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2 8 : AMONG THE FAITHFUL, The First Sunday After the Sum- mer Vacation. PRE-RAPHAELITE EVANGELISM. Christ asa Lawyer and Sin- ners as Clients. A ORUSH IN TALMAGE’S TABERNACLE, St. Rose of Lima—A Sweet Saints’ Festival. BROADWAY TABERNACLE. CHRIST THE ADYOCATE—ALL THE WORLD AS CLIENTS. Dr. Taylor's pulpit, in the pretty church called the Tabernacle, was occupied yesterday morning by Rev. Mr. Barbour, of Bangor, Me. well filled by a fashionable congregation. The services pf the morning were opened by a voluntary from the thoir, which is a most admirably trained one. The Rey- Mr. Barbour chose his text from I. John, ii., 1, 2—“And Ifcay man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, butalso for the sins of the whole world.” These words present three views— the sinner, the advocate, the propitiation. In what is Christ our advocate? and as the matter ties to my mind, I think agood manner of teaching the subject is to sketch the duties of an advocate, An advocate’s qual- ifications may be briefly stated. First, he must be a friend of the government and laws which he appears to plead, We all know it is useless to attack the law; that would bean enemy’s work, not the work of an adyo- cate, Again, an advocate must have authority, must come in lawfully—in legal phrase he must be ADMITTED TO THE BAR. That is a most beautiful and expressive phrase; he is the man between the two, the judge on one side and the client on the other. upright; no suspicion of illegal conduct must.rest upon his name; every one worthy of being an advocate should live so that he should have the word “righteous”? writ- ten before his name. Again, an advocate should be tapable of having some degree of sympathy with his client. When a wrongdoer has an advocate he should have some one who nas sympathy with him; not with the wrong doing, but with his defencelessness, and when in court he says, ‘We’? affirm this or that, all his bearing shows that he is desirous that the best that can | be done shall be done. This is enough to give a brief idea of the qualifications for his duty, which is to take | the place of one who is not able to plead for himself; it | is his duty to use all lawful effort to deliver the one trusting him, I will now proceed to the burden of the discourse— Doos Christ fulfil this duty in His advocacy of the sin- ner? [believe He does in every particular. In the first place, in appearing for the sitner He is the uncom- omising friend of the divi Hie never ‘says, as men say of ore another, “True, the man has sinned, but these laws are so strict nobody can. keep them.” Not a word has He about the hard con- ditions, not a word upon the injustice of the condemna- tion, 'Why? Because if He raised that sort of plea it would be a direct — attack on the government of God. We never hear one word in extenuation of man's guilt, He well knows that the jaw is just and holy and good. Hence in defending the sinner He rather magnifies the law. The next point, as to his authority. thority to take the place of MIDDLE MAN ? Yes; He is inted by the Judge of all the earth, who bas sent Him down to defend us. Again, He is un- der no suspicion of cownivance with sin. He can show that Ilo isa sufferer by what has been done, and his connection we see a deep meaning in the fact Has He any au- 1. He was sinless, When He asserts that is He bent on | his own glorification? No, it was to keep up his value as THE SINNER’S FRIEND, ‘Would He have been a friend if He had been a sinner? The next point is his sympathy with his clients, ‘with pitying eye on the wrong-doer; not pity with the sin, but with the sinner. It is not the righteous He leads for, but the sinner, the guilty, defenceless , who has no plea of He died for our offences and lives for their justification, Let me pass to the next point and sec | whether or not He does his bestin managing the sin- ner’s case. Notice His mode and ground of appeal. He makes no appeal to the feelings of the judge or the law- giver; the sphere of justice is in the judgment, equal and exact justice to all; that is the one ruling principle, The law is good, why should it suffer? The advocate ADMITS THE PULL CHARGE; he is asinner and the plea is, guilty without excuse; nor is there any request for commutation; the con’ demnation is just, but he does not offer to pay the strict demands of the law. The advocate pleads for mercy. On certain righteous grounds, he says he can present considerations, on the acceptance of which the penalty need not failon the offender. The plea is that of pro- pitiation; it is a something which casts no reflection on the government, but which avails instead of the threat- ened punishment. And Christ has other pleas besides that of His own crufixion in bebalf of the guilty; He can fature fidelity; He becomes the surety; He will satisfy the law that no future injury will be done to the law. Task every man who sins if he is trusting to THE GREAT PLEADER, or if he is going to God with pleas of his own, does he think that anything better could be presented to God than Jesus Christ himself, You ask what you are to do to avail yourself of the advocate. You should first see the advocate alone and tell him the whole truth. though the case may be the great leader will not cast fitout, Having stated the case, it must be left forthe advocate—that is vital. The advocate is to take the place of the one employing him and be expects, as all the re. ward he cares for, the love and gratitude of the one he delivers from the curse of the law. I put it to you, does any one want any clearer directions how to seek God than this. O my tellow citizens, let Christ have yourcase! Say, “O Saviour, plead for me!” and you will be Christ's charge and care till He sees you safe in | the eternal love. CHURCH OF ST. ROSE OF LIMA. ANNIVERSARY OF THE PATRON SAINT--A SERMON BY THE REV. FATHER B. REILLY. The anniversary of St. Rose of Lima was appropriately selebrated yesterday at the church dedicated to that saint, in Cannon street, near Grand. The large edifice as well filled with a respectable congregation. Some five years ago this new parish was created, the charge of which was handed over to Rev, Father McKenna, lately deceased. A temporary frame building was firs erected, after which the reverend pastor went to work and collected funds for the construction of a more sub. Stantial building. He had just seen his hopes realized in this respect when he died. The deceased priest was rucceeded by Rev. Richard Brennan, who at present officiates as pastor of St. Rose of Lima. High mass was celebrated at half-past ten o'clock yesterday, Rev. Father Braun acting as celebrant and Rev. Fathers Daly and O'Grady as deacon and sub-deacon. Music was furnished by the yoluntéer choir attached to the church. A short sermon was preached by Rey. B. Reilly, D. D., appro. priate to the anniversary. He expatiated npon the virtue of self-denial and its great benefits in the ad. ncement of Christian life. He also eloquently dwelt upon the mystery of the birth of Jesns Christ and His edvent apon earth, Why was it that God had allowed His Son to come down upon earth and begin life in a manger? Then this son of the Deity had permitted Himself to be carried into exile and lived a life of pov erty, ending His career at last upon the cross of Cal- sary. This, indeed, was a mystery, deep, unfathom able. There