London and asking thom to recetve these two honored servants of the Lord, ne felt it was lis duty to doso, His. personal testimony was this, that many, very many, of the higher classes had been ‘olesse thiough tneir mission, aud he trusted that the bie ssing of God would follow them wherever they went, The Rev. Robert Wilson, of Craven street chapel; the Rey, Lhomas Richardson, of the East Mud; the Rey. Mr, Taylor, Presbyterian, of West Dulwich; Dr. Jobson, Kev, Mr. Chown, sir, Henry Varley, Kev. W. H. Aitken and Lord Shaftesbury also bore testimony to the exceilent resuits of the work performed by the evangelists, Mr, Moouy said that as tne ‘time lad now ar- rived for them to say farewell he, in compliance With Dumerous requests, would ask Mr. sankey to sing the hymn “vere were ninety and nine,’? Me, Sankey, WhO was very bel affected, said that before he sang this hymn in fngiand for the jJast time he sincerely wished to thank all the ny Iriends they had met here. He hoped, too, that they wouid all meet again to sing these beau- tifal hymns where there would be 00 more part- tog abd no more breaking up. He then with great tenderness and feeling, but was 30 much affected that his voice nearly tailed him at every verse, Mr, Moody, in taking his final farewell, was also much affected. All he could do Was to say that he sincerely thanked the ministers and friends lor receiving them so kindly, The kinduess of the committee had completely broken his heart, He wished to thank the stewards, the reporters and the press generally ter their kindness, He bad made many mistakes and committed faults, but none had been unkiod to him, He also wished to thank all the workers. ‘Ihe policemen, too, he must vhank for the assistance they bad rendered, and ‘the kind way ia which they had done it. Ne concluded by asking them to sing ‘Praise God from Whom All Blessings Fiow.” He then sud- denly quitted the platiorm, evideutly determinea to avold an ovation, There wasea res. to the anterooms to sliake hands wiih him, but he seemed Lo bave left with the utmost rapidity, for it Was immediately announced that he was goue. A proposal Was. made to raise a subscripuon to present Messrs. Moody and Saukey with a testi- monial. : The chairman of the committee sald that such @ proposition, be koew, would be most hurtful to the revivalists, and it must not bs proceeded with. The proceedings then closed with the benedic- tion. AUSTRALASIAN AFFAIRS. MeLuovrng, June 1, 1875, The Parliament of the colony of Victoria has ag- sembied, and, as usaa’, the public mind i4 anxlous about the fulure polloy of toe goverament. For many years, !n obedience to the clamor of unis versal saifrage, successive administrations have maintained @ protective tariff which almost amounts to a prohibition of commerce with the outer world, Tho varioms chambers of commerce throughout the Austrailan colonics are endeavor- img to bring about a reciprocal iree trade among the colonies, or a customs’ union, something after the fashion of the German ‘*Zolivereto,” but them it is feared the proposal will have no practical ter+ mination, THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL, Our government is making great preparations tor being represented at the forthcoming Center. nial Exhibition which you are about to hold at Philadelphia, An influential Commission has been appointed, and @ local exhibition will be held bee fore siipping the extidits destiued lor America, New South Wales will also be represented at the great show, busitis thought that the Victorians will have the best display. The latter colony haw invitea the co-operation of the neighboring gov- _erpment, and very favorable replies have been received, You may, therefoie, expect to s many of the pastoral priaces, or shealerd king! iM yoy like, of Australia in America during the great fair, NATIVE WINES. The series of scientificexperiments, conducted by the principal officers of excise, in Victoria ana New south ave resulted in proving that the wines of these colonies, mide in the process of! natural fermentation, produce @ strength of thirty per cent proof spirit. IN GOLD MINING wo are not so successiul as heretofore. The yield of our gold fields is fullimg otf, and here again the heavy taxation through the Custom House of Vic- toria has ® pre) dicial effect on the miners. Their, drink, food and raiment 18 taxed indirectly, and consequently they leave tor those colonies in* which free trade flourishes. Many have gone to Northern Queeasiaud, and have during the floods there suffered extreme privations. ‘The scarcity. of food and the climate bave brought on starvation and death to an unprecedented degree. To these (the Queensiand) diggings THE CHINESE are flocking and seein as if inc.ined to overrun the country. Already the Europeans seem terrified, and quarreis between both races are not unlre- quent. (HE FIREMEN'S PAY. The members of the Fire Department are bee ginning to realize the fact that the Mayor and Compirolier have no intention of payimg them | their salaries; that they seem to rather enjoy their petty dispute, and thatit matters not how | Tauch the men suffer if these high and mighty ofMicials can in any way force one or the other to give way to what the firemen consider their foolish whims, Within one week two months? pay will be due the force, cach of tae privat being entitied to $200. It can thus be readily 6 that the-men must be more or less embarrassed by falling besind two months in thelr financial arrangements. It js not a very easy matter fora family 16 obtain long credits from the grocer, the butcher, the milkman or the ijand- ford, Dealers do not care about letting bila ran much over $15 or $20, and so, many of the men are sometimes compelled to go without the common necessaries of life, Jusi peat the deaters wiil not trust them. On Friday last, several of the firemen called on the Mayor, when, he told them that he had signed their pay rolls for the month of Jine, that they were In The hands of the Comptrolier, ana it was the Comptrol ‘3 fault that they Were not paix and not bis, y then waited on the Comptroller but that omcial, was out, The firemen, however, saw Deputy, Comptruller Earie who said that they had the June pay rolls stamped by the Mayor, but they had bot Seon signed as required by law, that the, Comptroller hac sent them back tothe Mayor, and tat be hat returoed them imme avely) in the same coaditiow. A further Investigation, disclosed the fact that the clorks in the Compe. troiler’s office were engaged in making out the ay-rolis for the month of Jaly. One of the clerks in the Comptroller's omice stated that the Comp- troller could just as weil nave paid tha men for, the months of May and June as for May alone; that the Mayor urged the Comptroller $0 to do, but he refusea and stated that he thought one month's pay would keep the mea from starving, the only actual starving cases being in the lmagls, nary ideas of newspaper reporters. On Saturday one of the members of the depart. ment met the Comptroller, when the folowing conversation enxuca:— ' FineMaN—Mr. Green, when sre we to have our, pay ? We are greatiy in want of it, ' ir. GreEN—Well, you sbali huve it just as soon, “i 1 ou get tts [CONTINUED ON NINTH PAaGRJ REMAN—But, Mr. Green, you get your salaries,