was sufficient in spiritual science to ex- Jain those mysteries to us, n insight into all mysteries, and we reached this Knowledge tore fully by practising the universal few oof self-denial, ‘The reverend — gentleman then spoke of some of the leading features in the life of Bt. Rose of Lima, She was worthy of becoming the tron saint of America and of American society. She ad always practised seif-denial. There was pot a pensratio among whom were God's people, who did ot typily, in their actions, life ‘al conduct this universal law of seif de Mary t God, St. Jos 1 others w ving of This most py hy virtue, From of Adam down to t esent not one man or woman could be found in the history of the world among the chosen of God's people who has not been pre-eminent in the practice of self-denial. From the hour that 18 Christ was born down to the time when He was esented with gull and vinegor on the cross of Valvary His = whole record one of self-denial. This it was sustained His crushed and bleeding heart at such a territ ment. St. Rose of Lima had lived but thirty-one y her lite during that period was a beautiful illu of purity and holine: Her parents were opulent and of noble birth, From the cradie she was led wholly by divine instinets, refusing herself all the jnxuries and Ahoe Her mother held nd the book containing enjoyments peculiar to ch up before her eyes the cruci the life of the Nazarene, ry day of her life the jooked up to a higher and a higher aim. This should be the ambition of every trne Christian. The second Her pu ar bewity period of ber life was that of poverty. came poor and she was compelled to liv charity of stra Then the true ber character apparent. The church was pretty | Again, an advocase must be | government, and notice, | | watches him watches his enemy, and he must ask God | his own. | Bad | There was a law that gave | of | and impressive. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. treat was provided for her in a garden, where she studied her Saviour in _ solitude, Being of noble birth she received several offers of mat- rimony from distinguished persons, but always refused them.” She was wedded to heaven and took her ins pi- ration from abeve. In consequence of her station she was often compelled to attend viceregal receptions and other entertainments, but invariably appea' plainest costumes. She was in the habit of wearing a wn of thorns over the wreath which decorated her | brow upon those occasions, The reverend preacher concluded-bis short and eloquent discourse with an ap- | peal to the congregation to maintain inviolabiy the pu- rity and happiness of their homes, They should for their children’s sake create permanent, virtuous, blessed and loving homes. He agdressed an eloquent and touching appeal to fathers, mothers and wives apon this subject, SERMON BY THE REY. DR. ARMITAGE ON CHRISTIAN HATRED. Tho Rev. Dr. Armitage’s church, in Forty-sixth street, near Fifth avenue, was yesterday thrown open for di- vine service. The reverend gentleman, who has just returned from the country, preached the sermon, taking his text from Romans, xii,, 9—‘‘Abhor that which is evil.” The beasts of the field, he said, may trust their in- stinets, for they always impel them toward what is good for themselves, But man may not trust his in- stinets and other inward forces, for there were in bis heart forees which, if alway’s indulged, would push him to ruin, Take the master passion—love—that which makes captive all the others and often drags reason and conscience from their throne. Let it be fixed on God and that which is good, and it gives every faculty a pure and heavenward direction. But attach it to some * FRAIL, OR IMPURE OBJECT, and it demoralizes the whole man. most wonderful gift to mankind. It would naturally, if placed upon its proper objects, unchain him from every mortal. But, instead of fixing it upon glory, honor, immortality, men fasten it upon some little treasure here below—a smile to be courted, a customer to be secured, a station to be gained, a fortune to be won, all of which, after the first hundred years of a man’s the bees that hum over his grave. of hatred, he said, God gave it to us for tho wisest and most benevolent of purposes, It was given that we might “abhor that which is evil,” keeping us at the utmost possible distance from every wrong action, we and thought. Instead of that, hatred fastens itself upon our fellow creature and stimulates us to the very worst actions of our livés. The text, it would seem, it is abhorrence of evil. What may a Christian hate? May a Christian hate at all? How cana Christian hate and be like Jesus? Some men feel at liberty to tra- duce races, nationalities—to make the worst of their ino- | tives, views, polities, and tell lies of millions of men ata | | time for the purpose of | STIRRING UP RANCOR, | and multitude, thereby endangering the peace and lives | of untold numbers, May a man hate another because he is his rival? ‘That individual,” he may say, ‘is al- | ways balking my pursuits; but for him I’ should | have succeeded in such and such an undertaking.’? Is he, then, to hate him, wish him ill, do him some | injury’ Nature says, “Yes.’? But God asks, ‘Why ?” The two men began to run a race together, and the one was so wicked as to outrun the other. same course to follow, and either the one had the more strength from God to Tun it withal, or else he had made better use of what he had. If God gave the successful blame for that, and if the other was lazter than he in | the use of his strength the other cannot hate him be- | cause he is not as lazy as himself. May a man hate an- other because he is his enemy? The one may have | again—to trip him up and throw him down, W: | injured man then to hate his enemy and lie in wait and give him as gogd as he sends’ The same eye that to take the hatred OUT OF MIS TRART and give him the disposition to do his enemy good, whether he will let him er not, The proper object for Christian hatred isevil, for the fact is that the Gospel cannot spare any of our hatred to lavish upon God's creatures so as to make them wretched. What is evil ? It is easier, he said, to tell what its opposite is, God is good, and ‘whatever is opposed to God is evil. Every principle, motive, disposition, habit that resembles God 18 good, and just in proportion as it loses that likeness it is evil and man has to abhor it. It is no excise for a | man tosay, ‘It is my way,” if it is not God's way, It may be so perfectly natural to him as to bea part of himself, There never was a time, probably, when it | was not his way, so that it has become as natural as it | is to breathe, if it be contrary to the benignity which dwells in God, | he must turn his eye upon it as he would upon a spot of leprosy. Itisathing to be abhorred. God has us laws which mark right and wrong, and w! | comes into conflict with those laws must be | whatever is opposed to the commandments of God is | evil. It may be sanctioned by a wise saying of | some very sagacious man or by the first person in “our | trade,” by the jokes of the cleverest wit that we know, be commended in the first circles in which wo d pass with approval among the first class of ; it may never be rebuked or challenged among | the most respectable families. But, though it were sanc- tioned in every market, welcomed in all circles and praised from all sources, it 1s contrary to God's com- mands and is to be abhorred, Christian hatred in its exercise ix universal. Aman is not to select one or two sins and turn special animosity to them and prac- tise others. How often men are met with who are averse to some speci@d form of sin, perhaps drunken- ness or covetoushess or vanity, and whenever an op- | portunity is afforded they declare their contempt for + that sin and set up a respectable stock of self-yghteous- * ness on the ground of that aversion, while alf the time | and is gently watered with the self-complacency which { their own particular sin grows comfortably, unchecked, is drawn from HATRED OF HIS NEIGHBOR IN SIN, This is not the Christian way to hate sin. Man should | hate sin of every degree and character. It is easy to hate the sin of some people. There are rude, vulgar, | disagreeable sins of rude, vulgar, disagreeable sinners, | If the sinner is no friend ‘ot ours, it is easy to hate his sin, but when it is the sin of a friend it is another thing. | The hatred of sin should be thorough, and the best test of its thoroughness is the way we deal with our own sin. We may never show our real feelings to the sin of others. Our own is the test. Hatred of sin, too, should be practical. Some people hate sin wonderfully in theological terms; but the practical way is by forsaking it, in contending against 1t whenever it is met, This hatred of sin is reasonable; first, because sin is an in- jury inflicted on our best friends; second, because it is our worst «1 ; third, because its fruits are unmixed while that can wash sin away, there to have it washed out by | the bivod of the Lamb. ST. STEPHE CHURCH. SERMON BY REY. DR. M'GLYNN—THE PHILOSO- PHY OF HUMILITY. | Large and attentive congregations attended the dif- | ferent services at St. Stephen's yesterday The high mass was celebrated by the Rey. William Paul Costigan, ‘Naya’s mass in G was rendered with all the firish and taste for which the choir of St. Stephen's has so long | been famous. The ‘“Laudamus,” a trio, the gem of this beautiful composition, was given in grand style by Mme. Brignoli, Mile, Manicr and Mr, Telle. The singing of Mme. Brignoli was especially worthy of notice, Her ¥ was in splendid condition, and the chaste and refined manner in whieh she sung the parts assigned to her attracted the attention of the lirge con- gregation present. Her rendering of the ** Veni Creator Spiritus” was something to be remembered with pleasure, The accompaniment by the organist, Mr. H. 3. Danforth, was well worthy of the occasion, After the first gospel the Rev. Dr. McGlynn ascended the pulpit and preached a highly instructive sermon on the virtue of humility, He based his discourse on the gospel of the day—Luke xiv., 1-ll—in which the Saviour rebukes the spiritual pride of the Scribes and Pharisees. In the course of his discourse the preacher forcibly illustrated the folly of pride ana painted by contrast THE REAUTY AND VALUE OF HUMILITY. He said:—The gospel of to-day contains two parables, each having the same lesson and both jnculeating the virtue of humility. “He that humbleth himself shali be exalted.” Inthe first parable of the man sick with the dropsy we have a lively figure of him who is puffed up with pride of the understanding and the heart. Pride is the sin, if viewed philosophi- cally, from which every) crime and impertee springs. It is ‘rebellion against Go e creature above the Creator, inasmuch an arrogates to himself what he has not of himself, “Wh ua that you h received, and if you have not, do you ¢i uch were the words of the Apostle of Pride was the sin which caused hell to be ‘and humility the virtue which crushed the serpent’s head, which elevated the humble virgim of Judea to the diznity of the Mother of God and made ber exclaim, in her own beautifal canticie:—“Let my i magnify the Lord because He hath respect to the hn mility of His handmaid.” The Master Himself has Ai Learn of me becanse Tam meek and humble of heart.” In that one lesson He would teach us every virtue, heeause humility is the groundwork on which must be built the edifice of Christian perfection. With out it as a foundation, deep and well laid, the stractare of the Christian life when assailed by the storms of pas. sion will totter and fall, CHURCH OF THE HOLY COMMUNION. THE DUTY OF THE CHRISTIAN—SERMON BY THE REV, DR, LAWRENCE. This edifice, whieh has been closed since July Inst for repairs, was reopened yesterday for divine service in pre fa large congregation. Great improvements are noticeable in the interior of the ouslding, not the Jeast being a sabstitation of « handsome wooden ceiling for the old one of plaster, New stained glass windows | and an entirely new floor + also been added. Altogether the appearance of the church is both chaste FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. | Tale hoos, Goat | degrading pursuit and elevate him a8 a conscious im- | | being, will have no more bearing upon his destiny than | As to the passion | makes hatred a Christian duty even to abhorrence, but — not between man and man only, but between multitude | The two had the | ne more strength than he did the other he is not to | | done the other some evil, and it is in his heart to do it | the | | though it was so ten thousand times, | The services yesterday commenced | A sail ro. | with holy communion at a quarter past seven o'clock in | awhile, The wicked do not live half their days. For | ing portion, It can't be taken away from us. The | Twenty-socond precinct station hous, the morning. Then followed morning prayer, with sermon to the children, at pine o’ctock, At the usual halt-past ten o'clock service the Rey. Dr. F. E. Lawrence, the pastor, officiated He selected his text from the ‘Psalms of David, Ixxxiv., 7—They go from strength to strength, every one of them 1 Zion ap- | peareth before God.”” The reverend gentleman, in the of an earnest, eloquent and affectionate address, his congregation to thetr ehureh, to the interior of which he directed attention, and ‘ion to allude to the liberality of those through whose generous donations they were how enabled to re- sume their devotions under such auspicious surround. ings. He adverted to the responsibilities of chureh members and pointed out the excellent results which flowed from united action, He then proceeded to show what were the duties of the Christian in his relation to the house of God, They were reverence, support and By reverence he did not mean merely external pect, Which might or might not be accompa- y Christian feeling. Reverence had its root in & true and deep sense of the divine presence house which He had been _ pleased | ptas peculiarly His own, It would be impossi- ble to overestimate the healthful influence upon the soul of the development of this feeling. Then the prop- er support of the Chureh by the Christian was among | the outward signs by which he wag distinguished. It was a responsibility which he must accept and in it he displayed sterling devotion. It was in the erection of houses and homes for the benefit of his suffering fellow- beings that the Christian also proved his appreciation | of the divine precepts, The reverend preacher dwelt i the ity of earnest and zealous work eregation and pointed out the im- | portance of active co-operation with the pastor in all | matters relating to the Church, making it honorable in sight of men and approved’ by Him who bad said to pastors when He called them, “Go forth and work in my name.” CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. GOD IN THE IMAGE OF MAN—DISCOURSE BY REY. DR, EDWARD EGGLESTON, Rev. Edward Eggleston, D.D., the well known author, who has been since May last the pastor of the Church of Christian Endeavor, corner of Lee avenue and Hooper street, Brooklyn, yesterday preached his first sermon after the summer Vacation. Although the membership has nearly doubled under Dr, Eggleston's ministrations, the attendance yesterday was not large, owing to the | absence of many of the congregation at the summer re- | sorts, Mr. Eggleston’s subject was, “God in the | image of man."? He took as his text Matthew, v., 8— “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” He stated that God is made in the image of man him- self, and the nearer man approached to God the better able is he to understand his material and moral He referred to the ideas the an- | cient ks entertained of God as represented in their deities, and dwelt at considerable length upon our | ancestors’ appreciation of God, showing that in the Middie Ages the characteristics of God were weighed | by the standard of man, that the old Jewish jee did not understand anything about the untversal brother. hood of man. ‘The God of the Pharisees was regarded | a8 a God of tithes, to whom offerings were to be made, whose mission was to see that they gave Him his full | me sure of wine and oil. When that was done they be- | ligve HE WOULD SHUT ONE OF TIS BYES | and let them cheat a widow out of her patrimony. | There are many in the world to-day, he said, who are like these Pharisees, They will ‘contribute to the | Church, and, having pleased God, will call in their | heaviest creditor and ask him to accept fifty cents on | the dollar, that the others will do likewise. He argued that our intellectual enlargement has given usa higher conception of the nature of God, Geology, astronomy and microscopy have aided us in this particular, and | onr souls are Jost in wonder and amazement, and we | Worship Him a hundred times more than the ancients, | There are some men who always see GOD IN THE LIGHT OF A MONSTER, | They are themselves vicious, and they expeet to find | God like themselves, The glory of the doctrine of | forgiveness is that a man need not shake in terror of the past. The man who is selfish can never understand God, who gives and gives. The man of a mean soul caunot take Him in; he cannot measure Him. only when a man begins to keep step to God's heart | and Wungers and thirsts that he can know God; the pure soul breathes Him. ‘They must have a key of vi- | bration to God. Last of all, there is a feeling within of God. In other words, TUE MAN PUREST IN HEART | will see Him most; the man nearest in sympathy with | Him will see and know more of Him. The ‘pastor related | an anecdote of Napoleon Bonaparte, who, when asked | why he compromised with an enemy, answered, “Oh, L | want to be like God, to be forgiving;’’ and said that | there are i MANY LITTLE BITS OF MEN in the world who are more like God than was Bona. | parte, The men whostrive to be hke God—forgiving, | unselfish, meek, &c.—shall see God and be the jewe | carried in the bosom of God, They are meek, they aro pure in heart; they are forgiving, they are nearer God, they are His jewels, Learn, brethren, to be ke God— meek, forgiving, pure—and then you shall see Him and realize the truth of the declaration, ‘Blessed are the | pure in heart, for they shall see God.” | pL | BROOKLYN TABERNACLE. | BEY. T. DE WITT TALMAGE RESUMES THE PUI- | PIT—FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE PRESENT. Rey. T. De Witt Talmage, D. D., pastor of the Brook- lyn Tabernacle, yesterday morning preached his first | sermon since the summer vacation. For an hour pre- | vious to the time for the beginning of the services the | streets in the vicinity of the Tabernacle were crowded with people, and as soon as the doors were opened the spacious edifice was thronged, over 5,000 persons being | present, Atteno’clock an outburst of melody from | the monster organ announced that the Talmage bat- | teries would soon be reopened on the fortresses of in- | iqnity, and in a few minutes the preacher appeared | upon the platform, looking brown and robust from his | rustication on the shores of Long Island Sound. Mr, | | Arbuckle, with his silver cornet, directed the singing | and assisted Mr. Morgan, the organist, After the pre- | liminary services Mr. Talmage preached an ‘eloquent sermon, choosing his text from Joshua, viii, 7— “Then ye shall rise up from the ambush and seize upon | the city.” ‘There was, he said, the old city of Ai, and Joshua and his men were marching to take it, He had two divisions in bis army. Ono he sent toencamp on the west side of the city in ambush, and the other he led himself, The speaker then gave an elaborate de- | scription of the stratagenw used by Joshua in the cap- ture of the city of Ai and the destruction of its army. ‘The division in ambush marched down on the men of | Aion one side, and the division under Joshua marched | up on the other side, and the men of Ai were caught between two hurricanes of Israclitish courage and ground between the upper and nether millstones of | God's indignation, The preacher continued in sub- | stance as follows:—There is such a thing as | A VICTORIOUS RETREAT. | doshna’s falling back was the first chapter in his suc- | cessful besiegement, and there are times in your life | when the best thing you can dois to run, You were once in the habit of taking strong drink, You were a captive to it. The demijoln and the decanter were your fierce foes, They came downon you with a greater | fury than the men of At upon the men of Joshua, Your only safety is to get away from them. Your dissipat- ing companions will come around for your overthrow. Fall back! Run for your life! Fall back from the drinking saloon, Fall back from tthe wine | party, ¥ flight is yonr advance.’ Your re- treat is vietor There is a saloon down here on Fulton street that has been the rain of your soul, Then why do you go along thatstreet? A spoon- ful of brandy for medicinal purposes by a man who twenty years before had been reformed from drunkenness hurled into inebriety and the grave one of the best friends I r had. Tarn,your back on the rank and file of unbehef. Fly before they cut you with their swords and transfix you with their Javelina. There are a great many people in this andience who have been ruined in their souls by the simple tact that they risked a foolhardy expedition in the presence of | mighty and overwhelming temptations, and the men of Ai made | A MORNING MEAL of them. ‘There is also such a thing as victorious retreat for the Church. ‘Thousands of times the king- dom of Christ has seemed to fall but the days of retreat were days of advan withstanding all the shocking re Christ has suffered we see of the cross on heathen ground, al Jesns Christ in. this land; ‘at Christians on the earth; all ations to-day ablaze of revival. Falling back yet advanet the old hymn of the Wesleyan collection sh true:— The lion of Judat And give us the vi But there is a more marked retreat in the life of our Joshua, Jesns of the Ages, raliing back from an appalling height to an appalling depth, trom celestial hills to terrestrial valleys, from e and of vietory, erses the Church of throne to manger, from Bethlehem to Nazareth, from Nazareth ueaiem, from Jerusalem to Golgotha, wk down over the precipices of perdition. Omen of you only tell half the story when th iby from heaven to earth The second lesson that the speaker drew from the text was that THE TRIEMPH OF THE WICKED I SHORT, Yon made $20,000 at the gaming table; do you ex- pect to keep it? You will die inthe poorhouse, You made a fortune by iniquitous trafic; do you expect to keep ity Your money will be squandered of will stay to curre your children after y are Call oon “the men who f proxpered in iniquit aperity. Lam alwa atres and diva r t the best granite, t how short was in the building of like to ha ave the rooms m 0 hare nd the pillars very firm, because God is going to edn quer them. — They to be you tarned inte churches for the Gospel of Josus Christ to be preached. They are going to change hands—these stores in which fraudulent men do business rH | Where the president and the cashier put all their prop cl % SPLE 1) WANKING INSTITUTIONS, erty in their wives’ hands, and then fail for | millions of dollars—all these inatitutions are Naces where honest Christian inen do business, after It is | For not- | 1,000 missionaries | 1 4,000 ministers of | least 25,000,000 of | ustration of a vietorions | a while reat rand they boast, and they make in news] weed ; but after a while it all windles down into this little paragraph :— Died sudde: five years of age. Relatives and friends of the. family are lavived ts, attend, the faggenl.on Wi Y, at two o'clock, from No. jadison square, Interment at Greenwood. Some of them jump off the docks. Some of them a acid. " Some of them die under tthe snp of a Inger pistol, Some of them spend their last days in a lunatic asylum. Where is Oakes Ames, the despoller of public meni, of Crédit Mobilier infamy? | Where are Ketebum and Swartwout, abaconding swindler? Where is James Fisk, the libertine? Where is Jobn Wilkes Booth, the arsaxsin, and all the other misdémeanants t Their day was short. Oh, from the world of darkness, with its rocks dripping with eternal fire, come up, Hilde- brand and Henry II. and Robespierre, and with blister- ing and blaspheming and ashen lips hiss out, “The tri- lumph of the wicked ts short.” © third lesson shows how much may be accom- plished by LYING IN Al for opportunities, Do you say it was cheating for Joshua to take that city by ambuscade? 1 say if the | war was right then Joshua was right in his stratagem, © that we all knew how to lie in ambush for oppor- tunities to serve God! There have been men up to their chins in scientific portfolios which proved that thero was no Christ who have been discomfted and captured for God by some little three-year-old child who has just got up and put her snowy arms around his neck and said, “Paya, why don’t you love Jesus?” O make a flank movement! Steal A MARCH ON THE DEVIL. Cheat that man into heaven. You can take any man for Christ if you know how to get at him. The fourth lesson’ was the importance of taking good aim, A great deal of Christian attack | amounts to nothing because we do not take good aim, © Church of God take aim and conquer! Coming to you at the close of our summer vaeation and starting again in the season of work, I wish I could sound the tocsin for a great campaign. ‘It was sinful for Test uniess it was to ‘tronger muscle and greater nd purer heart for God's work. I feel this morn- ing the bonds of Christ in a new ordination, Theie is a work for this church in Brooklyn. There is a work for. all our churches, © that we might stand up side by side and point the spear for an attack on the city for Christ! It ought to be taken; it will be taken. The preacher then spoke of the coming year as one of great promise, and closed with a fervent appeal to the congre- gation, ST. JAMES' M. E. CHURCH, HARLEM. ‘“HUMBLENESS”—SERMON BY REV. DR. C. D, Foss. It had by accident been announced that yesterday Dr, Foss was to preach his last sermon at St. James’ Metho- dist Episcopal church, Harlem, as he had accepted the Presidency of Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Conn. The latter part of the statement is correct, but the reverend gentleman will still hold his pulpit until spring. The sermon yesterday was a most impressive ‘one, the text being from Pnilippians, 1i., 8—‘He hum- bled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”? He said that this was one of the greatest lessons ever offered for the guidance of man, It showed us that the Christ who died to save us of His own accord humbled Himself before the Maker of all things, and it was sheer nonsense for man in his pride to stand up and rail against the authority of the great God who created him, he must humble himself or be lost. In regard to the death of Jesus Christ, most peo- ple were apt to look at the surroundings, and not to take into their hearts the ACTUAL CAUSES AND EPFECTS of His terrible death and intense passion. | It had been stated by persons who have witnessed crucifixions that at least forty-eight hours are necessary for the death of those crucified, but, upon reliable authority, Christ lingered but six hours. Christians beiieve that Christ died a voluntary death, and certain it is that He died the death of the cross. The question had often been agitated among commentators of the Bible, he said, as to why Christ died within so short a time when others had Ingered so much longer, When we look at the anatomy of men we find that all are pot made alike, at least in | regard to their emotional natures. There were in- stances on record where dissections have proved that sudden emotions have broken the walls of tife heart and produced death, Great griefs often do this, and so it was in the case of Christ. He had suffered Jong for the world, and proclaimed, when He came, that He came to save sinners. He’ proved this by His terrible death and passion, and no man can doubt but that His death was terrible. It might have been shorter than the death of others who were crucified, but that He suffered terribly and DIED OF A BROKEN HEART is simply proved by the fact that the soldier who per formed, ax it night be called, the rough autopsy upon | Him, as He hung on the cross, by thrusting his spear into His side, brought forth only blood and water. That blood was the heart blood of one who died that we might live. He gave it freely and murmured not that He bad to die to save asinful world. He came to save us. He | said so when He came. And He kept His word, though it cost Him His life. He cared not for swffering, men- tally or physically, but it is undoubtedly a fact that His mental suifering was what broke the great heart of the Son of God, who gave His life that the world might Ii This, said the reverend gentleman, should teach us | all that death must surely come to man, and, as God has | said, even as little children must we all be to inherit | that kingdom which Jesus Christ died to make for us, COLORED CAMP MEETING. GOING ONE BETTER THAN THE WHITE FOLK— GETTING COLORED MINISTERS TO PREACH THAT WHITE MEN MAY MAKE MONEY. Paarsais’s Corser, 1. 1, Sept. 5, 1875. The colored people of Long Island have not only | learned some tricks from the white folk, but they have | added to and improved upon them, A little band of Methodists, from everywhere in gen- | eral and nowhere in particular, have been in Mott's | Grove, near Pearsall’s Corner, L. I., since last Thursday | week, holding what is technically called a camp meet- ing. Leaving out the words “colored” and “camp” the | rest is true. A meeting is held here every day, but it is not a camp meeting, neither can it be said to be a col- ored meeting, where about forty persons are black or yellow and 500 are white. The Rev. Peter Coster man- | ages the affair, which is nothing more than | a huge picnic, gotten up by a few white | people, who have tents on the ground and soll | | beer, cigars, fruit, chowder ‘and cakes, and probably New York or Jersey lightning, for there were a.few intoxicated persons around the encampment to-day. Revs. Biddle, Brooks, Goodwin and one or two other preachers are on the ground, and yet their first prayer mecting was held this morning. There have been no conversions yet, nor, indeed, are any expected. The white tent keepers hire the grove and pay expenses and give the colored ministers a bonus to keep the en- tertainment going, and I was informed here to-day that | the meeting will probably run over another Sabbath, These colored brethren have come hither from Hemp- | stead, where they spent a few days on like terms, and where, I was told, they were offered $50 if they would hold over one Sunday longer. But, though there was plenty of raw material there from which they might | manufacture saints, they shook off the dust of that place froin their feet and came hither where larger induce- | ments awaited them, Their only purpose here seema | to be to talk and pass the plates around, They there- | fore give us plenty of GAB AND GINBERISH, | and after every sermon collections are taken up to | defray the expenses of the preachers. We had ‘a spect. | | men, rare upon the whole, of the figure of speech called | rig-ma-role,” this afternoon, from a Rey. Brooks, | who hails from South Carolina or somewhere South. i He uttered more nonsense in half an hour than e the most uncultivated of his people North are wont to utter. His theme was the now birth, and he rang the rvel not that I said unto you, ye must And he did it ina squeaking, ding-dong, see-saw style, as fhe was reciting a lesson and was afraid of missing a word, He greatly amused the crowd of white young men and women, but I dare say no hing he said, He was fol- brother, who talked sensibly a brief oxi The grove | was full of wagons, brought in by farmers all | around, and, as the inain thing with these shrewd mis sionaries was to keep the crowd here and to get all the money they could out of the people, another sermon was started as soon ax the colivction had been taken up to pay for Rev Brooks’ olla podrida. Brother Biddle, who preached a very good sermon in the morning, dis- succeeding, Mr. 1rdoks, of | body was benefited by a | lowed by a Paterson | and to the point coursed also this afternoon, | His theme was the knowledge of Christ and the valu | such knowledge. | showed from the | promised Messiah wnd trom His own lite and teachings and miracles that His claim was not only never st cessfully combated, but was frequently acknowledged | even by his enemies. It showed that the moral cond) tion of mankind is like to the-natural state of this man | who was born blind. And as he could not see Jesus until his eyes were opened, neither can we. He had to believe before the cure was effected; so have we, He followed Jesus at onee cheerfully, and praising him, and our deliverance from sin wherever we go, ¢ the consequence may be that we shall be cast the synagogue or church, This brother's morning mon was about fi THE BELIEVER'S PORTION, “Thou art my portion eaish my soul,” Psalms, exix , 7. Hix divisions Were that this portion is a tall one, grati- dilet the love of God be shed abroad in y man’s heart, and he a happy man whether he be rich or poor, Lazarus was a p bat be wos carried by angels into Abrahar mn mt in bis he 6 of Go can se This portion is a everybody, bh young. Tf it could be bought with moi would have had it all bought np and mad of itlong ago, It isa ready portion, too, had at any time for the asking in faith, wait till tomorrow to obtain this porti vel has said that now 1 the accepted time and now inthe day of salvation, Furthermore, this is an abid nd eheertal Tt is tor and white, rich and poor, old and ¢ y God with ease ai common One aleo, news, It ean No man necd a, | enpy six day: devil may dig around us, but ‘he can’t get near this tion, He may strip us of our farms and our clothing and our money pre whatever earthly good we pos- ‘Bess, but THIS PORTION ARIDETIC FOREVER. Old Nebuchadnezzar tried to take it away from the three Hebrew children, but he made a mii ble failure, The princes of Babylon-tried to get it from Daniel, bat they could not touch it. In this way Brother Bid- dle continued for nearly an hour to entertain the people present, And yet, as another reverend brother re- tnarked, there was not an amen uttered throughout the The on repeated assertion that the colored people are naturally tine singers must be a figment of the im- agination, They have had an excellent opportunity here to display their musieal abilities, but their singing has sounded more like the wheezings of a cracked fish- horn than like songs by human lips trom human hearts, The burden of one song was that ‘We'll walk through the valley in peace, if Jesus himself will be our leader there.” “The collections to-day amounted to about $12 50, but did not fully meet the expenses, and though it was said the camp meeting would run over another Sabbath, it will probably close to-morrow or Wednesday. THE POPE AND THE CARDINAL. In addition to many others, classical and modern, Mr, Charles Roussel, the seulptor, has on exhibition at his studio in Manhattanville, on the Hudson, two busts, one of P ‘ono, the other of the American Cardinal, These two exquisite specimens of art were executed for Mr. Walsh, the County Clerk, and are said to have cost $1,000 apiece. Each is mounted on a jaune fleurie du estal, in the style of the renaissance, They ortly removed by their owner to his house in gnificent mantel of San Rancolin des Pyrénées, a curions blending of art and patient labor, is also to be seen at the studio, As yet it is incomplete, It is to grace the Centennial building as an American work of art, and when completed will cost a small fortune. Its great valne will make it more an objcet of curiosity than utility, as it is very improbable it will ever find @ pur- chaser, DOCTORS AND WHISKEY. LECTURE BEFORE THE AMERICAN TEMPERANCE UNION. Yesterday afternoon at throe o'clock at Robinson Hall a lecture was delivered before the American Temperance Union by Mrs. Dr, Lozier. The pleasant weather brought a rather larger attendancé than usual at the meeting. Mrs. Lozier excused horself for read- ing her address, saying that of late her medical studies had not left her time to prepare or strength equal to the exertion of speaking. She then went on with the lecture, of which the following is a résumé:— It is a glorious thing to be able to cure tho sick. I am glad to be engaged in tho noble profession of medicine. We must also remember that no position is more responsible. It is said that the baby rules the household, The wife rules the hus- band, and the baby rules the wife. But the doctor rules the baby. Might we not then say that the doctor rules the household? These poor children are often injured by ignorant doctors, who order the mothers to drink ale, wines and other liquors, thinking that there is nourishment in them. It is by a silent but steady weakening of the will from which tne devotees pass to | their end. They are so accustomed to act while under | stimulants that after a time these stimulants become tho sole condition of their — activity. At this stage drinking becomes a disease, and should be treated like one. No man or woman would ever drink if they could see the consequences of their step. Experience in the old methods of reform has proved that man alone, unaided by woman, is una- ble to give up this pernicions habit. “It was formerly the law in all the States that man and wife were one and that one the husband, Thus aman conld send his sons as apprentices in liquor stores or his daughters to brothel keepers without his wife having the power to prevent him, A woman was often subject to a brutal |! Eagleson and family. ee NEW YORK CITY. Bridget Murphy, aged fifty, of No. 126 Broome strees, fell at the corner of Sheriff and Grand stroets yester- day oa broke her leg. She was sent to Bellevue Hos- P At three o'clock yesterday morning James MeNail, @ sailor, aged twenty-four years, fell overboard at pier 21 North River and was drowned. His body has not been recovered, A trifling fire occurred yesterday on the third floor of No. 50 East Fourth street, oceupied by Alexander It was caused by a boy playing with matches, At cleven o'clock yesterday morning Patrick Fallon, | three years of age, living at No, 337 East Thirty-first street, fell from a fre escape and sustained severe and probably fatal injuries. BROOKLYN, An infant son of Frank Hooper, of No, 837 Nostrand avenne, was fatally injured yesterday by falling from a third story window. Francis McLees, a laborer, stabbed his wife Julia in the breast with a table knife during a quarrel at their residence, No, 228 Plymouth street, Tho residence of W. F. Read, No. 76 Morton street, was burglariously entered ear! yosiorday morning and robbed of clothing and jewelry valued at $250. The shoe store of P. J. Gormon, at tho corner of Myrtlo avenue and Navy street, was robbed of a large quantity of stock on Saturday night by speak thieves, An attempt was made by burglars yesterday morning to enter the house of Peter C. Cornell, No, 226 Columbia po The thieves were frightened away ‘by the in- mates, The house of Mr. G. F. Read, No. 76 Morton street, K. D., was entered yesterday by sneak thieves, who burst open the basement door and carrieg off a quantity of silverware, jewelry, clothing and furs. Alderman M. J. Petry was dangerously injured on Saturday night by being thrown from his horse is Myrtle avenue, while with the ile senna regiment NG Y., of which he is major, is injuries aro in- terna Early yesterday morning William Baatz, who was locked up inthe Seventh precinct police station, ong charge of assault and battery, escaped from the pola The officers are mystified as to how he regained h Uberty. LONG ISLAND. Townsend D. Coer, of Locust Vale, Queens county, will deliver an address before the Suffolk County Agri- cultural Society on the 6th of October, The Suffolk County Tomperanco Society will hold ite next monthly meeting at Lake Grove (Ronkonkoma) om the Lith and 15th inst, The Prohibition County Con- vention will meet at the same place on the 15th, The Presbytery of Long Island have concurred in a request for the dismissal of the Rev. A. L. Clark from the pastorate of the Sag Harbor church, which waa joined in by the pastor, church and congregation. Miss Mary Woodburn, of Southampton, a day or two ago roscued from drowning the little daughter of a Mr, Day, who is boarding there, She was ina rowboat at some distance from the child, which had fallen into the water. As soon as sho discovered the danger she im- mediately sprang from the boat, and, swimming rapidly to the little one, succeeded in reaching it justin time to save its life, On Wednesday next at Riverhead there will be a hear- ing before Surrogate Hedges, Suffolk county, in the case of the contested will of the late Nancy Smith, widow of Jonas Smith, of Stony Brook. For the con- anddranken husband. ‘Three-fourths of the cases of born idiots are due to this cause, One billion and a half of dollars are spent every yeur for liquor, or about $187 50 to each voter. The old course of reform must be changed. The retorm should be at the ballot box. Politics are generally thought to have little to do with religion. But every one should do bis duty and reform all abuses as a Christian politician, Woman, too, should be freer, The only way is to give her equal power with man in the circumstances of life, and that power in our country is vested in the ballot box, As the speaker concluded she was greeted with loud applause, Mr. Gibbs then thanked her for her address, saying that he wished that every one in New York i hear it; but, as that was impossible, the next best thing was to’ read it, and every one would have that opportunity, as a HeRaLn reporter was present. Several other speakers followed, some of whom ex- | Jained to the andience the plans adopted by the executive Committee for closing the liquor shops on | Sundays and during the hours prohibited by law. A despatch was read in the meeting saying thut already | 7 there had been several ‘complaints of violation of the law put on record yesterday. MGR. RONCETTI'S AMERICAN MISSION, Mgr. Roncetti, who came hero at the opening of the summer in the capacity of Ablegate from the Pope conveying the cardinal’s berretta to Archbishop McCloskey, was recently appointed Nuncio to the gov- ernment of Ecuador, but the violent death of President Moreno, the victim of the Masonic party in Ecuador, will be certain, it is said, to sever relations between tho Republic and the Holy See, THE BIBLE AMONG THE FREEDMEN. ‘At a meeting of the American and Foreign Bible So- | ciety, held at their rooms, 150 Nassau strect, on the | second inst,, decided action was taken looking to the appointment of Bible reading. eolporteurs and distrib. uters among freedmen in the South. One was also en- gaged for the Island of St. Domingo, and others are to labor for this society in Mexico. GERMAN FESTIVITIES. A PROCESSION TO-DAY OF FORTY SOCIETIES EN ROUTE FOR THE SCHUETZEN PARK. The Plattdeutsch Volks-fest, or festival of the North | Germans resident in this city, in which some forty German societies are participating, was inaugurated at the Beethoven Maennerchor Hall, in Fifth street, last night, by a reception of the visiting delegations from other cities, The Maennerchor Hall, with its numer- ous decorations, presented a festive appearance, and there was a large attendance of visitors, including many who expected to meet old friends and acquaint- ances among the guests, Delegates were present from | Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Newark, New Haven, | Orange and other localities, The guests were enthn- | | siastically received, and all necessary arrangements had | been made to provide for their comfort and entertain- ment, To-day the visitors will participate in the procession of societies, which will pass the City Hall on the way to the metzen Park, Union Hill, N. Early thix morning it will be formed in eight divisions in Tenth street, and thence march through several streets on the East side and down the Bowery, and through Canal and Centre streets to the City Hall, The festival will oc- of the week, The arrangements have been made unger the auspices of the principal organi- zation, from Which a number of those societies sep. arated—who during the past week were engaged In a imilar festival a ” Wood—owing to adisagreement in the selection estival grounds, ‘The arrangements for the festival this week are considerably larger proportions than those of last week, and will, it is expected, throw the affair at Jones’ Wood | in the shade, of | ND ABORIGINES. A ROYAL FAMILY 8 VICISSITUDES, The story of the oldest family on Staten Island ex. | tends back for three generations, They are neither | Huguenots, Sepoys nor gypsies, but may, perhaps, more properly be likened to Modocs. ‘This family has always been known as “the royal family,” and they inhabited the island as far back as 1770, when the pro- genitor, named Joseph 0. Stilwell, came from England and built a log cabin on the sonth beach, not more than 200 feet from the surf, between Great Kills end New Creek Shoals. Mr. Stilwell married there. He served in the Revolutionary war, and at its close thor Tompkins gave him'a deed tor the land upon which the old Jog cabin Was built, When the old man died he left ason named , whe married a w med | Bannah Lyman sy also oceapied the log enbin, ing their living by fishing, gunning and knitting fish nets, as the old iman fad done before them, Thomas died at the age of eighty-five in the year 1885, and his wife Hannah died at the age of 103 in the . They left eleven children, who have dicd ypting two, | in twelve feet sqnare, with | me room, The structure wn three times and rebuilt sixty-five years old, and has been blind years, Anna ts miy-SiX years old, Their mode of livelihood has been the” same‘as that of their turefathers ; but on account of Thomas’ blindness they would not get along very well bat for the kindness ‘ecelves $3 a month from . Scoleston's (St in's) ehureh, at Clifton, ‘The family have all been tall of stature ; of tawny, Indian: like complexion. It appears that the old decd of the property occupied by them bax fost, and y occupying th Hjoining the beach 1 own Dwight Townsend and Mr. Jolin Koteltas, might at any time have the dwelling of “the! 1 family" moved away A BAD MI John Crane, drinking with John Limbeck, of No. 453 West Fiftioth street, gave the latter some beer with croton oil in it, Limbeck suffered intensely and was attended by a physician, Crane was locked up in the | tion street, testants will appear Henry L. Clinton, of Now Yor! William Wickham, John J. Post and Thomas S. Mount; for the proponents, Mr. Henry J. Scudder and ex- Judge James Emott, The estate involved is a very valuable one, and the ground upon which the will is contested 1s undne influence on the part of one of the proponents, with whom the deceased lived at the time it was executed, and to whom the bulk of the property is loft, while near relatives of the deceased receive com- paratively nothing. QUEENS COUNTY'S POPULATION. The popniation of Queens county by townships, as compared with that at the last previous census, is as | follows:— | 1875, 1870. Increase, Flushing . 14,673 1,372 Hempstead 13,999 899 Jamaica 744 1,288 Newtown, elena city 20,287 6,064 | North Hempstead 6,541 085, Oyster Bay .....000 10,603 1,010 Motalas :..43600c0s 85,158 73,847 11,81 *Formerly part of Newtown, AFFRAYS IN BROOKLYN. During a quarrel yesterday between William Thomp- son, sixteen years of age, and Peter Fechtman, a Ger- man pedler, in Columbia, near Carroll street, Brooklyn, the former was stabbed in the hip by his antagonist with a large jack-knife, The lad, whose injuries are not of a fatal nature, was taken to his home, No, 86 Parti- His assailant was arrested, 5 Frederick Heeseman, aged twenty-one years, of No, 13 President street, had an altercation on Saturday night with Manuel Garcia in the lager beer saloon of Fred, | Ruteheid, No, 34 Hamilton avenue. Words soon led to blows, and in the struggle which ensued Garcia struck: Hesseman on the head with a heavy glass tumbler, in- flictinga wound that may prove mortal, Tho assailant then fled, and has thus far elnded arrest. Hessemaa was taken to the Coney Island Hospital in an ambulance, Yesterday afternoonsan officer of the Butler street police arrested George Zimmerman and Christian Gebo- mann, both of New York, on the charge of felonious assault. Both men are German carpenters, On Satur- day they were passing along Henry street, in company with another carpenter, named Michael Long, who re- sides at First avenue and Third street, New York. They were all under the influence of liquor and quarrelled about some trivial matter. According to the statement of Long both prisoners assanited him with their hammers, beating him badly about the head and cut. ting his'scalp in a shocking manner, The man ‘was removed to the College Hospital, where th physicians pronounced his wounds of a very dangerot character, His assailants were held to await the result of the injuries inflicted, WOULDN'T HEED A WARNING. Isadore Pfeiffer, keeper of a saloon at No, 245 Wall about-strect, Brooklyn, was arrested yesterday by De tective Brady for selling liquor without a license, Ow the 2d inst, his wife was arrested on a similar charge, She stated before Justice Riley that she had purchased a United States license, and thought it was all that was necessary, whereupon ‘she was released, The police then notitled her that she would be compelled to obtain a hcense from the city before selling any more liquor, The warning was disregarded by Pieiffer, who is locked up to answer. SNEAK ROBBER A sneak thief on Saturday evening stole a coat com | taining $400 in money and promissory notes and twa bank books from the feed store of Cortelyou, Boyd & Co., corner_of Fulton street and Clermont’ avenue, Brooklyn. The police have no clow to the robber. THROWN OVERBOARD AND DROWNED. Two men, named John Egler and Henry Hecker qnarrelied at noon yesterday while they were fishing om the dock at the foot of North Ninth street, Brooklyn, KE. D. Becoming enraged at some offensive epithet applied to him by his antagonist, Egler pushed Hecker violently with his hands. Hecker fell into the river and was drowned, Egler gave himself ap at the Fourth street police station, where he is held to a the action. of the Corone The body of Heeker was recovered and taken to the Eastern District Morgue, THE MURDERED, SCHOONER CAP- E, It was rumored yerterday that the murderer of Cap. tain Lawrence had been arrested at Worcester, Masa, but ata late hour last evening District Attorney Down. ing, of Queens county, had received no such informa tion. ACCIDENT IN THE BAY. | THE STEAMBOAT TWILIGHT DISADLED OFF GOFKe MAN'S ISLAND, On Saturday afternoon, while the steamboat Twilight was making her regwar trip from Sandy Hook, in cone nection with the 11 A.M. train from Long Branch, dent occurred, which, for a time, created no lite citement among the passengers. It xeems that When the Twilight was nearing Hof man’s Island several bolts in her boiler gave way, cause ing a leukago so gre: that “the — engineer was compelled to inimediately “draw? his his fires, steamboat — cou ently came to a standstill Milyer signaled a 4g tig | and eng tho steamboat to her pier, While the tng wa fultitting the steamboats Arrowsmith, and the Bird, from Red By employ toot « in Hille yt em lying at the foot of Rector street, the accident to her boiler being so slight | that she will resume her regular trips to-day,